Parkmont’s Class of 2025
Parkmont’s graduating class of 2025 began high school amid the continuing restrictions and disruptions of the Covid pandemic. Despite the challenges, this cohort of students was an exceptionally sweet, social group of kids, says Nijole, Parkmont’s Assistant Head of School. “They had great camaraderie amongst themselves, and they also did a really good job of […]
Parkmont Poetry All Summer Long!
The energy of the Parkmont Poetry Festival kept rolling throughout the summer, thanks to new programming devised by María Fernanda. The award-winning poet says she “fell in love with the Festival” while serving as a semi-finalist judge in 2024 and felt immediately inspired to get more involved. She pitched some outreach ideas to Kim Schraf, […]
Name That Graduate
One of Parkmont’s hallmarks is that our students and teachers work with each other across grade levels and get to know each other well. At graduation, each student is celebrated in a speech by one of their teachers, sometimes the same teacher who spoke at their 8th-grade Moving Up ceremony. Here are excerpts from the […]
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8th Grade Moving Up
Considering how bad a rap middle school gets in pop culture, the playful camaraderie of Parkmont’s Middle School can feel like a magic trick. At the Moving Up ceremony for our eight eighth graders on June 9, we felt that magic in abundance. These eighth graders brought lots of joyful energy to class that made […]
It Takes a Village: 44 Years of the Parkmont Poetry Festival
At the 44th Annual Parkmont Poetry Festival, Kim Schraf, who has led the festival for 19 years, told us the Festival’s story. “We are so fortunate to live in a vibrant poetry village here in the DMV,” she said, “and it’s into just such a village that the Parkmont Poetry Festival was born.” The idea […]
Congratulations, Class of 2026!
On June 14, seniors and their families, teachers, staff, and friends gathered to celebrate the graduation of the Parkmont School Class of 2026. Per Parkmont tradition, faculty gave a speech for each graduate. They shared sweet and funny memories and the many ways they’ve seen the students grow. Everyone present got a taste of the […]