15 KYLE POLASKE Art Teacher At Park since 2001 “I see joy when things come together for a student. Whether it be an Upper School student who has worked for days and days on a painting, and they finally finished it and are proud of it, or a Middle school student, who just can’t wait until the next club day to work in the wood shop, or a preschool student who just learned and tried something new, and absolutely loved it...you see the JOY in their eyes!” AMY DICHRISTINA Head of Middle School At Park since 2022 “At Park, I’ve found that truth and joy can be found in the ‘in-between’ times. When you are in the dining hall and see so many different students sitting together at a table and laughing, or when I am walking across campus and a student comes up to tell me that they aced a test in one of their classes. These are the times when relationships are built, when we come to know more about the truth and joy in each one of us that brings us all together." WHO BETTER TO SPEAK ABOUT THE TRUTH & JOY SEEN AT PARK ON A DAILY BASIS THAN OUR TEAM OF FACULTY AND STAFF? WITHIN THE NEXT SEVERAL PAGES, YOU’LL MEET EACH PARK EMPLOYEE AND HEAR A DIRECT EXAMPLE OF A TRUTH OR A JOY THAT THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED OR WITNESSED ON CAMPUS. CARL THOMPSON, PH.D. English Teacher At Park since 2022 “Early in the semester before students arrived on campus for the day, I was standing in the circle drinking coffee when a family of deer casually trotted past me. In that moment, before they disappeared into the woods again, I understood what makes Park so special.” TURNER BATTLE Director of Athletics At Park since 2022 “Truth and joy is bouncing back from adverse situations and becoming who you were meant to be. Post-pandemic it is so great to witness Park students work alongside one another to innovate and grow into who they were born to be."
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