Robert C. Parker School was founded in 1991 by a group of parents and educators from The Children’s School at Emma Willard interested in creating a child-centered school for students in grades four to eight. In the fall of the school’s sixth year, kindergarten through grade three were added to the existing program.

In September 1998, the school moved to its permanent home and expanded again to include a preschool program for three and four-year-olds.

The School was named by its founders for Robert Curtis Parker, principal at Emma Willard School from 1979 – 1986. Bob Parker embodied integrity, enthusiasm for life, warmth, and energy. He created a learning environment where children developed mutual respect, a love of learning, and an expectation that learning is exciting, interesting, and fun. Bob Parker was also a proponent of multiculturalism and gender equity. Robert Curtis Parker died in 1986 in Troy, New York.

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