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Park365 is an ongoing photographic journal of the people, spaces, ideas, and happenings that help shape the Park student. Click any photo to enlarge and scroll.

Congratulations to the members of Park's Class of 2014 who graduated on Monday, June 9. In keeping with tradition, four members of the graduating class were selected by their peers to provide remarks. Sarah Cohen, Christopher Mergen, Lorenza Ramirez, and Christopher Summers shared memories, ideas, and challenged their classmates in keeping with their charge.

Congratulations to the Class of 2018, and we hope everyone has a wonderful summer!

The last day of school! Students took time to sign each other's Brownies and signing books before they parted for the summer.

The members of PaL – a partnership between Park and The League for People with Disabilities – worked hard throughout the year to raise funds, and presented the League with a check at assembly. The funds will provide scholarships for people to attend Camp Greentop, the League's summer camp.

May Day! Our annual Lower School celebration took place today, and our Fifth Graders sang the school song with gusto. Strive On!

The Fourth Grade studies the Civil Rights movement, and their May Day t-shirts reflected what they have learned over the year.

Natarsha Bullock, the new homeowner of a Park School Habitat sponsored home, holds up her new keys. Park has been involved in a multi-faceted project with Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake since 2000. The project began as a commitment to building ten houses in ten years (raising the $50,000-$90,000 cost for a house each year and working on Habitat building sites). In 2010, Park partnered with local public and independent schools to pilot the Build-A-Block program, through which students sponsor and build homes for Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake.

In Middle School Mathematics, emphasis is placed on the acquisition of mathematical concepts and reasoning tools as a means of promoting problem solving. Memorization of facts and algorithms is de-emphasized though included; it is augmented with an inquiring atmosphere requiring student interaction, investigation, and communication. Individual as well as small group work and whole class discussion is planned for each class.

The Lower School welcomed over 300 grandparents and special friends to campus today!

First graders get their hands dirty planting seeds in the Lower School garden. At Park, we know that children learn best when they are active participants in their own education and when skills and knowledge are grounded in a meaningful context. In first grade, the Lower School organic garden helps to provide such a context.

The Lower School/Middle School Spring Concert takes place on May 7th! The audience will hear music performed by the Lower School's Chorus and Soundwaves, and from the Middle C's and the B#s. The music department offers in-depth courses in singing, playing, performing, audio production, and music technology. Performing opportunities include vocal and instrumental ensembles in all three divisions.

7th graders took in the view over Harpers Ferry last week. The Middle School sets aside time outside the classroom to expose students to new ideas and experiences. Co-curricular activities, a three-season competitive sports program, overnight grade-level trips, parent- and school-sponsored social events, and Exploratory Learning Week give students a chance to explore activities or topics that could spark new interests or identify new talents.

Hannah Block '13 returned to campus to speak to Upper Schoolers about her gap year experience focused on international service.

S. Diaz-Rimal scores! Come root on our Bruins this week!

Every year, Park's 3rd graders take a field trip to Jamestown as a part of their theme study. The year-long theme of third grade is the study of three cultures of the 17th and 18th centuries. Students learn about Native Americans of the Eastern Woodlands, English Colonists at Plymouth and Jamestown, and enslaved West Africans who were first brought to the Chesapeake Bay area. This study provides the context to explore the ways in which environment, cultural values, and colonization shape how cultures meet their basic needs. Students go further to reflect on contemporary society and how we learn about history.

Congratulations to Park's Mock Trial Team, coached by Tina Forbush and Tony Asdourian, for earning a berth in the State Championship! A tremendous accomplishment! Park has appeared in the States for four consecutive years, winning the Championship in 2011 and 2012. This year, the court found in favor of the defense (Richard Montgomery H.S.) by a narrow one point margin. It was a fantastic performance by both teams!

Mr. Clint Sellers was on campus today, talking to fourth graders about his involvement with the Civil Rights Movement. In February 1960, the sit-ins began at the F.W. Woolworth store in Greensboro, NC by the Greensboro Four who were Clinton’s friends and classmates. Park students were able to hear what it was like for him to grow up during this period in America, and ask questions about his experiences.

Fourth graders get together weekly with their Kindergarten partners to read.

Spring is finally here, and lacrosse is in full swing. Over 60 percent of Upper School students participate in interscholastic athletics at Park. Led by two full-time athletic directors for male and female sports, our teacher-coaches build personal relationships with their student athletes that mirror the values and habits of mind nurtured in the classroom.

Park welcomed the 2014 Weinberg Resident, Journalist David Maraniss, a Pulitizer Prize winning editor at the Washington Post. The Weinberg Resident Journalist program is sponsored by the family of Robert L. Weinberg, a member of the Class of 1940 and devotee of Baltimore journalist H.L. Mencken. Resident journalists give a presentation to Upper School students and meet with classes throughout the day.

6th grade science classes spent time in class observing adaptations of various fish. They will be using their observations of the adaptations to then hypothesize the marine community in which the belong. Thank you to Conrad's Crab House on Joppa Road for donating the fish to us!

2014 Peter Baida '68 Writer-in-Residence Sam Baker. This year, Park's Writer-in-Residence is the songwriter Sam Baker. One of the many wonderful things about Park is that our students have access to adults who do inspiring work in a vast array of disciplines. And another great thing is that the students are encouraged to get their own work out there into the world. Via the assembly and small workshops, students have the opportunity to interact with Sam and the musicians of his backing band, Swear and Shake (featuring Ben Goldstein '07).

On our K-12 campus, partnerships across division happen every day. Here, an eight grader provides writing support to a third grader as part of his life-skills curriculum.

Park welcomed Sarah Dewey ’05 and Tamas Szalay ’06 back to campus as the 17th annual Millhauser Fellows. The Park School Graduate Student Fellows Program in Science, Mathematics and Technology was originated by Louise Eiseman Robinson Millhauser '30 in 1998, and has been continued through the kindness and generosity of her son, Allen Robinson. The program celebrates the careers of young alumni currently in graduate school in these fields, by inviting them to return to Park and share their research with Upper School students.

Park welcomed American Promise Director/Producer Joe Brewster and Director of Photography Errol Webber. After a screening of the documentary, the packed house had the chance for a Q&A with both.

Author selfie! Park was thrilled to welcome Newbery Honor winning author and illustrator Grace Lin to campus as the 2014 Gordon Berman ’68 Memorial Lower School Resident Author. In a quiet moment, Ms. Lin nabbed a photo with Park's own children's authors, Twig George and Laura Amy Schlitz.

A member of the Middle School Sea Perch Underwater Robotics group testing their bot in the pond.

Park Upper School students in Paris, during their exchange this March.

The 2014 Resident Scholar, Cathy Small, in a workshop with Upper School students. Dr. Small, a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Northern Arizona University, delivered a talk on The Power of Culture yesterday, and is on campus for two days to work with students and faculty.

Girls JV Lacrosse Coach Kara Hickok '95, grabs a snowflake on the field as the season kicks off. Girls Varsity is off to a 2-0 start and JV has their first game this week. Both teams are ready to rock and roll this spring!

Middle School students Facetime with their French e-pals just prior to their exchange visit! 18 Park students will be spending 9 days in Vincennes, at the periphery of Paris, immersing themselves in the language and culture. Park has been in a partnership with a public middle school in Vincennes since 2008. Our students will depart today – Bon Voyage!

Carol first came to Park in 1971 as a physical education teacher. Later, she joined our library staff. Most recently she has served as Coordinator of Community and Student Services, a role in which her passionate commitment to an inclusive and diverse community allowed her to leave a lasting mark here at Park. From her shepherding of our Partners Program to her leadership of the Day of Community Building, Service and Reflection to her support of various affinity groups at the student, parent, and employee levels, Carol brought a warm smile and ready laugh to every endeavor.

As a part of the Language+ Project, Artist Julia Kim Smith worked with Park 7th graders. Smith had two workshops with each class, developing the ideas of euphemism from a book in their Language Arts class called: the Giver. Through these workshops, Smith shared her methods of art making with students, and helped students make mini installations. Cut and paste this link to learn more: http://www.languageplusproject.com

Our kindergartners celebrated their 100th day of school this week.

Upper School students perform a preview from Third, written by Wendy Wasserstein and directed by Naomi Roswell '14. The Park Winter Production, which opens this week, features two student-directed plays.

Finance Chair Bruce Fleming presents "Building Park's Budget" at an open meeting, part of the Ambassador Series — informative one-hour sessions offering insights into all things Park

The Destination Imagination Regional Tournament was held this weekend, and four of Park's 4th and 5th grade teams scored well enough to advance to the State Competition in April. One of Park's teams was a partnership with The Wolfe Street Academy, and they scored first place in their division! Congratulations to all of the teams!

A second grader listens to a Valentine-O-Gram that was sent by his older sibling. The Eightnotes and The Vocal Chords were busy all day, delivering Valentine greetings all over campus.

Children playing in the snow on Park's second campus, on Liberty Heights Avenue. Now 101 years from its opening day, Park continues to be committed to its progressive roots, to innovative teaching and intellectual inquiry, and to diversity in all its definitions.

21 students from our sister school, Beijing School Number 9, have joined Park families this week. This is one of three foreign exchange programs in the Upper School.

During Exploratory Learning Week, a group of Middle School students and faculty spent 4 nights camping in West Virginia. In addition to beautiful sunrises, they enjoyed cross country skiing, cooking over the campfire, building snow forts, and sledding. You can read more about ELW in the Middle School section of the website.

One of the 2013 Westheimer Prize recipients prepares to choose one of the two Prize winners for 2014. Each year, Park School sophomores and juniors are invited to apply for the Westheimer Prize. This award provides students with financial support for work or study abroad during the summer. Established in 2006, the Westheimer prize has been made available by Pat Westheimer ’61 and the winners, following an application process outlining their goals for international travel, are chosen by lottery. Congratulations to this year’s recipients: Magda Wulf (Spain) and Zoe Feldman (Portugal)!

Students head downtown during Middle School's Exploratory Learning Week. The title of this week-long course was "Hello Baltimore!," and included three field trips.

Program Night – 2014! The campus celebrated school spirit and cheered on the Bruins in an afternoon and evening of athletic games and activities. Strive on!

As a part of Middle School Exploratory Learning Week (ELW), these students are learning how to program BOE-Bots in their "Fun with Programmable Robots" class. During ELW, Teachers, parents, and administrators present classes and workshops that offer alternatives to the regular academic program. Students try different activities and investigate subjects they might not ordinarily pursue.

One of Park's Destination Imagination Lower School team members plays brain games with a senior at The Springwell Senior Living Community. Their service learning challenge required them to identify a need in the community and use play to meet the goal of their project.

At Park, daily living and math are inseparable, and many important mathematical concepts are learned and practiced during daily activities. These Kindergarteners are counting out 10 crackers each for their snack.

The Park community participated in their 21st annual celebration of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. These families took part in a Community Bake Off. The food they made was delivered to Beans and Bread, Moveable Feast and Paul's Place, three organizations that provide meals at no cost to people who are ill or impacted by homelessness and poverty.

The Park School honors the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. For community service opportunities and activities celebrating Dr. King's profound impact on our society, visit http://park-school.s3.amazonaws.com/life-at-park/civic-engagement/mlk-day-national-call-to-action/

Today marks Terry Lansburgh's last day of teaching. Terry is a Park alumnus, a former board member, a past Park parent, and a beloved photography teacher. (Our darkroom is entirely his design.) His photographs grace walls in the Upper School and administrators' offices. We will miss you, Terry!

Park parent, The Rev. Cecil Conteen Gray, spoke to Middle School students during an assembly to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. Students listened as Dr. Gray, son of legendary Civil Rights hero Mrs. Victoria Jackson Gray Adams, tied the legacy of Dr. King to Park’s Middle School themes of community, identity, and advocacy, and their importance in society.

A group of 8 Park faculty members traveled to Nicaragua as a part of the FACA program. With a focus on service learning, they worked with students in Grenada. They played a game based on the video game "Dance, Dance, Revolution." The students in Nicaragua learned symbols, created and shared their dances with the group.

A group of Park faculty gave an assembly to the Lower School today. They shared their experiences from the Service Learning FACA in Nicaragua this past summer.

19 Bruins (including several honorary alums) relived their glory years on the Brooks Lakin Court in Park's annual Alumni Basketball Game. Plans are already under way for Alumni Weekend 2014, 5/30 and 5/31 – save the dates!

The Upper School visual arts program focuses on skills development and the enhancement of creativity. To that end, we offer entry level courses in a wide variety of media, including Ceramics. Cut and paste this link to read more about it: http://park-school.s3.amazonaws.com/academics/upper-school/program-of-studies/arts-visual-arts/ Photo by Thomas Mountain '16

Did you know…our Lower School library is named for Margaret Fulton Coe? Miss Coe came to Park School in 1917, and remained until 1956. Head of the Lower School for much of her career, she championed the tenets of progressive education.

Three-time Park Middle School National Geographic Bee finalist E. Asdourian reacts to the winning answer by fellow 2014 finalist O. Thakar (at right), a two-time Park champion. The school-level Bee, at which students answered oral questions on geography, was the first round in the 26th annual National Geographic Bee. Congratulations to all of the participants and finalists!

A group of first graders head back from the library on the first day back to school!

As part of a long-standing tradition, Park ends its all-school assembly with wassailing!

Fifth graders' theme studies immerse them into life in the Middle Ages across continents and cultures. A highlight of their studies is the solstice celebration. Students work collaboratively to design and fabricate sets and costumes, to compose music, and to direct and choreograph the performance.

Longtime Park staff member Steve Hecner opened the 5th graders' Winter Solstice program with a Ukrainian folk dance!

Lower School students celebrate the art of browsing during Browse-O-Rama. (Note freshly-painted brows.) Cut and paste this url to see what the School Library Journal has to say about the program, our librarians, and the school: http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2013/12/11/introducing-the-browse-o-rama/#_

Eighth graders learning the ropes in a keyboard music class. Through the Middle School arts curriculum, students develop the physical, aesthetic, and critical thinking skills that enable them to see and respond to the world with empathy and discernment. Young adolescents are self-reflective, and our curriculum helps them to cultivate artistic practices with which they can express their ideas. In eighth grade students choose from semester-long electives.

A mill wheel is rendered on the 3D printer for a student taking Architecture Model Making. A Park education emphasizes choice and responsibility for one's own learning. Upper School students take required courses in the academic disciplines, the arts and physical education. Beyond these requirements, students also make choices from among advanced courses and electives.

The fourth graders took a field trip to The Walters today, enhancing their studies of Egypt. http://park-school.s3.amazonaws.com/academics/lower-school/program-of-studies/fourth-grade/

A group of Middle School students on the Challenge Course. Appalachian Challenge is Park’s nationally-recognized, outdoor education program. A major component of the program is the initiative course (sometimes called a ropes or high and low confidence course). The course is one of the largest in the mid-Atlantic region and is likely the only high & low confidence course in the country entirely constructed, maintained, and taught by students.

A rare snow day meant sledding and snow tubing fun!

Our 100 acre campus looks beautiful after a snow fall!

What does a science lesson look like? Park’s kindergarten students are challenged to become keen observers and thinkers. Through modeling and coaching during small group and class discussions, children learn to ask investigative questions, articulate ideas, formulate hypotheses and consider each other’s thoughts and opinions. They practice recording their observations and discoveries through writing, drawing, and graphing. In addition, the children enjoy nature walks, engage in seasonal studies involving our garden, the nearby woods, stream, meadow and pond, and have the opportunity to explore classroom science collections.

Last year, as part of the year-long celebration of Park's Centennial, students planned and built a trail through part of our 100 acre campus.

The Book Fair opens today in the dance studio! All proceeds benefit the Park PA. Park's Parents' Association organizes programming, supports Park Connects, provides grade level support for students and parents, welcomes new families, and informs parents about Park's philosophy and programs.

Upper School students visited the Supreme Court last week as a part of their Criminal Law class curriculum. Upper School students take required courses in the academic disciplines, the arts and physical education. Beyond these requirements, students also make choices from among advanced courses and electives.

The 13th Annual Park School Day of Community Building, Service, and Reflection. Here, first graders prepare sandwiches to donate to Beans & Bread, an organization that provides services to the hungry and homeless of Baltimore.

Congratulations to the cast and crew of In The Heights, which finished it's run this weekend. During a break between two performances on Saturday, the the cast engaged in a talkback with students from the Middle Grades Partnership.

Early this year, first graders made a map of what's in their heart. Many of the skills and strategies students need to become successful readers and writers are taught in the writing workshop. Students are introduced to the great variety of written forms as they compose class stories, patterned books, fiction and non-fiction on personal and science topics, letters, poetry, lists, news, and announcements.

An eighth grade science class studies nutrition, and the students research which foods contain starch and sugar. The human body is the focus of the eighth grade year. Building on the lab skills already learned in Middle School, each unit includes student-generated experiments which follow scientific method, as well as a variety of hands-on activities interwoven with essential factual information.

Park's Fall Musical, In the Heights, opens this week! Poster design/illustration by Tymani Ratchford '14. Music and Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Book by Quiara Alegria Hudes.

A group of 12 students travelled to UVA as a part of Park's Model UN team, some pictured here at the Jefferson Rotunda. Special programs and co-curricular activities at Park complement the academic program by encouraging leadership and personal growth through practical experience. http://park-school.s3.amazonaws.com/academics/upper-school/special-programs-activities/

Having fun at last nights annual Partners Harvest Dinner. This highly successful program is a mentoring and diversity initiative that promotes multicultural education, leadership, and community building throughout the school. The program pairs Lower School students from diverse backgrounds with Middle or Upper School buddies. It currently involves over 125 participants.

8th grade graphic design students with the posters they made for clients around the school. Pictured are posters for Middle School Science, "Don't Text and Drive", a poster for MS Language Arts, MS Exploratory Learning Week, Appalachian Challenge, and Upper School French.

Creating patterns is important work. Categorizing, sorting, and comparing attributes of various materials gives children experience with using mathematical language and helps to develop important mathematical and scientific concepts. In Kindergarten!

Sharks! Librarian Twig George shared her experience with shark research at a Lower School assembly today. Twig's vast experience with marine conservation helps her to infuse science and wildlife into the library curriculum, and makes her an incredible resource for the entire school! http://www.twigcgeorge.com/sharks.html

It's fall on Old Court Road. 100 acres with woodlands, tributaries, trails, and a pond. All of this, only 3 miles from the city line, and 15 minutes from downtown Baltimore.

A model made for an Upper School Architecture and Model Making Class. For the first assignment this fall, students learned to render their designs in CAD. Once completed, they built 3D models of their simple building using styrofoam, sticks, stones, and paint.

The annual Lower School Hallowgreen parade! Students and faculty are encouraged to use recycled materials to make their costumes.

Third grade teacher, Ellen Hoitsma, with some of her class during the parade

Third graders headed into the woods today applying the shelter-building techniques of Eastern Woodland Indians. Here, they learn about the people native to the area and experience how they lived. http://park-school.s3.amazonaws.com/academics/lower-school/program-of-studies/third-grade/

Park's Cross Country team! Learn more about Park Athletics: http://park-school.s3.amazonaws.com/athletics/

Park welcomed 17 students from Paris, France — the twelfth year of this exchange. The students spend a week in Baltimore, on campus and off, and are hosted by families of French language students. It was wonderful sharing the Park experience this week, including cooperative work on the Challenge course

Our French exchange students!

Boys Varsity Soccer in action – Go Bruins! http://park-school.s3.amazonaws.com/athletics/

Parents join their children in the classrooms during Middle School Parent Visiting Day today. They will learn firsthand just how well Park Middle School Faculty understand the complexities of teaching this age. http://park-school.s3.amazonaws.com/academics/middle-school/

The first Viva House collection of the school year yielded 50 bags of food. The 4th and 5th Grade Community Service Committee is part of the 20+ year partnership between Viva House and Park, linking socially responsible action with academic learning.

Smiles and apples abound at the Lower School's Autumn Harvest Festival. Students in grades 1-5 and teachers participate in cross-grade, non-competitive games, story telling, and song.

Apples and smiles at the Harvest Festival!

One of several of Park's Destination Imagination teams at work on a challenge. Students have fun while learning valuable team building techniques and critical thinking skills. Park has several Destination Imagination teams of 4th and 5th graders, as well as a 1st and 2nd grade club. For more information http://www.destinationimagination.org

The Monarch Project teaches the interdisciplinary lessons of scientific observation, data collection, the mathematics of symmetry, natural camouflage, and presentation findings…in Kindergarten. The project culminates with the dramatization of the Monarch metamorphosis at a festival each fall. Here, family and friends celebrate with the Kindergarteners after the release of the Monarchs for their journey to Mexico.

Congratulations to the students and advisors of Park's Habitat for Humanity group for all of their hard work in the past few years bringing this to fruition. Today was the ribbon cutting on a the new Habitat home that will be built by CTE school students from Mervo, Carver and Edmondson. The Mayor and Tisha Edwards were on hand today for the ceremony.

Pictured here with faculty advisor Daniel Jacoby, four Park students completed a Baltimore Marathon relay to raise needed funds for the International Rescue Committee (IRC). The IRC responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. At work in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities to restore safety, dignity and hope, the IRC leads the way from harm to home.

This third grade class works at the pond with Lower School science resource specialist Laura Jacoby.

This fourth grade classroom read "Inside Out and Back Again", set in Vietnam in 1975, then had a visit from Upper School history teacher Jon Acheson to learn more about the Vietnam War.

Visiting artist Loring Cornish works with Upper School students.

Appalachian Challenge – Park's nationally recognized outdoor education program – in the woods of our 100 acre campus. About Challenge: http://park-school.s3.amazonaws.com/academics/middle-school/special-programs/appalachian-challenge/

After reading "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes," this 4th grade class learned to make sushi with a parent.

The 6th grade theme is Community, and students start to build their own during the annual trip to Chincoteague!

Middle School field trip to Druid Hill Park, near the location of Park School's first campus.

The Alumni Men's Soccer team played on Brown and White Day!

A Saturday in The Park tradition – tug of war! Parents against kids!

Happy Brown and White Day! Our school spirit day is in full swing. Go Bruins!

Newbery Medal winner and Lower School Librarian Laura Amy Schlitz seen dressed as "Joan", performing a monologue for the Fifth Grade.

Laura Amy Schlitz performs a monologue for the Fifth Grade

Braden House! Each Middle School student is a part of a cross-graded advisory group called a "house".

Fifth graders head outside to play drama games, building community and preparing for their solstice assembly in December.

Upper School students connect on Park's recently redesigned inner courtyard.

Ninth grade physics students investigate factors that influence the period of a pendulum. www.parkschool.net/academics/upper-school/program-of-studies/science/

While the play Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee is fiction, many characters and events in the play are based upon the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 in Dayton, TN. This Middle School class is finishing their work on a small research project where they are learning more about the trial, the people involved, and society.

An Upper School student discusses her work with Principal Kevin Coll in the art studio. For more information about the Visual Arts Program – www.parkschool.net/arts/visual-arts/

Lower School music teacher Mr. Peterson and first grade teacher Ms. Bloom lead the Friday Sing-Along, a favorite first grade tradition and a wonderful way to end a great week.

Students in the Human Anatomy elective examine tissue samples under the microscope. For a look through the microscope, view the next picture.

A view through the microscope in the Upper School Human Anatomy class. Photo: V. Bullivant '14

The Park Parents' Association hosted a breakfast and program for parents new to the school.

World-renowned cellist, Evan Drachman '82, responds to students' questions after performing during Tuesday's assembly. About Evan: www.piatigorskyfoundation.org/artist/drachman/

In an investigation that launched their year, fourth graders arrange data about the number of seeds in their individual slices of watermelon.

Friendly faces in the morning! Park Fifth graders take turns walking new and younger students from carpool to their classrooms. This is one of many student partnering opportunities at Park.

Backpacks in the corridor outside the Meyerhoff Theater signal that the first Upper School Assembly of 2013-1014 is in progress!

An interactive welcome from a fourth grade teacher…

Head of School Dan Paradis welcomes students and families to the first day of the new school year!

Park's art exhibition to open the new school year, "In Each Other's Shoes," features the artwork of Loring Cornish and that of Park fourth and seventh graders.

Summer campus improvements brought some big changes to familiar spaces. Be sure to check out the inner courtyard's new look.

Evidence of this summer's Music Curriculum FACA. For more info on the F. Parvin Sharpless Faculty and Curricular Advancement (FACA) Program, visist www.Parkschool.net/faca

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