Organizations Filed Purposes:
THE MISSION OF PARNASSUS PREPARATORY SCHOOL IS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH A CLASSICAL EDUCATION, GROUNDED IN THE CLASSICAL TRIVIUM, THAT DEMANDS THEIR BEST IN INTELLECTUAL ACHIEVEMENT AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT.
PARNASSUS PREPARATORY SCHOOL SERVES A HIGHLY DIVERSE GROUP OF STUDENTS FROM AROUND THE NORTHWEST SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES. IN THE 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR, MORE THAN 60 PERCENT OF PARNASSUS' 1215 STUDENT BODY WAS COMPRISED OF STUDENTS OF COLOR. BLACK AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS MADE UP ABOUT 40 PERCENT OF THE SCHOOL'S STUDENT POPULATION. AMONG PARNASSUS' STUDENTS, 29 PERCENT QUALIFIED FOR FREE OR REDUCED LUNCH, 11 PERCENT WERE ENGLISH LEARNERS, AND SIX PERCENT RECEIVED SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES. THE SCHOOL'S ACADEMIC PROGRAM IS STRUCTURED THROUGH A CLASSICAL EDUCATION FRAMEWORK THAT IS CENTERED ON THE LIBERAL ARTS. PARNASSUS' PROGRAM ENGAGES STUDENTS IN ENGLISH LITERATURE, MATHEMATICS, SCIENCES, FORMAL LOGIC, PHILOSOPHY, LATIN, GREEK, SPANISH, HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, ART HISTORY, MUSIC, ARTS, AND THE LIKE. PARNASSUS STUDENTS BENEFIT FROM THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF ACADEMIC INTEGRITY THROUGH A RIGOROUS, CONTENT-BASED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM THAT DEVELOPS THEIR INTELLECTUAL CAPACITY AND PERSONAL CHARACTER. FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW, A PARNASSUS STUDENT WAS NAMED AS A NATIONAL MERIT SEMIFINALIST IN THE 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR. THE SCHOOL RECEIVED A GREATSCHOOLS.ORG 2020 COLLEGE SUCCESS AWARD, RANKING THIRD OVERALL OF 60 QUALIFYING SCHOOLS IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. THIS AWARD IS GIVEN BASED ON SCHOOLS' PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF HELPING STUDENTS TO NOT ONLY GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL BUT ALSO HELPING THEM ENROLL IN COLLEGE AND SUCCEED ACADEMICALLY AT THEIR POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS. THREE PARNASSUS STUDENTS WERE NAMED REGIONAL SCHOLARS IN THE NATIONAL CLASSICAL LEARNING TEST 10 COLLEGE EXAM SCORING IN THE TOP 5% OF ALL TEST TAKERS NATIONWIDE, WITH ONE PARNASSUS SCHOLAR BEING NAMED A DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR FOR SCORING AMONG THE TOP ONE PERCENT OF ALL TEST TAKERS. NATIONAL LATIN AND NATIONAL GREEK EXAMS, IN THE 2019-2020 YIELDED THE MOST SUCCESSFUL RESULTS TO DATE WITH OVER 150 STUDENT AWARDS GRANTED FOR LATIN AND GREEK, WITH ONE STUDENT OBTAINING A PERFECT SCORE IN GREEK.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
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| Constance Ford | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 50 | $124,828 |
| Barbara Rose | DIRECTOR AND EMPLOYEE | 40 | $50,811 |
| Benjamin Ark | DIRECTOR | 10 | $0 |
| Ravi Shandbhag | DIRECTOR | 10 | $0 |
| Kenneth Zigrino | BOARD SECRETARY | 10 | $0 |
| Gregory Friess | BOARD CHAIR AND TREASURER | 10 | $0 |
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