“Are you smarter than a fifth grader? Probably not this one.”
Fifth grader Yael Gustafson was recently featured in the Chicago Sun-Times for winning first place in the U.S. National Park Service’s annual oratorical contest in Washington D.C. by reciting a speech by the abolitionist Frederick Douglass entirely from memory!
Francis W. Parker School educates students to think and act with empathy, courage and clarity as responsible citizens and leaders in a diverse democratic society and global community.