| The Park School | |
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Simplicity and Sincerity
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| 171 Goddard Avenue Brookline, Massachusetts, 02445 United States |
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| Denomination | Non-denominational |
| Founded | 1888 |
| Head of school | Jerrold I. Katz |
| Faculty | 130 |
| Grades | N–9 |
| Age range | 4-15 |
| Enrollment | 560 |
| Average class size | 13–16 students |
| Campus size | 26 acres (110,000 m2) |
| School Color(s) | Green & white |
| Accreditation(s) | AISNE&NEASC |
| Publication | The Park Bulletin |
| Newspaper | The Park Parent |
| Website | http://www.parkschool.org |
The Park School is an independent school in Brookline, Massachusetts, for boys and girls in pre-kindergarten through ninth grade. It was founded in 1888 as Miss Pierce’s School. Jerrold I. Katz has been the head of school since 1993.
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Park’s facilities span a 26-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.
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.
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 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.[1]
The Park School finished building an addition to better accommodate the 4th and 5th grades in September 2008 to increase classroom size and to satisfy recommendations made by the Association of Independent Schools in New England (AISNE).
Distinguished graduates of The Park School include: