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Teacher Spotlight


Read on to learn more about how our community of amazing faculty and staff create an integrated learning environment where strong academics, social emotional learning, and social justice create an exceptional foundation on which students build their ongoing education and their lives.

Music Program Profile

Music teachers Miguel Martinez and Jackie Rago have been working together for years. Listen to what they love about the Park Day School music program!

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What I love about teaching at Park Day School

7th & 8th grade math teacher, Jeff Allen, shares what he loves about teaching at Park Day.

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Why I love teaching kindergarten at Park Day School

Kindergarten teacher Elizabeth McDowell shares what she loves about teaching at Park Day School

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Kindergarten Readiness

By Amida Cary, former Park Day Kindergarten teacher (retired, June 2020) Our Director of Admissions stopped by my classroom one afternoon in the third week of school and asked me […]

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Making Thinking Structures Visible: Timelines, Maps, and Grids

  Rachel Stone is our 6th grade Humanities teacher. Read on for her reflections on using the visual tools of maps, globes, and timelines in Humanities.  One of my goals […]

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