Park Tudor Phoenix Summer 2011

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News of the School Summer 2011 Park Tudor School

Summer 2011

Alumni Weekend 2011 • Meet Our New Head of School • Global Scholars Program

On the Cover Park Tudor’s commencement traditions date back to 1903 at the end of Tudor Hall’s first year, when nine young women in long white dresses each carried 18 red roses, the senior class flower. The tradition continues today. Commencement article on page 9.

Park Tudor School Mission Park Tudor School’s exceptional educators and extraordinary opportunities prepare students to become confident and resourceful lifelong learners. The school community creates an inspiring college-preparatory learning environment for highly motivated young people in junior kindergarten through grade 12.

Park Tudor School Class of 2011 Achievements

PARK TUDOR SCHOOL

• 104-member class attending 50 colleges and universities; accepted $2.55 million in college merit scholarships from more than $8.7 million offered • 23% of class named Advanced Placement Scholars; 4 AP National Scholars • 2011 Presidential Scholar finalist; 3 candidates • 13 National Merit Finalists • Second Place Team Award Recipient, 2010 Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology • Indiana Academic Super Bowl champions • Indiana “Mr. Math” Award • Indianapolis Star Academic All-Star • Five Eagle Scouts • International DECA business award winners • State, regional and national honors in English, math, science, foreign language, fine arts • 2011 Boys Basketball Class 2A state champions; Girls Track state champion • 13 Indiana Crossroads Conference and 1 Marion County team/individual championships • All State Team selection • 3 team and 2 individual sectional championships; 1 team and 2 individual regional championships • Completed 16,287 hours of community service

Head of School Dr. Matthew Miller Editor Lisa A. Hendrickson ’77 Editor Emeritus C.J. Foxlow Staff Writers Alicia Carlson Cassie Dull Graphic Design/ Photography Stefanie Dean ’05 Alumni Coordinator/ Planned Giving Officer Gretchen Hueni Alumni Association Board President Cathy Yingling ’87 Vice President Lindsay Elder Thornton ’95

John Akisik Sam Amy Izzy Angelic chio Jack Balaguer Grace Barlow Karl Berman Lily Berman Mariah Bird Will Block Lindsey Blum Scott Bobbs Madeline Bova Matt Braly Floyd Brigham Logan Brougher Heidi Brueckmann Kirstin Brueckmann Kendall Brunner Jonathan Buckley Chris Butz Chris Callahan Scott Campbell Shelby Campbell Graham Cecil Alka Chaudhary Caroline Clark Samuel Clarke Jordan Crowe DJ Diaz Connor Ebbinghouse Halston Edmonds Emily Eiteljorg Kaitlin Emmerson Morgan Essex Abby Farley

Indiana University Miami University, Ohio Southern Methodist U. Indiana University Indiana University Indiana University Xavier University Boston University DePauw University Indiana University Furman University Indiana University Tufts University Indiana University University of Mississippi Indiana University Southern Methodist U. Indiana University Pepperdine University University of Vermont Miami University, Ohio University of Chicago Purdue University Xavier University New York University Arizona State University Northwestern University Indiana University DePaul University Indiana University Indiana University Indiana University Univ. of the Sciences, PA Purdue University Duke University

Henry Farley Judith Finn Samantha Freije Ian Fry Shannon Gray Willie Griswold Zach Hall Kellie Hanley Kyle Hardacker Zach Hardin Kevin Harris Brittany Harvey Colin Hicks Merritt Hicks Preston Hill Alex Hitchcock Carlin Hobbs David Hoffman Erin Hoffman Troy Holleman Anagha Inguva Leah Jennings Teagan Johnson Grace Kennedy Michael Klausmeier Emily Knapp Carey Kunz Cassidy Laikin Constance Lee Michael Lenke Maggie MacPhail Emily Massel Kelly McLaughlin Eric McMechan Victoria Merkle

Duke University Susquehanna University Indiana University Colorado College DePauw University U. of Colorado at Boulder Xavier University Indiana University Kenyon College Kenyon College Miami University, Ohio Clark Atlanta University Miami University, Ohio Miami University, Ohio Georgetown University George Washington U. DePauw University Indiana University Michigan State U. DePauw University Smith College Indiana University Goshen College Indiana University DePauw University University of San Diego DePauw University University of San Diego Wheaton College, IL Dartmouth College DePauw University George Washington U. U. of Southern California DePauw University DePaul University

Jack Miles Avery Mitchell Grace Moh Gillian Murray Richard Ni John Norton Jacque Oppelt Doug Park Robbie Pauszek RJ Penny Lincoln Plews Marc Ranucci Patrick Rezek Jennifer Risting Matt Rusthoven Popi Santini Peter Scherer Jarred Scott Jennifer Scott Susannah Sharpless Jeffrey Shen Hannah Simon Nolan Smith Josh Sobleski Melissa Sondhi Lizzie Stickney Samantha Tambunan Jared Tohen Tommaso Verderame Jillian Voege Travis Wilson Whitney Woodard Rina Yadav Max Zhang

DePauw University U. of Southern California Wesleyan University, CT Xavier University MIT Southern Methodist U. Ball State University Indiana University Washington U. St. Louis Indiana University College of Wooster Indiana University Wabash College Indiana University Northwestern University U. of Pennsylvania Washington U. St. Louis Indiana University Indiana University Princeton University MIT U. of Pennsylvania Vanderbilt University Miami University, Ohio University of Michigan Butler University Loyola U. Chicago University of Miami Columbia University University of Denver Wabash College Lynn University Case Western Reserve U. Washington U. St. Louis

Secretary Jessica Benson Cox ’99 Treasurer Nikhil Gunale ’96 Past President Brandon Phillips ’96 Alumni Association Directors Peter French ’85 Eric Gershman ‘98 Emily Ristine Holloway ’94 Stephanie Goodrid Lawson ’00 Nick Lemen ’93 Anne Rogers Mitchell ’85 Vanessa Stiles ‘88 Kelly Lamm Teller ‘87 Beth Tolbert ‘03 Adrienne Watson ’06

Contents Summer 2011

Features Global Scholars program continues

to inspire students

By Alicia Carlson

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Students write historical fiction

By Alexandra Lombardo ’14,

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Neale Moore ’14 and Katelynn Kyker ’14

Departments News of the School

Meet our new Head of School Commencement 2011 Student/Faculty accomplishments Spring athletic update

Alumni News

Alumni Weekend 2011 Faculty Wall of Service dedicated Reunion class photos

Class Notes

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Background photo: Junior kindergartners Claire Richards and Spencer Hamilton enjoy a springtime ride.

The Phoenix is published three times annually for alumni, friends, and parents of Park Tudor School. We welcome your comments and suggestions. Please send them to: Lisa Hendrickson, Editor Park Tudor School 7200 N. College Ave. Indianapolis, IN 46240-3016 317/415-2756 Fax: 317/415-2714 lhendrickson@parktudor.org

News of the School We welcome new Head of School Dr. Matthew Miller

Dr. Matthew Miller began his tenure as

Park Tudor School’s sixth head of school on July 1, following the retirement of Head of School Doug Jennings.

Dr. Miller was the assistant head of school for academic affairs at Isidore Newman School, a preK-12 college preparatory school in New Orleans, from 2007 to 2011.

He previously was at The Lawrenceville School in New Jersey for 12 years, where he served as a teacher, coach, housemaster, class dean, Admissions Committee member and Interdisciplinary Studies department chair.

Dr. Miller earned a bachelor’s degree in Greek, Latin and Hebrew from Dickinson College, summa cum laude, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and recognized as the top-ranked student. Dr. Miller attended Oxford University and earned both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Greek and Latin literature, history and philosophy. He received a master of arts degree in ancient history and Mediterranean archaeology from the University of California at Berkeley. In 2009, he earned his Ed.D. in educational leadership and management at the University of Pennsylvania, where his dissertation topic was “Civic Engagement Among Adolescents at an Elite Independent School.”

Dr. Miller and his wife Mia have two children, Sophia and Grayson. Sophia will be entering sixth grade at Park Tudor, while Grayson will be entering third grade. The family will live in a house on Penn Ridge Drive, adjacent to the campus. Thanks to the assistance of a generous donor, the house recently was purchased by Park Tudor to become a permanent head-of-school residence. An earlier head-of-school residence on the campus was torn down in 2006 to make room for an additional athletic field, which was needed to accommodate Lower School student-athletes and a growing number of athletic team practices.

We interviewed Dr. Miller about his educational philosophy and his plans for the upcoming year at Park Tudor.

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What led you and your family to Park Tudor, and what was your initial impression when visiting our campus for the first time?

I have known about Park Tudor by reputation for some time, but on my initial visit to Indianapolis and to the school, I immediately saw what a vibrant community this is and what an incredible opportunity it presented. I was struck by the beauty of the campus, but more tellingly I was immediately impressed with the people—faculty, parents and students—and their depth of experience. The school has a rich and compelling history, and it is positioned to build on its legacy as one of the finest day schools in the nation.

I believe that it is very helpful for me to have had various responsibilities at both a boarding school and a day school. I was fortunate in that I was a teacher, a coach and a housemaster at Lawrenceville, and also had the opportunity to gain experience with admissions and fundraising. At Newman, in addition to some teaching, I had the incredible opportunity to engage the full K-12 program and to learn more about the academic and developmental needs of all three divisions. These experiences have been invaluable as I think about school issues and as I consider how specific decisions may affect each division and the whole school.

Your educational background is rich and varied. How will your educational background inform your leadership at Park Tudor?

I think it is critical for school administrators to have multiple perspectives and experiences to draw from in their leadership and decision-making. I have been fortunate that many aspects of my work–teaching and coaching in particular–are still actively part of the work I do as an administrator. I was trained as a Classicist, but focused in graduate school on Greco-Roman literature and history and on the reception of Virgil in Medieval literature.

Having an academic background has allowed me to engage in conversations about program and curriculum, and it has provided me with a natural platform for looking across disciplines, divisions and the curriculum. I will try to find time daily to develop relationships with students, to watch Park Tudor events, to visit classes, and to get to know the faculty; I hope to continue to teach and to be involved with as many aspects of the school as possible.

Describe your educational philosophy.

I would describe myself as a childcentered educator who believes in developing all aspects of a child’s personality and intellect. Education is really about relationships. While there are many outcomes of a good education, I am very interested in developing students’ critical thinking and reasoning skills, their ability to collaborate and innovate, and their resilience—the latter, like so many non-cognitive aspects of one’s character, can determine their ability to succeed as much as anything. Instilling determination, resilience and character are as important, if not more so, than traditional outcomes of the curriculum.

Carol S. Dweck’s writing on “mindsets” has influenced my teaching and thinking about how we view intelligence—it is a malleable concept—and the accompanying assumptions about ability: Potential can be developed and is not fixed; we should capitalize on mistakes; confront challenges with a view to change; and watch carefully the messages we send to others through what we praise. The hallmarks of this, for teachers and administrators, are openness to feedback and learning, willingness to mentor and collaborate with others, and validation of passion, effort and improvement over natural talent. Wendy Mogul’s “10 Ways to Raise Resilient Kids in Turbulent Times” (quoted from her website but originally written in “The Huffington Post”) summarizes this well:

How have your experiences as a teacher, coach and administrator at The Lawrenceville School and Isidore Newman School (independent college-preparatory schools that are similar to Park Tudor) helped prepare you to take the reins at Park Tudor?

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“It is those individuals who can persevere through their own adversity, be strengthened by it, and actually catalyze others to do the same. In the best of cases, these children grow up to become those agents of change who give back to the world more than they take, making it a better place for all of us. This is the role of educators and parents—we are there to challenge and support, but we are also there to help students develop the tools to face adversity and to challenge them to go further than they think possible.”

There is much discussion these days about how schools can best to prepare American students to compete in a global environment. What are your thoughts?

It is critical that we not lose sight of traditional aspects of our academic program, but we do need to prepare students to engage the changing world around them and to help them understand, as Thomas Friedman’s “The World is Flat” argues, the interrelated and interconnected world that is the 21st century. In the coming year at Park Tudor, Tony Wagner’s “The Global Achievement Gap” will guide faculty discussion on this topic—how should our curriculum be changed in light of 21st-century needs, what skills should we impart, how has technology become more than just a catalyst for change, and how do we teach students to learn, to adapt, and then to transfer knowledge to new and novel situations? This will be a focused inquiry throughout the year, and it will help us to understand our next steps as a community. I encourage parents and alumni to read Wagner’s book and to engage, as we create discussion forums, these issues as we learn together.

The pace of change in the world has accelerated, and we are doing students a disservice if we present their academic experience as a fixed area of inquiry and not as the rich, interdisciplinary set of questions. Park Tudor’s Global Scholars Program is a perfect example of this sort of inquiry. Peter Kraft, our incoming Associate Head of School for Academic Affairs, and I will attend a conference with school leaders from a select group of independent day schools throughout the country to discuss 21st-century skills for independent schools.

This, along with the community’s explora-

Dr. Matthew Miller, wife Mia, daughter Sophia and son Grayson.

tion of Wagner’s book, will help us to think through the complexities of this transition and to develop a plan for moving forward.

What are your immediate and longterm goals as Park Tudor’s new head of school?

First and foremost, I am eager to get to know the school’s many constituencies— students and families, faculty and alumni—and to immerse myself in Park Tudor’s culture. In order to build on the strong legacy of teaching at the school, I will work closely with teachers to help them pursue opportunities for growth as leaders and as educators. I will work with division heads and faculty to examine our curricular goals and our paths to reach them. The board and school administration have developed a clear strategic plan, PT 2015, [published in the Spring 2011 issue of The Phoenix] which will, over the next three to five years, provide a road map for future actions—it emphasizes curriculum, faculty development, technology integration, governance, and specific strategic steps in admissions and advancement. Over time, I hope that Park Tudor will be increasingly recognized as a school that is deeply engaged in national conversations about 21st-century

learning, technology and excellence in education. We will continue looking at all aspects of sustainability–financial, environmental, global and programmatic–and we will use this transition as an opportunity to reexamine what has made this school great and how we move conversations forward.

Describe your leadership style.

I believe in open and candid conversations and the need for groups to work through ideas together; collaboration, development of shared values, and trust are core aspects of my leadership style. Excellent leaders are clear in their expectations and supportive of their colleagues—I believe that problems are best solved with multiple perspectives, and that clarity often comes from thinking through a situation together. I aspire to empower people around me and to support them in their work. My leadership style and educational philosophy are really very similar.

What are you most looking forward to (both at Park Tudor and as a newcomer to Indianapolis)?

I look forward to the challenge of preserving the great traditions at Park Tudor

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Welcome to new head

PT salutes Doug Jennings

and building on the school’s successes by focusing on teaching, strengthening our global footprint, and incorporating the best outcomes of 21st-century learning and technology. As a family, we hope to spend the summer taking bike rides on the Monon Trail and visiting the zoo, the Children’s Museum, and more!

ark Tudor honored retiring Head of School Doug Jennings at several end-ofyear events, including the school’s annual Founders Day assembly on May 6 and a retirement reception on June 1, when more than 200 parents, alumni, faculty members and friends of the school gathered in Clowes Commons to salute Doug and his wife Viveka.

In his comments at the start of the assembly, Mr. Jennings told students from junior kindergarten to grade 12 that he hopes that he and his colleagues have helped students to feel “competent, confident and caring.”

He told them, “I am proud of the culture of caring that exists and that keeps growing at Park Tudor. You care for each other, for the adults that work with you, and for anyone who needs your help in our community and around the world. Civility and service are hallmarks of this place.

That’s pretty special.”

Following his comments, a video created by the Upper School PTTV Club led students on a search for Mr. Jennings’s “missing backpack” while highlighting a bit about the history of the school. Students representing each school division

When you’re not working, what would we find you doing – hobbies and interests?

I try to find time every day to enjoy “life’s simple pleasures.” For me as for any parent, the kids and their activities take center stage. You will also find me walking the dog, playing squash, paddle, or tennis, or simply recharging with a book, a movie, or dinner with friends.

What else would you like the Park Tudor community to know about you and your family?

We are honored and excited to have the opportunity to join the Park Tudor community and to make Indianapolis our home.

My family and I have had wonderful experiences on our visits and are excited to spend more time exploring the city and getting to know the school community.

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then presented him with retirement gifts.

The Lower School offered a “makeyour-own sundae” kit to continue the tradition of their annual Sundaes with the Head of School event; the Middle School presented a 50th anniversary edition of “To Kill a Mockingbird” signed by all eighthgraders, and the Upper School gave the gift of a tool belt to carry on the memory of his close involvement in the school’s Habitat for Humanity projects.

At the retirement reception, the school presented Doug and Viveka with an Indiana landscape scene by former art teacher Lynn Thomsen and a photo album documenting their years at Park Tudor. Also unveiled was a portrait of Doug Jennings, which will hang in Foster Hall along with portraits of previous heads of school.

The Jenningses plan to divide their time between a new home in Wilmington, NC, and a mountain home near Asheville, NC. They look forward to spending time with their four grandchildren, and Doug has accepted a partnership with Educators’ Collaborative, a firm that assists independent schools with research, administrative searches and consulting.

School leaders, faculty members, students honor Doug Jennings

“As an educator for 43 years, Doug

showed his empathy and leadership with our students, faculty, administrators, and of course, parents. Doug’s emphasis on service learning, community service, and giving back to others is a legacy that now has been integrated into our students’ lives as never before. Doug’s values of respect and responsibility carried over into our classrooms, whether physically here on campus or on educational travel opportunities....

Today, Park Tudor is financially sound, academically overachieving, and fully enrolled with wonderful, talented children.

We are in a good place because of you.”

– Jim Bremner Immediate Past Board President

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“Doug has taught us the importance of students thinking globally and being lifelong learners. During his tenure, character development has been first and foremost and a priority–specifically, the development of students as caring individuals.”

– Chris Braun 2011-12 Board President “As we watched you in your work, we came to what I suspect will be your legacy: a deep concern for individual students, support for programs and people whose emphasis is clearly in their behalf, a resolve to demonstrate your own social conscience as a role model, and a determination to help others see things from multiple points of view before rushing to judgment.”

– Dr. Jan Guffin Global Scholars Program Director

“I had the privilege of learning under Mr. Jennings as a teacher in Ethics. His teaching style was refreshing as he never failed to engage the students through innovative activities, inspiring avid conversation and debate inside and outside of the classroom.

His favorite contribution to classroom discussion seemed to be playing the ‘devil’s advocate,’ challenging and leading us to approach an issue from a new perspective.

Mr. Jennings’s empathy, respect, attentiveness and unique lessons will be missed.”

– Emily Massel ’11

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New associate head of school named

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eter Kraft has been named Associate Head of School for Academic Affairs, a newly created position at Park Tudor. As lead academic officer of the school, Kraft will coordinate program evaluation and implementation across all school divisions, develop the department chairs’ group, and continue the work already accomplished on teacher evaluations and alignment of professional growth opportunities.

Since 1995, Kraft has been a faculty member and administrator at the Peddie School, a boarding school in Hightstown, New Jersey.

As academic dean, he oversaw Peter Kraft key elements of the school’s strategic vision, including the Research Science program, the development of sen-ior capstone courses and an Asian Studies initiative, as well as directing the mentoring of new teachers and evaluation of senior faculty. He also served as the school’s director of strategic planning, founded the “Friday Features” speaker se-

ries, and co-chaired the Middle States Accreditation process.

A dedicated teacher, department chair and coach, he taught Advanced Placement United States history and served as both assistant varsity football coach and head girls varsity basketball coach.

Kraft has pursued numerous professional development opportunities to enrich his work as a teacher and administrator. He was a National Association of Independent Schools Fellow for Aspiring Heads with a focus on implementing Peddie’s strategic vision, a member of the Independent Schools Association of the Central States evaluation team for Hathaway Brown school, and was selected for the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools “Blueprint for Leadership” seminar.

Head of School Dr. Matthew Miller says, “Peter’s wide range of administrative leadership experience will be a great asset to Park Tudor. Not only has he intensively studied curriculum design, he has developed and implemented innovative, successful curricular programs.”

He adds, “Peter’s colleagues describe in glowing terms his work ethic, collegiality, depth of experience and skills as a listener.

John Green, head of school at Peddie, notes that in addition to the vision and intellect he will bring to this position, his greatest asset is his ability to see a task through from start to finish; he is remarkably thorough and very careful in his leadership style.”

A graduate of the Lawrenceville School, Kraft graduated Phi Beta Kappa from The College of William and Mary (A.B. in history). He holds an M.A. in United States history from The University of Virginia, where he studied the Jacksonian era and antebellum South. He also earned an M.A. in private-school leadership from Columbia University’s Klingenstein Program, where he was selected as one of 12 fellows nationwide. His fellowship project focused on curriculum innovation in private schools; he also studied school finance, change management and leadership while at Columbia.

Kraft and his wife Kim, a physical therapist with a doctorate from Emory University, have a daughter Gabrielle, who will join the first grade at Park Tudor in the fall.

“The greatest joy about teaching with Doug Jennings was that he prioritized empowering students to think for themselves. We spoke often in preparation for class about the excitement of watching our students grow to love ideas and debate them. These ethical dilemmas we studied will live forever, as will the foundation of interpretation Doug helped build in our students’ lives.”

– Joe Fumusa, Dean of Students “Allowing his subordinates to operate with a degree of independence has secured Park Tudor more championships, more prestigious awards, high scores on surveys and national tests.… There is no greater motivation than the confidence that your boss places in you. This management strategy has worked!”

– David Malcom, Upper School Spanish

At a retirement reception for Head of School Doug Jennings on June 1, Past Board President Jim Bremner unveiled a portrait of Park Tudor’s fifth head of school that will hang in Foster Hall along with those of previous heads of Park School, Tudor Hall and Park Tudor.

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Park Tudor receives official reaccreditation

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ark Tudor has received its official reaccreditation from the Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS).

The ISACS visiting team, consisting of administrators and faculty members from schools throughout the ISACS region, spent three days at Park Tudor in October 2010 reviewing the school’s self-study report and interviewing members of the school community to affirm that the selfstudy is “in congruence” with the school’s stated mission. The team unanimously voted to recommend that Park Tudor receive continued full accreditation.

The official reaccreditation report, signed by Bryn Roberts, head of the St. Paul Academy and Summit School and chair of the visiting team, notes that the team was very impressed with the quality of Park Tudor’s academic program.

The report commends Park Tudor for its “clear commitment to the values and ideas in its Mission Statement and Guiding Principles” and its “experienced, knowledgeable and dedicated faculty,” noting that “classroom instruction is outstanding.”

The report also commends the school for “its institutional commitment to applying the lessons of brain-based learning in its classrooms,” “communication with parents, alums and the wider Indianapolis community,” and a “strong and supportive parent community.”

The report also contains helpful suggestions for improvement, which include more clearly defining organizational roles, policies and procedures; developing a comprehensive technology-integration plan; and reviewing and prioritizing the school’s facilities plan. A number of these recommendations already are included in the school’s strategic plan.

The next step in this continuing process is for the school to respond to the report and to incorporate in future plans recommendations from the school’s own self-study and the visiting team’s report.

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This year’s Founders Day celebration on May 6 kicked off Alumni Weekend festivities and wrapped up the yearlong celebration of the 40th anniversary of the merger of Park School and Tudor Hall. At this annual event, students and faculty from junior kindergarten through grade 12, as well as alumni, gather together to celebrate Park Tudor’s history and honor multigenerational families who have attended Tudor Hall, Park School and/or Park Tudor.

The courtyard area outside Ayres Auditorium has been dedicated in memory of Barbara Kroeger Gamble ’36. The Gamble Courtyard is named in recognition of a planned gift the school received from Mrs. Gamble’s estate during the school’s last capital campaign. Mrs. Gamble was a recipient of the Park Tudor Distinguished Alumni Award in 2006. Her family gathered at Park Tudor this spring to view the stone bearing the plaque with her name. Left to right: Marjorie Kroeger ’44 (sister), Kreg Gamble (son), Elaine Gamble-Murphy (granddaughter), Carol Gamble (daughter inlaw) and John Gamble (grandson).

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“Make mistakes,” Casey tells graduates

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istakes are a gift in many ways.”

Dr. Brian Casey, president of DePauw University, urged the 104 members of the Class of 2011 to make mistakes that will help them to discover their unique abilities and ultimately make contributions to society.

During commencement ceremonies at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church on June 3, Casey told the graduates:

“The way that the world moves forward is through the angles of difference that appear when unique people come together to play, to learn, to solve a problem, to move forward. So your job is to slowly but surely find that piece of you that makes you you and dive into that, figure that out.

How of course will you actually do that?

You will do that, actually, by making mistakes. And please know that they will come.

Mistakes are a gift in many ways.”

Carly Kincannon ’03 brought greetings from alumni, providing “Carly’s list of do’s and dont’s for college.”

In his final commencement address, retiring Head of School Doug Jennings urged graduates to take time out from technology to observe life around them: “If we are constantly bombarded with calls and texts and photos and videos, tweets, pokes, prods, alerts, links, tags, posts, blogs, searches, uploads and downloads and an app for everything we do, then when do we get the chance to reflect, to think deeply or simply to allow our mind to wander and create.”

Math Department Chair Sarah Webster brought greetings from the faculty, telling members of the Class of 2011 that they would continue to hold a special place in her heart: “Professional and academic accomplishments alone do not earn you a place in someone’s heart, which I argue, is the most important place to be. That special place in the heart of another is to be earned, honored and cherished.”

David Kilkenny ’12, student government president-elect, offered remarks on behalf of the student body. He told the graduates that they were all mentors to underclassmen, saying there are “countless stories of these students helping out others.

On behalf of the entire student body, I’d like to thank you all for your leadership and friendship. I know that this group of seniors will continue leading and mentoring those around them for many years to come.”

In fact, many members of the graduating class did just that on the day after the commencement ceremony. In a project coordinated by the Upper School Honor Council and its president, Patrick Rezek ’11, the graduates and other PT students and parents went to Crown Hill Cemetery to place 600 roses from the commencement ceremony on the graves of veterans.

Visit www.parktudor.org/classof2011 to read the complete commencement speeches and to view photos and a Class of 2011 video tribute to their parents.

Commencement speakers Dr. Brian Casey and Carly Kincannon ’03

Experience Summer @ PT!

Our “Experience Summer@Park Tudor”

program continues through August 5 and is open to the entire Indianapolis-area community.

This year’s program includes many new offerings, an expanded Middle School program, high-school classes for credit, and even offerings for adults! With more than 100 classes that serve students ages 3 to 18, our summer programs promise to provide enriching and fun-filled opportunities for our community.

Our new evening series, PT@Night, is for grown-ups only. The evening begins with a social period outside Foster Hall.

Reconnect with friends old and new while enjoying wine and hors d’oeuvres. Then, under the guidance of one of our talented instructors, take part in the evening’s activity.

On July 21, join Jerry Grayson from Park Tudor’s Theatre Department for a behind-the-scenes look at several classic Western films and compare the filming techniques with those used in modern Sci Fi

On August 4, explore clay while learning to throw a pot on a potter’s wheel with Park Tudor Ceramics teacher Barb Beattie.

For more information and to register, visit www.parktudor.org.

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Senior named “Indiana Mr. Math”

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t a special presentation at Park Tudor on May 31, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels presented senior Jeffrey Shen with the “Indiana Mr. Math Award,” which honors the state’s top high-school math student.

The Governor told the audience that Jeffrey’s award is “a tremendous example of what happens when great teachers meet a great student at a great school.”

The award includes a $2,000 academic scholarship from McGraw-Hill Education.

Governor Daniels created the Hoosier High School Math and Science Awards to recognize Indiana’s top high school math and science talent. All Indiana highschool students are eligible to apply for and receive the award. Nominations from teachers, principals and other school staff members also are accepted. Application criteria include SAT, ACT and Advanced Placement scores, academic awards and prizes and grades received in math and science courses. The winners, honored as Mr. or Miss Math or Science, are selected by a committee of high-school math and science teachers, curriculum experts from the Indiana Department of Education and representatives from the governor’s office.

Jeffrey scored a perfect 800 on the math section of the SAT and a perfect 36 on the math section of the ACT. Over the course of his academic career at Park Tudor, he has taken 13 Advanced Placement courses. Jeffrey also is enrolled in a mathematics courses at Indiana UniversityPurdue University Indianapolis. He was a semifinalist for the 2010 US Physics Olympics Team and is an AP National Scholar.

He is a 2010 Research Science Institute Scholar in Bioinformatics, a four-time participant in the USA Math Olympics, a 2011 candidate for both the Presidential Scholars Program and a National Merit Finalist. He finished in first place in the 2008 and 2009 Rose-Hulman math competitions and was a gold medalist in the Indiana State Piano competition.

Jeffrey plans to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He hopes to become a professor.

Jeffrey also was invited to meet with Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard as a result of his team’s second-place award in the 2010 Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology, which was highlighted in the Spring 2011 issue of The Phoenix.

Jeffrey Shen accepts the “Indiana Mr. Math Award” from Governor Mitch Daniels at a ceremony in the Park Tudor Wood Room on May 31.

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Students earn dozens of year-end honors TOP PT HONORS

• Richard Ni ’11 received The Frank Meek Memorial Award, the highest award Park Tudor can bestow on a student, at the Upper School end-of-year awards assembly on May 26. The award was established by friends of the late Lt. Frank Meek ’48 as an incentive to students to aspire to the highest degree of loyalty to Park Tudor School and the community.

Richard also was one of 40 Indiana high-school seniors to be named a 2011 Indiana Academic All-Star by the Indianapolis Star, Indiana Association of School Principals and the Indiana Department of Education. Each Indiana high school may nominate one senior for these prestigious awards. As many as 90 students are recognized as regional winners by a selection committee and 40 are chosen as Indiana Academic All Stars.

Not only is Richard a top student at Park Tudor, but he’s also already a teacher: As a senior, he served as a teaching assistant for pre-calculus and has tutored other students in every academic subject. By the end of his sophomore year, Richard had

Richard Ni ’11 at the Academic All-Star Award luncheon with Upper School Social Studies teacher Margo McAlear, whom Richard named as his most inspirational teacher. McAlear received an Influential Educator award at the event (more details on page 16).

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finished Park Tudor’s rigorous mathematics curriculum, and a math professor from IUPUI helped him to continue his studies (with classmate Jeffrey Shen, Indiana’s 2011 Mr. Math) in college-level math. He is a Global Scholar, a National Merit Finalist, a runner on the cross country and track teams, and a member of several of Park Tudor’s academic competition teams, including the Academic Super Bowl team, which recently was named Class 3 State Champion in math.

• Heidi Brueckmann ’11 and Patrick Rezek ’11 were honored with The Hodges Awards, given annually to a male and female member of the senior class adjudged by the faculty to have significantly and wholeheartedly contributed to the life and spirit of Park Tudor throughout their years on campus. The award was established in 1974 by Fletcher Hodges Jr. and his wife Sarah Moore Hodges of the Tudor Hall Class of 1928 to perpetuate the memory of Mr. Hodges’ parents—his father a respected Indianapolis physician, and his mother a teacher at Tudor Hall. Heidi will attend Indiana University, and Patrick will attend Wabash College.

• Samuel Clarke ’11 received the Virginia E. Smith Highest Academic Average Award this year. He graduated with a perfect 4.0 GPA. Samuel was named a semifinalist in the 2011 U.S. Presidential Scholars competition–one of approximately 560 semifinalists to advance to the final round.

From nearly 3.2 million graduating high school seniors, approximately 3,000 students were identified as candidates in the program, and only 560 semifinalists have been selected from throughout the country.

The academic component of the selection is based on students’ exceptional scores on the SAT or ACT. NATIONAL MERIT

• Four members of the Class of 2011 have been selected as recipients of National Merit Scholarships. Samuel Clarke received a National Merit $2500 Scholarship underwritten by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. The National Merit $2500 Scholarships are awarded in every state, in numbers based on the state’s percentage of the nation’s high school graduat-

ing seniors. Max Zhang is being offered a college-sponsored Merit Scholarship award sponsored by Washington University in St. Louis, Caroline Clark is being offered an award sponsored by Arizona State University, and Erin Hoffman has been selected for an award sponsored by Michigan State University. About 8,400 National Merit Scholarship winners nationwide are being chosen from a group of approximately 15,000 finalists.

HIGH HONORS

• Senior Erin Hoffman has been awarded the Alumni Distinguished Scholarship, the most prestigious academic award offered to incoming students by Michigan State University. The scholarships for the selective Honors College program cover the full cost of tuition, room and board, and a two-year paid research assistantship. Only 15 students among approximately 7,400 incoming MSU freshmen receive this award.

• Jordan Crowe ’11 was honored at the 25th annual Indianapolis Professional Association’s Achievement Awards Breakfast on April 30. She is among 44 Indianapolisarea African-American students to be recognized for academic excellence and community involvement. She invited Upper School art teacher Barb Beattie and strings teacher Lorelei Farlow to accompany her to the event.

ACADEMIC QUIZ COMPETITIONS

• The PT Quiz Bowl team finished in 11th place in the Indiana Quiz Bowl State Championship at Harrison High School in Lafayette on March 12. Twenty-five teams from around the state competed for the title.

Team members included Class of 2011 members Richard Ni, Erin Hoffman and Susannah Sharpless, Lillian Crabb ’12 and AJ Stautz ’14.

• The PT Brain Game team advanced to the quarterfinals of this year’s Westfield Insurance Channel 13 Brain Game competition. Team members were Samuel Clarke, Lillian Crabb, Erin Hoffman, Richard Ni and AJ Stautz. The team was defeated by Cardinal Ritter (38-32) in the quarterfinal match. Advisors are faculty members Jeff Johnson and Tom Page.

BUSINESS

• Five Park Tudor students took part in the International DECA business and marketing competition in Orlando, Florida in April as a result of their first-, second- or third-place awards at the state contest in March. A number of other Park Tudor students also won honors at the state contest in which 1400 Indiana students took part.

Advancing to international competition were Jacob Baldwin ’12, Samuel Clarke ’11, Zach Hardin ’11, Michael Lenke ’11 and Tommaso Verderame ’11. Others who won honors at the state competition were Jonathan Buckley ’11, David Hoffman ’11, Reilly Martin ’12, Rebecca McClure ’12, Iacopo Santini ’11 and Peter Scherer ’11.

Economics teacher Laura Rodman served as the team advisor.

COMPUTER SCIENCE

• Park Tudor’s CyberPatriot team placed fifth at the national CyberPatriot competition in National Harbor, Maryland in April. The team of Nupur Bhatt ’12, Jeff Chen ’13, Alexis Fink ’12, Cobi Petrucciani ’12 and Prahasith Veluvolu ’13 qualified for the nationals when it advanced to the top 12 out of 190 teams earlier this year.

This is the first year Park Tudor has participated in the competition, which was created by the Air Force Association to educate and motivate the next generation of cyber defenders—the nation’s science, technology, engineering and mathematics students. As a result of its high standing in the national competition, PT’s team has been invited to be guests at several Air Force Association dinners. Team advisors are Upper School Computer Science teacher Ryan Ritz and Technology Systems Assistant Manager Bryon Realey.

• Park Tudor students won the top three awards in the Traditional Programming Contest at the 2011 IUPUI Computer Science Day. Students paired with partners to solve a series of challenging programming problems using Java, C, or C++. Award winners were: 1st place - Cobi Petrucciani and Jeffrey Shen ’11; 2nd place - Dan Fu ’14 and Samuel Clarke ’11; 3rd place - Rebecca Chen ’ 12 and Nupur Bhatt ’12.

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• Twenty-one seniors and two juniors were inducted into membership in the Park Tudor chapter of the Cum Laude Society at an Upper School assembly on April 20 for demonstrating academic excellence.

This year’s Cum Laude inductees were Class of 2011 members Lindsey Blum, Caroline Clark, Samuel Clarke, Lillian Crabb, Jordan Crowe, Connor Ebbinghouse, Morgan Essex, Henry Farley, Samantha Freije, Kyle Hardacker, Erin Hoffman, Michael Lenke, Maggie MacPhail, Grace Moh, Richard Ni, Doug Park, Robby Pauszek, Iacopo Santini, Susannah Sharpless, Jeffrey Shen, Hannah Simon and Tommaso Verderame, and Class of 2012 members Rebecca Chen and Lillian Crabb.

Park Tudor’s chapter of the Cum Laude Society, which includes faculty members and administrators who were inducted into Phi Beta Kappa or hold a Ph.D. degree, elects no more than 20 percent of the senior class for induction into the Cum Laude Society, as well as any juniors who hold a 4.0 GPA.

Two young alumni were the featured speakers at the assembly. Rachael Hoover ’04, general manager of the restaurant group Patachou, Inc., and Ben Shaw ’04, special assistant to the vice president of advancement at Georgetown University, spoke about the importance of embracing the unexpected in college and in finding a fulfilling career.

Ben Shaw ’04 and Rachael Hoover ’04

ENGLISH/WRITING

• Five students in Ms. Laura Gellin’s English I Plus course won honorablemention awards in the regional level of the National Scholastic Art and Writing Awards Contest for poems they wrote in her class. Judges evaluate writing on the basis of originality, technical skill and the emergence of a personal vision or voice.

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Receiving awards were Neha Anand ’13 Chase Anderson ’14, Anna Kershisnik ’14, Mattie Shepard ’14 and Mia Zhao ’14.

• Fifth-grader Julia King was named one of six runners-up in a recent nationwide writing contest sponsored by Scholastic Book Clubs. She received a $100 award. In addition, sixth-grader Abbi Plewes earned second place in the Broad Ripple Sertoma 2011 National Heritage Essay Contest for her essay on the topic “What Freedom Means to Me.” Abbi was awarded a $250 savings bond.

• Park Tudor’s Battle of the Books team won top-three honors in a contest among area high schools on April 14. Team members read and studied eight books throughout the school year. The team scored third on the multiple-choice round and second in the final jeopardy round. Team members were Captain Alexis Fink ’12, Alexa Petrucciani ’14 and Alexandra Lombardo ’14.

GEOGRAPHY

• Seventh-grader Jack Stewart qualified for the state level of the National Geographic Bee on April 1. He won the Park Tudor geography bee in January after advancing through preliminary rounds and took an exam to qualify for the state bee, scoring in the top 10 percent of students.

MATH & SCIENCE

• Rebecca Chen ’12 was one of 20 finalists—and one of only two females— invited to attend this summer’s US National Chemistry Olympiad Study Camp at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado. She competed for one of four spots on the USA team that will participate in the 43rd International Chemistry Olympiad in Ankara, Turkey in July.

Rebecca also was one of 21 team members representing Indiana in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Los Angeles in May. She was awarded a $500 fourth-place award in Mathematical Sciences from Intel and a Certificate of Honorable Mention from the American Mathematical Society for her project, “Braid Group Representations and Braiding Quantum Gates.”

In addition, Rebecca was accepted into this summer’s Massachusetts Institute

of Technology Research Science Institute, where she is one of only 77 students worldwide invited to enjoy a six-week, cost-free program designed to kick-start careers of leadership in science, mathematics, engineering and technology.

• Park Tudor’s math team was named Class 3 state champion in math at this year’s Hoosier Academic Super Bowl State Finals competition at Purdue University on May 7. Park Tudor was also a state finalist in the Interdisciplinary category. Team members were: Math—Richard Ni ’11, Ted Cho ’13, Catherine Mytelka ’13 and Dan Fu ’14; and Interdisciplinary— Richard Ni, Ted Cho, Erin Hoffman ’11 and Susannah Sharpless ’11. One-hundred Indiana high schools participated in the competition.

• As a result of their high scores on the American Mathematics Competitions this year, five students qualified to take the prestigious American Invitational Mathematics Examination: Rebecca Chen ’12, Dan Fu ’14, Catherine Mytelka ’13, Richard Ni ’11 and Jeffrey Shen ’11.

• Middle and Upper School students took part in the Science Olympiad held at Butler University in February, winning awards in a variety of categories.

Middle Schoolers placed third in the “Road Scholar” event, fourth in “Compute This,” and fifth in “Fossils” and “Disease Detectives.” Upper School students won the fifth-place team award, which enabled them to advance to the Wildcard Event in Lafayette in March. They also won three firstplace awards, three second-place awards, three third-place awards, one fourth-place award and one fifth-place award in various events. Coaches were PT science teachers Sue Taylor, Mary Zajac and Steve Math.

SPELLING BEE

• Fifth-grader Victor Xiao was one of the final four spellers left standing at the Regional Spelling Bee on February 28.

Forty spellers in grades 4-8 competed in the regional competition. Victor stayed in the running for 14 rounds, correctly spelling the words transect, analysis, machismo, patina, metaphor, provolone, ubiquitous, swahili, zephyr, corpuscle, rendezvous, intaglio and voortrekker. The winner cor-

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rectly spelled the word uitlander. In preparation for the Bee, Victor worked with Upper School teachers Peter Smith and Clifford Hull.

WORLD LANGUAGES

• Park Tudor’s Latin Club placed first in the state at the Indiana Junior Classical League State Convention in March. More than 300 Latin students from 15 schools gathered at Indiana University in Bloomington to celebrate the Classics.

Neha Anand ’13, Lillian Crabb ’12, Alexandra Lombardo ’14, Sophie Spartz ’14, Caroline Tucker ’13 and Ramya Yeleti ’13 competed in academic, creative and graphic-arts contests as well as in Certamen, a Classical knowledge quiz-bowl competition. In addition to its state championship, Park Tudor Latin Club also placed fourth in the Sharon Gibson Community Service Contest, fourth for the Helen Wampler Spirit Award, and fifth for Publicity. Caroline Tucker was elected president of the Indiana Junior Classical League.

• For the fourth consecutive year, students in Madame Janice Vote’s French 6 class have completed the translation of an article from the 18th-century French classic “Encyclopédie.” The University of Michigan and the University of Chicago spearheaded a collaborative project to translate the 70,000 articles of the “Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers,” edited by Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d’Alembert. This iconic work was a collaboration of the great writers, philosophers, scientists and mathematicians of the French Enlightenment.

Most of the current project translators are university professors; Park Tudor students were the first high-school students to contribute three years ago. This year’s French 6 class chose the article “Centaure” (Centaur), which was particularly difficult to translate because of its mythological references. Learn more about the translation project at http://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/did/ intro.html.

For more Park Tudor news, visit our website at www.parktudor.org/news.

Lower School students eagerly await the arrival of the senior class for the annual Park Tudor Senior Serenade on May 26. Each year students from junior kindergarten through grade 11 line the walkway from Clowes Commons to Ayres Auditorium to present carnations to the graduating class and to serenade them with the Park Tudor alma mater.

Annual Fund exceeds goal

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s of our publication deadline, we were still tallying final Annual Fund totals, but are happy to announce that we have surpassed our fundraising goal of $800,000!

A very sincere thank you to our many donors who participated in this year’s Annual Fund. Doing so is a most meaningful way to support the mission, our faculty and our children. Annual Fund dollars are used to cover the difference between tuition and the cost of educating a student. All Park Tudor students have benefited from this support. This legacy of generosity sustains the program of excellence that has come to define Park Tudor School.

Board members elected

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t the annual meeting of the Park Tudor Foundation on May 18, six new members were elected to three-year terms on the Park Tudor Board of Directors. Suzie Fehsenfeld, Brenda Harrington, Greg Kroot, Jimmie Kyker, Bill Stearman and Vanita Yadav assumed their roles on July 1.

In addition, re-elected to three-year terms are current board members Ed Harris ’60, Courtney Schwab and Jason Sturman ’93. Chris Braun was reelected for a oneyear term extension.

Elected as 2011-12 board officers are:

President - Chris Braun

Vice President - Kathy Dunbar

Secretary - Jason Sturman ’93

Treasurer - Steve Cagle ’71.

The terms of board members Henry Camferdam, David Eskenazi, Joe DeVito and Sally Lanham expired at the end of June. Additionally, Gerardo Lopez stepped down because his family is moving out of state. We extend our sincere thanks to all of them for their dedicated service to Park Tudor.

Outgoing Board President Joe DeVito has been elected to a three-year term to the Park Tudor Trust beginning July 1.

Current Trust members Jeff Cohen and William Elder Jr. have been reelected to serve one-year terms, and Skip Watson has been reelected to a second three-year term.

The board solicited nominations for the positions from parents, alumni and friends of the school last fall.

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Record number selected for IU Honors

Twelve Park Tudor students are studying

abroad this summer in the Indiana University Honors Program in Foreign Languages. “This is a record number for Park Tudor,” says French teacher and IU Honors Program Coordinator Janice Vote. Eight of the students are studying in France, while four are studying in Spain.

Studying in Spain are Anne Armstrong (Leon), Kate McCarter (Valencia), Emma Skeels (Oviedo), and Lauren St. Clair (Valencia). Studying in France are Sarah Cohn (Saumur), Lillian Crabb (Saumur), Alexandra Janin (Saumur), Emma Johnson (Brest), Ayana Lindsey (St. Brieuc), Rebecca McClure (St. Brieuc), John Rardon (Brest) and Monika Tilmans (Brest).

The Indiana University Honors Program in Foreign Languages is open to high-school juniors. Following a rigorous testing, application and interview process, approximately 30 students from the state of Indiana are selected for each of the nine Honors Program sites in Spain, France, Mexico and Germany. Participants in the program live for seven weeks with a host family, attend morning classes, and participate in afternoon activities and excursions with the other students. Students must agree to speak no English for the duration of the program.

More than 150 PT students have participated in this intensive language-immersion program since 1971, with 95 studying in France, 51 in Mexico or Spain, and eight in Germany.

Read an essay on page 15 by Lindsey Blum ’11 about her experiences living in France last summer as an IU Honors program participant.

• Chicago was the destination for students in Upper School French III and Art History classes in April. The French III students visited the Art Institute as the culminating activity for their intensive study of French Impressionism. The Art History students, in addition to visiting the Art Institute, toured the Oriental Museum at the University of Chicago to view the large collection of Mesopotamian art, stopped by Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House in Hyde Park and took in the sculptures at Millennium Park. The students’ tour guides were French teacher Janice Vote and Art History teachers Heather Teets and Carol Rogers.

• Upper School students will take a bookish adventure to the Boston area in October. A highlight of the trip will be a visit to the home of notable author Kathryn Lasky Knight ’62. Other activities will include a sojourn to Concord for a taste of transcendentalism and to see the homes of Emerson, Hawthorne and Alcott, as well as Thoreau’s Walden Pond.

Students also will visit the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, the Salem area, the Boston Public Library, and will bike the historic Freedom Trail. The trip, which will conclude with a tour of Harvard and a meeting with a panel of PT alumni

attending college in the Boston area, is being organized by Coordinator of Media Services Jane Hizer.

Eighth-graders got a first-hand view of the White House during their Washington, DC trip.

Teacher Heather Teets (left) provides insight on a painting to Avery Mitchell ’11 (right) during the art history class field trip to Chicago.

Trips expand horizons

• Park Tudor’s eighth-grade class spent three days in Washington, DC in March on a three-day tour of historical sites, including the White House, Capitol Hill, the National Archives, Arlington National Cemetery and other historical sites. They also visited several museums, including the Newseum, the Museum of American History and the Holocaust Museum.

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Sixteen Upper School students spent 14 days in June exploring the country of Peru. On a trip led

by Upper School Social Studies teacher Margo McAlear, the students visited Cuzco, Lima and Raqchi, hiked the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu and took a boat trip to the Ballestas Islands, where they viewed thousands of seabirds, penguins, sea lions and dolphins.

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My life in France: what I learned about America while living in another country

By Lindsey Blum ’11 Lindsey Blum studied with the IU Honors program in Brittany, France during the summer of 2010. She wrote this essay about her experience.

Before I even left the United States, I

had unofficially renounced any desire to be associated with America. After all, who would want to be associated with a nation obese with ego and, of course, McDonald’s?

Instead of being American, I much preferred France, the land of extreme nationalism supported by centuries of a rich, and slightly scandalous, history.

My preparation for entering my adoptive country was thorough. I watched French movies, my favorite being a documentary of a small school in the French countryside.

I read French books. I listened to French music, even though Madonna and Britney Spears frequented the radio much more often than any French artist. Even though I was going to France to study the language, I would have told anyone who asked that my skills were above and beyond the average American high school student’s. I left my home in Indiana and did not look back.

Then, after a mere five hours in France, I had made a fool out of myself and was certainly on the path to offend at least a few people with my naïve American ways. When I saw my host mother Melanie for the first time I hugged her, and said “au revoir.” I tried about ten other French greetings until I finally arrived at the right one, “salut.” Eventually I came to realize that salut meant both hello and goodbye and that hugging is not generally accepted in France. At the time it had sufficiently served its purpose of greeting my brand new famille d’accueil. Literally it meant welcoming family, but, in a more practical translation, it meant host family for the next seven weeks. Immediately I had learned that it was going to take nearly those entire seven weeks to assimilate myself with my new French home and even my American one.

After a few days in France, I began to try to take the enormous leap over the language barrier that was separating me from my host family. My dad, Ludovic, would ask me about everything Ameri-

can: Obama, the recession, football, food, and my family. Whenever something I said about American life surprised him, I responded with an underwhelming nonchalance for the culture I had already dismissed. Ludo showed me films that he said every French person would know. Melanie, my mom, exposed me to the typical Breton meal, galettes made with ham, eggs, tomatoes and cheese. I took full responsibility to embrace this life that I had been dying to know. I tried every food presented to me, asked about every word I did not know, and watched every French film, no matter how bizarre. My host family opened its life to me in order to expose me to a life and culture I had never truly known.

I, in turn, subconsciously gave away information about my friends, my sister, my dad, school, sports and everything else.

Every now and then I would attempt to reveal an intimate detail of my life. I would start to explain that the only person I desperately missed was my little sister, and, without any further explanation, Melanie would say, “I can tell.” Apparently, I loved everything and everyone in Indiana much more than I had thought, and the amount I

talked about it was evidence of that. I often brought up my American dad’s amazing cooking or my sister’s considerate demeanor.

I was not homesick by any means; I was simply coming to terms with my close bonds with others, ones that I had never appreciated back in my Hoosier hometown.

These new discoveries, which came from outside perspectives from a family I had been thrust into just a few short weeks before, coupled with hours of forced thinking brought on by the inability to say anything instantaneously in French, led to the shocking personal conclusion that, just maybe, I loved my American home just as much as I loved my new French one.

The learning process continued, and with each new thing that my quasi-parents, neighbors, friends, and grandparents would show me, I realized that to know one culture is not to reject all of the others. A greeting can work just as well as a valediction, proved by my initial faux pas.

A hamburger is no better for you than a pain au chocolat. The socialist French did not necessarily know more about things than the democratic Americans. I have two homes, and I love each of them the same.

The Middle School presented the “Broadway Jr.” version of Meredith Willson’s “The Music Man” in Ayres Auditorium on April 21. Here, Harold Hill, played by Nicholas Hornedo ’15, makes his sales pitch to the townspeople of River City.

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Our exceptional educators

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pper School Social Studies teacher Margo McAlear was recognized as one of the state’s two recipients of an Influential Educator Award from Franklin College at the annual Academic All-Star luncheon sponsored by The Indianapolis Star on April 13. All students nominated for the Academic All-Star program were asked to write about the school employee who has been the most influential to them. Richard Ni ’11, one of the 40 Indiana high school students selected as an Academic All-Star, chose to write about McAlear. “Even by Park Tudor’s high standards, Ms. McAlear really cares about her students. I’ll always be thankful for her influence on me as a student and person,” he wrote.

• Zach Lapidus, director of Park Tudor’s jazz program and private piano teacher, was one of only five finalists—and the first ever from Indianapolis—in competition for the Cole Porter Fellowship in jazz piano presented by the American Pianists Association. The months-long judging process includes a number of assessments and concerts. In the finals, he perfomed George Gershwin’s “Embraceable You” with vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater and Victor Young’s “Stella by Starlight” with the Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra. Indianapolis Star music critic Jay Harvey wrote, “Zach Lapidus...accomplished something miraculous in the vocal set’s sole ballad....

With his far-reaching constellations of chords, laid out at a perilously slow tempo, he brought tears to Bridgewater’s eyes.

I thought I saw this response, and it was quite understandable, even coming from an old pro.... Lapidus’ ideas were fresh, challenging and deeply felt, and he is as much of a winner in the Jazz Fellowship Awards as any of his colleagues.”

• Upper School English teacher Laura Gellin has been awarded a Fellowship Grant from the English-Speaking Union and has been accepted into a teaching program run by the Globe Theatre in London. Teaching Shakespeare through Performance is an intensive three-week summer program that provides teachers with practical and playfilled approaches to teaching Shakespeare in the classroom. She will attend Globe

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Theatre productions and work with theatre artists and Globe Education Practitioners.

• Latin teacher Clifford Hull has been reappointed to serve on the AP Latin Exam Development Committee. He is one of three high-school teachers who, along with three college professors, write the AP Latin Exams that are given nationwide every year.

Hull also recently delivered a paper on the new AP Latin Exam at the California Classical Association’s conference.

• Library Services Department Chair Jane Hizer recently served on the selection committee for the Indiana Academic AllStars. The award program is sponsored by The Indianapolis Star, Indiana Association of School Principals and Indiana Department of Education.

• Orchestra Director Lorelei Farlow served as the string adjudicator for the Catholic Youth Organization Music Contest and as the judge for trios and quartets at the state level of Indiana State School Music Association Solo and Ensemble Contest.

• Cassie Dull, online communications specialist in Park Tudor’s Communications Office, has been named to the board of directors of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education–Indiana.

• Upper School Social Studies teacher Jeff Johnson led a workshop on “Students as Advocates” for members of the Justice League club at Shortridge Magnet High School for Law and Public Policy.

Fine arts honors

Eighth-grader Yuri Ikeyama won a pres-

tigious Gold Medal in the National Scholastic Art & Writing Competition for her photo “Sunkissed Umbrella.” Yuri’s work advanced to the national competition after she won a Gold Key Award in regional competition earlier this year. Her work was displayed in New York City in June as part of a national celebration held at Carnegie Hall. Approximately 300 works of art from the National Award winners were included in the exhibition.

More than 100 Upper School students were involved in the musical production of “Beauty and the Beast” presented March 11-13 in Ayres Auditorium. The students dedicated their performances to the memory of Tessa Byers ’10, who was killed in an automobile accident the week before the production. Tessa was actively involved in the Park Tudor theatre program in both on- and offstage roles. The dinner theatre event held in conjunction with the musical and sponsored by the Park Tudor Parents’ Association raised more than $32,100 for the Fine Arts Department.

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brary’s inner and outer architecture at the Central Library this summer. The exhibit paid tribute to the release of “Stacks,” S.L. Berry and Mary Ellen Gadski’s history of the Indianapolis Marion County Public Library.

A large crowd gathered for the third annual Park Tudor student art show held in May at the Magdalena Gallery of Art in Carmel.

Yuri Ikeyama’s national-award-winning photo, “Sunkissed Umbrella.”

• Junior Abby Frank was one of 30 finalists selected to advance in the final round of judging for the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) Fashion Challenge. The contest required entrants to repurpose men’s or women’s shirts to create a newly designed garment. Abby created a fashionable dress out of a knit T-shirt. As a finalist, Abby’s work was featured in a spring exhibition at SCAD.

• Vanessa Gehring ’13 was accepted to the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music’s Classical Vocal Academy for High School Students. The intensive one-week program is designed to acquaint the advanced highschool vocal student with the rigors of preprofessional study.

• Upper School students took firstplace honors in this spring’s annual Indiana Crossroads Conference (ICC) art competition. Park Tudor and other ICC schools (Lutheran, Cardinal Ritter and Beech Grove) compete annually in both athletic and finearts competitions. Park Tudor swept the Photography and Ceramics categories in this year’s contest, and junior Caroline Cox won the Best of Show award for her painting. Award recipients were:

Painting: 1st place–Monika Tilmans ’12; nd 2 place–Caroline Cox ’12

Drawing: 1 place–Asia Jernigan ’12; 2nd place–Monika Tilmans

Mixed Media: 2nd place–Casey DawsonFleming ’12

Ceramics: 1st and 3rd place–Christine Lucas ’12; 2nd place–Echo Angelicchio’13; Honorable Mention–Laurel MacAllister ’12

Photography: 1st place–Jennifer Risting ’11; 2nd place–Catherine Braun ’12; 3rd place–Abby Frank ’12; Honorable Mention–Mariah Bird ’11. st

• The Park Tudor Renaissance Ensemble performed for a gathering of patients and caregivers at the IU Simon Cancer Center at University Hospital on March 7.

Musicians were: violins: Henry Farley ’11, Jordan Crowe ’11, Monika Tilmans ’12, Abby Frank ’12 and Victoria Xiao ’13; and cellos: Abby Frank ’11, Grace Moh ’11 and Grace Barlow ’11.

• The work of Park Tudor artists was displayed throughout central Indiana this spring and summer. The Upper School Spirit Committee and Park Tudor’s Fine Arts Department hosted the third Park Tudor Art Show at Magdalena’s Gallery of Art in the Carmel Arts District on May 14. In addition, students in Heather Teets’s Upper School Photography II class displayed their photographs of the downtown Central Li-

“Have you heard?”

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ark Tudor Upper School art teacher Heather Teets explored the subject of rumors with the Social Exchange Group, a group of Upper School students who met after school hours to create an art exhibit called “Have You Heard?”

The exhibit, on display in the Wood Room in February, showcased students’ interpretations of the contemporary vein of art known as conceptualism to confront different aspects of the rumor by using art as an aid to reach an idea.

Thirty-two students participated in the project, including three poets, two musicians, nine artists and 23 supporting artists. Students used a wide range of media from ceramics, sculpture, photography and larger installation pieces, and five students performed works for “Have You Heard?” at an Upper School assembly.

The works ranged from a group of ceramic pieces buried in a garden setting to a musical improvisation with piano and violin that explored the concept of passing along a story via music.

Traditionally, Park Tudor has showcased works that demonstrate technical merit, but the Social Exchange Group focused more on process than product, according to Teets. The subject of rumors,

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“Have you heard? bullying, and the role social media plays are important issues for students to explore in a thoughtful way, she says.

“Conceptual art is rarely explored in the [high school] educational setting,” says Teets. “The subject of rumors seemed the perfect point to start in exploring more contemporary art.”

The project has spurred a new course for seniors that will be introduced in the 2011-12 school year. “Art Seminar: Social and Global Issues in Contemporary Art” will be a semester-long course with the topic of study changing each year to reflect relevant and current issues. Students will work on collaborative and individual projects in a variety of media. Guest lecturers and visits to the contemporary galleries at the Indianapolis Museum of Art and Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art will familiarize the students with contemporary works and the issue of study. The course will culminate in an art exhibition preceded by an artists’ talk. The student-artists will be required to prepare the exhibition from start to finish and to discuss their works with visitors at the opening of the exhibition.

Students serving the community

• Victims of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami benefited from donations by Park Tudor students to the Red Cross Japan Relief Fund. The Lower School Student Council originated a project to sell origami and paper flowers to aid in the relief efforts, and the Upper School Student Council and Japanese Club followed suit by creating and selling origami cranes. The eighth-grade student council sponsored a bake sale to benefit the fund.

• Park Tudor’s Upper School UNICEF Club raised $1,016 this school year to support the United Nations Children’s Fund.

The club raised funds through Trick-orTreat for UNICEF. Instead of asking for candy while trick-or-treating, they asked for monetary donations. They also helped recruit restaurants to participate UNICEF’s Tap Project, in which restaurants who usually serve complimentary water ask customers to pay one dollar instead.

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Upper School students and faculty members discuss an installation at the “Have You Heard?” student art exhibition.

• The Upper School Honor Council raised more than $660 to support local charities in its Dodgeball for Dollars event on April 30. Student teams and faculty teams competed to raise money to donate to a charity of the winning team’s choice. The winner was the faculty team “Girl Scout Drop-Outs,” consisting of Barb Skinner, Steve Math, Sarah Steele and her husband Austin, Mark Phillips and Rob Hueni. They selected the American Red Cross to support Missouri tornado victims.

• The Upper School French Club raised a total of $650 during the 2010-11 school year to support Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders). The funds were raised through fall and spring bake sales.

• Fourthgraders have had the opportunity this year to help with the afterschool recreation program at the Indiana School for the Blind once a month. For the last visit of the year, PT invited students from the School for the Blind to come to Park Tudor for a science activity with Lower School science teacher Mary Jo Wright.

The fourth-grade teachers, along with Lower School Counselor Tina Sahakian, integrated the service opportunity into the

curriculum at the beginning of the school year by reading a book called “The Cay”

by Theodore Taylor. “The Cay” is about a child who loses his sight, and it helped the fourth-graders have a better understanding of the struggles of those who are visually impaired. With the monthly visits to the School for the Blind, students were able to make text-to-world connections.

• Fifth-graders Graysen Montel and Alex Klimek spearheaded a Lower School service project to raise money to build a water well in Tanzania. After learning about the problems with access to clean water in Africa, Graysen and Alex did some research and found a project to help build wells. Lower School students were asked to donate money to the project, with each 50-cent donation giving them a chance to win a prize. Overall, the students raised more than $1,000 in two weeks.

• Students in JK through fifth grade participated in the annual Diabetes Walk May 13 on the PT track to raise money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. The Lower School Running Club led the walk, followed by students in each grade level.

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• The fourth annual “Fashion for Food” fashion show and inaugural “Mr. Park Tudor Pageant” brought the Park Tudor community together to support Gleaners Food Bank on February 11. Coordinated by seniors Rina Yadav, Samantha Tambunan and Emily Massel, the event featured 70 Upper School models and six senior-class men vying for the title of “Mr. Park Tudor.” Families, teachers and students filled Gleaners Food Bank barrels to overflowing while enjoying a fashion show with Upper School students modeling clothing from local stores and boutiques. Audience members evaluated the six “Mr. Park Tudor” candidates in four areas of competition– personal statement, casual attire, talent and an on-stage interview–and texted their votes, ultimately choosing senior Preston Hill for the title.

• Chris Eckersley ’12 represented Park Tudor at the Indiana Association of Student Council’s Representative Assembly in March. In his position as IASC Executive Board member, Chris serves on the planning committee for the IASC’s upcoming State Convention to be held in Indianapolis.

• Judith Finn ’11 was selected as Park Tudor’s DAR Good Citizen. She has entered her patriotic-themed essay into the state competition for this Daughters of the American Revolution event, and was honored along with her parents and Upper School Counselor Joan Grinkmeyer and Dean of Students Joseph Fumusa at a luncheon on March 24.

Children award winner, to participate in the daylong symposium sponsored by the Starbucks Foundation. The Symposium was designed to encourage students who are philanthropically minded to pursue projects to benefit others and to educate them on ways Power of Children recipients have implemented projects. Participants were awarded $100 grants to complete their own projects. In recognition of his philanthropic efforts, Baldwin also was recently awarded a certificate of excellence in the 2011 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards and a President’s Volunteer Service Award.

Both awards honor outstanding community service by young Americans.

• Christine Lucas ’12 was one of 12 Indianapolis area students selected for a Youth Leadership Development trip to Chulaimbo, Kenya in June. The “Ken-Ya Help Us” student leaders from seven area schools met Kenyan high-school students whose tuition has been provided by the Kenya Carnival, an Indianapolis fundraising effort. Upon her return, Christine will present her observations from the trip to various groups, comparing the life in Chulaimbo and the life in Indiana and bringing attention to issues faced by the Kenyan students.

Preston Hill ’11 was named “Mr. Park Tudor” at the Upper School “Fashion for Food” event in February that collected funds and cannedgood donations for Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana.

• Nick Tannenbaum ’14 has been selected to run the statewide Birthday Card Initiative for Down Syndrome Indiana. For the past three years he has been a volunteer with this non-profit organization that provides programs, education, support and influences public policy for the betterment of individuals with Down Syndrome. Nick will develop and sustain this program for hundreds of members annually.

• Jacob Baldwin ’12 was a facilitator at the Indianapolis Children’s Museum’s Power of Children Symposium in February. Joining him were sophomores Chris Morgan and Caroline Tucker, who were nominated by Baldwin, a 2009 Power of

Lower Schoolers get pumped up during their Diabetes Walk in May. The students raised funds to support juvenile diabetes research.

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Spring athletic update: Junior Abby Farley repeats as 800m state champion

By Brad Lennon, Athletic Director TRACK

Senior Abby Farley captured her third straight 800-meter run state title and broke her own state record with a time of 2:08.91. th Abby is the 24 girl in IHSAA girls track history to own three championships in a single event; her sister Hannah Farley ’09, now running at Stanford, is also on that list for her 400m titles. The girls 4x400 relay (Abby Farley, Constance Lee ’11, Christine Lucas ’12 and Sydney Schwab ’14) also competed at the state meet, placing sixth while running their best time of the season at 3:55.40. The girls team placed second at the conference meet, setting records along the way. Abby set a new conference meet record in the 800, and sophomore Lauren Lowry set a meet record in the shot put.

The girls 4x100 relay (Constance Lee, Samantha Schwab ’14, Sydney Schwab and Jessica Newton ’14) broke the school record, setting a new time of :51.32. In the girls pole vault, senior Emily Massel broke her own school record with a vault of nine feet in the county, sectional and regional meets.

The boys team placed fifth at the conference meet. Senior Henry Farley also set a meet record in the 800 in 2:00.89. Henry qualified for the state meet, where he was seeded seventh in the 800. He earned his spot at state with an outstanding fourthplace run in the regional in 1:55.18.

BASEBALL

Coach Courtney Whitehead’s boys made a deep run in the state tournament, finishing one win shy of a trip to the state championship game after losing a 7-0 heartbreaker to South Spencer in the 2A semistate game. The Panthers finished the season with a sparkling 27-6 record, tying the school record for most wins in a season set by the 1999 1A state championship team.

Along the way, the team captured its third consecutive Indiana Crossroads Conference title, winning both the regular season with a 6-0 record and taking the ICC tournament

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Abby Farley ’11 celebrates after winning her third-straight 800-meter title at the IHSAA state meet. Photo: Indianapolis Star.

championship as well. Earlier in the spring the Panthers advanced to the final four of the Marion County Tournament, bowing out to eventual champion Roncalli in a 1512 decision. PT’s run to the semi-state included winning the school’s fifth sectional crown and third regional title. Though the team graduates five seniors, there remains a strong contingent of veterans who saw significant playing time that should prove valuable in the future.

ICC All-Conference selections were Kyle Hardacker, Nolan Smith, Madison Foster, Max Zhang, Chris Eckersley, and Kevin Rex.

Earning Academic All-State honors were Robbie Pauszek, Kyle Hardacker, Nolan Smith and Max Zhang.

Marion County Super Team selections were Kyle Hardacker and Nolan Smith.

Marion County honorable mention selections were Marko Adams, Max Zhang,

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a respectable fifth in the 16-team Marion County meet. The boys competed in the state’s toughest sectional at South Grove, which featured five of the top 20 teams in the state. The team ended the season with a sixth-place finish at the sectional; Austin Kyker ’12 advanced to regional play with an 18-hole score of 77.

Senior Kyle Hardacker slides into base.

Madison Foster, Kevin Rex and Chris Eckersley.

Kyle Hardacker and Nolan Smith were named to the Indiana All-State Baseball Team. Nolan Smith also was selected to play on the North/South All-Star Team and will play for the South Team in a threegame series in Ft. Wayne July 8-10. Coach Courtney Whitehead was selected as one of the coaches for the South All-Star Team.

GIRLS TENNIS

Coach Dave Heffern greeted a fairly young and inexperienced squad at the beginning of the season; only a few veterans dotted the line-up. Seniors Maggie MacPhail and Emily Knapp carried the load as the most experienced members of the starting seven. After fighting through some major growing pains, the team showed marked improvement as the season progressed. The girls captured the school’s sixth consecutive ICC championship with a seven-point win over the second-place team. However, the tough Marion County and sectional fields proved too much for the young squad as the team lost earlier than usual in the tournaments to end its season. Senior Maggie MacPhail captured sectional and regional singles titles before eventually falling short in her opening semi-state match.

LACROSSE

The boys lacrosse team ended its sea-

son with a runner-up finish in the IHSLA consolation bracket tourney. The boys advanced with wins over Evansville Castle and Evansville Memorial, before losing in the final to Fort Wayne Homestead, 5-3.

First-year coach Tim Clark did an outstanding job taking over a relatively young team with only two seniors. After a slow start and a very tough schedule, the team began to see vast improvement in a season building toward next year.

The girls lacrosse team had another outstanding season, advancing to the state finals for the tenth time in the past 14 years.

The girls finished third in the state after a thrilling overtime win in the consolation final over Zionsville, 12-11. Senior Kendall Brunner and freshman Haley Hallenbeck were named First Team All-State by the Indiana High School Women’s Lacrosse Association (IHSWLA). Seniors Carey Kunz and Emily Eiteljorg were named SecondTeam selections. Head Coach Candi Parry, who is leaving Park Tudor and moving to Cleveland with her husband, earned the IHSWLA Coach of the Year Award. For Parry’s contributions to lacrosse in Indiana, the IHSWLA created a scholarship in her name.

BOYS GOLF

The boys golf team finished as runnerup for the second consecutive year at the conference meet. The team also placed

SOFTBALL

The girls softball team finished the year with a 7-12 record. Coach Carolyn Coyne’s young squad showed marked improvement as the season progressed. Although five seniors dotted the roster, many of the younger players on the team received significant playing time and shined when given the opportunity. Senior pitcher Morgan Essex will have to be replaced, as will shortstop Teagan Johnson. The girls had several nice wins, taking a doubleheader at Guerin Catholic, capturing back-to-back wins over Washington and Northwest, and battling Heritage Christian in a rain-delayed, hardfought 11-inning loss in the sectional. With a strong group of underclassmen returning, the girls should be even better next year.

Athletic honors

• Nick Hornedo ’15 won second place in the Y Men’s 14 Sabre competition at the 2011 Arnold Fencing Classic in Columbus, Ohio on March 4.

• Laurel MacAllister ’12 placed ninth at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Florida.

She recently was awarded the Stirrup Cup by the United States Hunter Jumper Association, which recognizes the accomplishments of grassroots equestrians.

• Graham Reinbold ’13 was awarded the Marianne Nilhagen Memorial Scholarship Award for Excellence at the Central Indiana Tennis Association/Indianapolis Junior Tennis Development Fund Spirit Dinner on May 15.

• Seventh-grader Clare Chandler advanced to the Indiana Swimming Divisional Championships in March in the 50 Free, 100 Breast, 200 Breast and 200 IM.

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Clockwise from top left: Sixth-graders do the limbo at their annual 1950s-themed dance. Laleh Tolliver is all smiles during Junior Kindergarten Bike Day. Exchange students from Vallodid, Spain learn American dance steps from teacher Laurie Cutsinger. Senior Iacopo Santini gets a hug from sister Francesa ’14 at the Senior Serenade. The Class 2A state championship basketball team poses with its trophy at Conseco Fieldhouse. (Center) Upper School jazz students perform at their annual Jazz Kitchen concert in April.

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Clockwise from top left: Fifth-graders Ethan Hayes, Justin Rice and Rohith Yeleti get into the beat when the local drumming group “The Bongo Boys” visits campus. Second-grader Zoe Dill learns how her body conducts electricity during a visit from a scientist. The sixth-grade students honor Park Tudor School and Tudor Hall veterans at their annual Memorial Day ceremony. Sixth-graders portray the “Great Americans” they selected for their research project. Graham Cecil ’11 escorts math teacher Sarah Webster at the Senior Serenade. The varsity basketball team at the moment of its state championship victory.

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Clockwise from top left: Head of School Doug Jennings and Viveka Jennings serve ice cream to Lower Schoolers at their year-end “Sundaes with the Head” event. Eighth-graders parade to their cardboard boat race, an annual event that tests science, math and marketing skills. Jack Kite, mom Christina and classmates dissect a shark as part of their annual study of the sea creature. Melanie Ash ’13 and her mother Monica try their hands at the potter’s wheel during Upper School Mothers’ Morning. Butler University basketball players Chase Stigall and Andrew Smith read a storybook to senior kindergartners in May.

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Clockwise from top left: Kaleb Strong-Jones ’19, Hannah Loewen ’20 and Lydia Cheesebourough ’20 can’t wait to present carnations to members of the senior class at the Senior Serenade. First-grader Colin Lasek and his mom Dana (Giles) Lasek ’83 work on a project during Lower School Mothers’ Morning. Pitcher Madison Foster ’12 winds it up at the regional tournament. Lower Schoolers are off to the races during Field Day. Senior DJ Diaz feels fine as he makes a donation during the Park Tudor Blood Drive. Fine Arts Director John Williams accepts a bouquet at the conclusion of the Upper School vocal concert.

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Global Scholars program continues to inspire students

By Alicia Carlson

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t’s a Friday morning in January and students are beginning to appear at the office door of Dr. Jan Guffin, director of Park Tudor’s Global Scholars program.

One by one, they present Guffin with a first draft of their research project—the culmination of two years that many will call one of the most challenging experiences of their academic lives.

He receives each paper with a smile, gently admonishing a few who have neglected to put page numbers on their projects, and asking each how they’re feeling about their first drafts.

Students give him updates and ask for guidance, but mostly they are relieved. The research and writing of the drafts are the biggest hurdle they face as the finish their senior year as Global Scholars. Their next hurdle will be adapting their papers for an oral presentation of their research evaluated by a jury of peers, teachers, administrators, parents and other community leaders in March.

Senior Samantha Freije, who researched “third-culture kids” who have spent a significant period of time in one or more cultures, says that the Global Scholars experience has been very challenging.

“I’m so glad I did it,” Freije says. “Today is a big day for all of us.”

Senior Hannah Simon’s draft of her research on concussions in the National Football League is already 60 pages long.

“I’ve never done anything like this before,” says Simon, who combined her love of football with her budding interest in neurology for the research project. “I’ve really struggled with containing

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such a large topic and I don’t know if I liked how I handled it, exactly. But I have learned so much.”

If Simon sounds tough on herself, it is all part of the Global Scholars experience.

“We all know how tough it can be, and how good,” she says of herself and her classmates.

Rising to the challenge

The latest group of 28 Global Scholars joins the more than 300 Park Tudor graduates who have participated in the program since its inception in 1996.

Guffin, who had retired from North Central High School where he directed the International Baccalaureate Program, was invited to develop the program at Park Tudor by then-Headmaster Bruce W. Galbraith.

Park Tudor considered an IB program, but school leaders decided that the IB requirements didn’t fit the school’s mission. Instead, Guffin and Park Tudor colleagues created a new program that combined elements of the IB Program and the Alverno College assessment model for evaluating students’ abilities. Carol Cummings Rogers ’59, art history teacher, lends her expertise as program assistant.

Senior Morgan Essex, who entered Park Tudor in eighth grade, almost didn’t choose to attend because of the lack of an IB program. But when she learned of the Global Scholars program, she changed her mind.

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Essex, who investigated analogue lomography as an art form “Honestly, I’d say 95 percent of the motivation is not disapin photography, says she was pleased with her decision. The pointing Dr. Guffin,” says senior Lindsey Blum. philosophy reading was difficult, but the class discussions were A few years ago, Upper School teachers reported that some “open” and interesting.

Global Scholars students were missing school to work on their re “I definitely think it has been an intellectual challenge,” she says. search projects. Now, the rule is that students who are absent the

While the Global Scholars program is unique to Park Tudor, week the rough drafts are due get a phone call, and so do their many independent schools offer some kind of advanced academic parents to discourage students who have procrastinated and need program and most high-profile colleges and universities expect their to cram. applicants to have completed a similarly rigorous course of study.

“I tell students, ‘I will hunt you down to tell you that this is “I tell parents at [Park Tudor Admissions] See Us in Action unacceptable,’” Guffin says. days that students are painfully teacher-dependent,” Guffin says.

Learning to manage the time required for major research proj“We’ve made them this way. They have become accustomed to ects is one of the many important lessons that Guffin wants studoing their work as they are told and getting predictable results. dents to learn in Park Tudor’s safe and supportive environment.

Global Scholars encourages students

Students also learn research to indulge in deeper learning, not methods, how to write a proposal, merely digging into a topic they find an academic manuscript, develop personally interesting, but digging skills in rhetoric and acquire a founto their most honest self, assessing dation in philosophy. Perhaps of their personal strengths and weakequal importance, they develop the nesses and learning how to manage confidence they need as they go off them in a self-directed way.” to college.

Approximately 30 percent

“They learn to be accountable of Park Tudor students in each of for their own mistakes and their own grades 11 and 12 participate in the achievements,” Guffin says. “It’s to Global Scholars, and Guffin is the their great advantage to learn some first to acknowledge that it’s not a pre-professional skills in a safe engood fit for every student, especially vironment.” those who are doing it to please their

Former students say it pays off. parents or to impress a college.

Anne McFadden Perkins ’97 A two-year course called the Phiwas in the first class of Global Schollosophies of Knowing provides a ars at Park Tudor. She researched pivotal classroom experience, where and presented a paper on “Political students read challenging texts, write Dr. Jan Guffin speaks to students in the Global Scholars Manipulation as an Index to Social and share essays, and explore top- “Philosophies of Knowing” class.

Manipulation,” and met her future ics that explore the ethical, aesthetic, husband, Brad Perkins ’97. linguistic and philosophical nature of

To set the record straight, the human experience.

Perkins says that Global Scholars

To successfully complete the Global Scholars Program, stu- wasn’t the matchmaker—it was actually on a Park Tudor trip to dents must earn a score of 3 or above on five Advanced Placement France during which the couple started dating—but Perkins noneexams or maintain a grade of B in all courses during grades 11 theless says that Guffin and Global Scholars had a lasting impact. and 12. They must complete four years of a foreign language, and “It was so different from the traditional Park Tudor curricumaintain a B average in Philosophies of Knowing, which meets lum at that time,” Perkins says. “Dr. Guffin really forced us to twice a week for two years. Students also must perform service- think outside the box.” learning work equal to three hours per week during the four semes- Aside from the stimulating books and discussion, including ters of their junior and senior year. the novel “Sophie’s Choice,” which Perkins recalls reading, Guf In addition, Global Scholars students are required to work fin helps nurture the best in students, she says. with a mentor on their research project. Sometimes the mentor is a For some students, it’s the most important milestone they member of the Park Tudor faculty, but more often students connect reach before college. with faculty at a college or university, or an outside expert in the “Participating in the Global Scholars program at Park Tudor field they are researching. was one of the most important decisions I made during high school.

Even more valuable than becoming well versed in a particular subLessons learned ject—in my case, the science and ethics of stem-cell research—we

Students who fall short of these expectations don’t necessarily learned how to learn,” says Heidi Chen ’09, now a student at Stanfear a bad grade, since the research projects are not even assigned ford University. grades.

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Greg Bohn ’07 says that Global Scholars and the Philosophies of Knowing course made him a much better critical thinker and led him to continue to study philosophy at Georgetown University.

“Concretely, the independent research project gave me an introduction to producing an extensive research-based piece, which made most of the assignments I have received in college of a similar nature much less intimidating,” Bohn said.

As he prepared for his presentation on his research topic—the economic structure of European soccer compared to the economics of American sports—senior Iacopo Santini was feeling confident about future academic challenges.

“I feel very prepared for college,” he says. “I know when I’m assigned college papers, I’ll feel very comfortable knowing that I did this.”

Global Scholars gives alumna career start

Few students think about wills, wealth transfer plans or estate plans when they are still in high school, but Beth Tolbert ’03 is the exception.

Tolbert, now an attorney in the Indianapolis law firm Baker & Daniels’ trusts and estates practice group, was hooked on the subject as a junior at Park Tudor.

Her brother, Brian Tolbert ’00, founded the Park Tudor chapter of Habitat for Humanity as a senior and handed the project off to his younger sister and her classmates. But Beth Tolbert found that Habitat of Humanity of Greater Indianapolis wasn’t in need of volunteers as much as house sponsors—a $60,000 commitment.

With help from Park Tudor faculty, Tolbert decided she and her fellow students could raise the money, plunging her into the world of family foundations.

“We were able to raise substantial funds from private family foundations,” Tolbert recalls. “As a high school student, I was so excited and ecstatic to discover that you could get a check for $5,000 from a family foundation, in addition to the $250 or $25 check an individual might write. I thought it just so cool that people set up these family foundations, and I wanted to learn more.”

Tolbert and her classmates raised $90,000—far more than the original goal—for the first fully sponsored Habitat build in Indiana in 2002. The tradition has continued with the fourth Park Tudorsponsored house constructed in 2010.

As a student in the Global Scholars Program, Tolbert decided to pursue the subject of estate planning and family foundations for her independent research project.

The program, which requires students to dig deeply into a single topic during their junior and senior years with the help of a mentor, culminates in a scholarly paper and oral presentation.

Tolbert asked Robert Elzer, a partner at Baker & Daniels, to be her mentor on the subject of estate planning.

“I was so nervous to ask him,” Tolbert says. “But that’s what Global Scholars does—it gives you the skills to deal with adults

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Beth Tolbert and friend Ronan Johnson at a recent Global Scholars dinner.

and teaches you that people are willing to help you if you ask.”

Elzer could not attend Tolbert’s presentation in the spring of her senior year, but another Baker & Daniels attorney, Kent Rollison, did. At the end of the presentation, Rollison asked Tolbert what her career aspirations were.

“I said, ‘I hope to become an attorney and work at Baker & Daniels,’”Tolbert recalls.

In fact, that’s what happened. Tolbert graduated from Wake Forest in 2007—strengthening her experience with an internship at Methodist Health Foundation in Indianapolis—and went to law school at Washington University, graduating in 2010. During law school, she served as an intern with the Federal Public Defender for the Eastern District of Missouri and was a summer associate at Baker & Daniels in 2008 and 2009.

Tolbert is in her “dream job” working with clients who want to plan their estates in order to provide for their families and charitable causes. And she’s recently joined Park Tudor’s alumni board, grateful for an educational experience that brought her to her present career.

“The Global Scholars Program gives you an opportunity to explore something at an early age,” Tolbert says. “I’ve been on this path for nine years. Who knows what I’d be doing if not for that Global Scholars project? How else would I have been able to explore that interest at such an early age? Even if your project doesn’t relate to your dream job, it’s going to give you those important skills of organization, research and learning to reach out for help.”

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Hot off the press: Students write historical novel as social studies project P

ark Tudor’s Western Civilization teachers Kathryn Lerch, Sven Dubie and Peter Smith instigated an interactive historical fiction writing project for all freshman history students during the 2010-11 school year. The writing project, conducted over three quarters, required students to produce 300-to-500-word historical fiction narratives, set respectively at the dusk of the Roman Empire, in the midst of the Renaissance, and at the dawn of the French Revolution. The writing required detailed historical research that also involved creating links to other students’ selected stories that formed earlier chapters in the unfolding saga. Published here is the composite story comprised of chapters written by Alexandra Lombardo (Rome), Neale Moore (Renaissance), and Katelynn Kyker (French Revolution). Other highly commended students include Michael Xu, Anna Kershisnik, Sophie Spartz and Linda Tauscher.

“The work encouraged recognition of a sense of historical continuity and change,” says Peter Smith. End-of-course student reviews indicated that students enjoyed the challenge of this writing process in conjunction with their study of Western Civilization.

While the theme in 2010-11 was “A Window on Cultural Resistance,” the theme for 2011-2012 will be “Persecution.”

He had the hood of his black cape pulled up over his bowed head, but as he turned I could see clearly the silent tears streaking his face, glistening through the shadows. His body remained motionless, but whispers escaped, laden with painful memories, “It’s so hard to be here… in Constantinople… in this church… praying to the emperor’s new god… without thinking of her.”

Suddenly, a child’s screams inside my head forced me to my knees.

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Chapter 1: The Ancestor

By Alexandra Lombardo ’14

My footsteps echoed as I entered the dark church. Above me, the high ceilings loomed, heavy with gold and gaudy with color, like everything in this new city. As I approached the altar, I could see the outline of my father’s kneeling form; I knew I would find him here.

Arch of Constantine in Rome, Italy

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He continued, “But she was right; she would’ve hated all this.”

My last moment with my mother throbbed against the boundary between memory and reality. She stood in the doorway of our house and the street where the carriage waited. My father held me back, while I desperately called for her. I kept reaching towards her, frantic, but she stepped back. I knew then it was already hopeless, so I allowed myself to be dragged away. And I never saw her again.

I blamed myself.

A few weeks before, when I still thought I would grow old in Rome, I had heard my parents arguing in my father’s study.

I crouched outside the door, as my father began shouting, “The Edict of Milan tolerates all religions; you wouldn’t be forced into Christianity.”

My mother scoffed, “It’s only a matter of time. You have already made it clear you would convert right away to gain favor with the emperor. Even my own child would be as good as lost.”

I was hurt and confused, but my father started up again, “It would be a better future though. We’re well off here for now, but the barbarians are coming. I have secured a position as an adviser for Constantine. Can’t you see…”

He was interrupted by my mother’s raspy coughs. His voice softened a bit, “They’re calling it the new Rome. We would still be Romans.”

She replied, “No. You may be willing to give up your homeland so quickly, but I was born in Rome and I will die for Rome.”

I cried myself to sleep that night.

Now I was beside my father, delivering news of the woman we had always dreamed of seeing again.

“Reports arrived concerning her,” I started slowly. “She was missing for the longest time, but it’s confirmed now… She’s dead.”

He did not move, portraying no physical sign of loss, only allowing two words to bear all his sorrow at once, “Deus meus.” I shuddered at the Latin in place of the more acceptable Greek.

We knelt in silence for a few minutes, but our mourning had been completed long ago. As I finally stood up, I promised myself someday my mother’s death would be investigated. She swore she would die for Rome, and I would discover how, or if I could not, I would pass on the task to my children. I knew she left a legacy, and the responsibility rested on her descendants to discover it.”

Chapter 2: Vandalism in the Cathedral

By Neale Moore ’14

“It all started generations ago with a cold-blooded murder, the murder that sparked our hatred of the church. We must do all we can to avenge her death.”

These words of his grandpa resounded in Antonio’s head as he and his cousins, full of rage, were smashing the cathedral’s beautiful stained-glass windows. Antonio’s grandpa was referring to when the matriarch of their family, who was killed nearly a thousand years ago by a church clergyman. The last memory of his grandpa was yesterday when the guards dragged him away to prison because he had been falsely accused by the church of stealing a golden goblet from the sanctuary.

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San Giovanni Evangelista in Parma, Italy

The year was 1366. Antonio lived in the city of Parma, Italy.

It was the dead of night and he and his cousins had smashed the windows, turned over the exquisite sculptures of the saints, and looted the ancient relics that were being housed in the cathedral.

As he was performing these deeds, certain questions in his mind kept on resurfacing. Would the clergy suspect it was him? After all, his family did have a reputation for causing trouble with the church.

Upon completing the vandalism, Antonio ran home, snuck through the door, crept upstairs, and went quietly to bed. His heart was pounding inside his chest while he lay in bed trying to justify his deeds.

Morning came quickly and Antonio slowly awakened and briskly walked to the market in order to get the fresh-baked bread from the baker. Life in Parma was serene. It was a small little town that had recently become part of the nearby province of Milan.

As he was walking through the market past the vendors, he heard others talking about the vandalism that occurred last night at the church.

“Did you hear about what happened in San Giovanni Evangelista last night?” one lady whispered. “Why, yes, and I am going to write to the Bishop in order to ensure that the filthy scoundrels who did this act get caught,” another replied. “Is it more than one culprit?” yet another asked.

Antonio realized the gravity of the situation should the bishop

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get involved and what could happen if he got caught. He could spend the rest of his life locked up in a dungeon to be tortured or possibly even executed! Antonio began to regret the hasty decision he made last night and wished that it had never happened.

Two weeks passed and Antonio thought that maybe he had gotten away with his deeds. As he was walking home from the forum, he noticed that four soldiers were at his door along with his cousins. He realized at that moment that he had been turned in.

He started to run on foot down the street. The guards, having seen him, quickly pursued him. Antonio untied a horse from the market place, mounted it, and began to swiftly ride away. The guards yelled after him, “Stop that man!”

Antonio dug his heels into the side of the horse, urging it to run faster. He rode for four days, stopping along the way until he reached the little city of Mende, France. There the family legacy would continue; this time participating in one of the largest bloodbaths known to man.

Chapter 3: The French Revolution: A Moral Question

By Katelynn Kyker ’14

Claude stood at the edge of the guillotine, shaking with anger and regret, as the head of Jacques rolled across the bloody platform. Claude glared at his leader, Maximilien Robespierre, who sickly smiled at the mutilated body. Robespierre, the leader of the Committee of Public Safety, had ordered the deaths of thirty thousand French citizens. After several hundred murders, Claude had only briefly questioned his past decision to become Robespierre’s accomplice in the French Revolution, but Jacques’s death pushed Claude over the edge. Robespierre condemned Jacques to death for guilt by association, even though Jacques was a devoted radical and Claude’s dear friend. Years ago, Robespierre had promised to end the Church and monarchy’s power in France, resulting in Claude’s decision to faithfully stand behind him. However, Robespierre failed to mention that thousands of innocent people would die.

For a moment, Claude felt sick, closed his eyes, and flashed back to his younger self, sitting in his house in 1791, deciding to support the French National Guard or the revolutionary uprising in Paris. At that time, Claude did not examine his decision because it was evident he would side with the revolutionaries.

Claude saw his younger self admiring his copy of the National Assembly’s Civil Constitution of the Clergy. The reforming document confiscated church lands and subordinated the clergy to the state. Claude respected the document because he was an atheist and despised the Church for persecuting his family. Glancing at the framed sketches of generations behind his younger self, Claude recalled the stories of how the Church killed a distant grandmother in Rome and forced his Italian relative, Antonio, to flee to France.

The Church had seized Antonio’s money, and so, Antonio’s relatives, including Claude, were members of the third estate, which consisted of peasants and bourgeoisie. Claude, looking back at himself, realized social class was another reason for his radical alliance. France was in the fiscal crisis in 1791 and all debts rested on the third estate’s shoulders. Claude remembered how he

tired of carrying burdens of the outrageous monarchs, Louis and Marie, and the first and second estates. However, the selling point for Claude had been the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen, a document inspired by the Enlightenment that the revolutionaries passed to give everyone basic inalienable rights. Through his eyes, Claude glanced at his precious copy of John Locke’s book, “Two Treatises on Government,” on the bookshelf and his war uniform from the American Revolution, which both now sat in a box in his attic. Claude saw himself walk out the door and knew exactly what happened next. Claude, determined to establish a constitutional monarchy, had chosen the revolutionaries by joining the Jacobins in the newly created Legislative Assembly.

However, now, as Claude opened his eyes and watched head after head drop to the ground, he rethought his hasty decision.

Claude wondered why he had not seen Robespierre’s evil ways or the Great Fear’s foreshadowing of chaos and death. For the first time, Claude realized he was so engrossed by radical ideas that he pardoned the deaths of thousands. Now Robespierre had gone too far and needed to be stopped before the entire third estate was dead.

Starring at his deceased companion, Claude silently vowed to do everything in his power to return peace to France.

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Alumni News Alumni Weekend 2011 Distinguished Alumni Awards

The Park Tudor Alumni Association honored faculty member

Emily Moore Sturman ’66 and her husband, Jim Sturman ’67, at the Park Tudor Distinguished Alumni Awards Dinner at Woodstock Club on May 6, kicking off Alumni Weekend 2011. More than 400 alumni gathered in Indianapolis for the various Alumni Weekend events.

Established in 1987 by the Alumni Association, the Park Tudor Distinguished Alumni Award recognizes alumni who have made substantial contributions to a field of endeavor, their community and/or their alma mater. The event is sponsored by the National Bank of Indianapolis

Emily Sturman’s association with Park Tudor began at Tudor Hall and has spanned more than four decades. After graduating from Tudor Hall in 1967 she received her B.S. degree in mathematics (Phi Beta Kappa) from Michigan State University and began her career at Park Tudor as an Upper School math teacher in 1970. She serves as president of the Park Tudor Chapter of the Cum Laude Society and has been an advisor for Student Council, Brain Game and the junior class, as well as a member of the Personnel Practices Committee. Emily was president of the Park Tudor Alumni Board of Directors (1977-78) and is an active class representative. She is a former member of the board of the Indiana Alpha Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa and the Junior League of Indianapolis. She also serves as a Deacon at Second Presbyterian Church and has received a master gardener certification.

Jim Sturman’s company, The Sturman Whitfield Group, offers professional sales representation for manufacturers supplying products to major independent retailers, chains and distributors in the Midwest. Jim joined his father and grandfather in the manufacturers’ representative business in 1971 with the firm then

Head of School Doug Jennings presents Jim Sturman ’67 with the Park Tudor Distinguished Alumni Award.

known as Sturman & Co., Inc. He also owns a residential real estate brokerage business in Culver, Indiana—Sturman Real Estate Services—as well as rental apartments in Indianapolis. Jim graduated from Hillsdale College with a bachelor’s degree in marketing/ business in 1971.

Jim’s contributions to Park Tudor are extensive. He has served as president of the Park Tudor Alumni Board of Directors (19821983), as class representative, and as a member of the Gift for Teaching Capital Campaign Alumni Gifts Committee, Park Tudor Board of Directors, Development Committee (chair), Booster Club and the Major Gifts Advisory Committee. His community involvement includes being an adult leader for the Boy Scouts and an Eagle Scout, a member of the Stanley K. Lacy Executive Leadership Series Alumni Association and a board member of the Lake Maxinkuckee Association.

Jim’s brother Steve Sturman told the audience at the event, “From painting annual fund Burma-Shave signs in his garage to serving as the chairman of the development committee and president of the Alumni Association, Jim is a worker, a leader, and a mentor to the next generation of Park Tudor Alumni.”

In accepting the award, Emily said, “Who knew in 1970 that I would still be teaching 40 years later? What I thought was a good job fit for me has really turned into the perfect career. The Tudor Hall Class of 1966 is very special to me and we remain fast friends 45 years later.”

The Sturmans’ two sons, Jason ’93 and Jake ’98, graduated from Park Tudor, and now two of the Sturmans’ grandchildren attend their alma mater as well.

Emily and Jim Sturman pose for a portrait before the awards event. The photo will hang on the wall of Clowes Commons along with those of previous Distinguished Alumni Award recipients.

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View photos and videos of Alumni Weekend events at http://photos.parktudor.org/alumnievents.

Alumni News Season Year Park Tudor School

Faculty Wall of Service dedicated

A highlight of this year’s Alumni Weekend was the dedication

of the new Faculty Wall of Service, now installed in the Upper School Wood Room.

The Wall of Service honors faculty members at Park School, Tudor Hall and Park Tudor who ended their careers at the school with 30 years of more of service.

Head of School Doug Jennings and Upper School Director Debbie Stuart Everett ’69 unveiled the display at the installation ceremony during Alumni Weekend on Saturday, May 7.

Distinguished Alumni Awards Call for Nominations

T

he Distinguished Alumni Awards Committee invites you to submit a nomination for the Distinguished Alumni awards. You are encouraged to submit names of Park School, Tudor Hall and/or Park Tudor alumni who you feel merit consideration.

Please consider for nomination:

Faculty Wall of Service honorees

Name ________________________________________

Tom Black 48 years of service 1961-2009

Lois Haber # 34 years of service 1930-1964

Class Year ____________

Hazel McKee # 47 years of service 1908-1955

Larry Treadwell 34 years of service 1969-2003

Lucille Dunne # 46 years of service 1928-1945; 1959-1988

Yvonne Chamilovitch # 33 years of service 1929-1962

Bill Browning 44 years of service 1965-2009

Christina Van Riper McCoy 33 years of service 1967-2000

Dorothy McCullough # 40 years of service 1927-1967

Susie Selmier 31 years of service 1961-1992

David Kivela 39 years of service 1970-2009

Joanne Black 30 years of service 1979-2009

Emily Rood # 38 years of service 1919-1957

Nancy Canull 30 years of service 1979-2009

Carl Palmer # 37 years of service 1925-1962

May Orme Mackenzie # 30 years of service 1920-1950

Phyllis Oldham # 36 years of service 1955-1991

Carol Burns Shumate 30 years of service 1979-2009

Jim Foxlow 35 years of service 1953-1988

I. Hilda Stewart # 30 years of service 1931-1961

Bill Robinson 35 years of service 1959-1994

# = deceased

Area of endeavor in which nominee has distinguished himself/herself:

You may attach any other pertinent materials or information regarding your candidate(s).

Nominator (optional)_____________________________ Class Year ____________ Return this form to by September 1, 2011: Development and Alumni Relations Office Park Tudor School 7200 N. College Ave. Indianapolis, IN 46240-3016

Honorees gather in front of the Faculty Wall of Service at the dedication event on May 7. Left to right: Joann Black, Jim Foxlow, Carol Shumate, Bill Robinson, Christina Van Riper McCoy, Larry Treadwell, Tom Black, Susie Selmier, Bill Browning and David Kivela.

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Reunion Class Photos

Tudor Hall Class of 1936 Lucina Ball Moxley

Tudor Hall Class of 1951 Front row, left to right: Helen Cole Imbs and Marla Ray Laudeman.

Back row: Kitty Koons Barlett and Gloria Gustafson.

Tudor Hall Class of 1946 Front row, left to right: Harriett Smith Rybolt, Elizabeth Wiest Johnson and Jeannine Grinslade Stokes.

Back row: Virginia Obrecht Dulworth, Barbara McCown Menzie and Jody Thomas Martin (Class of 1947).

Park School Class of 1956 Torry Rogers and John Stiles.

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Alumni News Summer 2011 Park Tudor School Visit the Park Tudor online alumni community for many more reunion photos! http://alumni.parktudor.org.

Didn’t order a class photo? Reunion class photos may be ordered directly from the photographer’s web site at http://parktudorphotos.com.

Tudor Hall Class of 1961 Front row, left to right: Jane Adams Bunn, Andi Harbison Mandel, Ann Eckerson, Rosemary Bretzman Igney, Susan Bettis, Sheila Stafford Sizer, Judy Hines Kramer, Carole Rhodehamel Carroll, Sammie Madtson Johnson, Joan Rosasco.

Back row: Timmie Moses O’Brien, Bertie Miller Buchanan, Emily Klamer McCutchan, Phebe Harris Blackburn, Lucy Link Stack, Nancy Clarke Steinberger, Carole Graf Fisher, Bernadette Gales Christie, Alice Stiles Burgess, Susan Batchelder Plimpton.

Park School Class of 1961 Front row, left to right: Alex Rogers, Logan Blackburn, Greg Zolezzi, Mike Chapman.

Back row, Jim Worrall, Tom Waymire, Bill McFarlane, John Lynn, Terry Cline, Paul Whitney.

Park School and Tudor Hall Classes of 1966 Front row, left to right: Beverly Berner, Debra Dudenhoffer Falender, Joan Woodard Staubach, Judy Worrall Gingrich, Kaarta Woolling Nemeth.

Back row: Rodney Linkous, Molly Johnson Barbee, Marilyn Mahoney, Emily Moore Sturman, Steve Judson, Clay Conner.

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Park Tudor Class of 1971 Front row, left to right: Diane Duncan Renihan, Susan Garrett Phillips, Jane Maxwell Hulbert.

Back row: Jim Holton and Brian Buchanan.

Park Tudor Class of 1981 Front row, left to right: Susan Sturman Beeman, David Moore, Linda LaFollette Foley.

Back row: G.B. Landrigan, Elizabeth (Liz) Elliott Hodge, Bryce Taylor.

Park Tudor Class of 1976 Front row, left to right: Julie Ball, Ginny Weedon, Andrea Neal, Luita SmithWilliams, Emily Mantel, Janice DeSanto, Janet Ball-Starkey.

Back row: Scott Hargadon, John B. White III, Suzy Benedict Sottong, Ariane Edwards Ely, Jura (Jamie) Leete Finn, Dob Bennett, John Mertz.

Park Tudor Class of 1986 Front row, left to right: Sara Rubin, Emily Frost Gilcreast, Lynn Lacey, Judi Ng Cashin, Ellen Stewart, Elizabeth Johnston Emerson, Sara Spees Addicott.

Middle row: Jerry Allen, Steve Palmer, Lee Cranell, Mark Ochsner, Alex Blackburn, Don Harrell, Deidre Bogard, Dan Grossman.

Back row: Greg Wilson, David Casey, Debbie Kramer Casey, Maureen Stimming, Jon Jessup, Bill Draper, Tim Wallace, John Stokes.

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Park Tudor Class of 1991 Front row, left to right: Catharine Dubois, Edie Mead, Becky Means Barnes, Swati Gunale, Jen Bohler Johansen.

Middle row: Megan Jones Kight, Holly Hilger Loos, Mary Quinto Birtwhistle, Kristin Banta-Bland, Mindy Rothouse.

Back row: Greg Osborne, Jay Ferguson, Jeff Shaw, Mike Edmondson, Jeff Cannon, Brett Clark.

Park Tudor Class of 2001 Front row, left to right: Kathryn Hessler, David Stump, Alyssa Brune, Brooke Sagalowsky Hubbuch, Brandon Gill, Elizabeth Thomas, Ashwin Murthy.

Middle row: Billy Fadel, Jason Gershman, Megan Kuhn, Desma Alderman Belsaas, Abby Poyser, Lindsay King, Susan Meshberger, Kate Olivier.

Back row: Aaron Brewington, Evan Ploshay, George Atkinson, Perry Griffith, James Riswick, Sam Rowe, Eric Renkens, Dave Powers.

Park Tudor Class of 1996 Front row, left to right: Brooke Steichen, Ashley Alden Harris, Angel Skipwith, Heather Smith Thorn, Jamie Hubbard.

Middle row: David Jones, Gwen Cook, Annie Blackmer, Nikhil Gunale, James Hamstra.

Back row: Torrey Bievenour, Mike Harris, Mike Dorwart, David Morgan, Brandon Phillips, Tom Edwards.

Park Tudor Class of 2006 Front row, left to right: Adrienne Watson and Mary Beth Winingham.

Back row: Andy Marra, Nick Perdue, Spencer Summerville, Adam Welsh.

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2010-2011 Reunion Class Gifts

Gifts made from July 1, 2010 through June 3, 2011 Tudor Hall Class of 1936 29 percent participation Mrs. Judith Preston Davis Ms. Lucina Ball Moxley

Park School Class of 1936 Still awaiting your participation!

Tudor Hall Class of 1941

13 percent participation Estate of Mrs. Doris Wilson Barr #

Park School Class of 1941 14 percent participation Mr. C. Harvey Bradley

Tudor Hall Class of 1946 60 percent participation Mrs. Suzanne Frenzel Baldwin Mrs. Virginia Obrecht Dulworth Mrs. Elizabeth Wiest Johnson Miss Betty Jo Lutz Mrs. Flo Mary Foreman Mantel Mrs. Ann Parry McKee Mrs. Barbara McCown Menzie Miss Helen Rogers Mrs. Jeannine Grinsdale Stokes

Park School Class of 1946

Still awaiting your participation!

Tudor Hall Class of 1951 25 percent participation Mrs. Katherine Koons Bartlett Ms. Susan Cadick Hancey Mrs. Carol McKee Littell Mrs. Kristin Miller Wood

Park School Class of 1951 25 percent participation Mr. Stephen Colwell Mr. Charles Kivett

Tudor Hall Class of 1956 23 percent participation Mrs. Linda Sadlier Axe Mrs. Nancy Kernahan Bussa Mrs. Elizabeth Hill Mosbaugh Mrs. Susan Wishard Poston Mrs. Margaret Miller Seroppian

Park School Class of 1956 44 percent participation Anonymous Dr. Don Carlos Hines Jr. Mr. Stephen Ransburg Col. Torrence Rogers

Tudor Hall Class of 1961

63 percent participation Ms. Susan Bettis Mrs. Phebe Harris Blackburn Mrs. Bertie Miller Buchanon Mrs. Alice Stiles Burgess Mrs. Bernadette Gales Christie Mrs. Louise Goldman Diamond Mrs. Carole Graf Fisher # Mrs. Rosemary Bretzman Igney Mrs. Susan Madtson Johnson Mrs. Judith Hines Kramer Mrs. Barbara Vruwink Lee Mrs. Emily Klamer McCutchan Mrs. Anne Moses O’Brien Mrs. Susan Batchelder Plimpton Ms. Joan Rosasco Mrs. Terri Morris Simmons # Mrs. Sandra Reser Simonel Mrs. Lucy Link Stack Mrs. Nancy Clarke Steinberger

Park School Class of 1961 100 percent participation Mr. Logan Blackburn Mr. Terry Cline Mr. Michael Chapman Mr. Peter Fortune Reverend John Lynn Mr. William McFarlane Mr. Alexander Rogers Mr. Thomas Teel Mr. Tom Waymire Dr. Paul Whitney Mr. James Worrall Jr. Mr. Gregory Zolezzi

Tudor Hall Class of 1966

43 percent participation Mrs. Molly Johnson Barbee Mrs. Sally Hawk Beck Miss Beverly Berner Ms. Mary Bookwalter Ms. Margaret Dean Mrs. Debra Dudenhoffer Falender Mrs. Claudia Haslauer Herzog Ms. Kay King Mrs. Kaarta Woolling Nemeth Mrs. Jane Harper Sims Ms. Lianne Somerville Mrs. Joan Woodard Staubach Mrs. Emily Moore Sturman Ms. Starr Townsend

Park School Class of 1966 Still awaiting your participation!

Park Tudor Class of 1971 20 percent participation Mrs. Christine Burton Arnold Mr. Steven Cagle

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Mr. James Holton Ms. Jane Maxwell Hulbert Dr. Douglas Kuhn Dr. Frederick Snoy II

Park Tudor Class of 1976 11 percent participation Dr. Janice DeSanto Mrs. Julia Pantzer Hess Mr. William Holt Mrs. Toby Alex Presnal Mr. John White III

Park Tudor Class of 1981 13 percent participation Mr. Scott Brown Mr. Glenn Carter Mrs. Elizabeth Elliott Hodge Dr. William Kalsbeck Mr. David Moore

Park Tudor Class of 1986 5 percent participation Mr. Joseph L. Crannell Mr. William Draper Mrs. Kathryn Schmid Smith

Park Tudor Class of 1991 2 percent participation Mrs. Rebecca Means Barnes

Park Tudor Class of 1996 14 percent participation Mr. Torrey Bievenour Mr. Nikhil Gunale Mr. James Hamstra Mr. James Huse Mr. J. Chris Inman Mr. David Morgan Mr. Brandon Phillips Mr. Benjamin Shane Ms. Brooke Steichen Mrs. Heather Smith Thorne

Park Tudor Class of 2001

8 percent participation Mrs. Desma Alderman Belsaas Mrs. Anna Christie-Carnicella Mrs. Brooke Sagalowsky Hubbuch Mr. David Powers Dr. Abigail Poyser Mr. Eric Renkens Mr. Richard Trierweiler

Park Tudor Class of 2006 5 percent participation Mr. James Hume Hurrell Ms. Morgan M. McMillan Mr. Nikolajs Perdue Ms. Amanda Nicole Ranek Miss Adrienne Elizabeth Watson

# = deceased

Alumni News Summer 2011 Park Tudor School

Help us find “lost” alumni

We’re already preparing for next year’s Alumni Weekend and

hope everyone will be able to attend—especially those in the fiveyear reunion class years ending in “2” and “7.” The school does not have contact information for the following alumni. If you can help us find these “lost” alumni, please contact Gretchen Hueni at 317/415-2766, toll-free at 1-888-782-5861 or ghueni@parktudor. org. Parents, if you are still receiving your alumni child’s Park Tudor mail, please notify us of their current address.

Class of 1937

Cahners, Fulton (Goldfarb)

Class of 1942

Henderson, Caroline (Gray) Pierce, John Fell (Slappey) Spurgeon, Joanne (Kiser) Yearsley, Florane (Mouch)

Hopkins, Melinda Jensen, Ole Long, Kim McConnell, Jennifer Morrison, Cathy (Cline) Searle, Jennifer (Taylor)

Class of 1972

Greenburg, Janet (Sussman) Hackett, Frances (Lurvey) Hare, John Lingeman, Whitten (Farnsworth) Moore, James Plunkett, James Rigg, Charles William (Myles) Simmons, Douglas Smith, Glenn (Korth) Wesley, James

Barclay, Gerald (Hanson) Boehner, Gerda Brady, Harold Bray, David (Oscarson) Cassidy, Jean Davis, Anne (White) Howard, David Hudnut, Laura Kahn, Kenny Lalu, Vera Soder, Elizabeth (Menzie) Tauer, Eric

Class of 1952

Class of 1977

Class of 1947

Noling, Katharine Stevenson, Jane (Gentry)

Class of 1957

Christie, Judith (Knudsen) Dick, Tamara (Clift) Lovelace, Dan Medias, Stephen Nooleen, Richard (Klepinger) #

Class of 1962

Corning, Patricia (Kendrick) Dennis, Marsha (Spoerri) Mather, Marcia (Mather) McMurtrie, James Miller-Benson, Sharon Morgan, Diann Roberts, Douglas Toth, Cheryl (Cutright) Werden, Philena Wilson, Jane (Cubick) Wood, Michael

Class of 1967

Craig, Barbara Hartley, Grace Hillers, Darlene (McClead) Hixson, Glenn

Borns, Stephanie Davis, Leslie Hathaway, David Jones, Deborah Lung, Frankie

Class of 1982

Donohue, Bridget Freiberger, John Frye, Angela Jester, Phillip Laszlo, David Lowry, Joanna O’Daniel, P. Kevin Thomas, Rebecca

Class of 1992

Bannon, Peter Bever, Samuel Blackburn, William Dowgiallo, Anika Joshi, Arti Kitayama, Daisuke Millington, Olivia Ryan, Elizabeth Tushan, Natalie

Class of 1997

Davidson, Jason Fearnow, Jonathan Kennedy, Laurie Kleinops, Kristophor Polivkova, Hana Schilske, Vanessa Ten Eyck, Nicholas

Class of 2002 Markley, Jeff Proctor, Morgan

Biojone, B.J. Blankenbaker, Andy

Wanted: Class Representatives

The Alumni Association is looking to fill the following

Class Representative positions for classes who will be celebrating a reunion in 2012. Responsibilities include communicating with classmates about upcoming reunion activities and helping to plan an individual activity for your class.

1977 Park Tudor 1972 Park Tudor 1957 Park School 1952 Park School 1947 Park School 1942 Tudor Hall 1937 Tudor Hall and Park School

If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Gretchen Hueni at ghueni@parktudor.org or 317/415-2766.

Alumni Weekend 2012

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ttention Classes of 1937, 1942, 1947, 1952, 1957, 1962, 1967, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997, 2002 and 2007!

Your reunion celebration will take place on April 27-28, 2012. Please mark your calendar. You will receive additional information about the activities taking place that weekend in upcoming editions of The Phoenix, e-mail, the U.S. mail, the alumni online community and Facebook.

Class of 1987

Abreau, Luis E. C. Durlacher, Scott Faulk, George Gavalas, Leonidas Goodson, Theodore Heath, Ian Hopkins, Elizabeth MacBean, Edgar Smith, Jeffrey Thompkins, Anton Zeigler, Laura (Waters)

Bill Browning, Mary Beth Winingham ’06 and Andy Marra ’06 at the Alumni Weekend reception in Clowes Commons.

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Alumni News Summer 2011 Park Tudor School

Alumnae exchange Tudor Hall memories

Lucina

Ball Moxley ’36 loved the arts. Her classmate, Barbara Frantz Storer ’36, was recognized as an outstanding scholar.

As students—Moxley was a boarding student and Storer a day student—at Tudor Hall in the 1930s, they sat side by side during study hall at the school, located at 32nd and Meridian streets. Today, they see each other at Hoosier Village in Zionsville, where they both live.

Mrs. Moxley, a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, a pianist and author of four books, was recognized as Distinguished Alumna in 1994. She continues to teach piano and has two daughters, Ann Eckerson ’61 and Judith Eckerson ’59, who are Tudor Hall alumnae. Mrs. Storer, a graduate of Mount Holyoke whose father was a member of the Tudor Hall board in the 1930s, spent her career as a librarian who helped acquire and maintain the Indianapolis Public Library’s business, science and technology collection.

They recently reminisced about their years at Tudor Hall, including Gilbert & Sullivan operettas, lessons in dining etiquette and college entrance examinations. Miss Hilda Stewart, Mrs. Moxley recalled, was “very particular. We really had to mind our p’s and q’s.”

And the abandonment of single-sex education for a merger with Park School in 1971? “It was a very good thing. I think we all wondered why it didn’t occur earlier,” Mrs. Storer said.

Alumni Association Board of Directors welcomes new members

The Park Tudor Alumni Association Board of Directors has

elected the following alumni to serve two-year terms on the board beginning in August: Kelly Lamm Teller ’87 Vanessa Stiles ’88 Eric Gershman ’98 Beth Tolbert ’03 Officers for 2011-2012 are: President - Cathy Yingling ’87 Vice President- Lindsay Elder Thornton ’95 Secretary - Jessica Benson Cox ’99 Treasurer - Nikhil Gunale ’96 Past President - Brandon Phillips ’96

The Park Tudor Alumni Board represents the diverse community of Park, Tudor Hall, and Park Tudor School alumni and carries out the mission and goals of the Alumni Association. Please contact Alumni Board Vice President Lindsay Elder Thornton ’95 at lindselder@sbcglobal.net to nominate a potential member.

Candidates should possess leadership capabilities and be willing to make a strong commitment to the Alumni Association and its projects. Board members are required to serve one two-year term (with the option of serving a second term), participate in monthly board meetings, serve on at least one alumni committee, be a dues-paying member of the Alumni Association, and support the school’s Annual Fund.

Welcome new members of the Endowment Society!

T

he Endowment Society recognizes our Park Tudor family members who have notified us that their estate plans include a gift to the school. There may be others who have made such arrangements but have not told us about them. If you are one of these special people, please notify the school so we may have the opportunity to thank you in advance for your gift and discuss your wishes for its use. If you wish to remain anonymous, we will keep your name in strict confidence. There is no need to share the amount of the gift, but it is helpful in the school’s long-range planning.

Our special thanks to new Endowment Society members Philip and Dorothea Genetos.

If you have any questions about the Endowment Society, please contact Gretchen Hueni at 317/ 415-2766, toll-free at 1-888782-5861 or ghueni@parktudor.org.

Barbara Frantz Storer ’36 and Lucina Ball Moxley ’36

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Underground newspaper resurfaces

Remember “The Daily Snart?”

The Alumni Association sponsored an evening at the Indianapolis Phoenix Theatre production of “Avenue Q” on June 9. Emily Ristine Holloway ’94 played the role of “Kate” in the production. Left to right: Cathy Wood Lawson ’72, Emily Comer ’98, Heather Kulwin ’92, Cathy Yingling ’87, Lori Bievenour, Torrey Bievenour ’96, Kelly Lamm Teller ’87, Nikhil Gunale ’96, Emily Ristine Holloway and Rima Gunale.

Class of 2001 alumni James Riswick and Sam Rowe check out their PT yearbook at the Alumni Weekend reception on May 7.

Alumni living in the New York City area gathered for a reception sponsored by Park Tudor in January at Xai Xai, a midtown Manhattan wine bar. Left to right: Brooke Steichen ’96, Tony Holds ’93, Laura Dick Chubb ’96, Laura Williams ’99, Arielle Lipshaw-Pride ’02, Simon Pride, Liz MacNeill, Robert MacNeill ’89.

If you do, it’s likely you were a student at Park School or Park Tudor in the early 1970s.

For those who missed it or have forgotten, “The Daily Snart,” was an underground newspaper posted surreptitiously on school bulletin boards from 1970 through 1972.

Two of the paper’s founders, Will Gould ’73 of Indianapolis and Tom Hollowell ’72 of Alexandria, VA, recently reunited over carefully preserved stacks of “The Daily Snart” and reminisced about their collaboration and the era.

Gould is now an actor with Young Audiences of Indiana and Hollowell is an informatics specialist and botanist with the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian. They— along with several of their classmates—typed up hundreds of editions of “The Daily Snart,” which poked fun at each other, teachers and the times.

Male students were facing the draft to the war in Vietnam, edgy comedy and music was becoming more mainstream, and the time was ripe for student-written material that was slightly subversive and “on the edge—or over the edge—of propriety,” according to Gould.

“We should have been called out,” Hollowell said. “But by tolerating us, they [school administrators] recognized the academic merit of student satire.”

The complete set of “The Daily Snart” was until recently in a closet at Gould’s house, but he’s happy to share them with anyone who wants to enjoy them again. Copies also are available for perusal in the Park Tudor Archives.

“It’s a great cultural artifact,” Gould says.

Will Gould ’73 and Tom Hollowell ’72 with original issues of “The Daily Snart.”

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Class Notes Thanks to Tom Hollowell and Will Gould for their donations to the Park Tudor archives. Alumni are welcome to visit the archives to view Tudor Hall and Park School material; contact Archivist Tony Onstott at 317/415-2856 or tonstott@parktudor.org.

1946 • Virginia “Din” Obrecht Dulworth and Elizabeth Wiest Johnson hosted a 65th Class Reunion dinner on Friday, May 6 at The Creamery in Zionsville, IN. In attendance were Flo Mary Foreman Mantel and Tom Mantel, Jeannine Grinslade Stokes and Jim Stokes, Ann Parry McKee and Myron McKee, along with Liz’s son John, and Din’s daughter Jenny and granddaughter Lauren.

Din, Liz and Jeannine were joined by Barbara “Mookie” McCown Menzie, Harriet Smith Rybolt and Jody Thomas Martin ’47 at the May 7 Reunion luncheon at Woodstock Club.

Din shares news of her classmates: “Liz Johnson’s famous 34th annual Traders Point Hunt Charity Horse Show, held on her Wild Air Farms in Zionsville, will take place August 9-14 this year. The Indianapolis Symphony will perform for the first time on Liz’s farm (7400 Hunt Club Road) on July 17 with a fireworks show afterwards. Plan to attend both events.

“Georgia White Nyhart once had a farm in Zionsville. She and Sally Stokely Brown rode with and belonged to the Traders Point Hunt Club. Other equestriennes in the class that I know of were Jacqueline Canfield Bassett, the late Carolyn Wasson Douglass and Dolores “Dede” Covert Coffman.

“My daughter Jenny, granddaughter Lauren and I are looking forward to having lunch in Lexington in July with classmate Suzanne Frenzel Baldwin, her daughter Jennifer Williams (wife of the president of Transylvania University) and her granddaughter Ellie Williams.

“Three classmates unable to attend the 65th Class Reunion sent me the following news: Helen Rogers wrote that she is very well and enjoys tutoring mathematics to high-ability teenagers whose families have limited income. Many of her students are the first in their families to attend college and the list of outstanding institutions of-

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fering acceptance to these young people is impressive. Betty Jo “Betsy” Lutz wrote that she retired from teaching years ago, was a long-time volunteer at her school, was named an Artist and Poet of the Month and now plays bridge six times a week.

Barbara “Barbie” Lee Ingham called with an amusing story about her and Liz Johnson. She said that Liz, her seatmate at Tudor Hall, could not whisper, and that for punishment, they were both often made to stay after school.

“Lucina Ball Moxley ’36 was recognized at the Reunion luncheon at Woodstock Club on May 7 for making it to her 75th class reunion. She looked smashing!

Let’s hope we can all do the same.”

1991 • Jennifer Bohler Johansen has won a Creative Renewal Fellowship through the Indianapolis Arts Council. She will use the fellowship to study in England. Jen has been an established actor in Indianapolis for 10 years, and received rave reviews for her portrayal of Jane in “This” by Melissa James Gibson, which ran at the Phoenix Theatre in March.

1992 • Ron Beck II ’92 married Jessica McGoldrick of La Jolla, CA on July 31, 2010 in San Clemente, CA. Park Tudor groomsmen in attendance were Jeff Shaw ’91, Mark Fisch ’92 and Adam Corya ’92.

1989 • Erik Ochsner guest conducted three sold-out performances of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s “The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring: Live to Projection” in April. The audience watched the movie projected in high definition, while the symphony orchestra and choirs performed the soundtrack live. Park Tudor alumni Mark Ochsner ’96, Derek Cromer ’90, Stuart Morton ’89, Jean Feit ’89, Heather Smith ’89, Allison Turner ’89, Mark Miller ’89 and Mara McCabe ’86 were in attendance.

Eric also conducted the same performance with the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra in Finland.

Ron Beck II ’92 married Jessica McGoldrick on July 31.

Erik Ochsner (left) with PT alumni Mark Miller ’89, Stuart Morton ’89, Jean Feit ’89, Mara McCabe ’86, Mark Ochsner ’96, Heather Smith ’89 and Allison Turner ’89.

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1994

• Emily Ristine Holloway played the role of “Kate” in the Phoenix Theatre’s production of “Avenue Q,” which ran from June 2–July 10 in Indianapolis. She also continues to direct the Summer Stock Stage program for high-school students, held at Park Tudor each summer.

1995

• Kelly Sheridan Kenny writes, “On St. Patrick’s Day my husband and I welcomed our second child to the world. Aaron Daniel joins big brother Ryan Thomas (20 months old). Everyone is healthy and doing great!”

1996

• Alex Kosene is the founder and owner of 3rd Strand Productions, now located in Indianapolis. He is making TV commercials for local companies, using his background in filmmaking and storytelling. While in high school at Park Tudor, he created a spot for Students Against Drunk Driving. (more - http://www.ibj.com/aspiring-filmmaker-scores-hit-with-jewelry-ad/ PARAMS/article/25252)

1999

• Alfonso Alanís-Cué is an associate brand manager for Frito-Lay in Dallas, TX.

2000

• Matt Kleymeyer is working with the 2012 Super Bowl Host Committee in Indianapolis as part of the Butler University MBA Board Fellows program. He has been participating on the board in a non-voting capacity, helping to develop a Park & Ride system and ensuring that the two team practice facilities are ready for the Super Bowl next February. Matt recently finished his MBA in finance and is working for the start-up Bernard Health LLC.

• Adam Tierney received his Ph.D. from University of California – San Diego in 2010. He accepted a fellowship in Cognitive Neuroscience at Northwestern University, where he is now working. Adam married Kaitlyn Rose Means in June 2010.

• James Patton performed in the ensemble cast of “42nd Street” in Atlantic City, NJ from May through July 4.

2007

• Emily Christie has been selected for Honorable Mention by the Law and Society Association in its 2011 Undergraduate Student Prize Competition for her paper “Declaraciones de Deseo y Declaraciones de Realidad: State-Indigenous Relations and Intercultural-Bilingual Education in Peru and Guatemala.” She conducted some of her research in Peru while studying abroad, and she completed interviews in Guatemala during a summer research project with one of her sociology professors at Macalester College. The Law and Society Association

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2004

• Rachael Hoover will begin studies at the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Bra, Italy.

• Kemmie Mitzell graduated from Indiana University in December 2010 with a master’s degree in French literature. She is spending the summer teaching in France as an instructor in the IU Honors Program.

In August, she will begin teaching Upper School French and has been named a curriculum leader at the University School of Jackson in Jackson, TN.

Lisa Parrin Hofmeister ’98 is the director of communications for Virgin Atlantic Airlines, based in Connecticut. She’s shown here with Virgin Atlantic owner Sir Richard Branson and model in the background.

James Riswick ’01 married Sarah Carrillo on March 6, 2011 in Manhattan Beach, CA. In attendance were (left to right) Sam Rowe ’01, Abby Poyser ’01 and Chris Mehl ’01.

Ed Carpenter ’99, racing in the No. 67 Dollar General car for Sarah Fisher Racing, finished 11th at the Indy 500 on May 30, 2011. He led for three laps on caution and stayed in the top 10 spots for most of the race. Photo: Sarah Fisher Racing/Mike Delaney

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Hilary Gardner Gessner married John Gessner on March 12, 2011 on a beach in Northport, Michigan.

• Lauren Rapp was named Miss Wildcat at the University of Kentucky Catspy Awards on April 25, 2011. The Catspy Awards are presented at an annual awards banquet honoring the student-athletes and coaches at UK for their accomplishments during the school year. The titles of Mr. and Miss Wildcat are the most prestigious awards. Lauren played volleyball all four years at UK.

Allison Blickman Lazin ’02 married Jamie Lazin on June 5, 2010 in Indianapolis. Allison recently received her M.Ed. in speech-language pathology from Georgia State University, and Jamie is in dental school at the University of Pennsylvania.

continued from page 43 is an international, interdisciplinary group of scholars who study the place of law in social, political, economic and cultural life.

• Clifford Hull graduated magna cum laude from Wabash College on May 15 with a B.A. degree in mathematics. He minored in economics. He is currently living in Sydney, Australia, planning on attending graduate school either in Australia or The Netherlands to earn a master’s degree in sustainable and renewable energy.

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• Michael Massel was commissioned as a Navy officer with the rank of Ensign on May 13 after graduating from Purdue University. He graduated with distinction with a B.S. degree in professional flight technology. He was a finalist for Purdue’s G.A. Ross Award, the highest recognition given to a male senior graduating in 2011, and was named a Distinguished Military Graduate by the Chief of Naval Operations.

He will be attending Naval flight school in Pensacola, FL in October. He writes, “Park Tudor was key to my success in college and I wish all the best to the PT class of ’11; you are well prepared.”

• Michael Rardon, a junior at DePauw University, has been named a recipient of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Arthur Ashe Jr. award for leadership and sportsmanship in NCAA Division III tennis. The award is presented to NCAA Divisions I, II and III, NAIA and junior college men’s and women’s players who have exhibited outstanding sportsmanship and leadership as well as scholastic, extracurricular and tennis achievements. The DePauw website notes, “A team captain this past season, Rardon has posted a 15-17 record primarily at number one singles and 23-5 in doubles action also primarily at the number-one flight.”

2009

• Erica Diaz was selected to the Film and Media Studies summer program in Rome for 2011. Only 15 students are selected each year from DePaul University, where Erica just finished her sophomore year. Erica also was a member of the DePaul cheer team selected to cheer for the university at the NCAA women’s basketball tourney on March 19.

Class Notes Season Year Park Tudor School

Marriages

• Carole Graf Fisher ’61 on May 20, 2011.

• Ron Beck II ’92 to Jessica McGoldrick on July 31, 2010.

• Michael Buschmann ’68 on March 16, 2011.

• Adam Tierney ’00 to Kaitlyn Rose Means in June 2010.

• Penelope Lazarus Lucy ’70 in May 2011.

• James Riswick ’01 to Sarah Carrillo on March 6, 2011.

• Jill Blair, Fine Arts administrative assistant, on May 26, 2011.

• Allison Blickman ’02 to Jamie Lazin on June 5, 2010.

• Lloyd Tucker, past Park Tudor School board member, on May 12, 2011.

• Pamela Wright, past Park Tudor Admissions Office assistant, on March 30, 2011.

• To Sara Spees Addicott ’86 on the death of her mother, Ann Elizabeth “Betsy” Fenstermaker Olsen, on April 8, 2011.

• Laura Gaus, Park Tudor English teacher from 1971-1979, on May 31, 2011.

• To Tanya Kane Powell ’87 and Steven Kane ’91 on the death of their father, Jack L. Kane, M.D., J.D., on May 18, 2011.

• Hilary Gardner ’04 to John Gessner on March 12, 2011.

Congratulations • To Kelly Sheridan Kenny ’95 and her husband Kevin on the birth of Aaron Daniel Kenny on March 17, 2011.

• Tessa Byers ’10 on March 5, 2011.

Condolences

• To Nathan Buonanno ’97 and his wife Christie on the adoption of Garrett Thomas and James Joseph Buonanno in January 2011.

• To William Higgins Jr. ’41, William Higgins III ’74, Bruce Higgins ’74, Ross Higgins ’80 and Jeffrey Higgins ’80 on the death of their wife and mother, Mary Higgins, on April 5, 2011.

• To Brian Fitzgerald ’97 and his wife Jennifer on the birth of Colin Robert Fitzgerald on May 9, 2011.

• To Sarah Ann Matter Buschmann ’45 on the death of her brother-in-law Michael Buschmann ’68 on March 16, 2011.

• To Darrell Huotari ’97 and his wife Ashley on the birth of Colton Axel Huotari on April 27, 2011.

• To Robert Yingling ’75, Jeffrey Yingling ’78, David Yingling ’79 and Catherine Yingling ’87 on the death of their father, Dr. Robert Yingling, on July 17, 2010.

• To Ingrid Aufderheide Carlson ’78, Erik Aufderheide ’87 and Alexandra Aufderheide ’89 on the death of their father, Don Richard Aufderheide, on April 21, 2011.

• To Christopher ’04 and Brandon ’08 Tucker and Admissions Coordinator Joyce Tucker on the death of their father and her husband, Lloyd Tucker, on May 12, 2011.

• To Olivia Byers ’08 and Robin and Donna Byers on the death of her sister and their daughter, Tessa Byers ’10 on March 5, 2011.

• To Julia ’15 and Michael ’16 French on the death of their grandfather, Robert Wruble, on March 14, 2011.

• To Whitney Ford Dick ’99 and her husband Eric on the birth of Charley Sinclair Dick on April 12, 2011.

• To Ross Fleck ’00 and Tara Fleck, and Physical Education Department Chair Sylvia Fleck and Terry Fleck on the birth of a daughter and granddaughter, Molly Belle Fleck, on June 4, 2011.

Deaths • Kathryn Edson Wilbur ’26 on August 4, 2010.

• Prudence Brown Stephenson ’35 on April 11, 2010.

• Virginia Follett Porter ’44 • Linda Ann Barton Newcombe ’55 on March 25, 2011.

• Gale Gerdan Cunniff ’57 on April 7, 2011.

John Thornburgh ’06 was featured in a CBS Miami news story about President Obama’s visit to Miami Central High School in March. John teaches 12th grade government classes at the Florida high school through the Teach for America program. His school has made a dramatic enough turnaround to be selected by President Obama for national recognition. Photo: CBSmiami.com

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Honor and Memorial Gifts Summer 2011 Park Tudor School

Honor and Memorial Gifts: February 7 - June 3, 2011 Gifts in honor of...

Mr. Emerson Davis Jr. ’60 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Sams (Thomas ’60) Mrs. Deborah Stuart Everett ’69* Dr. and Mrs. Craig R. Dykstra Mr. Jim Foxlow Mr. William McFarlane ’61 and Ms. Constance Bloomfield Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Teel (Tom ’61) Ms. Lisa Hendrickson ’77* Mr. Robert W. Hendrickson Mrs. Helen Hill Mr. and Mrs. Alan Hill Mr. Doug S. Jennings* Dr. and Mrs. Craig R. Dykstra Miss Jessica Kellogg ’05 Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kellogg Michael Rand Lenke ’11 Mrs. Helen Rand Lenke Michael Walter Magdycz Jr. ’19 Mr. Michael Magdycz Ms. Amy Stacey Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mantel (Mary Flo Foreman ’46) Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Garbowit (Wendy Mantel ’72) Mrs. Deborah March* Mr. and Mrs. Greg Loewen Mr. John D Robinson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Teel (Tom ’61) Mrs. Rachel Salapka Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. James Sturman (Jim ’67, Emily Moore ’66*) Miss Beverly Berner ’66 Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bremner Mr. and Mrs. Steven M. Falender (Steve ’67; Debra Dudenhoffer ’66) Dr. and Mrs. Mark Foglesong Jan and Jerry Gershman Mary Bookwalter ’66 Miss Lianne Somerville ’66

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Tudor Hall Class of 1951 Mrs. Katherine Bartlett (Kitty Koons ’51) Park Tudor Housekeeping Staff Anonymous Park Tudor Maintenance Staff Anonymous

Gifts in memory of...

Ms. Sally Adams Miss Margaret Dean ’66 Miss Tessa Byers ’10 Robert and Laura Armstrong Mr. and Mrs. Larry Bird Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Bishop Mr. and Mrs. Kim Bohlander Dan and Beth Bohn Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Borchelt Dr. Oswaldo Luis Bracco and Dr. Jenifer Marson Mr. and Mrs. James Brainard Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Braun Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Brougher Ms. Denise Brunner Mr. and Mrs. Alex Cannon Dan and Diana Church Mr. and Mrs. Peter D. Cleveland Mr. and Mrs. Edward G. Dunn (Ted ’72; Julia Townsend ’72*) Bill and Taylor Estes Park Tudor School Fine Arts Department Faculty Dr. and Mrs. Edward T. Fry Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Galstian Mr. and Mrs. John Gilligan (Lisa Hanley ’81) Dr. and Mrs. Alan M. Golichowski Tom and Mary Grein Dan and Kathy Hasler Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Homan Mr. Clifford A. Hull* Dr. and Mrs. Olaf Johansen Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Kahn Ms. Julie A. Kintzele Mr. and Mrs. William T. Kortepeter Dr. and Mrs. William J. Lynn Dr. and Mrs. Terry Mandel Mr. Cameron and Dr. Lisa McGuire

Sara H. Murphy, M.D. Drs. Robert Neal and Cathy Bonser-Neal Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Nesbit Mr. Robert J. Oppelt and Mrs. Beth Meloy Park Tudor Parents’ Association Dr. and Mrs. David Patterson Steve ’73 and Cindy Patterson Mr. and Mrs. Erick Ponader (Wendy Wright ’78) Jim and Kim Purucker Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Reinbol Mr. and Mrs. Deepal Rodrigo Mr. and Mrs. Wade A. Roth Mr. and Mrs. Mark Scott Dr. and Mrs. Mitesh Shah Mr. and Mrs. James D. Shaw Mr. and Mrs. Louis Star James E. Thomas and Judith E. Dell’Aringa Jeffrey and Benita Thomasson Drs. Steve and Maria Tilmans Mr. and Mrs. Richard Trimpe (Lisa*) Glenn and Margy Tuckman Mr. and Mrs. Richard Turner John and Alana Voege Dr. and Mrs. Phelgar D. Washington Mrs. Gale Cunniff ’57 Mr. and Mrs. David V. A. Fauvre (David ’56; Beverly Raffensperger ’57) Ms. Penny Landrigan (Penny Savage ’57) Ms. Paula Eaton ’66 Mrs. Claudia Herzog (Claudia Haslauer ’66) Mr. Ned Eckel Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Everett (Debbie Stuart ’69*) Mr. Shanon A. Fields ’92 Mr. and Mrs. Ronald M. Beck Mr. and Mrs. Eric Steel (Lemita Fields ’97) Mr. David Fisch ’98 Mr. and Mrs. Ronald M. Beck Dr. and Mrs. Ryan D. Nagy (Katherine Deane ’98) Dr. Anne C. Garrison (Anne Hodges ’28) Rebecca Garrison Tracy ’52

Mrs. Mary Higgins Mrs. Agnes Failey Mrs. Anne Hufford ’61 Alice Stiles Burgess ’61 Mrs. Linda Newcombe Mrs. Mary Lou Bogner (Mary Lou Lynch ‘55) Mrs. H. Warren Earle (Constance Cadick ’49) Mr. Richard Pidgeon ’55 Mrs. Phyllis Oldham Mr. John H. Cunningham Dr. and Mrs. Alan M. Golichowski Mr. Gerry and Mrs. Susanne LaFollette (Sue Eaglesfield ’54) Mr. and Mrs. David J. Shumate (Carol*) Mr. Carleton Palmer ’42 Mr. William McFarlane ’61 and Ms. Constance Bloomfield Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Teel (Tom ’61) Mrs. Jill Raiser ’66 Mrs. Claudia Herzog (Claudia Haslauer ’66) Mrs. Terri Simmons Mr. Edward Simmons Mrs. Joyce Speer Mrs. H. Warren Earle (Constance Cadick ’49) Mr. Lloyd J. Tucker David ’83 and Julie Eskenazi Philip and Dorothea Genetos Dr. and Mrs. Alan M. Golichowski Ms. Lisa Hendrickson ’77* Mr. Noel Piñero and Ms. Angi Parks* Mrs. Robert F. Walbridge (Joyce Amling ’52) Mrs. Mary Sydney Matuska (Mary Sydney Haram ’52) Dr. Robert Yingling Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey W. Yingling (Jeff ’78) * = faculty member

Honor and Memorial Gifts Summer 2011 Park Tudor School

Honor and Memorial Gifts: February 7 - June 3, 2011 Thank a Teacher

Mr. Rob C. Hueni Anonymous

Mrs. Leeta R. Albea Mr. Kelley and Dr. Dana Lasek (Dana Giles ’83)

Mrs. Kathleen G. Hutchinson Henry and Christine Camferdam

Mrs. Karen Ayres Mr. and Mrs. Greg Loewen

Dr. Li-Chun Caroline Lee-Thompson Anonymous

Mr. Joseph Chamberlin Anonymous Ms. Mollie A. Cleveland Anonymous Mr. Justin Dammeier Anonymous Mr. Mark Dewart Anonymous Sam Amy ’11 Mrs. Deborah M. Dominguez Mr. Kelley and Dr. Dana Lasek (Dana Giles ’83) Dr. Sven H. Dubie Anonymous - 2 Bill and Jane Mitchell Samone Phillips Blair ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Vincenzo Verderame Mrs. Deborah Stuart Everett ’69 Mr. V. William Hunt and Mrs. Nancy Bergen Hunt Mrs. Sylvia Fleck Anonymous Mr. John Amy ’09 Sam Amy ’11 Mr. Joseph K. Fumusa Mr. and Mrs. Sam S. Yadav

Mrs. Kathryn W. Lerch Anonymous Mrs. Laura I. Lowe Mr. and Mrs. John A. Kite Dr. and Mrs. Michael Rothbaum (Karen*)

Mrs. Claudia K. Nole Mr. Kelley and Dr. Dana Lasek (Dana Giles ’83) Mr. Paul D. Nordby Anonymous Mr. Thomas Page Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Douglas H. Stickney (Kim Smith ’74) Mrs. Leslie Phillips Anonymous Mr. Mark A. Phillips Anonymous

Mr. David B. Malcom Anonymous

Mrs. Toby Presnal ’76 Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Straub

Mrs. Cynthia Mallinger Henry and Christine Camferdam David ’83 and Julie Eskenazi The Holle Family Mr. and Mrs. John A. Kite Mr. Kelley and Dr. Dana Lasek (Dana Giles ’83)

Mrs. Kim Pulfer Anonymous Mr. YongYong Chen and Mrs. Yanfei Ma

Mr. Steven A. Math Anonymous Ms. Margo McAlear Anonymous Mr. John Amy ’09 Sam Amy ’11 John and Lucy McLaughlin Mr. and Mrs. Vincenzo Verderame Mr. A.J. McIntosh Mr. Kelley and Dr. Dana Lasek (Dana Giles ’83)

Mrs. Sarah Webster Dr. and Mrs. Blair MacPhail Mr. John R. Williams Anonymous Mrs. Mary Jo Wright Michael Walter Magdycz Jr. ’19 Ms. Cara Young Mr. and Mrs. Robert Green Ms. Sheila Young Anonymous Bill and Jane Mitchell

Mr. Ryan Ritz Anonymous - 2 Mr. YongYong Chen and Mrs. Yanfei Ma Ms. Laura Rodman Anonymous Ms. Tina Sahakian James T. and Debra B. Parker Dr. Geoffrey Sharpless Bob and Becky Klausmeier Dr. James Murray and Ms. Mary Nichols Mr. and Mrs. Douglas H. Stickney (Kim Smith ’74)

Ms. Laura Gellin Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Douglas H. Stickney (Kim Smith ’74)

Mrs. Lori McIntosh Mr. Kelley and Dr. Dana Lasek (Dana Giles ’83) Dr. and Mrs. Michael Rothbaum (Karen*) Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Straub

Mrs. Bonnie Stewart Mr. and Mrs. James Gallagher

Dr. Jan Guffin Anonymous - 2 Mr. and Mrs. John St. Clair

Mrs. Michele A. Modglin Mr. and Mrs. John A. Kite

Ms. Deborah Tompkins Anonymous

Dr. Paul Hamer Anonymous

Mrs. Lori Morales Dr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Gardner

Dr. Dario Untama Anonymous

Mr. Christopher Holobek Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Grant Mr. and Mrs. Robert Green

Mrs. Molly S. Murphy Dr. Alfonso de Dios and Mrs. Raquel Molina

Ms. Debra K. Warner Anonymous

Mrs. Heather Teets Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Bishop

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