Since 1975, Parker Elementary School has been a magnet school for music. The magnet program represents the district's effort to provide a quality education in a multi-cultural setting. As a participating school in HISD's magnet program, our children come from a variety of backgrounds and represent a wide spectrum of racial and ethnic diversities. Music At Parker, active learning resounds throughout the school.
Children work cooperatively and independently to achieve their academic and musical goals.
Over 500 students participate in the magnet program's instruction in Suzuki strings, choral music, piano, and band. All students at Parker benefit from general music instruction as well as enrichment classes, including physical education, computer, library, and art. In addition to our successful music magnet school, we have a strong academic program at Parker that embraces active learning and working collaboratively with each other. Our teachers participated in a pilot science program through a grant with Rice University in the 1995-96 school year. As a result of this successful program Parker has a full-time science teacher implementing innovative teaching methods.