P A R K S T R E E T S C H O O L
Park
Street School Community,
As I reflect on the past school year, I am filled with immense pride and gratitude for the remarkable accomplishments of our students From achieving academic success and overcoming obstacles to successfully matriculating to top-tier schools, from sharing about a favorite stuffie during circle time to writing a personal narrative to share with classmates and parents, from leading chapel services to creating artwork that adorns our walls, from engaging in community service projects to demonstrating perseverance, kindness and a heart for others – all of these achievements are a testament to the hard work and dedication of our students.
You’ll find these accomplishments highlighted in the pages that follow You will also get a glimpse of how your generous support of Park Street School contributes to the vibrant learning community we cherish Your contribution of time, talent, and treasure directly impacts our students’ growth and development Thank you! Thank you for your partnership which helps us bring our Mission to life each day You are investing in the next generation of leaders!
We are deeply thankful for an incredible year and look forward to continuing our partnership with you to ensure the flourishing of every child at Park Street School
Tracy Bradley Head of School
our Mission
Strategically located in historic Beacon Hill, Park Street School is a neighborhood school that seeks to unite children of diverse racial, ethnic, and economic backgrounds from Greater Boston in a nurturing school of the highest academic standards Through an engaging, content-rich curriculum, we strive to empower and equip each child with a love of learning, a passion for truth, a heart for others, and an understanding of God’s love and grace for us in Jesus Christ
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PSS
CLASS OF 2024!
Gabriela Afework - The Park School
Andrew Chimenti - Boston College High School
John Egan - Belmont Hill School
Charles Fullerton - Boston College High School
Evan Gerber - Belmont Hill School
Daniel Horjus - Boston Green Academy
Madisyn Julien - Noble and Greenough School
Junia Kielsmeier-Jones - The Winsor School
Sebastian Murphy - Milton Academy
Clare Owen - Boston Trinity Academy
Nathan Paul - Boston College High School
Noah Samuel - Xaverian Brothers High School
Kieran Tella - Belmont Hill School
Ava Turner - Newton Country Day School
Austin Wert - Boston College High School
MEASURABLE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
The Comprehensive Testing Program fifth edition (CTP-5) is an achievement assessment produced by ERB (Educational Records Bureau). The CTP is a summative assessment of learning achievement and provides grade level results in seven different categories related to math, reading, writing, vocabulary and reasoning skills.
Its purpose is to identify the academic strengths and challenges of both individual students and groups of students. This enables Park Street School to make informed decisions about curriculum to better serve students.
Independent schools across the country, including local schools, use the CTP-5 to assess student levels of academic achievement. Test scores are norm-referenced, allowing measurement against cohorts in similar high-achieving schools. The following graphs illustrate four years of comparative analysis for a cohort of students between 2021-2024.
CELEBRATING ABOVE-AVERAGE SCORES & GROWTH IN ALL AREAS
SCORES
COMPARISON:
4-year comparison of this PSS cohort vs. nationwide peer independent schools
The blue line represents mean scores of PSS students beginning in Grade 3 and following them through to Grade 6
The purple line represents peer students from independent schools in corresponding grades.
Vocabulary scores reflect three years rather than four because testing in this topic begins in Grade 4
DEVELOPING A HEART FOR OTHERS
At Park Street School, the mission centers on nurturing not only academic excellence but also the growth of compassion and character. Developing a heart for others is a core aspect of this mission, as it emphasizes the importance of empathy, kindness, and service. In this way, developing a heart for others becomes more than a slogan—it's a way of life that empowers students to make meaningful contributions, creating a ripple effect of kindness and understanding that extends far beyond the classroom.
There are no charts to measure a heart for others, but pictures of students partnering with organizations and deepening their heart for others by: collecting food for local food pantries, packing snacks for homeless ministries, writing notes of encouragement and thankfulness to our community helpers, creating care packages for homeless shelters, organizing awareness and fundraisers for organizations providing clean water and basic resources for children facing housing insecurity, and so much more.
The page that follows is a glimpse of some of the projects and service performed by our students.
THE PSS FUND GOAL FOR 2024-2025:
WHAT IS THE PSS FUND?
$825,000
The “PSS Fund” is the name of Park Street School’s annual fund. We named it that because it’s a fund FOR our school. It helps make possible everything we all love about Park Street School.
PSS FUND CO-CHAIRS 2023-2024/2024-2025
Gabe and Julie Ling
Parents to Jane (Gr. 5), Emily (Gr. 2), Clara (TT)
Live in Beacon Hill
Gabe serves on the Board of Trustees; Julie serves as President of the Parent Association
SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR 2024 LIVE AND PREMIUM
GALA AUCTION ITEM DONORS
Jaclyn and Trevor Childs
Courtney Abatsis and Davide De Santis
Jenny and John Hoenig
Julie and Gabe Ling
Heather and Matt Maguire
Jo and Mike Moynihan and Adam Centamore
Tania and Joe O’Brien
Lydia Shire and Alex Pineda
Nikki Stalling
“We know we are here enjoying the fruits of others who have given to PSS for many years and we are happy to give and do our part ”
PSS GALA CO-CHAIRS 2023, 2024, & 2025
Claudia Hankowski and her husband, Seth, are parents to Mia and Leo (Toddler), and live in South Boston.
Jo Moynihan and her husband, Mike, are parents to Finnegan (Gr. 2) and Miller (TT), and live in South Boston.
AND TO OUR 2024 GALA SPONSORS
PLATINUM
Sara and Bob Geiman
Savanna and Don Jabro
Haroula and Alex Panas
GOLD
Kristin and William Gerber
Melissa Walker
SILVER
Kristen and Chris Christian
BRONZE
Rachel Berlin and Robert Gonzalez
Angie Khaw and Brian Chang
Elizabeth Crowley and Brian
Sprayregen
Christina and Sean Cryts
Lindsey and Sean Higgins
Kyle Kaagan
Jennifer and Hyung Kim
Heather and Rob Morrissey
Maggie and Stephen Sahlman
SPONSOR A TEACHER
Courtney Abatsis and Davide De Santis
Jaclyn and Trevor Childs
Brendan Morrison
PADDLE
Nikki Stalling
Alex Proelss and Dan O’Sullivan
FLORAL
Claudia and Seth Hankowski
FINANCIALS
For the Fiscal Year July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2024
$846,257
EXPENSES AS A PERCENTAGE OF REVENUE
What do percentages actually mean?
A Closer Look
Salaries and Benefits
Our largest investment annually, 75% of all expenses and 66% of our total net revenue goes to people resources in the form of salaries, benefits and wages.
Faculty salaries
Administration and staff salaries
Other wages
Employer Taxes and fees
Benefits
Operating Costs
Operating Costs Include:
Classroom Programming
Technology
Advancement
Facilities and Plant
Cash Reserve
All of which directly and indirectly improve the experience of every student at Park Street School
Financial Aid
Park Street School holds a commitment to unite children of diverse racial, ethnic, and economic backgrounds from Greater Boston Financial aid is figured as a percentage of the total revenue, and annually PSS designates 20-25 % of expected revnue to the creating a vibrant and diverse community
THANK YOU!
We’re grateful for all our donors in 2023-2024!‡
15+ Years of
Giving
Maggie* and Peter Begley
Nancy and Robert Bradley
Tracy Bradley* ** ⴕ
Karaⴕ and Jon Clark
Jane** Gorham Connolly and Jim
Connolly
Kathy Crowell
Laurie and Phil* Dumas
Jean and Chris** Egan
Kimberly Moy and Doug Fambrough
Lois and Warren Farrell
Beth** and Grant** Freeland
Pam** and Charlie Harris
Meghan Holden Cotter and Jim Hauser
Emily and Ross** Jones
Jeanine and Doug Murphy
Amy and Dave Murgatroyd
Jenn Nassour
Lauraⴕ and Kris Perkins
Marta Bergamaschi** and Alessandro
Rollo
Dorothy and John** Saunders
Katherine and Dave Sullivan
Kim Twitchellⴕ
Gina and Scott** Usechek
Sonya** and Peter van der Meer
Hua Fan and John** Wang
11-14 Years of
Giving
Tracy Welch and Steve Adams
Sofia and Marc Altenhoff
Kristen and Chris Christian
Cathiⴕ and Brian Corcoran
Lucia Sobrin and Jose Florez*
Manuela Rix and Simon Fowler
Charlotte and Brandt Gillespie
Victoria and Jim Gribbell
Jill and Chad Hauff
Cecilia** and Tim Hurst
Savanna and Don** Jabro
Karen Kou and Y. F. Michael Kou
Maxcene and Tyrone Latin
Joan Leonard**
Kim and Gregory Lewis
Barbara and Skip Lewis
Florence Lin and Sisong Li
Chin and Johnⴕ Loefstedt
Susan Mainaⴕ
Liz** and Joe* Marconi
Kathleen** and Paul McCormack
Debbyⴕ and Ken Milhous
Heather* and Rob** Morrissey
C.J. Brucato
Chris and Doug May
Jennifer and Frank Rand
Peggy Scott**
Emily and John Sieger
Alix and Blake** Stuart
Brighid and Sri** Tella
Kathy and Wally Weld
Cheryle and Michael Young
Faith Farrell, Graduate, Class of 2015, speaking at the 2024 PSS Gala
THANK YOU!
We’re grateful for all our donors in 2022-2023!
10 Years of Giving
Caroline and Rich** Farrell
Sara and Bob** Geiman
Kristin** and Will Gerber
Stephanieⴕ and Tim Hawkinsⴕ
Hillary** and Jason Kelly
Maggie and Steve** Sahlman
Barbara and Daniel Wark
Nicole Witkov and Patrick Rooney
2023-2024
6-9 Years of Giving
Jaclyn and Trevor Childs
Nicole and Jon** Cronin
Elizabeth Crowley and Ben
Sprayregen
Christine and Brian Crownover
Carol and Gabriel Ditata
Kate Deeran
Kristen and Jon Douthit
Jessica and Adam Herndon
Paula and Matthew Hunt
Katya and Alex Iler
Vicky Zhao and Andy Isaacson
Kim and Mark Jennings
Diane Kemmerⴕ
Jane and Bob Landrebe
Julie and Gabe* Ling
Caroline and Chris Machen
Anne Cammisa and Paul Manuel
Chrissy and Peter McGuire
Missy Walker and Chris Metli
Laurenⴕ and Telly Mitsis
Jo and Mike Moynihan
Rebekahⴕ and Stephen Nyakairu
Tania Zavoico and Joe O’Brien
Shanna and Scott O'Reilly
Lauren and James Racine
Sarah and Geoff* Raux
O'Necia and Aaron Sanders
Kimberly and Frank Schillace
Molly* and Douglas** Simmons
Carole and Edward** Somol
Kate and Stephen* Tisdalle
Jenny and Tom Swoboda
Amandaⴕ and Richard Wang
Jan and Brian Witkov
Jennie and Chris Young
Jillⴕ and Nayef Zina
THANK YOU!
We’re grateful for all our donors in 2023-2024!
1-5 Years of Giving
Adanesh Abbay
Eva and Stephen Adams
Rachael and Brian Albarran
Jenn and Hugo Aparicio
Anna and Dan* Berglund
Gina Bolvin and Billy Bernarduci
Peg and Bill Bonnice
Boston Foundation
Michelle Bowler
Elizabeth and Nick Campbell
Vanessa Rivera and Pedro Caraballo
Angie Khaw and Brian Chang
Elisha and Jeff Cicirelli
Emma and Dave Clark
Nancy and Tom Colotosti
Amber and Thomas Colatosti
Anne and Aaron Copeland
Kaitlyn and Nicholas Coskren
Paula and Timothy Coskren
Christina and Sean Cryts
Lena and Anders Davas
Courtney and Davide De Santis
Ann and Bill Dee
Allison and Michael Egholm
Allison and Chris Eng
Sung Yun Lee and Timothy Fiore
Katherine and Hampton Foushee
Tracey and Bill Franklin
Courtney and Kyle Gay
Cindy and Lance Giddens
Anjeza Gjino and Luca Sechi
Rachel and Rob Gonzalez
Jing and David Govonlu
Megan and Jacob Groshek
Claudia and Seth Hankowski
Shannon and Daryl Hanna
Michelle and Jim Harper
Danielle and Mark Herzlich
Nathalie and Neil Higgins
Lindsey and Sean Higgins
Stephen Hodgson
Jennifer and Jonathan Hoenig
Emily and Jan Horjus
Gina and Gal Hulli
Johanne Jeanty
Kristen Johnson
Tara and Adrian Johnston
Jill and Kyle Kiemele
Meghan and Dan Kelley
Eunice and Shin Kim
Tani and Charles Kouyoumjian
Maggie and LT Lawler
Jamie and Jeff Lee
Dmitry Levkin
Christine Bray and Joseph Lombardo
Graceⴕ and Damian* Long
Heather and Matt Maguire
Stephanie and Salvatore Mascia
Stacy and Steve Massed
Ashley Hilmes and Jeff McClain
Christine McCormick
Lexi* and Mike Miltenberger
Madeleine Pannell and Brendan Morrison
Meg and Matt Neitzke
Alex Proelss and Dan O'Sullivan
Leiha and Jim Palumbo
Haroula and Alex** Panas
Karolyn and Raymond Park
Carol and Stephen Pizzotti
Felicia and Chris Pizzotti
Jaclyn and Christopher Powers
Elissa and Scott Robertson
Amy Rosse
Carol and Bill Sahlman
Meg and Hakan Satiroglu
Irene and Ryan Shaffer
Yeji Lim and Christian Song
Lorna L Spenceⴕ
Bridgit and Michael Strodder
Lemlem Worke and Yohannes Tamene
Cynthia and TL Tsang
Gary Vandergriend
Miley Walker
Alaina and Erik Wallin
Anna and Michael Whitham
Kristen and William Woodruff
Barbara Papka Ward Foundation
Windle Young Trust
FAQ
WHAT DOES MY GIFT TO THE PSS FUND DO?
Every gift equips, empowers, and enables each student, faculty, and staff member, in every classroom, every day! That’s because the PSS Fund covers the approximately 10% of expenses not covered by tuition.
Therefore, your gift to the PSS Fund helps the school:
Attract and retain skilled and dedicated teachers and support their professional development.
Provide enriching curriculum resources, state-ofthe-art technology, music, art, drama and field trips.
Offer tuition assistance for qualified students
Maintain our beautiful and historic Beacon Hill facilities.
Ensure a socioeconomically and geographically diverse student body.
WHEN IS MY GIFT TO THE PSS FUND USED?
Every dollar raised this year is used to create the full Park Street School educational experience in this same year. The PSS Fund is for this current school year and the gift you give now goes to work right now.
FAQ
WHY DOES THE PSS FUND EXIST?
Like most independent schools, tuition doesn’t cover all of the expenses. And that’s on purpose. By design, tuition is set at a level that keeps Park Street School within reach to a broader spectrum of Boston families. But, that also means we ’ re dependent on the generosity of our community to cover about 10% of our operating expenses.
HOW CAN I GIVE TO THE PSS FUND?
In addition to gifts of checks, cash or online, we accept gifts of stock. We also love when our donors arrange to have their gifts matched through their company ’ s matching gift program. That’s extra financial support for PSS for very little effort!
HOW ELSE CAN I GET INVOLVED?
We love it when everyone joins! Our strong community is one of the most often cited among the reasons people love Park Street School, so much.
PSS LEADERSHIP
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Heather Morrissey, Chair
Jose Florez, Vice Chair
Maggie Begley, Clerk
Phil Dumas, Treasurer
Dan Berglund
Tracy Bradley, Head of School
Adam Herndon
BOARD OF VISITORS
Grant Freeland, Co-Chair
Cecilia Hurst, Co-Chair
Bill Achtmeyer
Marta Bergamaschi
Tracy Bradley, Head of School
Bill Christ
Copey Coppedge
Jon Cronin
Chris Egan
Rich Farrell
Julia Forbes
Beth Freeland
Bob Geiman
Kristin Gerber
Jane Gorham Connolly
Pamela Harris
Gabe Ling
Joe Marconi
Lexi Miltenberger
Geoff Raux
Molly Simmons
Wayne Sit
Stephen Tisdalle
2025 will mark the 25 years of Park Street School!
Don Jabro
Greg Johnson
Ross Jones
Hillary Kelly
Joan Leonard
Liz Marconi
Kathy McCormack
Don Mills
Robert Morrissey
Mark Novota
Jennifer Oakley
Kevin Parke
June Reynolds
Stephen Sahlman
John Saunders
Peggy Scott
Barbara Shingleton
for your support!!
Dee Silveira-Baptista
Douglas Simmons
Edward Somol
Blake Stuart
Sri Tella
Alvin Turner
Scott Usechek
Sonya van der Meer
John Wang
Andy Wasynczuk
Sammy Wood
Jeffrey Woolbert
