Francis Parker School (San Diego)
Francis Parker School (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. The Johnsons' nieces had attended the original Francis W. Parker School in Chicago, founded eleven years earlier, and sought to recreate the same progressive education standards at the original institution.
| Francis Parker School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
6501 Linda Vista Road San Diego , United States | |
| Coordinates | 32.7719°N 117.1769°W |
| Information | |
| Other name | Parker |
| Type | Private Non-Sectarian |
| Motto | “As far as the mind can see” |
| Established | 1912 |
| Founder | Clara Sturges Johnson and William Templeton Johnson |
| Head of school | Kevin Yaley |
| Grades | JK–12 |
| Number of students | 1,237 |
| Color(s) | Brown and gold (Teal is also added on 2012) |
| Mascot | Lancers |
| Rivals | The Bishops School, La Jolla Country Day School, Pacific Ridge School |
| Newspaper | The Scribe |
| Website | http://www.francisparker.org |
While the institutions are both named after Colonel Parker, the schools themselves differ in their day-to-day operation as well as the structure of institutions such as the student government.
The original Parker campus was established in 1912 at its current location in Mission Hills; a second campus, containing a middle and upper school, was established subsequently in Linda Vista.