Park School of Baltimore
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The Park School of Baltimore, known as Park, is a private, coeducational, non-sectarian, progressive day school for children in Pre-Kindergarten (age 4) through grade twelve. Park is located in Brooklandville, Maryland, near the city of Baltimore.
History
Park was founded in 1912 as a private K-12 school based on the principles of progressive education developed by John Dewey and others.[1][2][3]
The creation of the school was spurred by the firing of Baltimore City’s progressive Superintendent of Schools James Hixon Van Sickle by newly elected Mayor James H. Preston in 1911.[4] At the time the city’s private schools had quotas severely restricting the number of Jewish students admitted, and so Park adopted a policy of accepting all religions.[5]
Park opened its doors to 98 students on September 30, 1912, in a three-story townhouse in the Auchentoroly Terrace Historic District across from Druid Hill Park. It was advertised as “A Country School in the City.”[6][7]
As the school grew, it moved to a group of buildings on Liberty Heights Avenue in 1917.[8]
In 1950, Park’s student council passed a resolution calling for the school to "accept any applicant for admission, regardless of race, color or creed."[9] In June 1954, one month after U.S. Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision desegregating public schools, Park's Board of Trustees voted "to receive any applications from any family suitable in interest and ambition," becoming the first private school in the city to do so. Black students began attending Park in 1955.[3]
In 1959, Park moved to its current 100-acre campus on Old Court Road in Baltimore County. The school has undergone multiple expansions in recent years. More recent renovations include a new wing for science, mathematics, and technology in 1997; an Athletic Center in 2001; a new visual and dramatic arts wing in 2003; and a new science wing in 2023.[10][3]
In 2018, the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit alleging that Park discriminated on the basis of gender in employment decisions it made about sports coaches.[11] The EEOC alleged that Park School violated federal anti-discrimination laws when it told a male softball coach that "it would not renew his contract for the 2017 softball season because of its 'preference for female leadership.'"[12] Park School settled the lawsuit in 2019 for $41,000.[12]
Notable faculty and staff
- Laura Amy Schlitz, librarian and storyteller; won the 2008 Newbery Medal for her children's book Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village[13] and the 2013 Newbery Honor for her children's novel Splendors and Glooms.[14] Schlitz wrote the monologues in Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! for the 5th Grade curriculum. Her most recent book, Princess Cora and the Crocodile, published in 2017.
Notable alumni
- Robert Austrian ('33) – developer of the pneumonia vaccine[15]
- Guy Blakeslee ('99) a.k.a. Entrance – musician currently signed to Tee Pee Records[16]
- Martha Clarke ('62) – theater director and choreographer, MacArthur Award recipient[17]
- Josh Dibb ('96) a.k.a. Deakin, David Portner ('97) a.k.a. Avey Tare, and Brian Weitz ('97) a.k.a. Geologist – members of the experimental music group Animal Collective[18]
- Jane Frank ('37) (Jane Schenthal Frank) – painter, sculptor, mixed media artist, and textile artist (as a child, her name was Jane Babette Schenthal)[19]
- Alan Frank Guttmacher ('15) – obstetrician/gynecologist, served as President of Planned Parenthood[20]
- Adam Gidwitz ('00) – New York Times bestselling children's book author of A Tale Dark & Grimm (Dutton Penguin, 2010) and Newbery Honoree for The Inquisitor’s Tale (Dutton Penguin, 2016)[21]
- Lydia Kay Griggsby ('86) – Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims and formerly Chief Counsel for Private and Information Policy for the Senate Judiciary Committee[22]
- Walt Handelsman ('75) – Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist (1997 and 2007)[23]
- Ben Jacobs ('02) – journalist, political reporter for The Guardian[24]
- Amy Berman Jackson ('72) – United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia[25]
- Penny Johnson Jerald ('78) – actress, appeared in Fox television show 24 as the president's wife, Sherry Palmer[26]
- Annie Karni ('00) – journalist, White House Correspondent for the New York Times[27]
- Chris Keating ('00) and Anand Wilder ('00) – members of the experimental music group Yeasayer[28]
- Steve Krulevitz ('69) – professional tennis player, was ranked #42 in the world and a member of the Israeli Davis Cup team[29]
- Jeffrey Alfred Legum ('59) – President and CEO of The Park Circle Motor Company[30]
- Amanda Lipitz ('98) – Tony Award-winning Broadway producer; director and producer of award-winning documentary STEP[31]
- Matthew Porterfield ('95) – independent filmmaker; Hamilton (2006), Putty Hill (2011), and I Used to Be Darker (2013)[32]
- Tom Rothman ('72) – Chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment's Motion Picture Group[33]
- Josh Tyrangiel ('90) – Executive Vice President, Vice Media/HBO[34]
- Matthew Weiner – creator of the AMC television drama Mad Men[35]
- Julius Westheimer ('29) – financial advisor, television, and radio personality[36]
- Edward Witten ('68) – mathematical physicist and one of the leading researchers in string theory[37]
See also
References
External links
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- ↑ $100,000 For New School: To Be Co-Educational and To Ignore Religion, March 26, 1912
- ↑ The Park School At 40, October 5, 1952
- ↑ a b c Jane Marion | September 2012: Park Heights. In: Baltimore Magazine. 9. September 2012, abgerufen am 2. Oktober 2020 (amerikanisches Englisch).
- ↑ Finney, Frank And Rowland Removed: Commissioners Ousted by Mayor for Standing by Van Sickle, June 29, 1911
- ↑ James F. Waesche: Park School's First 50 Years, April 21, 1963
- ↑ The Park School (advertisement), September 17, 1912
- ↑ Auchentoroly Terrace CHAP/National Register Historic District. In: baltimore city.gov. Abgerufen am 6. Februar 2021.
- ↑ The Brownie (yearbook). The Park School of Baltimore, 1917, S. 42.
- ↑ 100: The Park School of Baltimore 1912-2012. The Park School of Baltimore, 2013, S. 80.
- ↑ 100: The Park School of Baltimore 1912-2012. The Park School of Baltimore, 2013, S. 89.
- ↑ EEOC Sues Park School of Baltimore Inc. For Sex Discrimination. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 30. Juli 2018, abgerufen am 1. Oktober 2018.
- ↑ a b Park School of Baltimore Will Pay $41,000 to Settle EEOC Sex Discrimination Suit. In: www.eeoc.gov. U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, abgerufen am 2. September 2020.
- ↑ 2008 Newbery Medal and Honor Books | Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC). In: www.ala.org. Abgerufen am 14. August 2015.
- ↑ 2013 Newbery Medal and Honor Books | Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC). In: www.ala.org. Abgerufen am 14. August 2015.
- ↑ Frederick N. Rasmussen: Robert Austrian. In: baltimoresun.com. Abgerufen am 2. September 2020 (amerikanisches Englisch).
- ↑ Michael Byrne: Q&A: Guy Blakeslee of the Entrance Band. In: baltimoresun.com. Abgerufen am 2. September 2020.
- ↑ Sarah Kaufman: Choreographer Martha Clarke, Back on Her Feet In: Washington Post, 17. Oktober 1999. Abgerufen am 2. September 2020 (amerikanisches Englisch).
- ↑ Dept. of Useless BKLYN Minutiae: Yeasayer and Animal Collective = High-School Bros | The Village Voice. In: www.villagevoice.com. Abgerufen am 2. September 2020.
- ↑ Jane Frank, three-dimensional painter, dies at 67 In: The Baltimore Sun, 3 June 1986. Abgerufen im 9 June 2020
- ↑ The Johns Hopkins Circular University Register 1915-1916 (= 1916, No. 4). Johns Hopkins University Press, 1916, S. 83.
- ↑ Daniel Nozick: Park Alum Earns Prestigious Newbery Honor. In: Baltimore Jewish Times. 10. Februar 2017, abgerufen am 2. September 2020 (amerikanisches Englisch).
- ↑ Congressional Directory for the 115th Congress (2017-2018), July 2018. -. In: www.govinfo.gov. Abgerufen am 2. September 2020.
- ↑ Stephanie Shapiro: Native son proves once again pen is mightier than the sword Winner: Skewering public officials pays off for editorial cartoonist Walt Handelsman with one of journalism's biggest prizes. In: baltimoresun.com. Abgerufen am 2. September 2020 (amerikanisches Englisch).
- ↑ Matt Pearce: Reporter from Baltimore says he was slammed to ground by Montana politician. In: capitalgazette.com. Abgerufen am 2. September 2020 (amerikanisches Englisch).
- ↑ Samantha Hawkins: Former Baltimore Colleagues Eager to See What Federal Judge Does in Roger Stone Case. In: Maryland Matters. 20. Februar 2020, abgerufen am 2. September 2020 (amerikanisches Englisch).
- ↑ Stephen Kiehl: The principled villain of '24'. In: baltimoresun.com. Abgerufen am 2. September 2020 (amerikanisches Englisch).
- ↑ Annie Karni: Annie Karni - White House Correspondent at The New York Times. In: LinkedIn. Abgerufen am 2. September 2020.
- ↑ Mark Redfern: My Firsts: Chris Keating of Yeasayer. In: undertheradarmag.com. Abgerufen am 2. September 2020 (englisch).
- ↑ About Steve. In: The Steve Krulevitz Tennis Program. Abgerufen am 2. September 2020 (amerikanisches Englisch).
- ↑ Jeffrey Legum Celebrates 50 Years of Professional Success. In: 24-7 Press Release Newswire. Abgerufen am 2. September 2020 (englisch).
- ↑ Soraya Nadia McDonald: Are films like ‘Step’ inspiring or are they inner-city uplift porn? In: Andscape. 4. August 2017, abgerufen am 2. September 2020 (amerikanisches Englisch).
- ↑ By Jacques Kelly, The Baltimore Sun: After years of struggle, Sondheim Prize winner celebrates. In: chicagotribune.com. Abgerufen am 2. September 2020.
- ↑ Chris Kaltenbach: Baltimore native, Sony Pictures head Tom Rothman donates $250,000 to Baltimore School for the Arts. In: baltimoresun.com. Abgerufen am 2. September 2020.
- ↑ Josh Tyrangiel - 2012 - 40 Under Forty | Crain's New York Business. 6. Mai 2012, archiviert vom am 6. Mai 2012; abgerufen am 2. September 2020.
- ↑ Jess Blumberg | September 2010: Q&A with Peyton List of Mad Men. In: Baltimore Magazine. 1. September 2010, abgerufen am 2. September 2020 (amerikanisches Englisch).
- ↑ Albert Sehlstedt Jr and David Michael Ettlin: Julius Westheimer. In: baltimoresun.com. Abgerufen am 2. September 2020 (amerikanisches Englisch).
- ↑ Alice Steinbach: Physicist Edward Witten, on the trail of universal truth Interview with the Genius. In: baltimoresun.com. Abgerufen am 2. September 2020 (amerikanisches Englisch).