Parker's History

1901

Founded

1902

County Fair Begins

1905

The Parker Recorder was founded

1910

Parents' Association Formed

1911

First issue of The Weekly is published

1917

What is now known as Woodland Activity Day begins

1918

Parker's first Principal Flora J. Booke begins the Big Brothers/Big Sisters Program

1918

Alumni Association launched

1919

Student Government Begins

1919

Fourth Grade Greek Play begins

1921

Albert Einstein gives a Morning Ex on his Theory of Relativity

1934

Alumni Association and Parents' Association start raising funds for Scholarship Fund

1942

Little School opens

1943

Class Day starts

1949

First 12 Days Morning Ex

1955

Parker embarks on a capital campaign to replace original structures with one building to house all 14 grades

1958

First Parker Parent Community Dinner/Fundraiser held

1960

Tiles program begins

1962

Parker's new school opens, student body expands to 600

1962

Parker featured in TIME magazine

1976

Parker celebrates 75th anniversary; Parker's Alumni Association establishes the endowment

1977

Medieval Fair starts (and Dubbing Ceremony just a year or two later)

1978

AFS Intercultural Exchange Program begins at Parker

1995

"The Campaign for Parker" launches to improve space and added programming

2002

Parker Robotics Program first formed

2026

Parker celebrates 125th Anniversary