Hello and thanks for visiting!
My name is Chris Lauricella and I am the newly appointed head of The Park School of Buffalo. After much consideration, I have taken the title of this blog from the 1928 book of the same name written by Park's founder, Mary Hammett Lewis. An Adventure With Children traces the founding and evolution of our school into a unique institution that, as Ms. Lewis recalled: "averaged as many as six visitors per day...teachers and principals and superintendents from almost every large city in the country came to us. One morning we had an M.P. from England, two physicians from Austria, two Japanese students from Columbia University, the president of a great college, a superintendent of schools from the Middle West, and a Harvard professor..."
This blog, I hope, will recount my own adventures with children as I become fully engaged as the School's leader, expand upon the Progressive pedagogical tradition that distinguishes us, recount our daily work, and reconnect with Park's proud history in preparation for our centennial in 2012-2013.
I hope you will visit often for regular virtual glimpses into this truly special community.
About Me
- Chris Lauricella
- Buffalo, New York, United States
- I became the 17th head of The Park School of Buffalo in July 2008 after serving for 6 years as head of upper school at the Brimmer and May School in Chestnut Hill, MA. I have also served as teacher/coach/dorm parent at the National Sports Academy in Lake Placid, NY; an admissions/special projects coordinator at the Klingenstein Center at Teachers College, Columbia University; and Dean of Students at the Storm King School in Orange County, NY
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