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MEDIA RELEASE Lisa Hummel, art teacher at Parker School has been recognized by Artsonia- the world’s largest online kid’s art museum – for outstanding leadership in the area of Arts Education. The school’s online art gallery, www.artsonia.com/schools/Parke… ranks No. 1 in the state, according to Artsonia. The Leadership Award presented to Hummel honors teachers who [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE Halloween is right around the corner and Parker School’s Parent Teacher Student Ohana welcomes the community as we celebrate the spirit of Halloween at Family Fright Night 3-6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27. Keiki will be frightfully delighted as Parker School students perform original and classic ghost stories in the historic theater. Create hands-on [...]

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‘Along the way I discovered that nothing is impossible and that the big, bad world is much smaller than it first appeared’

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MEDIA RELEASE On Saturday, Aug. 4, Parker School hosted an all alumni reunion. Several graduates from 1984-2012 and their families attended. One of the day’s highlights was members of the class of 2002 opening their time capsule in celebration of their 10th year reunion. The capsule was filled with mementos of their time at Parker [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE Monday, Aug. 13 was the first day of the 2012-2013 academic year at Parker School. The school first welcomed students at its separate Lower School and Middle and Upper School Orientations and Socials on Thursday, Aug. 9. — Find out more: www.parkerschool.net

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MEDIA RELEASE Parker School announces the following new employees as of Aug. 1: FACULTY Dr. Angela-Dee Alforque, Parker’s new drama and dance teacher recently moved with her family to Waimea from Sacramento, Calif. She completed her bachelor’s degree in drama/social science and her master’s in multi-cultural American history & performance at Sacramento State University, and [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE Parker School has announced the addition of two new board members, John Roth and Carolyn Stewart, who joined its board of directors in July. Roth is an attorney with the Robert W. Hastings law firm in Waimea, and currently serves as president of the Young Lawyers Division of the Hawaii State Bar Association [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE Parker School has announced it will launch its iPad Initiative in the fall of 2013. At that time, all students in grades 6-12 will be required to use the interactive tablet as a primary learning tool, which will be utilized for everything from content creation to instant teacher feedback to video mirroring (students [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE Recent Parker School graduate Jesse Tarnas and soon to be senior Tyler McCullough traveled to compete in the National Forensic League Tournament June 11-15 in Indianapolis, Ind. Tarnas and McCullough made it through six rounds in the Lincoln-Douglas Category, Tarnas through six rounds in Supplemental Debate, and McCullough through three rounds of Supplemental [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE Parker School’s student council raised nearly $1,200 this year for three different charities. Of that total, $850 was generated from the third annual Parker LoveFest. LoveFest is the brainchild of Nathalie Whitfield, graduate of the class of 2011 and former Student Council Vice President. “She came up with the idea of celebrating Valentine’s [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE Parker School’s 2011-2012 yearbook won three awards in the Herff Jones Publishing Hawaii yearbook contest. The high school yearbook staff was pleased to win the categories of Best Photography, Best Captions and Copy, and the Perfect Production Award (given to schools with no late deadlines). English teacher and yearbook supervisor, Gillian Culff said, [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE Parker School held its annual Senior Ohana Night and awards ceremony Thursday, May 24 to honor students’ outstanding achievement in academics, arts and athletics. The following students received awards: * Parker School Trustees’ Award – Kai Inaba * Personal Achievement Award – Thomas Baldwin, Emily Boehm * Richard Smart Award for Academic Excellence [...]

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