The Park School
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171 Goddard Avenue Brookline, Massachusetts 02445 United States |
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| School type | Independent, coeducational, non-profit, non-sectarian day school Independent Elementary and Middle School |
| Motto | Simplicity and Sincerity |
| Denomination | Non-denominational |
| Founded | 1888 |
| Chairperson | Vincent Chiang, MD |
| Head of school | Cynthia A. Harmon |
| Staff | 30 |
| Faculty | 130 |
| Grades | Pre-Kindergarten-VIII |
| Age range | 4-14 |
| Enrollment | 550 |
| Average class size | 14–16 students |
| Campus size | 34 acres (140,000 m2) |
| School color(s) | green & white |
| Accreditation | AISNE&NEASC |
| Publication | The Park School Bulletin |
| Newspaper | The Park Parent |
| Website | http://www.parkschool.org |
The Park School is an independent day school in Brookline, Massachusetts, for boys and girls in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. Founded in 1888 as Miss Pierce’s School, today, the diverse student body of over 550 students comes from the Greater Boston area to a 34-acre campus in Brookline, Massachusetts near Jamaica Pond.
Park’s facilities span a 34-acre campus. The School is centered in a modern building that contains 45 classrooms, five science labs, four music rooms, three art studios, and a fully equipped theater.
Park’s library contains 30,000 volumes and audiovisual materials. Through its electronic catalog, databases, and web pages, the library provides access to a wide range of materials both within Park and beyond. Librarians provide a resource center and introduce books and library skills to students in technologically equipped instruction areas. The library serves as a gathering place for the whole Park community – everyone from Park’s youngest students to parents and faculty enjoy their specially designed lounge areas with age-appropriate displays and workspaces.
Across the campus is Faulkner House, which provides office space, the After-School Program’s main facility with five classrooms and an outdoor playground, and a 25-meter swimming pool and tennis court for Park’s variety of summer programs.
The school's main building was constructed in 1971 from a modern architectural design by Earl Flansburgh & Associates under the direction of then Headmaster Robert S. Hurlbut, Jr. Built of reinforced precast concrete as a stack of modular classroom and office spaces with wall-length windows for more natural illumination of rooms, it exemplifies the brutalist concrete construction style pioneered by Swiss architect Le Corbusier. But its brick wall accents and its preserved oaks and Roxbury puddingstone outcroppings pay homage to historical New England building traditions and topography. The building features an inner courtyard with a "Space Churn" stainless steel mobile sculpture by George Rickey, donated by a Park parent in 1971. In 1996, the West Building designed by Graham Gund and Associates, added two full-sized basketball courts, three modern science labs, and four mathematics classrooms to the school’s facilities. In 2008, the school completed a major expansion and renovation of all of the pre-kindergarten – grade 5 classrooms. A new wing houses Grade 4 & 5 classrooms, after-school program space, a conference room, and adjoins the newly renovated 5,400-square foot library.
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