Francis W. Parker School (San Diego)
- Francis W. Parker School (San Diego)
Infobox Secondary school
name = Francis Parker School
type = Private
established = 1912
city = San Diego
state = California
country = USA
grades = JK–12
mascot = Lancers
newspaper = "The Scribe"
website = [http://www.francisparker.org www.francisparker.org]
Athletic Rival = Bishops
Francis Parker School, also known simply as "Parker", is an independent day school in San Diego, California, serving students from junior kindergarten through twelfth grade. Parker was founded in 1912 by Clara Sturges Johnson and William Templeton Johnson, themselves recent arrivals to the West Coast. The Johnsons' nieces had attended the original Francis W. Parker School in Chicago, founded eleven years earlier, and sought to recreate the same progressive education standards at the original institution. [ [http://francisparker.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=152&Itemid=356 Francis Parker School History, Official Website] Retrieved 24 April, 2007. ]
While the institutions are both named after Colonel Parker, the schools themselves differ in their day-to-day operation as well as the structure of institutions such as the student government. [ [http://francisparker.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=48&Itemid=356 Parker Mission Statement, Official Website] Retrieved 24 April, 2007.]
The original Parker campus was established in 1912 at its current location in Mission Hills; a second campus, containing a middle and upper school, was established subsequently in Linda Vista. The upper school campus recently went through an extensive remodeling, to be followed by the middle school.
Parker's main academic rivals are The Bishop's School located in La Jolla and La Jolla Country Day School located in University City.
Francis Parker was recently recognized in the Wall Street Journal for being a top school that sends its students to prestigious schools. [http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-COLLEGE0711-sort.html Retrieve 2 July 2008]
ee also
*Primary and secondary schools in San Diego, California
External links
* [http://www.francisparker.org/ Francis Parker School's Official Site]
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