This Thursday, April 25 through Saturday, April 27, the Francis Parker Robotics Team, the W.A.R. Lords, are competing at the international championships event in St. Louis. This is the first year the robotics team has qualified to compete for the world championship title after winning this year's Inland Empire Regional and being named finalists at the San Diego Regional.

Team member Marty Kausas '14 writes, "We are happy that after our sixth year of of being a robotics team we are already competing with many of the best teams in the world! Wish us luck!"

To see the team compete, check out the NASA livestream of the event (look for the "Watch Now" button on the right of the page). Note: the livestream will not be working until matches actually start. Consult the schedule below.

The exact times of the matches have yet been set but the team will be playing between the following times:

• Thusday 1PM - 6PM
• Friday 9:30AM - 12PM and 1PM - 6:15PM
• Saturday 8:15AM - 10:30AM

Summary of the game the robot must play: 

Promotional video of the robot:

The Lower School has been affected by the Mission Hills community power outage this afternoon. San Diego Gas and Electric is working on a solution and anticipates power restoration by 3pm today.

Upper School students are encouraged to attend the 2013 San Diego National College Fair on Tuesday, April 30 at the San Diego Convention Center. Representatives from more than 275 colleges will be on hand to answer questions and share their academic program information and more.

Informational workshops will also be held. Admission is free. The Fair is open from 9:00am-12:00pm and 6:00pm-8:30pm.

Register at www.gotomyncf.com or learn more at www.nationalcollegefairs.org.

Seven Middle School students are attending the California State History Day competition on April 26 in Sacramento Eleanor Hansen '19, Adam Nussbaum '19, Amanda Wasserman '19, Aviva Waldman '18, Peter Bullard '17, Andrew Schmid '17, William Southworth '17 are exhibiting their year-long research projects at the event.

The State History Day competition spurs thorough student research on a historical topic of their choice. The students' conclusions on their topic is presented in final projects that are evaluated by historians and educators. Learn more about the event here. 

The Global Journal Project is a non-profit organization that enables school communities to share stories and form relationships across international and cultural boundaries by raising awareness of global issues through the prespectives of member communities. Private, public and international schools collaborate in a student-run business to produce print and online magazines with content from partner-school communities. The profits earned by the various chapters are reinvested in service through community-based educational events and member-selected philanthropic projects.

This is the first year for the Francis Parker School Chapter, but founding officers Lou Tauber '16, Jay Gardenswartz '14, Thomas Marshall '14, Olivia Ghosh '15, Katherine Owens '14, Arielle Swedback '14 and Kian Bagheri '15 have already raised $1800, and will have their first print piece out in May.

Read more about Parker's chapter here>>

Find them on facebook here>>

Learn more about GJP here>>

From April 25 – 28, forty-three Francis Parker students joined more than 1000 students from throughout California to compete at the State History Day competition in Sacramento. Parker's team is happy to announce that seven Parker students won first place in their divisions. These students will compete at National History Day at the University of Maryland in June.

Many thanks to all who reviewed their projects, provided expert interviews, and accommodated them in numerous ways! See photos from the event here.

State Champions

Senior group documentary:

Braxton Bell, Alex Devereaux, Jonathan Lemberg, Adam Linssen, Mary Tobin

All Eyes on Tet: The Power of the Media to Fuel Change

Senior group exhibit:

Olivia Ghosh, Soren Hansen

No More Wars, No More Walls, A United World: The Fall of the Berlin Wall

SPECIAL AWARD: Outstanding Senior Entry from San Diego County

Jessica Bocinski: individual exhibit

Change Through a Lens: Dorothea Lange's Photography

State Finalists

We also congratulate the following students, whose projects won their preliminary heat and advanced to state finals:

Aviva Waldman: junior historical paper

Russia’s Bloody Sunday: Turning Monarchy into Marxism

Peter Bullard, William Southworth: junior group website

Antietam: The Bloody Battle that Altered American History

Sarah Ogle: senior historical paper

Hubble Space Telescope: Bringing the Universe into Focus

Anoushka Bose: senior Individual website

Preserving American Antiquities: A Turning Point in the Progressive Era

Zak Brownlie: senior individual documentary

Japan’s Economic Democratization: Turning Point from Martial Power to Economic Power

Isaac Gray, Ben Sachrison, M. Connor Smith: group website

The Iranian Revolution: Turning Point in the New Middle East

Kate Lemberg, Katherine Owens, Arielle Swedback, Audrey Yang: group website

Tearing Down the Divide: How the Fall of the Berlin Wall Facilitated a New World Order

Parker W.A.R. Lords Robotics team member Remi Mooney '15 says, "It was such an honor to be one of the four hundred teams going to World Championships. There are several thousand teams that compete to get to this level. This was the first year the Francis Parker W.A.R. Lords made it the Championships, out of the six years it has been running."

After packing and shipping the majority of their workshop, the team flew to St. Louis for the big competition. Hundreds of teams, from locations including Israel, Canada, and South America, flooded the area surrounding the setting of the competition.

More images from the event can be found here.

Mooney reflected on the experience, "Although we did not make it to the elimination rounds, we did very well. Thank you so much to our generous mentors, sponsors, and parents for all of their help. FIRST team 2485 cannot wait until next season! In the meantime, we will prepare for Battle at the Border that we host at the Upper School campus in October and continue to inspire the younger Francis Parker engineers in the making."

Parker's Arts Extravaganza, Spring Arts Nights 2013, will take place Monday, May 20 and Tuesday, May 21. TWO consecutive evenings of Visual & Performing Arts.

Visual Arts displays open at 5:00pm in the James Alan Rose Art Gallery as well as in neighboring art studios; the Performing Arts program also begins at 5:00pm in J. Crivello Hall and in the Amelita Galli-Curci Performing Arts Center. For directions and maps, click here.

Plan to bring your family and friends to see and experience this spectacular event. Food and beverages will be provided.

Seniors

• Friday, May 24
• 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
• In the ASB Room

Grades 6 - 11

• Monday, June 10 - Wednesday, June 12
• 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
• In the ASB Room 

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This year more than 95,000 students from all over the USA took the French National Exam (Le Grand Concours). The students prepared for the exam with several months of preparation, including handouts, hours of online training, and practice exams. Upper School French Teacher, Irina Dorfman is, "...very proud of my students."

Parker students placed first in San Diego in levels 2,3,5 and national results are as follows:

Level 2

• Gold medal (1 place) - Jonathan Lemberg
• Silver medal (2,3 places )- Grace Barrett
• Braxton Bell
• Carlos Ezquerro
• Mary Tobin
• Hadley De Bello
• Nicole Magbanua
• Emily Prudon
• Bronze medal (4-10places) Trevor Appel
• John Carruthers
• Alexander Nicita
• Victoria Ralston
• Sonia Aceves
• Myla Andrews
• Benjamin Sachrison

Level 3

• Silver medal (2 place) Justin Washabaugh
• Bronze medal (4 pl. Fernando Guinto
• 8 pl) Peter Grey
• Jona Plevin
• Erik Riis
• Emma Sheean

Level 4

• Bronze medal (4 pl. Olivia Ghosh
• 5pl. Carolina martinez
• 6pl. Aliza Adler
• Roxane Roncarolo de Vries

Level 5

• Silver medal (3pl) Raphael Cantor
• Anne Sager
• Alexandra Smallwood
• Bronze medal (5pl Christine Buckley
• 6pl Solia Yaley
• 7pl Noah Gamboa

Parker seniors Suzanna Tomey ’13 and David LeBaron ’13 were both honored on Wednesday morning by the High School Sports Association of San Diego. Tomey was honored as the top female student-athlete not only for Parker, but also for the Coastal Conference, while LeBaron was tabbed as the top athletic scholar for the School and awarded the Association’s top honor as the winner of a $2,000 scholarship.

LeBaron '13 has played football, lacrosse and basketball during his time at Parker, earning seven varsity letters while maintaining a 4.30 GPA. He was a team captain and earned the Parker Power Award while playing lacrosse while also being a team captain for the basketball team as a senior. 

Tomey '13 was a four-year letter winner playing softball for her father Jim Tomey, while also earning one varsity letter playing soccer. Tomey maintained a 3.85 GPA during her time at Parker.

87 Upper School students earned medals in this year's online, standardized National Spanish Exam. The exam measures proficiency and skill level of the student studying Spanish. Teacher Alex Gomez says, "We are extremely proud of these students and they deserve our congratulations."

To place, students must earn gold, silver or bronze medals:

• GOLD medal - students scoring at or above the 95th percentile
• SILVER medal - students scoring from the 85th through the 94th percentiles
• BRONZE medal - students scoring from the 75th through the 84th percentiles

Gold Medalists:

• Anoushka Bose
• Richard Clark (8)
• Matthew Miller
• Jonas Munson
• Snigdha Nandipati
• Ruby Ross
• Ashna Aggarwal
• Hannah Lettingon
• Leila Mardoum
• Danielle Mcdermott
• Rachel Mehrberg
• Claire Mussbaum
• Samhita Palakodeti
• Alexa Rodriguez
• Megan Roudebush

Silver Medalists:

• Peter Cetale
• Allie Goines
• McKenna Allard
• Madeleine Casey
• Christina Clark
• Katherine Owens
• Sophie Solar
• Preetam Soundararajan
• Arielle Swedback
• Rosa Vargas
• Fernando Guinto
• Cameron Burnett
• Adam Linssen
• Joseph Silverstein
• Jason Tyler
• Uthara Vengrai
• Britta Wichary
• Ryan Frazee
• Maurice Boyance
• Angelica Vera
• Alexander Barnes
• Allison Emge
• Jennifer Furrer
• Corryn Knapp
• Seth Markow
• Leah Munson
• Sarah Ogle
• Michelle Reed
• Natalie Schmidt
• Luis Boyance

Bronze Medalists:

• Daniel Leibowitz
• Parker Zimmerman
• Morgan Smith
• Blake Trossen
• Angel Aceves-rodriguez
• Nadia Carrillo
• Kian Bagheri
• Taylor Baranski
• Haley Cloyd
• Carter Gale
• Elisa Greenberg
• Natalie Greenberg
• Charles Haynes
• Corrinne Nixon
• Madeleine Ottilie
• Zachary Schmidt
• Connor Smith
• Nick Watkins
• Spencer Collins
• Arturo Alemany
• Michael Baddour
• Julia Bricnet
• Eric Linssen
• Gabriel Gross-sable
• Stuart Hailey
• Marc Tardieux
• Bethlehem Desta
• Nate Glasser
• Matthew Handmacher
• Chris Miyahira
• Patrick Riley
• Annie Sager
• Lucy Siegel
• Kimberly Svatos
• Sam Bagheri
• Dylan Crispen
• Michelle Pond
• Whitney Ralston
• Cheyenne Tabb
• Claire Klein
• David Nussbaum
• Mark Klein

Now until the end of the school year, Parker alumni from past years spanning all the way to 1979 will have their work on display in the Rose Gallery. These former students are creating work from a variety of walks of life, in a range of mediums and subject matter. Stop by to see what has become of Parker students involved in art and design.

There will be an artist reception in conjunction with the Centennial events on Saturday June 8, from 6-9PM. Alongside the reception will be Parker's first Arts Hall of Fame ceremony to honor outstanding former students in Performing and Visual Arts. The award ceremony will be hosted by Roxana Velasquez (Executive Director of San Diego Museum of Art). The art exhibition will be on display until June 14.

Upper School students are encouraged to attend the 2013 San Diego National College Fair on Tuesday, April 30 at the San Diego Convention Center. Representatives from more than 275 colleges will be on hand to answer questions and share their academic program information and more.

Informational workshops will also be held. Admission is free. The Fair is open from 9:00am-12:00pm and 6:00pm-8:30pm.

Register at www.gotomyncf.com or learn more at www.nationalcollegefairs.org.

May 31, 2013

Mulliken Family Awards for Excellence in Teaching

The Mulliken Endowment for Excellence in Teaching was established in 2002 by Noreen and David Mulliken to recognize outstanding Upper School teachers and coaches who have distinguished themselves by a commitment to excellence.

• Victoria Helms
• Ginny Moller
• J. P. Pierce

Ed Strange Award

In honor of Coach Ed Strange, this award is given to a student, faculty or staff member of the Upper School, who best exemplifies the kindness, endearing character and the general good-heartedness of Ed Strange.

• Paul Esch

Yearbook Recognition

The 2013 Francis Parker yearbook was inducted into the Walsworth Publishing Company’s “Gallery of Excellence”. This distinction recognizes the top 5% of books that our company publishes from across the country. Copies of your book have been distributed nationwide to be used as sample books for excellent design and journalism.

• Editors: Arianna Dicker and Caroline Suttie

BEMA

Bema was recognized by the American Scholastic Press Association as the Most Outstanding High School Literary Art Magazine for 2012, and was given an Outstanding Special Edition Award for Breadth of Celebration of Music, Literature, and the Arts.

• Claire Kim and Ryan Watanabe

Honors & Honors With Distinction

Academic Pins

Pins are awarded to the students with the highest average in each subject area.

• Alexandra Alemany: English, AP Studio Art
• Anthony Armas: AP Statistics, AP Calculus AB
• Meghan Babla: Literature & The American West
• Gina Belli: Forensics, Statistics, Global Issues & Social Justice
• Christine Buckley: Parker Advanced Chamber Orchestra
• Jacqueline Buechler: AP Latin
• Dominique Cetale: AP European History, Honors Latin American Literature & Culture
• Alex Clark: Speech Communication
• Zachary Copeland: Instrumental Ensemble
• Arianna Dicker: Yearbook
• Alexander Frachon: Pep Band
• Ciaran Gallagher: Latin American Literature & Culture
• Stanley Gambucci: 2-D Art & Design
• Jacob Glasser: Virtual Language Lab Italian
• Matthew Gluck: Theatre Production
• Gabe Harrington: Psychology, AP Government & Politics
• Christian Jimenez: Marine Biology, Oceanography, AP Economics, Honors English Women & Men
• Jesus Jimenez: Lancer Orchestra
• David LeBaron: AP Physics C, Multivariate Calculus & Linear Algebra
• Robert Mahoney: Human Impact on the Environment
• Molly Morrison: Student Government
• Walker Newton: 3-D Art & Design Stone
• David Nussbaum: Literature as Moral Philosophy
• Molly O’Meara: Advanced Dance
• Savannah Philyaw: Classical Guitar
• Connor Polk: AP Environmental Science
• Taylor Romero: Latin II, Intermediate Dance
• Santiago Romo: Advanced Math
• Sarah Schnell: Advanced Dance Company
• Jake Siegler: The Art & Craft of Writing
• Alexandra Smallwood: AP Human Geography, Honors French Literature & Culture
• Caroline Suttie: Yearbook
• Brad Tauber: Human Geography
• Elyse Watson: Mandarin Chinese Literature & Culture
• Jade Willey: 3-D Art & Design Wood
• David Wright: Economics

National Merit Scholarship Program

National Hispanic Recognition Scholars

• Anthony Armas
• Patrick Barba
• Everett Waterman

National Merit Commended Scholars

• Anthony Armas
• Coleman Baker
• Patrick Barba
• Zach Copeland
• Ciaran Gallagher
• Matthew Gluck
• Kasey Hutchson
• David LeBaron
• Samantha Melville
• Jennifer Nugent
• Kay Toma
• Elyse Watson
• Jade Willey

National Merit Finalist

• Zachary Frailey

Cum Laude Society \ Paul Roudebush

• Anthony Armas
• Salvatrice Aul
• Meghan Babla
• Patrick Barba
• Brent Breslau
• Claire Bryan
• Christine Buckley
• Jacqueline Buechler
• Raphael Cantor
• Alexander Clark
• Kevin Eve
• Ciaran Gallagher
• Kasey Hutcheson
• Christian Jimenez
• David LeBaron
• Margaret McGregor
• Samantha Melville
• Jennifer Nugent
• David Nussbaum
• Katie Reilly
• Alexandra Smallwood
• Parker Stow
• Kay Toma
• Jade Willey
• Solia Yaley

Salutatorian Alex Clark

Valedictorian Kasey Hutcheson

National Language Exams

French Language Awards \ Irina Dorfman

Results for the "Grand Concours 2013"

Level 4 Bronze medal

• Carolina Martinez
• Roxane Roncarolo de Vries

Level 5 Silver medal

• Raphael Cantor
• Anne Sager
• Alexandra Smallwood

Bronze medal

• Christine Buckley
• Solia Yaley

AATF National Award - Outstanding Senior in French

• Christine Buckley

National Latin Exam \ John Lown

National Latin Exam 2 Silver Maxima Cum Laude

• Riley Manifold

Community Service Award

• Kasey Hutcheson

Marites Quini ’83 Girl of the Year

Established by the Quini family in memory of their daughter Marites (Class of 1983) who died in her senior year. Given to an outstanding senior female who exemplifies kindness, service, and involvement in school life.

• Gina Belli

David Glassey Athletic Achievement Award

• Jackie Buechler
• David LeBaron

Chuck Freer Sportsmanship Award

• Connor Polk
• Suzanne Tomey

Department Awards

Athletic Award
Outstanding Athlete of the Year

• Bryce Fitzner
• Maya Jackson

Theatre Arts

• Evan Bramberg

Visual Arts
Mary Harrington Art Award

• Jade Willey

English Award

• David Nussbaum

Language Awards

Spanish

• Dominique Cetale

Mandarin

• Elyse Watson

French

• Solia Yaley

Latin

• Jackie Buechler

Math Award

• David LeBaron

Music Award

• Jesus Jiminez

Science Award

• Dalton Sheehan

Social Studies Award

• Brent Breslau

ASB Spirit Award

• Raphie Cantor

Patrick Mitchell ASB Leadership Award

• Jake Siegler

Dr. Douglas C. Crone
Head of School Awards

• Claire Bryan
• Raphie Cantor
• Parker Stow
• Jade Willey
• Faculty Award
• Alex Clark
• Michelle Pond

The Parker Magazine has been nationally recognized by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education for its design and content. The newly re-imagined, re-invigorated Parker Magazine won this year's CASE Gold Award for Independent School Magazines.

The magazine's success wouldn't have been possible without the fantastic graphic design work by the team at Savacool Secviar Brand Communications, and the great writing and photography by our contributors. Check out the award and our most recent issue below. 

Parker's Community Programs department is coordinating with a leadership program at the San Diego Diplomacy Council to find families willing to host exchange students for two nights in June. If any families are interested in hosting students ages 15-17, please contact Carol Jensen.

Homes are needed for 17 boys and 13 girls for Saturday, June 22 and Sunday, June 23. Families would meet in North Park at 11:30am on Saturday, go to a park for a picnic until 2:30pm and then go home. Sunday could be individual plans or the groups could meet at a beach, etc. Drop-off is Monday morning, June 24 at 9:00am.

Fifth Grade Promotion Awards

Special Achievements:

• Scholarship Awards- Esther and Prentice Cleaves (Peter Valverde) Kirsten Rindal (Camille Fundingsland) STRIVE (Hayden Enniss) Judi Sinnott (Russell Childs)
• Geography Bee- Annie McGrath-1, Henry Gray-2, Rodrigo Gallardo-3
• Spanish Spelling Bee- 1-Phoebe Lettington, 2-Hayden Enniss, 3-Joseph Cetale
• Presidential Physical Fitness Award- All four years: William Murray, Max Burbey, Cassidy Herschak, Peter Valverde

Crossing Guards:

• Sergeants: Avalon Smith, Miranda Estrada, Brianna Davis, Arrington Jones,
• Drill Sergeants: Ashwin Rhodes, Neusha Kharrati, Rafter Sprague, Madeleine Rott, Antonia Villafranca, Victoria Miller, Nicolas Khoury, Charlie Tobin, Olivia Saenz,
• Supply Sergeants: Camille Fundingsland, Spencer Lafferty,
• Master Sergeants: Katie Austin,
• Lieutenants: Katrina Lilly, Tristan Neels
• Captains: Peter Valverde, Phoebe Lettington

Squires

• Annalisa Arbogast
• Katie Austin
• Matthew Baker-Dunn
• Max Burbey
• Joseph Cetale
• Hayden Enniss
• Jake Farmer
• Camille Fundingsland
• Henry Gray
• Izzie Haberman
• Billy Harrington
• Kate Hasler
• Cassidy Herschak
• Parker Keskinen
• Neusha Kharrati
• Phoebe Lettington
• Katrina Lilly
• Annie McGrath
• Aadi Miglani
• Ally Miller
• Victoria Miller
• William Murray
• Tristan Neels
• Emily Samuels
• Squires-
• Avalon Smith
• Ruthie Tam
• Peter Valverde
• Antonia Villafranca
• Sam Wasserman

Liaisons

• Cammie Capp
• Miranda Estrada
• Sonia Halle
• Ashwin Rhodes
• Madeleine Rott
• Olivia Saenz
• Rees Sinnott
• Julia Strauss
• Susannah Suggs
• Charles Tobin
• Ashley Whalen
• Derek Wong

Student Council

• Matthew Baker-Dunn
• Derek Wong
• Camille Fundingsland
• Tristan Neels
• Nicolas Del Rio
• Rees Sinnott
• Noa McDonald
• Peter Valverde
• Spencer Lafferty
• Lily Loughridge
• Antonia Villafranca
• Ashley Whalen
• Parker Keskinen
• Hayden Enniss
• Phoebe Lettington
• Cammie Capp
• Ruthie Tam
• Jessica Irving