Park Connects

Our Goals

• Create, strengthen, and support the connections between and among students and adults in our community.
• Reduce the risk factors that contribute to unhealthy behaviors and strengthen the protective factors that foster young people’s healthy development and physical, social, and emotional well-being.

Long-standing research demonstrates that prevention of unhealthy behaviors is associated with effective parenting; strong, positive family and school bonds; clear standards and limit-setting; opportunities for healthy risk-taking; postponement and/or reduction of inappropriate behaviors; and positive role models. Participants gain better understanding of:

• Risk-taking behaviors, healthy and unhealthy
• Child and adolescent development
• Effective parenting skills
• Cultural and social pressures on young people and families
• Benefits of parent networking 

Resources

Park’s Health Team has created a database of resources (articles, books, lectures, podcasts, etc.) — and can be found here. These resources are intended to provide parenting education about developmentally appropriate topics.

Health Team Meet and Greets

Get to know us! Park’s Health Team will gatherings once or twice a year where our counselors and health educators will introduce themselves and share about divisional specific goals and initiatives. Parents will be able to connect with each other and get to know our health team in an informal — and fun! — way.

Park Connects Team

Park Connects programs and activities are created and run by a team of Park School faculty and staff and advised by parent volunteers.  

At The Park School, we believe that student well-being is strongest when families and schools work together. As we plan a new upcoming Parent Education Night and Resource Fair scheduled for February 9, 2027, we invite you to share your interests and priorities.

Your responses will help us design an evening that is informative, practical, and responsive to the needs of our community.