ParkScool-PioneerMag-Winter-2025

It's only fitting that Park, a school that prioritizes a close-knit, family-like community, has multiple sibling sets, legacy students, and longterm faculty who have worked here for 20+ years. But what's also commonplace at our school is to have teachers who are siblings or cousins, faculty and staff who are married couples, and many employees who send their children all the way through the school. The family you are about to meet takes the idea of Park as family to the next level. Cheryl Benzinger has taught at Park since 1996; her sister, Amy Wiese, since 1999. Their four combined children each attended Park from PreK3 through Grade 12. Jack Benzinger '22 and Maddie Wiese '23 are recent graduates. Younger siblings Noah Benzinger and Evan Wiese are not only cousins but also members of Park's Class of 2025, star players on Park's varsity soccer team, and best friends. Their unique perspectives of spending 15 years together at Park, along with their moms' unique vantage points of watching their children grow up at the school, demonstrate the power of a Park education and the strength and importance of our school community. Maddie Wiese '23, Amy Wiese, Evan Wiese '25, Noah Benzinger '25, Cheryl Benzinger, and Jack Benzinger '22 7

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