16 “My learning space is not just about essays and writing, it is a comfortable place where many students feel they can come to talk, share, or just ‘be.’ Behind my desk hangs a long ribbon attached to which is every drawing, sketch, poem, or note from a student or colleague that I receive throughout the year. Each of these little gems of joy act as a reminder and validation of why I continue to choose to educate at Park!” DESMOND TRUESDALE Pre-K Teaching Assistant At Park since 2022 "An example of joy at Park is how connected the entire community is, from Pre-k all the way to 12th grade. The younger friends are always so excited to see their older friends, and the older friends are just as (if not more) excited to see them!" BOB KELLER Director of Maintenance At Park since 2008 "To me, nothing at Park fits 'truth and joy' more than greeting the little ones in the morning with their yawns and cute stories of what they did since last we saw them!" TANYA OKONIEWSKI English Teacher At Park since 2018 CHELSEA ZINCK Grades 5/6 Teacher At Park since 2021 “Park students enjoy friendships across grade levels and divisions. It is not uncommon to see an upper school student high-fiving a 5th grade buddy on their way to class and greeting them by name.” CHRIS CIECHOSKI Director of Innovation & Technology At Park since 2022 “While on campus I have been able to witness, and hear, the joy that the new playground has brought to Lower School.” BETH ANNE JESWALD French Teacher At Park since 2004 “Joy is watching beginning language students carrying on conversations with each other and realizing that they can actually communicate in a different language!” SARAH SMALL Math Teacher At Park since 2022 “Students pulling together to create a successful Country Fair event in spite of the weather!” ANDREA MARTZOLF Kindergarten Teacher At Park since 2005 “Truth and joy means to live as your most authentic self, doing things daily that bring you happiness and joy, living as true to yourself as possible. Park encourages students and faculty to embrace what makes them unique and celebrates what each individual adds to our community. Individuals working together for the betterment of all makes Park truly a school filled with both truth and joy.” HEX KLEINMARTIN, PH.D. Math Teacher At Park since 2020 “Seeing the joy of the Upper Schoolers greeting each other in the Dining Hall for the first day of school after a summer apart is an indicator of the joy of the new school year at Park.” CHERYL BENZINGER Kindergarten Teacher At Park since 1996 “Watching the annual alumni soccer game before Country Fair this year...there were so many alumni that returned for the game that a few even played on the student team. This speaks volumes about the Park community! Watching all the players play with smiles on their faces warmed my heart.” KEITH FROME, ED.D. President At Park since 2021 “Truth and joy converged for me when my 11th and 12th grade writing students visited Park’s fourth grade to teach them about logical fallacies. I was touched by the older students’ enthusiasm for the subject matter and how they wanted to share their excitement for rigorous logical analysis using visual cues, real life examples, puzzles and games. And the fourth graders 'got it' - as we say in education.” MACARENA FRITZ-CEFARATTI Spanish Teacher At Park since 2017 “In my time at Park, the advisory program is the best experience to live truth and joy. The relationships you are able to build with your advisees and to see them grow as bright young people is a very unique and powerful opportunity that only Park can create.”
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