Alumni News

Greetings from Your Alumni Board President

As I begin my second year as Park Tudor Alumni Board president, I am energized by and grateful for the school’s resiliency during this challenging time. While we cannot currently meet in person, the Alumni Board continues its work to find creative ways to support the school, as well as engage with the students and alumni around the world.

Last year prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Alumni Board hosted an annual networking event in Washington, DC, and along with faculty and staff visited young alumni at Notre Dame, Purdue, and Indiana University. We look forward to continuing these in-person events when it is safe to do so.

In October, the Alumni Board, in conjunction with the Park Tudor Parents Association, hosted a virtual pumpkin carving contest. The contest was open to all school divisions and alumni. Entries were submitted via Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, and prizes were awarded in five categories. The Alumni Board will cosponsor other events with the PTPA and the Park Tudor Booster Club including Trivia Night, and a family movie night under the big tent on the football field.

Last winter, the Alumni Board launched a student-led grant opportunity for current Park Tudor students. The goal is this grant initiative is to expand upon Park Tudor’s proud history of providing unique experiential learning opportunities for students outside of the classroom. Park Tudor classes, organized groups, clubs and individual students, at every grade level, are offered an opportunity to earn funding directly from the Alumni Board for academic, community or other extracurricular undertakings. The first of these grants were awarded to the following Upper School clubs and projects: Microfinance Club, @ptcookingupawareness, and the Women in Stem Club. We look forward to sharing updates on these projects in future editions of the Alumni Times.

It’s more important than ever that we stay connected. If you haven’t already, please connect with the Park Tudor community through social media. You can update your contact information and share big news at parktudor.org/alumni and connect via the LinkedIn Park Tudor Alumni Group, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accounts. We hope you continue to stay safe and well.

With gratitude, Matt Kleymeyer ’00

New Alumni Board Members:

• Aaron Cohn ’09 • Jay B. Ferguson ’91 • Grace Barlow Meier ’11 • Jason Sondhi ’01

Welcome New Alumni Board Members

Jay B. Ferguson ’91 began his educational career at Park Tudor in the fall of 1977 and graduated in 1991. He completed his undergraduate degree in 2006 at Southern Oregon University and went to work for the Oregon Economic Development Department. Jay eventually moved back to Indiana and began working for the Indiana Department of Commerce, Community Development Division where he assisted Central Indiana communities with municipal project financing. For the past 20 years, Jay has been in the underground utility engineering and construction industry serving the Indiana, Michigan and Northwest Ohio markets. He lives in the Broad Ripple area and is the proud father of a member of the Park Tudor class of 2023.

Grace Barlow Meier ’11 graduated from Park Tudor in 2011 before attending The Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. Graduating with a degree in both music and education following a full year of student teaching in an urban public school, Grace taught Special Education in a Montessori setting while growing a small business in the wedding industry. After only two years, Grace was able to step into music full time with her business, The Deoc Ensemble. Three years later, with a network of local musicians, The Deoc Ensemble performs an average of 80+ events a year, including weddings, corporate events, and private functions. Grace is currently a staff member at Park Tudor as a private music teacher in the Fine Arts Department and returns every summer to teach Summer Experience classes. She is excited to increase her involvement with Park Tudor as a new member of the Alumni Board.

Jason Sondhi ’01 and his wife, Jessica Sondhi, have three beautiful children - Maya, Ava, and Kason. Jason graduated from Park Tudor in 2001. Following high school, Jason attended Indiana University and graduated in 2005 with a Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship and a Bachelor of Science in Computer and Information Sciences. He is the founder and owner of Sondhi Solutions, a company that provides Managed Services, IT Strategy, Application Development, and Security offerings to businesses and municipalities across the country. He also founded SecureUp to provide cyber security and digital asset protection. As a community leader, Jason created IT Equipment Round UP which provides gently used IT equipment to non-profits. He also created Jingle Books, a yearly holiday fundraiser providing Indianapolis children with books to inspire and educate. Because of his leadership and success, he was listed in Indianapolis Business Journal’s “40 Under 40” in 2017.

Classes Hold Virtual Reunions

CLASS OF 1980 CLASS OF 1985 CLASS OF 2000

While we weren’t able to gather together for Alumni Weekend 2020 as we’d originally planned, several class reps organized virtual reunions for their classes.

The class of 2013 got in on the action, too, hosting a virtual get-together earlier in April.