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Francis Parker School, also known simply as Parker, is a college preparatory independent day school in San Diego, California, serving students from junior kindergarten through twelfth grade. Parker was founded in 1912 by Clara Sturges Johnson and William Templeton Johnson , themselves recent arrivals to the West Coast .
Francis W. Parker School is an independent school serving students who live in the Chicago area from Pre-K through twelfth grade. Located in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood, the school is based on the progressive education philosophies of John Dewey and Colonel Francis Wayland Parker, emphasizing community and citizenship. [7]
Principal of the Francis W. Parker School, pioneer of progressive education Flora Juliette Cooke (December 25, 1864 – February 21, 1953) was an American educator who played a prominent role in the progressive education movement of the early 20th century.
Parker Center, initially named the Police Administration Building or Police Facilities Building, was the former headquarters of the Los Angeles Police Department from 1955 until October 2009. It was located in Downtown Los Angeles at 150 North Los Angeles Street .
City Terrace is an unincorporated area of East Los Angeles, in Los Angeles County, California, east of Downtown Los Angeles.It contains City Terrace Elementary School, Robert F. Kennedy Elementary School, Esteban Torres High School, Harrison Elementary School, William R. Anton Elementary School, Hammel Street Elementary School, Anthony Quinn Library, City Terrace Library, and City Terrace Park.
In addition to the schools in New York, Illinois, Indiana, and California, the Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School was founded in Massachusetts in 1995, in honor of Parker's contributions to the field of progressive education. An elementary school in Quincy also bears Parker's name, as does one in Rochester, New York.
Washington Boulevard is an east-west arterial road in Los Angeles County, California spanning a total of 27.4 miles (44 km). Its western terminus is the Pacific Ocean just west of Pacific Avenue and straddling the border of the Venice Beach and Marina Peninsula neighborhoods of Los Angeles.
John H. Francis Polytechnic High School: Los Angeles: 1957 has moved three times and has changed name once since its creation in 1897; most recent move was from what has become Los Angeles Trade-Technical College: Live Oak High School: Morgan Hill: 1975 Britton Middle School Los Angeles High School: Los Angeles: 1917 now covered by the ...