Just before the start of the school year, Parker juniors and seniors received emails from Upper School history teacher Andrew Bigelow inviting them to serve as election judges in the fall. Given the increased stakes...

The shuffle of feet in a polling location, the red or blue of each US state’s polling being flipped on national TV, and the scratching of pencils in room 486 occupy the senses this fall. Every four years, Parker’s...

It’s autumn in Chicago. The leaves are turning red and the temperature is comfortable, in the 60s and 70s. People are walking in t-shirts and sandals, relishing the last warm days before wintertime. However, in...

The field is the schools “largest classroom” where students learn during Physical Education class (PE), play during recess and after school, and compete in team practices and games. In fact, 70% of Parker’s...

Students pass by the doors of the Parker admissions office to go to the library, the cafeteria, to their classes, every single day. But what goes on behind those blue doors? The Parker admissions process is “tedious,”...

"Mr. McHale was my first Parker PE teacher and taught me what’s it’s like to be a Parker student and how to be a better member for the Parker community. He would always ask me countless reminders of my baseball...

I was sitting on my bed, curled up in a ball watching Steve Kornacki talk about counties in Pennsylvania and Michigan. He spoke rapidly until...

There are many things that feel good in the world of sports. Scoring the game winning point, making a crazy play, celebrating with your teammates,...

On November 5, Election Day,  I was tasked with a 16-hour day of election judging. In the little I had heard about election judging in previous...