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Park Day School is a K-8 East Bay independent school that prepares students to be informed, courageous, and compassionate people who shape a more equitable and sustainable world.

09/04/2026

2nd graders kicked off their first science lab by experimenting with soap and bubbles! Our bubbleologists practiced core scientific skills like careful observation, making predictions, and testing their ideas through trial and error. Together, they investigated questions like: What properties make up a bubble? Why are bubbles always round? How can you pass one from hand to hand without it popping? The final discovery? Bubbles make for some very slippery floors!

08/27/2026

Happy first day of school! Our TK-8 community came together this morning as our staffulty welcomed families with our traditional welcome songs: All Are Welcome, Welcome Oh Welcome, and Bienvenidos.

Throughout the day, students reconnected with old friends, made new ones, and settled into their classrooms. They read stories like First Day Jitters, went on school-wide scavenger hunts, played community-building games, began self-portraits, designed name tents, and tackled design challenges. We even celebrated our first lost tooth of the year!

What a joyful start to our 50th anniversary year!

08/22/2026

We’ve been busy at work these last couple of weeks reconnecting, learning together, and getting ready for students to return next week!

Our staff and faculty kicked off the year by digging into a big question: What is the purpose of education in the age of AI? Together, we reflected on what remains at the heart of a Park Day education: questioning, creating, problem-solving, making mistakes, revising our thinking, and developing our own voices.

Campus has been getting ready too, with a refreshed basketball blacktop, a new Middle School Math classroom, updated 3rd Grade classrooms, a renovated staff room, and a new accessible bathroom in Palm.

And yesterday, we welcomed our newest families for New Family Orientation to meet teachers, learn the ropes, and share a community meal together.

And in just a few short days we'll all come together for the first day of school! This year marks 50 years of Park Day. As we celebrate the people and stories that have shaped our school since 1976, we’ll also be imagining what the next 50 years might hold.

06/23/2026

At the end of the school year we asked some Park Day students what they thought their teachers would be doing this summer. No notes.

06/19/2026

Park Day School is closed today in honor of Juneteenth. Juneteenth is a celebration of Black freedom and liberation, expressed throughout the African American experience through arts, culture, food, and activism.

Our 3rd graders spent time this spring learning about freedom fighters right here in Oakland through their study of the Black Panther Party. Through their studies, they began to link how different liberation movements have built on each other and how they can further contribute to the fight for freedom and liberation. We visited .books and learned about how the bookstore was established by, for, and about Black people, and how back in the '60s and '70s, The Black Panther Party gathered there to meet and make plans. Blanche and Bill of Marcus Books even brought out original BPP newspapers for students to look at. We met Emory Douglas, the BPP's Minister of Culture, and heard firsthand about the power of art as a vehicle for social change. We spent time with former BPP member Ericka Huggins who spoke to us about the power of love. We visited the Women of the Black Panther Party Mural & mini museum & learned so much from Jilchristina about the creation of the mural and the inspiration behind it. At the Black History Month Assembly, students performed the BPP's Ten-Point Program with intention, some with their voices, some with their bodies.

As we celebrate and honor Juneteenth, we're reminded that oppressive systems can still be upheld even while they're formally dismantled. We remain committed to truth telling in the classroom and creating a culture committed to fighting for freedom and liberation for all.

06/18/2026

A highlight of Spring sports this year? Tennis joined the lineup, alongside Volleyball, Ultimate Frisbee, and Track & Field, plus intramural Flag Football for our 3rd–5th graders, coached once again by 7th & 8th graders, a unique leadership opportunity at Park Day.

Our new Tennis team had a strong showing in their first tournament, Track & Field athletes brought energy to every meet, and Ultimate Frisbee was full of fast breaks and big catches. Our volleyball teams also had a great year, with our 6th grade team closing out a perfect, undefeated season.

And the season ended on a high note. At our Spring Sports Banquet, we honored our student athletes, handed out season awards, and for the first time, our 8th graders received letterman jackets, celebrating their accomplishments as Park Day athletes. Go Night Herons!

06/16/2026

This devoted Eco-Koala has been caring for the Park Day chickens since kindergarten, knows every bird by name, and has something to tell the world about them. (Spoiler: she's a fan.)

And she's not alone. What happens to Buttercup, Marshmallow, Caramel, Mango, Snickerdoodle, Nutmeg, Pepper, Oreo, Mydnight, and Blackberry when school's out? Park Day families sign up to come in every day to refresh food and water and keep the coop clean. And this chicken lover will be getting some extra summer practice caring for chickens at her grandfather's farm, all 60 of them.

06/10/2026

Congratulations, Park Day School Class of 2026!

Graduation consisted of a musical performance, memories of past grades, moving speeches, lots of laughter and crying, and, of course, diplomas. And a very fun surprise from our 8th grade parents.

To our graduates, we are immensely proud of each of you. We are so excited to see what's in store for you next and we're missing you here already! Remember that the Park Day School community is always here to support and cheer you on. Don't forget to visit!

06/04/2026

And just like that, the '25-'26 school year is over! We closed out the year with yearbook signings, appreciations, one last reading buddy session, big hugs, dance parties, and our traditional "Step Up Day" where lower school students got to meet their new teachers (and class pets) and ask all their burning questions. This year we even had a special promotion ceremony for our 4th graders who are about to enter middle school. Have a great summer, Park Day Schoolers!

06/02/2026

We had a joyful Pride at Park Day last week!

Throughout the week, students learned about LGBTQ+ trailblazers and changemakers (including members of our own community!), read stories and had class visitors come talk about identity, family, and belonging, and welcomed q***r author Laura Gao to campus.

The week culminated in Friday's all-school Pride Assembly and Parade, led by our middle school GSA. Students shared LGBTQ+ history and definitions, poetry, and a beloved GSA tradition called "pulling up a chair" where a student performed a rant about gendered language and expectations. After 1st graders shared what the colors in the pride flag represent, the entire school headed around the neighborhood for our annual Pride Parade before closing things out the only way Park Day could: with a schoolwide dance party to Pink Pony Club. Happy Pride, Park Day!

Address

360 42nd Street
Oakland, CA
94609

Telephone

+15106530317

Website

https://www.parkdayschool.org/

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