Park Parents Association
Every parent, guardian, or custodian of a student at Park is a member of the PPA. See how you can be involved to make our Park community even better!
Who is part of The Park Parent Association? Every parent, guardian, or custodian of a student at Park is a member of the Park Parents Association.The purposes of the group are to share with parents current social and academic concerns within the Park School community, raise money for the needs of the school, support the library staff, and help in any other way to improve the life and well-being of The Park School. Please join us at a meeting or volunteer at PPA events. We'd love to see you!
19/06/2024
The PPA salutes the Class of 2024! Congratulations!
29/05/2024
16/04/2024
Don't forget! Our Park Parents Association fundraiser at Chipotle is tomorrow, Wednesday, April 17 from 4-8pm! See the flyer for details - 25% of sales goes to our PPA! Thank you in advance for supporting Park. 🧡
07/02/2024
Happy to announce another restaurant fundraiser!
Blaze Pizza
Thursday, February 15
4:00-8:00 PM
The Boulevard Shopping Center
1595 Niagara Falls Blvd.
Your PPA will receive 20% of the proceeds!
We all need to eat! We look forward to seeing you!
10/12/2023
Park's BINGO at the Beach! 🌴⛱🐚🌺
Join us for BINGO, Prizes, Raffles, & more!
WHEN: Friday, January 26
WHERE: Park Dining Hall
TIME: Door open at 6 PM, first game @ 7 PM!
PRICE: $20/ticket or table of 8 for $150
Admission includes 10 rounds and a BINGO dauber!
Bring your own food & drinks, ages 21+ only!
Purchase tickets: www.theparkschool.org/bingo24
You may also call to purchase tickets at: 716-839-1243 x110
05/12/2023
Reminder! PPA Meeting tomorrow night in the Dining Hall. 7PM. Guests are Artist-in-Residence Mark Divincenzo; Art teacher Kyle Polaske, and Theatre Director Maria Jacobi. Rumor has it there MAY be some hands-on art... Holiday cheer is also happening! Hope to see you there!
08/11/2023
Just a quick note to let you know that your PPA is hosting a PitStop during tomorrow's conferences. Please feel free to stop by the Knopp Hailpern Center for Campus Inquiry. If you have a gap or lull in your conference schedule and need a place to hang out while you wait for your next meeting, this is where you can hang out. Coffee, tea, water, and snacks will be waiting for you!
07/11/2023
What’s Election Day without a Bake Sale? Stop by Rich and say hi! PPA
29/10/2023
Thank you to all who gave!
Thank you to all who have made a pledge or gift so far. Haven't participated yet? Your donation in any amount makes a difference. Whether $1, $20, or more, every gift matters. Thank you! Donate Link: https://www.givecampus.com/campaigns/39491/donations/new?a=6984928&fbclid=IwAR08LtP7maN-_v_8-n9xI6FoA0L1YCN7LM0H7uA1sSPij2mk6IXIqHhFjx4
29/10/2023
*PLEASE SHARE*
We are proud to be hosting a Blood Drive on Tuesday, November 7 from 12-5PM!
🩸 Why donate blood? There is no substitute for it; donors provide the only supply of life-saving blood for those in need. Donating is simple, fast, and convenient! The donation process can take as little as 45 minutes of your time, but can make a lifelong difference for someone else.
Please consider donating! If interested, you can schedule a time here: https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor=parkschool
Information for teen donors: https://www.redcrossblood.org/donate-blood/how-to-donate/info-for-student-donors.html
Eligibility Requirements: https://www.redcrossblood.org/donate-blood/how-to-donate/eligibility-requirements.html
27/10/2023
Please join us in the Dining Hall from 2-3 PM today for a chance to win this bag of Park swag!
19/10/2023
Happening tonight!
Good Morning Park friends, tonight is our Visiting Author event with multi award-winning author, Eric Gansworth! Due to a great RSVP response, the event will be taking place in the Park School Theatre. See you all soon!
If you'd still like to join us, you may RSVP here: https://theparkschool.org/arts-innovation/author-eric-gansworth-rsvp/
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The Park School of Buffalo is WNY’s only co-ed, PreK - Grade 12 and Montessori school. Park students are academically and socially prepared problem solvers equipped with confidence, critical thinking skills, and a desire to make the world a better place.
05/10/2023
This is going to be an incredible event. Hope to see you there.
The Park School of Buffalo is proud to welcome award-winning poet and novelist Eric Gansworth, Sˑha-weñ na-saeˀ, (Onondaga, Eel Clan) to our campus on Thursday, October 19! The reading, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 6:00pm with a question-and-answer session and book signing to follow.
RSVP to event HERE: https://theparkschool.org/arts-innovation/author-eric-gansworth-rsvp/
Learn more about Eric and how he connects to our students HERE: https://theparkschool.org/about/news/?id=350188/park-welcomes-award-winning-poet-and-novelist-eric-gansworth
02/10/2023
Giving to the Annual Fund is investing in your child's community! Please help achieve 100% parent participation by making your donation during this 3-week drive. No donation is too small (or too large)!
It's week one of our Annual Fund Challenge for Park parents and grandparents!
The success of this campaign starts and ends with current Park families. Together, you can help Park to reach 100% participation in the Annual Fund for the first time ever by making a gift or pledge during this 3-week time frame. Your gift matters. Every gift matters. Thank you! 🧡
Donate Link: https://www.givecampus.com/campaigns/39491/donations/new?a=6984928
29/09/2023
The first PPA meeting of the '23-'24 school year was well attended! This group of engaged parents is excited to be involved in all things Park!
27/09/2023
The first Park Parents Association meeting of the 2023-24 school year is tomorrow morning. Join us at 8:15 AM in the Dining Hall! We have a packed schedule including updates from our Head of School and more! Hope to see you there!
26/09/2023
Happening in our Upper School. English elective - "A Sense of Place"
Senior student Camille is enjoying writing at our pond during her English course called “My Sense of Place.” ✍🏼
This hybrid writing and literature course explores the relationship between place, experience, and personal identity. How do places shape us? How do we impact our environments? How do we imagine beyond our own individual perceptions of time, scale, and embodiment? 📖
Over the course of the semester, students read literature—particularly memoir, environmental non-fiction, and poetry—that grapple with questions like this. In turn, students generate and workshop their own creative writing as they think critically and reflectively about their own place in the world. 📚
This course makes extensive use of Park’s 34-acre campus as a site of reflection and inspiration and asks that students engage in a multi-week creative writing project inspired by the work of Environmental Humanities scholar Lawrence Buell. The semester will culminate in a portfolio project and live reading of selected works! 🌳
Find yourself at Park, WNY’s largest classroom.
23/09/2023
Our Artist in Residence, parent Mark DiVincenzo, in action.
23/09/2023
We had a LOT of college representatives come out to visit with our Upper School students this week! Did you know that we currently have a 100% college acceptance rate?!
Our amazing Director of College & Life Counseling Julie Lewis does a fantastic job at helping our students through the application process from start to finish! Fun fact - Mrs. Lewis is also the 2023 NYS School Counselor of the Year!
Meat Raffle. Support Park!
19/09/2023
Join us!
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15/09/2023
It was so nice to meet so many of you last night! We hope you'll join us for our first PPA meeting of the '23-'24 school year at 8:15AM, Thursday, September 28. We have a packed agenda as we look ahead to great things this year!
13/09/2023
¡Bienvenidos a Familia Fun Day! Come visit The Park School of Buffalo at our table this Saturday, September 16th from 12pm-3pm as we celebrate the beginning of National Hispanic Heritage Month!
➡Learn more at: https://martinhouse.org/familia-fun-day/
2023-24 PPA Meetings
✅September 28, 8:15AM
✅October 27, 2:00PM
December 6, 7:00PM
January 18, 8:15AM
February 23, 2:00PM
March 20, 7:00PM
April 25, 8:15AM
May 31, 8:15AM
All meetings take place in the Dining Hall. Hope to see you there!
The Park School of Buffalo Parents Association (PPA) is your pathway to participation. All parents, guardians, and custodians are members of the PPA. The group provides a forum to engage with and support the School and each other and offers the opportunity for voicing observations and concerns relating to academic or social issues. The PPA also raises funds for various activities and other needs and works together to promote the well-being of The Park School.