THE MAGAZINE OF THE PARK SCHOOL OF BUFFALO | 2014 GROWING OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL Common Sense vs. the Common Core Park Pioneer PARK TODAY 2 My Child is Not an Experiment – Thoughts on the Common Core 2 5 Board of Trustees President Reflects on the Park School Experience 6 The Board of Visitors, October 2014 Thoughts on the Common Core 7 What Sets Our Middle School Apart? 8 My Middle School Experience – James Ellegate ’18 9 Flipping Classrooms in Fifth Grade 10 STEAM – Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math 12 Theatre & Performing Arts 13 Sports Roundup 14 New Faculty & Staff 15 Reflections on Zoo Day – Kendal Smith ‘15 ADVANCEMENT 7 16 Development Update 18 Leadership Donors Growing our Middle School WWW.THEPARKSCHOOL.ORG 19 All Donors LEGACY STUDENTS The Park Pioneer is published by the Development Office 22 Trustees/Faculty/Staff Park is proud to serve generations. Legacy students of The Park School of Buffalo. Please send your comments 23 Current Parents/Grandparents are the children and grandchildren of Park alumni. to
[email protected]. 22 Alumni 23 Parents of Alumni/Friends FRONT ROW: Joshua Latner (grandson of Judy Stein Chick ‘60), Talia Cerrato, 26 Honorary and Memorial Gifts Myles Cerrato (children of Marnie Benatovich Cerrato ‘90), Ella Stevenson, STAFF CONTRIBUTORS 27 The Park School of Buffalo Foundation Van Stevenson (children of Wende Mollenberg Stevenson ‘97), Nadia George (daughter of Stephan George ‘97), Mia Koessler (daughter of Lisa Gelman Christopher J. Lauricella Melissa Baumgart 28 1912 Legacy Society Koessler ‘93, granddaughter of Patty Cohen Gelman ’66), Finnegan Cook (son Head of School Marnie Benatovich Cerrato ’90 29 Donor Profiles – John H.