Park Tudor Phoenix Fall 2012

Park Tudor

Phoenix Fall 2012

• Park Tudor’s predecessor: The Lilly Orchard • Annual Report 2011-12

On the Cover This photo montage was created by Courtney Fehsenfeld ’12 during her summer photography workshop at the Spoleto Study Abroad program in Spoleto, Italy. See related 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.

From the Archives

PARK TUDOR SCHOOL Head of School

Dr. Matthew D. Miller Editor

Lisa A. Hendrickson ’77 Editor Emeritus

C.J. Foxlow Staff Writers

Cassie Dull Alicia Carlson Graphic Design/Photography

Stefanie Dean ’05 Alumni Coordinator/Planned Giving Officer

Gretchen Hueni 2012-13 Alumni Association Board President Cathy Yingling ’87 Vice President Lindsay Elder Thornton ’95 Secretary Beth Tolbert Johnson ’03 Treasurer Nikhil Gunale ’96 Past President Brandon Phillips ’96

Students at the Boys Preparatory School, the predecessor of Park School, gathered for a group photo to mark the 1923-24 school year. The boys started the year on a new campus. Boys Prep moved from its location at 16th and Central to the former Carl Fisher estate at 30 th and Cold Spring Road. With the move, the size of the student body doubled to 60 students.

Alumni Association Directors Jessica Benson Cox ’99 Eric Gershman ’98 Carlie Irsay Gordon ’99 Joe Hawkins ’96 Emily Ristine Holloway ’94 Stephanie Goodrid Lawson ’00 Anne Rogers Mitchell ’85 Vanessa Stiles ’88 Kelly Lamm Teller ’87 Adrienne Watson ’06

Correction to Summer 2012 Phoenix: Our apologies to Alix Thomson Moxley, who was misidentified as Jane Esterline Darmer in the Tudor Hall Class of 1947 photo.

Contents Fall 2012

Features Annual Report 2011-12

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A student trip to Washington helps preserve

Civil War history

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By Bill Beck

When Park Tudor was an apple orchard

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Departments News of the School

Report from the Head of School Student news Focus on faculty Fall athletic update

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Alumni News

Greetings from Alumni Board President Alumni calendar of events New Alumni Board members Alumni memories of Madame Borgerhoff and Mr. Foxlow

Class Notes

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Background photo: Freshman Natalie Smitherman keeps her eye on the soccer ball during a game along the road to a successful season. The team brought home PT’s first sectional and regional girls soccer trophies.

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 Report from the Head of School

By Dr. Matthew D. Miller

The school year is off to a great start,

and we have quickly settled into the business of the year. Students have found their academic rhythm, teams are deep into their seasons, and our community has turned its attention to fall planning, college applications, and the many activities that fill our days.

The campus is vibrant with activity, teeming with visitors and events: more than 100 colleges and universities already have visited campus this fall, we have hosted two student-led art shows, exchange students from Uruguay have been on campus in the Lower School, and the Park Tudor Parents Association has sponsored co-curricular programming such as the visit of nationally recognized parenting expert John Rosemond. All of these activities remind us that, without question, our mission-driven commitment to exceptional educators and extraordinary opportunities remains true and constant.

Meanwhile, our Board of Directors— under the leadership of President Chris Braun—maintains its focus on strategic and long-term issues that will build on Park Tudor’s strong foundation and position the school for years to come. In addition to the Executive Committee of the Board, five standing committees meet regularly: School Community, Governance, Finance, Development and Long-Range Planning.

In this issue, I would like to profile the work of the Long-Range Planning Committee (LRP). The LRP has been exceptionally busy in the last few months, initiating plans to move several critical projects forward. Chaired by Vice President of the Board Rob Brown ’79, the committee has set in motion the process to review our facilities, engage in master planning and begin designing a new strategic plan. These are large projects that involve countless hours of conversation and reflection, and that often have arcs of completion measured in months, if not years. Drawing on the talents and areas of expertise of individual board members, the committee has subdivided into three working groups, all of which report back to the larger committee and ultimately to the board.

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Head of School Matthew Miller (far right) and Associate Head for Academic Affairs Peter Kraft (fourth from right) with students at Park Tudor’s Habitat for Humanity build site in September.

One of these subcommittees, the Master Planning Steering Committee, has been formed to guide the masterplanning process. It has recently engaged the nationally recognized Blanchard Group, located in Richmond, Virginia, to initiate the master plan. Our entire school community will be included in this process, which over the course of nine months will help us consider our space and facility needs while determining future opportunities and options for the school. In doing so, the process will further refine our evolving academic vision for the school. This is an exciting opportunity for the entire school and the Park Tudor community.

The master-planning process will include three distinct phases: Phase One - Framing the Issues

Beginning in October and continuing through December, this phase includes conducting workshops that engage the community in defining the specific requirements for future campus development, documenting those requirements, and benchmarking them against peer institutions. Blanchard Group is conducting a series of 20 workshops and soliciting input from faculty and staff, administrators, students, parents and alumni representatives regarding needs and vision.

Phase Two - Designing the Solutions Based on the suggestions and input received in the workshops, Blanchard Group will develop a series of options and alternatives that address the specific

needs of our school, conduct additional workshops that engage the community in evaluating the options and alternatives, and synthesize the feedback. This phase will continue through early March.

Phase Three - Presenting the Plan In April and May, Blanchard Group will prepare and present to the school community a draft planning document, solicit feedback, and finalize the document for presentation to our Board of Directors.

All of this work will consider key issues of our academic program, as well as sustainability and community, and will ultimately coalesce over the next several years into the development of a long-term strategic plan for the school. While complex, these conversations and projects should prove energizing for all and will lay a strong foundation for the school’s future success.

Parallel with the master-planning process, another subcommittee of the LRP will guide the review and analysis of our school facilities. With the help of Indianapolis architecture firm Schmidt Associates, we will develop a comprehensive plan to review our current facilities and to analyze all aspects of our physical plant, looking especially at anticipated needs and facility wear-andtear. The group’s work will dovetail with the master-planning process in helping us to identify and prioritize near- and longterm projects, current and future needs, as well as inform how we budget and prepare for all aspects of facilities maintenance.

This process, by design, will move more

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quickly—finishing around the start of 2013—well in time to integrate and help inform the larger master-planning process.

Strategic Planning A final sub-committee of LRP is focused on long-term questions and framing the school’s strategic plan. Given the success of Park Tudor’s current strategic plan, PT 2015, we have started discussing and reflecting on the initial phase of our next strategic plan, PT 2020. Building on the current plan, the committee will focus on questions of scope and foundational assumptions, identifying areas of strategic interest and leveraging what we learn from the master-planning focus groups about our educational and strategic vision. Of all the projects, the strategic plan will be the most time-consuming and iterative; it will involve multiple points of reference and many different groups over the next two years. Our goal is to have a finished product early in 2014, with ample time for the board, faculty, parents and alumni to reflect on and gain insights into the next phase of Park Tudor’s development.

In a recent essay in “Independent School” magazine, Pat Bassett, president of the National Association of Independent Schools, makes a strong case that today’s strategic-planning process “must be ongoing, not episodic,” constantly reconsidering the long-term vision and goals in light of unanticipated internal and external events.

He writes: In the words of the guru of strategic thinking, Henry Mintzberg, “Strategic planning is an oxymoron.” What he means is that the minute a formal strategic planning process codifies into goals and action steps, it ceases to be strategic.

The new strategic process, Mintzberg argues, requires that we remain in a strategic posture at all times....the planning team now produces a five-year vision as well as the first 12 months of strategies and tactics to actualize the vision. At the same time, the team proposes steps for the following 24 to 36 months, and yet leaves these latter strategies and tactics in the parking lot, so to speak, until team members see what happens in the first 12 months.

Using this method of balancing longterm strategic planning with short-term tactics and strategies will serve our school well in the coming years.

When I visited Park Tudor for the first time, I immediately recognized a school that had enjoyed extraordinary success, but one that also was poised and eager to begin the types of strategic and long-term projects that will ultimately guide us into

the next phase of the school’s evolution.

Starting with our focus on great teaching and the academic program, and now moving to master planning, strategic planning, and conversations about community and educational outcomes, we are striking a thoughtful balance between expanding our academic vision with new programmatic and academic offerings, while also tending to the planning and facilities challenges that lie beneath the surface.

A recent visitor to campus, fellow educator Grant Lichtman, captured the essence in a blog post following his visit: “I think the story of Park Tudor is the foundational work they are doing. They have a lot of really good people who are growing ideas and programs that will keep their teaching up with the changes around us. The heavy lifting (master and strategic planning) will build a long-term scaffold for success, within which classroom innovation will increasingly take the front of the stage.”

This is incredibly exciting work for all, but it is only possible if the community is ready to move forward and the school has the foundation on which to build. While we are making progress, the great news is that we can take our time, develop consensus, and in the process, to quote the Latin maxim, “Make haste slowly.”

As always, I urge you to send me your thoughts and comments. I welcome your input.

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“Race to Nowhere”

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n November 15, Park Tudor and the Park Tudor Parents Association will host an event centered on the film “Race to Nowhere.” This documentary film, which has been receiving attention at a national level, challenges the current thinking about how we prepare our students for success.

Are we overscheduling our children? Is the pressure for them to succeed too great?

The movie creates a catalyst around which these questions and other similar ones can be discussed and debated.

The event, which will take place from 7-9 p.m. in Ayres Auditorium, will consist of a viewing of the film followed by a moderated discussion. Alumni and parents are invited to this informative, thoughtprovoking event.

Annual Fund Challenge supasses goal

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arents who made a first-time gift to the Park Tudor annual fund helped the school earn a challenge gift of $25,000 from an anonymous donor in an effort to boost parent participation in this year’s Annual Fund.

The two-week challenge in October exceeded its goal of 75 new gifts by 20 percent, garnering 93 gifts during the period. New gifts are defined as those from parents who had not made an Annual Fund gift last school year or yet this school year.

Admissions events are open to all

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ark Tudor opened with a full complement of 995 students this school year, but the admissions season is already well underway for next year. Invite your friends and neighbors to “See Us in Action” events for prospective parents or shadow days for prospective students.

Visit www.parktudor.org to view “See Us in Action” dates for prospective families. Guests should RSVP online to attend one of these events at the Park Tudor website (parktudor.org) or by calling the Admissions Office 317/415-2777.

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New fifth-grade Humanities program

How can we best help students learn

and understand the connections between people, cultures and events? A new Park Tudor fifth-grade Humanities program has been created to help achieve those goals.

This year, fifth-grade English and history classes have been combined into one larger class, known as Humanities.

The model provides students and teachers with a significant portion of the day— approximately two hours—to focus on reading, writing and critical thinking.

Fifth-grade teacher Bonnie Stewart, who along with colleague Becky Honig developed the program, says, “The curricula in English and history complement each other and are naturally intertwined. Combining the classes and assignments allows us to plan interesting interdisciplinary units and projects that deepen the children’s understanding of history and literature while simultaneously sharpening their reading, writing and thinking skills.”

Students study Ancient Civilizations in history and read historical fiction and classics from this period in English. Large writing and research projects bring together the content of a history class with the focus on the writing of an English class.

Stewart says, “It’s eye-opening for students when they begin to see these human connections at an early age. They begin to have a deeper understanding of how complex societies of people developed and in what ways the history of our world is intertwined with events of today. Learning about the contributions of past cultures helps students to develop an appreciation for the commonalities and links between people.”

Honig, who previously taught Humanities in California, brings years of project-based teaching experience to the classroom. The fifth-graders engage in supplementary creative projects to enhance their understanding of ancient civilizations. For example, they created cave art during their study of the Stone Ages and cuneiform clay tablets during their unit on Mesopotamia. These types of activities in the Humanities curriculum allow students to interact with the content

on a personal level, work collaboratively with classmates and share their knowledge with others.

Fifth-graders Madeleine Loewen and Thomas Gimeno, both students in Stewart’s class, say they love the new Humanities program. “I love to write, and Mrs. Stewart makes it really fun and interesting,” Madeleine says.

Thomas agrees, pointing out that he is learning from his classmates as well.

When students were instructed to draw their own ziggurats while studying Ancient Mesopotamia, he noticed that each student had a different vision and method of creating and depicting the temple structure, which helped him think about ziggurats in new ways.

“It really gets you ready for the sixth grade,” he adds.

Humanities highlights • Award-winning literature selections in a variety of genres connected to the study of Ancient Civilizations or set in an ancient time period. An at-home “Independent Reading Program” is also included.

• Explorations of Ancient Civilizations through the use of textbook, media, print and internet sources, and group-based presentations and projects. Units of study include Early Man, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and Rome.

• Study of vocabulary related to literature and history content, as well as systematic academic vocabulary development.

• Traditional grammar and punctuation instruction within children’s personal writing and through the use of workbooks.

• Integrated writing instruction and projects including literary response paragraphs, expository paragraphs and essays, narrative writing, and presentations using related technology.

• Classroom use of iPads for researching, word processing and presenting of information.

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Lower School iPad initiative kicks off

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Pads are more than just the latest gadget.

When used in the classroom, iPads are a gateway to discovery. Park Tudor’s Lower School students are discovering new ways to collaborate, innovate, explore and create with the iPad initiative introduced this school year as part of PT’s efforts to enhance technology and academic integration.

Jane Hizer, in her new position as head of media and technology integration, says the program is off to a great start. She gives much credit to the Lower School teachers for their innovative efforts to get rolling with this new tool.

“The teachers spent a lot of time training in professional development over the summer,” says Hizer. “They’ve done a great job getting it off the ground, trying out some apps and thinking of some creative ideas.”

Many Lower School classes are using the “Pages” app for writing and typing.

Third-grader Thea Bertolini says, “I love typing on it.” Her classmate Chloe English adds, “It’s so much easier to type with the iPads than the bigger computers.”

Third-graders Amelia Stotts and Ethan Warren collaborate on an iPad.

Their class was using Pages to type a project that they first wrote by hand in their composition notebooks. The students then typed their papers on the iPads and printed them to turn in to the teacher. The writing exercise helped the third-graders practice both handwriting and typing skills.

Other classes have used the Google Earth app to find their houses for a lesson in geography. On parent Back-to-School night, junior kindergarten teacher Molly Murphy asked the parents to draw a picture on the iPads, which the students had to recreate with blocks the next day.

Recently, teachers gathered for an “Appy Hour” session to share apps that they found useful in their classrom.

The school hosted two “iPad Envy” classes for adults in November and plans additional sessions for Alumni Weekend in April 2013.

Since iPads debuted in the Lower School this year, they have made an environmental impact as well. In September of this year, Lower School copiers produced 6,640 fewer copies than the same period in 2011.

Building the Park Tudor community Hilbert Center and Upper School students learn together Upper School psychology students visited with junior kindergarten students in the Hilbert Center this fall as part of their study of cognitive development.

The purpose of the visit is to provide real-world observational opportunities for the students to run experiments that demonstrate Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development. Piaget believed that children construct their understanding of the world as they interact with it. Their minds go through spurts of change, he believed, as they move from one level to the next.

As part of their visits with the kindergarteners, the psychology students run “experiments” that demonstrate the psychological principles of conservation, egocentrism and the development of gender identity, and have the opportunity to interact with preschoolers in a learning environment.

Middle School community meetings The Middle School has introduced monthly gatherings of the entire division to help students foster a sense of community and to recognize those who are demonstrating grade-specific themes of community, integrity and leadership.

During the meeting, teachers recognize one student or a group of students for putting the themes in action.

In their advisory groups, sixth-graders are learning about their role in community and why traits like compassion, empathy and sympathy are important, as well as communication, respect and fairness.

Seventh-graders are examining the concept of integrity, exploring questions of values, honesty and diligence. Eighthgrade students are focusing on leadership, including leadership traits, styles of leadership, humility and conflict resolution.

Middle School Counselor Erin Nixon says, “When we focus on instilling habits of good character in our students, we truly offer them the keys to success. We often tell our students, it is not enough to be smart and earn good grades. We must work on who we are and what we stand for as well.”

Developing “Sparks” Upper School students are exploring their “Sparks,” those special abilities or interests that could be fanned into a passion with support from adults who recognize and nurture them. Upper School Counselor Joan Grinkmeyer and English teacher Pam Fischer attended a summer conference in Minneapolis conducted by the Search Institute, which provides resources to schools, youth-serving organizations and parents.

The concept of Sparks includes “Seven Essential Questions” to help each student begin to identify his or her spark and understand how it could be developed— and adults who can help.

Grinkmeyer and Fischer shared information on the Sparks concept with all Upper School advisors before the start of school. “We tested out the Sparks concept at the Freshman Retreat and the students loved it,” Grinkmeyer says. She is confident that teachers can use it to find out about the passions that students possess.

That connection can make education and advisory relationships more meaningful and powerful, she says.

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Search for director of development is in progress

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ark Tudor is in the midst of a national search for a new full-time director of development. The school is working with the Chicago-based search firm Brown Schroeder & Associates to identify qualified candidates with proven results in not-for-profit Development.

Dr. Matthew Miller says, “As we prepare for upcoming initiatives, including our campus master-planning effort, it’s critical that we have a full-time director of development to lead future fundraising efforts. We are very fortunate that Cathy Wood Lawson ’72 will continue with us on a part-time basis to direct our Major Gifts program. Cathy, who has opted to continue

with her current part-time schedule, will provide important continuity for the transition.”

The search committee, comprised of board members, administrators, parents and alumni, has narrowed the field of candidates to a group of four semifinalists.

In early November, finalists will visit campus to meet with the search committee and additional groups on campus. Dr. Miller says he expects to extend an offer to a candidate and have the position filled before the end of the year.

Board seeks nominees

The Park Tudor Board of Directors is

accepting nominations for potential board members beginning with the 2013-14 school year.

The Governance Committee of the

College Counseling has a busy fall

This fall, the College Counseling Office

conducted two senior college application workshops; hosted Dave Wottle, the former Olympic gold medalist and college admissions dean who spoke to Upper School students and parents; and hosted two college days for juniors and seniors.

On September 11, more than 40 outof-state colleges and universities were on campus to make presentations to juniors and seniors, who also had the opportunity to meet with representatives from 13 Indiana colleges and universities at our Indiana College Fair on October 1. These two events are in addition to the many other colleges and universities—more than 100 in all—that visit Park Tudor in the fall.

The College Counseling Office also organized a college trip for a small group of girls to visit Smith College.

Park Tudor is fortunate to have a longstanding relationship with Smith College, which offers potential scholarships to Park Tudor students for summer programs and enrolling students. Students and counselors visited classes, spent the night in dorms and heard about special programs offered at Smith.

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Board is seeking candidates who possess strong leadership skills and strategicthinking abilities, who have the ability to take a broader school view over their own self-interest, and who have demonstrated commitment to and/or involvement at Park Tudor. Candidates may include parents with children in the various divisions, alumni, non-parents, grandparents, local business leaders and educators.

Nominees will be considered for threeyear terms beginning in July 2013. The Governance Committee will conduct a review of all current Board members in an effort to complement their skills with those of potential candidates who offer broad and specific skill-sets. The committee also will review and conduct an initial screening of all nominations received by the December 14th deadline; meet with a select number of nominees to further discuss the process in greater detail and to determine their interest; will prepare a short list of candidates for discussion by the Executive Committee of the Board; and will prepare a final slate of candidates for recommendation to the full Board of Directors. The Board will vote on the final slate of directors and trustees at its May 2013 meeting.

If you would like to nominate one or more candidates for consideration, please complete the online nomination form available on the Park Tudor website by Friday, December 14.

Model UN program expands to grade 8

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A senior visits with a representative of Lawrence College during College Day at Park Tudor on September 11.

or years, the Model UN program has been a popular way for Upper School students to learn about world politics. This year, the program has expanded to the Middle School, and 15 eighth-graders have signed up to participate.

The students attended a novice conference conducted by Mount Notre Dame Junior High School in Cincinnati on October 17 with Peter Smith, Upper School Social Studies teacher and Model UN coordinator, and Chris Hammock, eighthgrade Social Studies teacher.

The one-day conference gave Middle School students an opportunity to try the Model UN experience—a chance to think globally, reason critically and formulate

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a position on a number of issues. In preparation, students wrote a position paper and attended introductory meetings to learn more about the United Nations and its procedures.

About 120 Upper School students at Park Tudor attend Model UN conferences annually.

Smith says, “Model UN helps students understand the important topics and procedures delegates follow in order to create international peace, security and cooperation. These simulations also helps them to develop fundamental leadership and communication skills.”

This year, Upper School students participating in Model UN will travel to the University of Dayton, the University of Chicago, Georgetown University and The Hague, Netherlands. Park Tudor is one of only nine schools in the nation chosen to participate in The Hague conference.

Exploring the world • Twenty sophomores, juniors and seniors will head to China over spring break in Park Tudor’s third recent student trip to the country. The two-week trip will be led by Dr. Caroline Lee Thompson, director of the Chinese Studies program.

The intensive cultural experience will include a visit to a Chinese school, a stay with a Chinese host family, and community service. Students will visit Beijing, where they will walk the Great Wall and explore the Forbidden City, and Xi’An, where they will marvel at the Qin Emperor’s Terra Cotta army.

• A second Upper School study trip, designed to explore European War History and German Culture, will head to Germany in June. The study-trip integrates the themes of 20th-century European war history and German culture. The trip is designed for students who are interested in social studies experiences both in and outside of the classroom; further developing skills in the fine arts or world languages; and enjoying the excitement of foreign travel.

• Twenty Upper School students travelled to the Basque region of Spain and France this past summer on a trip planned and chaperoned by Upper School World

In September, the Lower School welcomed students from La Scuola Italiana di Montevideo in Uruguay in the 15th year of this cultural exchange program. The 24 students and three teachers enjoyed activities throughout our school and our city. Park Tudor has hosted more than 300 students from Uruguay. One of the goals of the Lower School exchange programs is to allow each student the opportunity to interact with a visiting student from Uruguay or Spain and to learn about the many things we have in common with our global neighbors. Lower School students in fourth and fifth grades have the opportunity to visit our exchange schools in Uruguay and Spain in alternate years.

Language teachers David Malcom, Sheila Young and Janice Vote. During their two-week adventure, the students gained insights into many of the historic, linguistic and cultural connections between the two countries. They were able to use their Spanish and French language skills every day, and also discovered the unique Basque culture and language.

The group followed the route of the running of the bulls in Pamplona and visited the spectacular Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. Students learned why the city of Guernica is the center of Basque culture and how it inspired Picasso’s famous painting. The entire group walked a portion of the Camino de Santiago, as thousands of pilgrims had done before them. They went to a market with a French chef and helped to prepare lunch in his restaurant.

They toured a chocolate factory and tasted a variety of chocolate in the city where that delicacy was first introduced in France.

They explored the coastal resort town of Saint Jean-de-Luz, where the French king Louis XIV married Maria Theresa of Spain.

The trip concluded with four days in Paris and a tour of the king’s private apartments at Versailles.

This summer, eight Park Tudor students applied to and were selected to participate in the Spoleto Study Abroad Program (pictured above in Spoleto): Joseph Bir ’13. Courtney Fehsenfeld ’12, Maddy Vonderohe ’12, Rae Fagin ’12, Kara Huster ’13, Vanessa Gehring ’13, McKenna Duiser ’13 and Ravi Shah ’13.

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News of the School Fall 2012 Park Tudor School continued from page 9 • Park Tudor is an active member of the select consortium of schools across the country that supports the Spoleto Study Abroad program. The program, centered in the historic town of Spoleto, Italy, features a three-week curriculum in the arts. Twiceweekly excursions to cultural centers such as Florence, Assisi, Tivoli, Siena, and other medieval hill towns in central Italy offer students the opportunity to experience significant artistic, cultural and historic treasures first-hand. Park Tudor faculty members Dr. Jan Guffin and Heather Teets both teach in the Spoleto program.

• The eight Park Tudor seniors who participated in this summer’s Indiana University Honors Program in Foreign Languages (IUHPFL) successfully completed their programs in France and Spain. Melanie Ash, Brianna Brooks, Abigail Buroker, Nicole Coghlan, Francesca Conterno, Ella Freihofer, Kelsey Johnson, and Lauren Lowry studied in a number of cities in both countries.

IUHPFL participants pledge to use only the foreign language during the program and to follow an Honor Code throughout the length of the program. They attend classes in the morning, have planned activities in the afternoon, and embark on several excursions to enhance their cultural awareness. They also live with a host family, learning to adapt to a new lifestyle and set of customs.

Two study in China through State Department program

By Neale Moore ’14

This past summer, classmate Alexandra

Lombardo and I had the opportunity to visit Chengdu, China for six weeks through a program called NSLI (National Security Language Initiative). The NSLI-Y program is funded by the U.S. Department of State and provides merit-based scholarships for high school students to learn less commonly taught languages in summer overseas immersion programs. Launched as part of a U.S. Government initiative in 2006, NSLI-Y seeks to increase Americans’

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Visitors to Paris never tire of the view of the Eiffel Tower, and Park Tudor students are no exception.

capacity to engage with native speakers of critical languages by providing formal and informal language learning and practice and by promoting mutual understanding through educational and cultural activities.

While in China we had the opportunity to stay with host families and were able to immerse ourselves in the language and local culture. I had initially applied for the program to improve my language skills and become more proficient in Mandarin.

Through my experience, I ended up not only gaining a higher proficiency in the language but also developing a deeper appreciation of the Chinese culture.

One aspect of culture I experienced firsthand was how welcoming and friendly the Chinese are to foreigners.

Because foreigners were such a rare sight in Chengdu, people would come up to me on the street and ask me questions about America and whether or not I liked China.

Others would ask to have their picture taken with me or in some cases would request my autograph. Everyone there truly made me feel like a celebrity.

I also saw the impact that Taoism, the Chinese belief that one’s self should be “in harmony with nature,” had on a variety

of aspects concerning Chinese culture.

We had the opportunity to study kung fu in the Qing Cheng Mountains. While

Neale Moore ’14 stands with his kung fu master during his trip to China.

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practicing kung fu, we were trained to have balance and rhythm like that of nature.

Taoist effects were also shown through the Chinese people’s love of nature through all the beautiful paintings and other forms of art created in China.

Alexandra and I both agree that the experience we had was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that improved our proficiency in Mandarin and deepened our appreciation of Chinese culture.

“Living with a host family had us speaking Chinese constantly and overcoming challenges like communicating with taxi drivers, enduring spicy Sichuan cuisine, understanding Asian cartoons, and surviving an 18-hour overnight train ride.

“We also had the unique opportunity of experiencing the 2012 Olympics from a different country’s point of view, which meant much broadcasting of ping pong and badminton.

Other special activities included paper-making, tai chi, tea-pouring ceremonies, tobogganing down the Great Wall, minority villages tours, and a stone forest visit.”

108 named AP Scholars

The College Board has honored 108 Park

Tudor students with AP Scholar Awards based on the results of last year’s Advanced Placement exams.

Twelve students - ten from the Class of 2012 and two current seniors - have earned the highest possible recognition as National Scholars. To qualify for this achievement, students must earn a score of 4 or higher on a five-point scale on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams. This year’s National Scholars are: Class of 2012 Jacob Baldwin, Nupur Bhatt, Rebecca Chen, Ted Cho, Lillian Crabb, Nihanth Damera, Christopher Eckersley, Adam Gaynor, Nina Roesner and Teja Vallapuri; Class of 2013 - Neha Anand and Catherine Mytelka.

Additionally, 51 Park Tudor students were named AP Scholar with Distinction, 25 were recognized as AP Scholars with Honor, and 32 earned AP Scholar recognition. The average exam score for Park Tudor AP Scholars was 4.19 of a possible 5.

— Alexandra Lombardo ’14

Junior wins award in international science contest

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my Cohn ’14 received a $3,000 prize for winning Honorable Mention in the New Frontiers in Astronomy & Cosmology International Grant Essay Competition.

She was presented with her award at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia on October 13.

The competition, administered by the University of Chicago, awarded more than $4 million in research grants to 20 scientists and more than $200,000 to 21 student essayists worldwide.

Amy was one of three high-school Honorable Mention award winners for her essay, titled “New Mythologies: Insights from Structural Anthropology to the Search for Life in the Universe.”

At the conference, professional scientists who were research prize winners presented their results and Professor Brian Greene of Columbia University gave a public lecture.

National Merit awards

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Musicians from the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra visited Park Tudor several times in October to perform for and work with our student musicians. The ISO’s principal flute player, Karen Moratz, worked with the fifth-grade flute class, sixth-grade band and Middle School Band, and symphony members performed for the Lower School.

seniors have been named semifinalists in the 2013 Annual National Merit Scholarship Program, while two are semifinalists in the 2013 National Achievement Scholarship Program.

Semifinalists are Hope Casey-Allen, Jack Chen, Jeffrey Chen, Sue Cho, Jacob Hoffman, Lisa Muloma, Catherine Mytelka, Roshni Patel, Kevin Rex and Emily Zanetis.

They will have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 8,300 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $32 million that will be offered next spring.

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News of the School Fall 2012 Park Tudor School continued from page 12 About 1.5 million juniors in more than 22,000 high schools entered the 2013 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2011 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.

In addition, 14 have been honored as Commended Students. They join about 34,000 nationwide who are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise, placing among the top five percent of students who entered the competition.

Commended Students are Neha Anand, Echo Angelicchio, Joseph Bir, Alexandra Cain, Will Clark, MeeJin Jungemann, Joe Kimbell, Joseph Landis, Lauren Lowry, David Morgan, Violet Sharpless, Prahasith Veluvolu, Ramya Yeleti and Victoria Xiao.

In addition, seniors Lauren Lowry and Lisa Muloma are among 1,600 Black American high school seniors who have been designated Semifinalists in the National Achievement Scholarship Program, while Cyrus Hart has been named an Outstanding Participant.

Meanwhile, seniors Francesca Conterno, Bailey Dominguez and Vanessa Gehring have been named National Hispanic Scholars in the National Hispanic Recognition Program.

Student honors • Park Tudor’s Brain Game team was victorious in its first match of the season.

PT defeated Hamilton Southeastern, 2715, in a match that aired November 3 on Channel 13/WTHR-TV. This year’s team members are Dan Fu ’14, John Havlik ’15, Alexandra Lombardo ’14, A.J. Stautz ’14 and Michaela Tinkey ’15. The team’s advisors are Upper School math teacher Tom Page and Upper School Social Studies teacher Jeff Johnson.

Meanwhile, the Upper School Quiz Bowl varsity and junior varsity teams defeated Arsenal Technical High School on October 4 in their first competition of the year. The varsity team won by a score of 48-34, with the JV team winning 50-19.

• Caroline Tucker ’13 and Sophie Spartz ’14 represented Park Tudor at the 59th annual National Junior Classical League Convention, in July. Hosted by Wake Forest University, 1,600 Latin and Greek students from 34 states gathered for a week

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of academic and creative competitions, workshops and spirit. At the convention, Tucker was elected president of the National Junior Classical League. She will lead the national executive board, plan the 2013 National Convention, and represent the organization throughout the country.

This year Caroline is taking independent study in Classical Greek taught by Head of School Dr. Matthew Miller, a classicist and former member of the Junior Classical League. This year Dr. Miller is also co-teaching a Classical Greek class with Latin and Classical Greek teacher Clifford Hull.

• Violet Sharpless ’13 was chosen as one of 20 recipients of the 2012 Excellence in Summer Service Education Award. The award is given by the funding partners of the Summer Youth Program Fund to recognize exemplary youth work and community service by young people who are employed in summer programs supported by the Fund. The award includes a certificate of recognition and $1,000 to be used for educational purposes.

• Priya Mirmira ’15 a student journalist for Y-Press Youth News Network, was selected to cover the Democratic National Convention as a reporter. As part of her story about issues important to Hispanic voters, she interviewed PT alum George Hornedo ’09, who was a DNC page at the convention.

• Senior Katy Math was a featured guest on the WISH-TV program Indy Style on September 12, discussing her first novel, “Never,” about a high-school senior who finds herself one of the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

• Kylie Clouse ’17 recently performed in two Young Actors Theatre productions. As part of the IndyFringe Festival in August, she was a cast member of “facebook me,” and also was cast in the two one-act plays “Juvie/Alky” in October. “Juvie” depicts the life of teens who are scared, lonely and locked up, awaiting judgement for their crimes, while “Alky” turns the spotlight on alcohol as it affects young adults.

Faculty honors

• Park Tudor Orchestra Director and Young Strings Program Coordinator Lorelei Farlow is now also an adjunct instructor of music education at Butler University. Her String Techniques course at Butler prepares future music educators to teach music in an orchestral setting. She provides the college students with a solid understanding of string instruments, and offers them a variety of pedagogical methods to help them engage with young children.

• Upper School English teacher Pam Fischer has been elected to the Indiana University School of Education’s Alumni Board. Members of the 25-person board assist the School in its alumni relations efforts as ambassadors for the school, including attending events, assisting with recruitment of students, and advising on alumni relations and development efforts.

• Latin and Classical Greek teacher Clifford Hull represented the AP Latin Development Exam committee and presented two workshops at the 59th annual conference of the American Classical League in Las Vegas in June. He covered the format of the new AP Latin Syllabus, the format of the new exam, and the upcoming AP course audit for AP Latin.

• Food Services Manager John Richey has received the Manager of the Year Award from Aladdin, Park Tudor’s food service provider. He is the only two-time recipient of this award. Aladdin executives noted that he received the award for his dedication to Park Tudor and for the high quality of service he provides.

• Paul Nordby, Park Tudor band director, was invited to present a lecture on “Bassoon Care & Maintenance” at the 41st Annual International Double Reed Society’s conference in July at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. The conference included concerts, recitals, master classes, workshops, and lectures presented by leading double reed artists and pedagogues from around the world.

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PT completes seventh Habitat house

Hundreds

of Park Tudor students, parents, alumni, faculty and staff have donated their time and talents this fall to help build our school’s seventh Habitat for Humanity house. The house, which will be dedicated on November 16, will become the home of Tamara Huskie and her three children. Huskie is a preschool teacher at Precious Gifts Visionaries Childcare Ministry.

Led by student co-chairs Brianna Brooks ’13 and James Cain ’14, the project reached its $70,000 goal to fund the home build, thanks to the generosity of more than 110 families and faculty members, 40 outside donors, and the Park Tudor Board of Directors, Alumni Association, the Park Tudor Parents Association and Booster Club.

Upper School students, alumni and parents volunteered to spend half-days working at the build site at 3017 N. Capitol Avenue in September and October. Lower and Middle school students who aren’t quite old enough to swing a hammer are involved in the Habitat effort through grade-level and classroom sponsorships and activities.

Huskie says she is looking forward to becoming the homeowner. “When I started this quest with Habitat for Humanity, I was a little unsure, but encouragement from family, friends and loved ones has helped me take the first steps. I hope to gain and retain all knowledge rendered from this program that reaches out to help those who are sincere about becoming homeowners.”

The Habitat home was built for Tamara Huskie and her three children.

More than 100 Upper School students worked togeher to construct the two-story house during the three-month Habitat for Humanity build.

The partnership between Habitat for Humanity of Greater Indianapolis and Park Tudor began in 1999, when PT students formed the student Habitat chapter in conjunction with the Global Scholars project of Brian Tolbert ’00. In 2002, Park Tudor became the sole sponsor of a home, and it continues to be the only school in the Greater Indianapolis area to sponsor a home on its own.

Serving the community • Fourth-graders have started the fourth year of partnership with the Indiana School for the Blind’s recreation program.

Our students participate in after-school activities with residential students at the school, such as arts and crafts, bowling, ice cream socials and bingo. Fourth-grade teachers and Lower School Counselor Tina Sahakian have integrated this project with the curriculum by using the book “The Cay,” in which a character becomes blind, so that students have a better understanding of the struggles that come with being blind or visually impaired.

• Fifth-graders help at the First Baptist Food Pantry on 86th Street once a month after school, bagging groceries, handing out papers, and providing treats for the children waiting in line. This community-service activity also helps students understand global citizenship as they interact with people from many international cultures.

• Eighth-graders spent the day on September 28 beautifying their community by picking up debris from along the White River near the Park Tudor campus. The clean-up effort was coordinated with Friends of the White River, a non-profit group dedicated to preserving and protecting the river. An eighth-grade homeroom came up with the idea for the clean-up.

• Upper School Computer Science teacher Ryan Ritz’s Dynamic Web Development class continues to design websites for Indianapolis-area non-profit organizations.

This summer, students completed sites for the Boone County Cancer Society and Hope Academy. Since 2008, they have built websites for seven organizations.

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News of the School Fall 2012 Park Tudor School continued from page 13 • Members of the boys soccer team volunteered at Gleaners Food Bank in August, working in the Dry Production department, where they inspected, separated, repackaged, weighed and labeled 10,333 pounds of food and non-perishable items to be distributed to more than 400 agencies throughout Central Indiana.

• Park Tudor was host to the Youth Philanthropy Initiative Indiana conference on July 25. More than 100 students and members of community foundations that focus on youth issues attended the event.

Park Tudor Student Council Philanthropy Committee representatives Lucy Chadderton ’14, Emily Mitlak ’14 and Michaela Tinkey ’15 participated, along with Upper School Counselor and Student Council sponsor Joan Grinkmeyer.

Eighth-graders Erin Krull and Michelle Zhu participate in the class clean-up of debris in White River.

The Power of High Expectations

By Peter A. Kraft, Associate Head of School for Academic Affairs

Before the start of the 2012-13 school year,

our teachers spent a week in productive, collaborative meetings centered on the topic of strategic thinking and continuing the conversation about “Great Teaching” at Park Tudor. Psychologist Carol Dweck’s research on “mindsets” has helped to shape our ongoing dialogue about teaching and learning at Park Tudor. For me, one of Dweck’s most important points is the impact of cognitive perception—that is,

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how one sees oneself—and others—in relation to learning.

Recently, a report on National Public Radio (NPR) detailed the profound effects that teachers’ expectations for their students have on student performance. Drawing on a landmark 1964 study, researchers at the University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education examined the effects of teachers’ expectations and, more importantly, how one can go about changing those same teachers’ expectations for low-performing students.

The first-level conclusion was hardly surprising: students of those teachers who have high aspirations for their pupils generally outperform those whose teachers have lower expectations for their charges.

Interestingly, though, the study argued that an important reason for this outperformance stemmed from the daily “touch points” between students and teachers. Careful observations showed that, when teachers expect great things from their students, teachers’ “moment-tomoment interactions” with young people expanded dramatically in both number and quality. As the report notes, teachers who have high expectations give the students “more time to answer questions, more specific feedback, and more approval: They consistently touch, nod and smile at those kids more.”

In short, when teachers have high expectations for students, they connect with young people more fully, too.

For me, this speaks the power—and value—of a Park Tudor education. Both teachers and students hold high expectations for students’ academic performance. At the same time, smaller classes provide far more opportunities for students and teachers to strengthen the bonds that are essential to exceptional learning.

High expectations, however, should be manifested in a variety of ways. Just as teachers must believe that their students will achieve, so, too, must we provide students the opportunity to work at a high level and to utilize the critical-thinking skills necessary for growth. In other words, it is not enough for us simply to believe our students can achieve. We must design learning opportunities that require students to stretch themselves in ways that are both challenging and exhilarating.

Over the next several years, then, as part of our multi-year focus on “Great Teaching in an Age of Change,” we will consider a number of fundamental questions about teaching, learning and assessment. These questions include: • How do we continue to create “signature programs” that define a Park Tudor education and provide our students the opportunity to follow their individual passions?

• How do we create assessments that both measure student achievement and contribute to their mastery of desired learning outcomes?

• How, during this process, can we deepen feedback to students (and parents) and thus further improve student achievement?

• How, ultimately, will we measure “success” at the departmental, divisional, and school-wide levels?

Answering these complex questions will be neither easy nor quick.

But in wrestling with them we will ensure that Park Tudor remains one of the premier independent schools in the United States. And, in doing so, we will provide for our students a truly world-class education that sets them apart from their peers and which positions them for success in an increasingly complex world.

We welcome this challenge. For just as we must have high expectations for our students, so, too, must we have high expectations for our school.

Upper School French teacher Christian Jacobs works with students on an outdoor assignment.

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Fall athletic update: Girls soccer captures regional championship

By Brad Lennon, Athletic Director GIRLS SOCCER The girls soccer team enjoyed a most successful fall season, winning the school’s first-ever sectional and regional championships in their sport. Under the direction of first-year head coach Rana Hoffbauer, the girls came on strong at tournament time, blasting their way through the sectional and then on to a 2-1 triumph over Tri-West in the regional title game.

The girls earned a trip to Evansville, where they faced crosstown rival Bishop Chatard in the opening game of the semi-state, ending their historic season after a 3-0 loss.

During the regular season the girls fell just short of a conference championship, losing a tightly contested final to Cardinal Ritter, 3-2. Coach Hoffbauer led the girls to a 137-1 overall record.

BOYS TENNIS The boys tennis team made a return trip to the state finals again this fall. The netters entered the state quarterfinals with a sparkling 17-2 record and a No. 2 state ranking. The Panthers disposed of Jasper, 4-1, in the quarterfinals, but fell short in a closely contested semifinal match to North Central. Earlier in the fall the boys captured their seventh consecutive Indiana Crossroads Conference title, but dropped a 4-1 county title match to North Central.

However, the PT Panthers topped the NC Panthers in a dual match on Senior Night, winning all three singles matches.

Sophomore Dan Rayl advanced to the singles state finals, where he finished in the No. 2 spot behind the undefeated, threetime state champion Ronnie Schneider of Bloomington South.

Congratulations to Coach Dave Heffern for being named the Booster Club Coach of the Year. Coach Heffern has led the boys and girls tennis teams to six state championships each, along with many conference, county, sectional, regional and semi-state victories. He also coaches girls basketball.

BOYS SOCCER For the second year in a row, Coach Bob Stigler’s soccer boys captured the ICC

Top: The girls soccer team members with their regional trophy. Bottom: The boys tennis team celebrates its third-place state finish.

conference crown with an unblemished 5-0 record, shutting out each opponent. The boys concluded the year with a respectable 9-5-2 record, ending their season for the second straight year by falling short to No.1 ranked Guerin Catholic in the sectional championship game. The boys advanced to

the championship game after knocking off Bishop Chatard, 2-0, in the semifinals.

CROSS COUNTRY Both the boys and girls teams experienced the largest turnout of participants in many years. Twenty-seven

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Both teams finished in eighth place in the always difficult 16-team Marion County meet. At the conference showdown, the girls captured second place and the boys placed third out of eight teams. Katelynn Kyker ’14 and Jessica Palmer ’15 earned All-Conference recognition for their topten finishes. Jessica was runner-up in the girls race. On the boys side, junior Ryan Betz’s ninth-place finish earned him AllConference recognition as well.

FOOTBALL The men of the gridiron battled through one of the toughest schedules in all of 2A football. The Panthers concluded the regular season with a 1-9 record.

Their lone victory came at the hands of conference foe Lapel, 33-6. Scoring points was not an issue for the Panthers, given they had a four-game stretch in which they scored an average of 33 points per game.

The injury bug and depth plagued the squad most of the season. The Indiana Crossroads Conference has seen at least half of its membership ranked in the top ten in the state polls all season, led by top-ranked perennial power Cardinal Ritter. Coach Orlando Lowry’s squad drew a home game against Cascade in the opener of state sectional play, and a 24-7 win brought them to face Broad Ripple in the second round.

the short season. Several girls medaled at dual matches, shooting in the low 40s.

An overall score of 388 landed the girls a fifth-place recognition at sectionals in September.

CREW In their first regatta of the season, the Park Tudor Crew rowed at the Head of the Cuyahoga in Cleveland. The Indianapolis Varsity Women’s 8+, with Panthers Katie Scott ’13 and Taylor Byxbee ’14 on board, finished first in the 21-boat field. The team repeated its performance for the second regatta, with the winning boat “coxed”

by Byxbee, with Lucy Chadderton ’14 pulling an oar. The Indy Varsity Women’s Pair, stroked by Katie Scott, won silver and the Junior Novice 4+ with Roddy Bowlby ’15 aboard took bronze. A dozen Panthers rowed in the Charlie Doyle Memorial Regatta at Dayton on October 6, and then joined 58 teams from 12 states in the 6,000-meter “Head of the Rock,” in Rockford, Illinois. Battling fierce weather, the Indy Junior Novice 4+, with Alex ’16 and Roddy Bowlby aboard, brought home the fourth-place medals.

Athletes in the news • Madison Foster ’12 was selected to participate in the 38th Annual Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association AllStar Series. Fifty players were selected by the IHSBCA membership and played a three-game series in Jasper in July.

• Chris Eckersley ’12 and Kevin Rex ’13 were selected as members of the Indianapolis Star’s Super Team for Baseball this summer.

• Wrestling team captains Luke Brougher ’14 and Ty Hardin ’14 represented Park Tudor at the ninth annual IHSAA Student Leadership Conference this summer.

• Sophomore Alec Stanley crewed a fouroared racing shell in the Leland, Michigan Yacht Club Retro Regatta this summer, with his team taking home the Best in Show Award.

• Aleks Polit ’14 was the winner of the prestigious 2012 Applejack high-jump award at Canterbury Manor Stables in Zionsville in August.

VOLLEYBALL Youth, inexperience and injuries seemed to haunt the volleyball girls this fall.

It wasn’t until about the eighth game of the season that the team was at full strength, and then a rash of injuries appeared again.

Coach Tim Hardt’s young squad worked extremely hard and gave great effort, in spite of a 7-15 regular season. As sectional time approached, there was a new lease on the season, as the girls drew Broad Ripple in the opening round of the tourney. The girls topped the Rockets, 3-0, but ended the season in the next game against perennial sectional champion Heritage Christian.

GIRLS GOLF The “Lady Pears,” as they call themselves, combined experience and youth this season, with each golfer showing marked improvement throughout

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The Men’s Varsity 4+, with Panthers Alec Stanley at stroke and Sam Stewart in the No. 2 seat, passes under the final bridge before the finish line in Cleveland.

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Clockwise from top left: Rachel DeVito ’13 and Kevin Rex ’13 show team spirit during the senior retreat. Eighth-grade students invade the Good Earth Natural Foods store during their trip to Broad Ripple that put their math and science skills to the test. The first day of senior kindergarten is a big day for Mary Vitalis.

Balloons float with the help of students during the first Middle School advisory of the year. Senior Lisa Muloma paints a classmate’s face for Spirit Night. To see more photos of the school year at Park Tudor, visit http://photos.parktudor.org.

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A student trip to Washington helps preserve Civil War history Civil War letters, diaries, reminiscences and photographs are the

heart of the Park Tudor Legacy Initiative’s next wartime anthology, “Words of War: Wartime Memories from North and South of the Mason Dixon Line.”

To collect research materials for the book, scheduled for publication in 2013, Legacy Initiative Director Kathryn Lerch led four students on a research trip to the National Archives in Washington, DC in June. Recent graduates Rebecca Chen ’12 and Alexis Fink ’12 were joined by Caroline Tucker ’13 and Becca Ito ’13 on the five-day visit.

This is the fourth Washington research trip Lerch has coordinated for students. While previous trips to the Archives focused primarily on digitally scanning WWII photos and obtaining copies of military records, this trip had a number of objectives, including researching Civil War pension files at the main Archives and a visit to the Library of Congress’ Madison Building, where staff members provided students with an orientation to Civil War photos and prints.

The girls quickly learned to order and scan dozens of pension files, took photos of ships’ logs, and downloaded digital files from other archival sources.

Lerch says, “It wasn’t our intention to spend all our time buried in archival materials, however; field experience was also essential.”

As a result, the group spent an entire day touring the Gettysburg battlefield, from Little Round Top to Cemetery Hill, and also visited Antietam. The visits were especially timely because of the continuing celebration of the Civil War’s Sesquicentennial.

Late one afternoon the group gathered at the top of Gettysburg’s Cemetery Hill and read portions of an account written by a GermanAmerican officer, Johann August Horstmann. He described the terrible ordeal of his regiment as they were pursued through town by the Confederates. Those who evaded capture reached the ridge of this hill and made a last desperate stand.

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A staff member at the Library of Congress shows students items in the collection. Left to right: Alexis Fink, Caroline Tucker, Becca Ito, Park Tudor Technology Support Specialist Shirley Gaughan and Rebecca Chen.

Gaughan, who has assisted the Legacy Initiative project with digitizing its collection, provided invaluable support with scanning and archiving materials gathered during the trip.

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The students also had time to do some independent research.

Alexis Fink learned more about an ancestor who had served in the Mexican-American War, and Becca Ito pursued photographs of Japanese-American relocation camps during WWII in search of more information about her grandmother’s experiences.

Rebecca Chen worked with one of the archivists to order boxes of Civil War-era ship logs, which provided essential information about engagements between Union and Confederate ships and shed light on some of the naval accounts in the “Words of War” manuscript.

“The feeling of holding 150-year-old Civil War documents and original photographs from World War I was beyond amazing,” says Becca Ito. “To connect faces, pension files and personal letters to the greater picture of the past that we learn through PT history courses—everything I learned was so fascinating and it left me sorry at the end of the week that we couldn’t stay longer.”

Caroline Tucker summed up her experience: “Studying the files and visiting the battlefields of Gettysburg and Antietam brought our Civil War research to life. It was so exciting to play a part in the furthering of Park Tudor’s Legacy Initiative.”

Two excerpts from the forthcoming anthology provide a hint of the rich material that motivated the students. The first relates to Hiram Parker of Pennsylvania, who wrote to his mother on January 17, 1863: My Dear Mother We are again off this place having just come from ship island.

During the past few days we have had a regular “Northern” changing our fine weather to regular winter. This sudden change always gives us a cold, so to night I have the sniffles and my head feels awful thick. The wind blows awful sharp and the white capes were flashing past makes one shudder and feel like going below where it is more comfortable and cheerful.

The ocean is rather dreary during the winter and I would much rather prefer being on dry ground. Sometimes I think I will never go to sea again if I get home. . . .

An Ohio volunteer, First Lieutenant John Hanna, was born in Belfast, Ireland around 1834. In this letter from the Legacy Initiative archives, he wrote to his mother from Spring Hill, Virginia on July 9, 1864. His regiment was a part of Grant’s pursuit of Lee’s Confederate forces. The poor spelling and lack of punctuation in this excerpt is typical of many soldiers’ letters during this era: I am beginning to think that you must all be sick or So agreeably occupied that you cannot find time to write me it is So long since I have heard from you I suppose you had a good time on the Fourth we expected to have a celebration here but were disappointed we expected that Grant would have atacked Petersburgh and it was reported the he had everything in readiness but it seems he thought otherwise at any rate it was quietest Day we have had Since we came here not a Gun was heard from the direction and the Fourth was celebrated in good old Stay at Home Style by the Guns in our Fort Firing a Salute of I believe 34 Guns we were disappointed as we expected to have something Glorious to talk about when we came home especially as we could have enjoyed the privelage of looking on & seeing the Shells burst over the City without participating in the danger well I suppose Grant knows what he is about at least we hope so . . . .

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Among the interesting items in The Legacy Initiative archives is this framed tintype of Civil War soldier/sailor Theodore Clones of Boston, Massachusetts. The trip to the National Archives provided a wealth of information about him from military and census records. The students learned that Clones suffered on a long march south, was captured by the Confederates and soon released. He returned to his hometown, and joined the navy instead.

Park Tudor’s fourth volume in its student-edited anthology, “Words of War: Wartime Memories from WWII,” was featured by the Veterans History Project at this year’s Library of Congress National Book Festival on the National Mall in Washington, DC in September.

The theme of the festival was “Books that Have Shaped America.” Our “Words of War” book was in impressive company—the list of important books that have shaped America on the National Book Festival website include “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” “The Great Gatsby” and “The Grapes of Wrath.”

Park Tudor’s Legacy Initiative has been associated with the Veterans History Project for more than 10 years. During this time more than 200 students have completed more than 650 veteran interviews representing veterans and civilians who have been involved in America’s wars, including WWII, Korea, Vietnam and beyond.

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When Park Tudor was an apple orchard

By Bill Beck Reprinted from “Park Tudor School: The First 100 Years”

Shortly after he and his brother deeded the Lilly Orchard to

Park School in 1965, Eli Lilly—Mr. Eli, as he was known to two generations of Park Tudor alumni, faculty, staff, parents and students—wrote a history of the 55-acre apple orchard on the north side of Indianapolis that had been in the family for 70 years.

For Eli and Josiah K. Lilly Jr., the 55 acres north of 71st Street and College Avenue were a magical refuge on the outskirts of the growing city of Indianapolis. The Lilly brothers grew up on the rolling hillsides of what was variously called the Lilly Farm or the Lilly Orchard.

Much of the property had been farmed by the same family from the 1820s to the 1860s. The original acreage was broken up in the years between the Civil War and the 1890s, and what became the Lilly Orchard was operated as a chicken farm in 1896. J.K. Lilly Sr. bought 40 acres of pasture and woodlands on June 9, 1895, and five years later, he purchased an additional 15 acres to the south.

Mr. Eli was 10 years old when his father bought the property.

He recalled that the land was in deplorable shape in 1896, mostly because of hillside erosion caused by improper tillage. Much of the terrain was overgrown with stunted beech trees, although there was a large number of hard maple sugar trees.

“A sugar camp was almost immediately established with its row of three kettles, diminishing in size,” Mr. Eli recalled 70 years later, “and as the boiling sap thickened, it was dipped from one kettle to the next smaller one to be finished in the third.”

J.K. Lilly Sr. had purchased the farm to convert it to a fruit orchard. In the spring of 1897, he began planting small fruit trees ordered from the locally owned Bridgeport Nurseries. The land originally was planted with apple and pear trees, but the pear trees never bore succulent fruit. J.K. Lilly tore out the pear trees after the turn of the century and replanted with apple trees.

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Buying cider at Lilly Orchard’s Apple Barn was a fall tradition for many Indianapolis families. The apple barn served as Park Tudor’s theatre stage and classroom until 1976, when it was razed in preparation for the construction of Ayres Auditorium. It stood on a site between Clowes Commons and the current auditorium.

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Early in the 20th century, Eli Lilly and Company was having difficulty securing a supply of burdock root, which was then used as a blood purifier, J.K. Lilly planted seven acres of burdock root and supplied the harvest to the company through about 1910.

The Lilly family lived at 1325 N. Pennsylvania Street in the early 1900s, and it was a 90-minute carriage ride to the farm.

There was an interurban electric street railway stop on 7lst Street at College Avenue, and every morning, the farm caretaker would put a case of fresh milk and eggs on the southbound cars. The Lilly family coachman would meet the cars at 16th and Illinois streets and take delivery of the case. In the early days, the farm also produced bounteous crops of fresh raspberries and currants.

Mr. Eli recalled spending many a youthful Saturday on the hills and briar patches of the Lilly Farm with friends, playacting King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table or frontiersman Daniel Boone doing battle with the fierce Shawnee.

In the 1920s, J.K. Lilly moved north to the 5800 block of Sunset Lane. An accomplished musician, he had always wanted a pipe organ, but the new house was too small to accompany such an addition. So in 1927, the senior Lilly hired an architect to build a stone cottage at the Lilly Farm to house an aeolian player pipe organ. Named “Melodeon Hall,” the cottage over the years became the site of Lilly family gatherings.

Today, you can still buy cider and apples at Lilly Orchard. Former Park Tudor parent Janet Sweeney, mother of Austin ’05 and Elliott ’09 Sweeney, leases the building from Park Tudor from which she operates today’s “Lilly Orchard.” Third-graders made a visit to the Lilly Orchard this fall.

At the time the aeolian was installed, J.K. Lilly landscaped the property, building ponds at either end of the cottage. Crews also installed a driveway from the southeast corner of the orchard to the parking lot adjacent to the cottage.

J.K. Lilly was also a passionate collector of materials related to the life of 19th-century American musician Stephen Foster, and he stored many of the manuscripts and musical scores he had purchased in Melodeon Hall. In 1930, he renamed the cottage “Foster Hall.”

J.K. Lilly deeded the Lilly Farm to his sons, Mr. Eli and J.K. Jr., in 1933. They ran it as a working apple orchard for the next 32 years. Generations of Park School and Tudor Hall students can still remember driving out to the Lilly Orchard on October afternoons to buy the apple cider for which the orchard became locally famous.

J.K. Lilly died in 1948, and his sons kept the farm in the family for another 17 years. When they deeded the property to Park School in 1965, the Lilly Orchard essentially had been a working farm for more than 140 years.

References:

Eli Lilly, “Notes on the J.K. Lilly Apple Farm, Washington Township, Marion County, Indiana, February 22, 1966.”

Invoice, Bridgeport Nurseries, April 1910.

Eli Lilly, “Orchard is center for Stephen Foster collection in 1930s; given to school in 1965,” Park Tudor Phoenix, October 1980.

In its early years, Lilly Orchard was a quiet haven far away from the hubbub of downtown Indianapolis.

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Greetings from your Alumni Board president

By Cathy Yingling ’87

The

Park Tudor Alumni Board of Directors is excited to bring you a full year of fun and enriching activities. This year’s schedule of alumni events will include social gatherings as well as opportunities for professional networking and community service. We’ve already kicked off the year with Alumni Day at the Park Tudor Habitat for Humanity house on September 29—a special thanks to all of the alumni who came out to help build. That was followed by an Indianapolis area professional networking event on November 7, with Matt Kleymeyer ’00 of Bernard Health as the featured speaker.

As a result of feedback from alumni, and after much planning, in August we launched our new and improved alumni community, Panther Connect, to positive reviews. The site offers social and professional networking as well as career development opportunities. A key feature of the site is our mentor/mentee program, which will connect alums with similar career aspirations and interests.

In September, we conducted a drive to recruit mentors and mentees, offering an opportunity to win an iPad to everyone who signed up for the program. We had 70 alumni register, and Graham Honeycutt ’02 was the lucky iPad winner. Please visit the site at http://alumni.parktudor. org, particularly if you are interested in connecting professionally with fellow PT alums.

Of course, we welcome your ideas and feedback on all of the events and activities sponsored by the Park Tudor Alumni Association. Please feel free to contact Gretchen Hueni in the Alumni Relations Office at 317/415-2766, or toll-free at 1-888-782-5861, or via email at ghueni@ parktudor.org.

I look forward to seeing you during Alumni Weekend, April 26-27, 2013!

Alumni, meet Head of School Dr. Matthew Miller at these alumni receptions being scheduled across the country. Check your mail for an invitation. Event details also will be posted to the school’s Facebook Page, website and Panther Connect.

Alumni Board President Cathy Yingling ’87

Upcoming alumni events Thursday, November 8 Alumni Reception – Louisville, KY Monday, January 14 Alumni Reception - Washington, D.C. Thursday, January 31 Alumni Reception – Chicago, IL Thursday, February 28 Alumni Reception – Philadelphia, PA

Alumni Weekend 2013 Friday, April 26 Distinguished Alumni Dinner Honoring Kay Ryan Booth ’68 Woodstock Club, 6 p.m.

Saturday, April 27 Fifty-Year Club Lunch (for Classes of 1963 and earlier) Woodstock Club, 11 a.m.

Classes of 1938, 1943, 1948, 1953, 1958 and 1963 will have their class photo taken immediately following the luncheon.

PT University (for all alumni and Park Tudor families) Various campus locations during the afternoon. Take part in several educational offerings including an iPad/technology training workshop, a discussion on trends in education, and a piano recital by Marianne Williams Tobias ’58 in memory of Joe Wright ’88 (see article on page 40).

Alumni 2013 Celebration (for all alumni) Clowes Commons, 4:30-7 p.m.

Classes of 1968, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2003 and 2008 will have their class photos taken during the reception. Exact times will be published in registration information to be included in the Spring 2013 issue of the Phoenix.

Alumni Weekend April 26-27

Alumni Weekend event details will be available in the spring issue of the Phoenix, the Alumni Weekend brochure and the Park Tudor website. Please contact your class representative or Gretchen Hueni at ghueni@parktudor.org or 317/415-2766 with any questions.

Alumni: We need your e-mail address to keep you up-to-date regarding alumni events and activities! Please send your contact information to ghueni@parktudor.org.

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Alumni Regional Clubs

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e are excited to be expanding our Park Tudor Regional Alumni Clubs to include the cities of Boston, New York City and Denver, in addition to our current Washington, DC club. The purpose of the clubs is to offer alumni networking, professional networking, socializing and volunteer opportunities, as well as to provide mentoring and support to recent Park Tudor graduates who are new to a city.

Thank you to the following alumni who have volunteered to serve as our regional alumni club representatives: Washington, DC: Adrienne Watson ’06 Boston: Ryan Gershman ’04 New York City: Tony Holds ’93 and Laura Chubb ’96 Denver: Matt Newill ’05

Members of the Park Tudor Alumni Board of Directors: Left to right: Joe Hawkins ’96, Jessica Benson Cox ’99, Beth Tolbert Johnson ’03, Vanessa Stiles ’88, Lindsay Elder Thornton ’95, Cathy Yingling ’87, Stephanie Goodrid Lawson ’00, Eric Gershman ’9 8 and Nikhil Gunale ‘9 6. Not pictured: Carlie Irsay Gordon ’99, Emily Ristine Holloway ’94, Anne Rogers Mitchell ’85, Kelly Lamm Teller ’87 and Adrienne Watson ’06.

We hope to start regional alumni clubs in additional cities. If you might be interested in serving as a regional coordinator in your area, please contact Gretchen Hueni at ghueni@parktudor.org.

New members of the Park Tudor Alumni Board

The

Park Tudor Alumni Association Board of Directors welcomes two new members: Carlie Irsay Gordon ’99 recently returned to Indianapolis with her family and is quickly becoming involved in the community. In addition to serving on the alumni board, Carlie serves on the boards of the Eiteljorg Museum and the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. A graduate of Skidmore College, she is currently working on an advanced degree in clinical psychology at Argosy University.

In addition, she is an owner and vice chairman of the Indianapolis Colts. She and her husband, Zach, have two children: Charlotte (2) and Dylan Margaret (1). In her free time, she enjoys running, biking and music.

Joe Hawkins ’96 is a corporate attorney with Duke Realty. He received his undergraduate degree from Washington

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Senior Class Representatives Bailey Dominguez and Joe Kimbell

and Lee University and his law degree from Indiana University. He serves as a board member for the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra and is a member of the Penrod Society. Joe and his wife, Ellen, have two children: Pierce (2) and Elise (3 months).

In his free time, he enjoys cycling, platform tennis and “whatever my son thinks is fun….”

Each year, two students are selected from the senior class to serve as senior class representatives. They spend their senior year as ad-hoc members of the

Alumni Board of Directors, and make presentations at each board meeting. After graduation, they will serve as their class representatives. Our 2013 representatives are Bailey Dominguez and Joe Kimbell.

Bailey is a “lifer” at Park Tudor School; she began here as a student in pre-kindergarten 15 years ago. Bailey is involved in a wide variety of activities outside the classroom. She has played basketball and volleyball as well as performed in the fall plays and spring musicals. She serves as secretary of her

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senior class, is on the yearbook committee and tutors students in the Lower School.

In the summer, she is a camp counselor at Gnaw Bone Camp and assists with Park Tudor’s summer camp program. As a class representative, Bailey wants to “ensure that the class of 2013 maintains a powerful and lasting connection to our alma mater and that we continue to give back to our school as we pursue our respective futures.”

Joe Kimbell came to Park Tudor his freshman year, following in the footsteps of his father, Jeff ’82. Joe has shown much talent and leadership on the stage as he’s had roles in several school productions, is a member of the Madrigals choral group and is secretary of the International Thespian Society Troupe. During the summer, he has performed in the Civic Theatre Young Adult program and Summer Stock Stage at Park Tudor. This Global Scholars student is a member of Model UN, on the debate team and serves as president of the Contemporary Legal Issues in Politics Club. Joe says he is excited to serve as a class representative so he can help ensure that the close bond felt by members of the senior class will continue after graduation.

Alumni share teacher memories

Park Tudor recently asked alumni to share

their favorite memories of retired Lower School French teacher Michele Borgerhoff and Upper School English teacher Jim Foxlow on the school’s Facebook page.

Here’s what they had to say:

Madame Borgerhoff: Julia McCord Chavez ’88: So many memories to choose from. Favorites include Halloween stories (in French of course) and learning to set the table a la Français.

Todd Crawford: The sand she collected and the racing flags she taught us to say in French. Plus, she was always the sweetest....IF you were being good.

Michele Borgerhoff

Jim Foxlow

Rob Everetts ’94: So many years of memories with Madame. She used to tell us she was like 120 years old, but when she translated a document for my parents one time, she told me her real age. I felt so cool having the inside scoop! I was just talking about her this past weekend with some other alums. She had a major impact on all of us.

Jason Dobbins ’97: She used to tell us to put our hands above our heads and to sit still in order to cool ourselves down after running back from recess.

Jon Maschmeyer ’96: I remember the “Le Hibou” song; I also remember her saying she was 120 years old and I believed it!

Fantastic teacher—nothing but the best memories.

Courtney Dewart ’05: I recently discovered my French binder from lower school, filled with pages and pages of drawings all labeled in French—I remember she loved teaching us about the rainforest, and ensured that all of our drawings included the correct flora and fauna... She was truly an art teacher as well!

John Dowden ’97: I remember her telling us she was 120 years old and constantly reminding us at lunch to be on our best behavior!!! I was telling my kids the other day that we had to recite our lunch prayer in French.

Anita Mathur ’03: One of my all-time favorite teachers! In France now and so grateful for the opportunity to learn from her... Memories: 120 years old, shells, sand, king cake, prayer, songs (Alouette), and many more!

Jenny Tuttle ’95: Does anyone remember her saying that the reason she was living so long (120 years and counting) was because she had big ears?...to this day I still tell people if they have big ears, they have a long life ahead of them (ha ha ha). She was the best!

Mr. Foxlow: John McKay ’74: Mr. Foxlow was instrumental in my transition coming from Mississippi to Park Tudor!

Cathy Doughty ’83: Mr. Foxlow? Who could forget him? Still one of my favorites —both at the time, and in retrospect. Who remembers keyhole format? Now that is a question!

Sara Spees Addicott ’86: Upon hearing of my admission to Smith College, he congratulated me and said, “I never met a Smithie I didn’t like.” That, and teaching me to read critically and to appreciate the beauty of Shakespeare.

Bill Spencer ’85: Still the only person in history who chuckled when he read Thomas Hardy to his class. And what a great chuckle.

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Alumni News Fall 2012 Park Tudor School continued from page 39 Holly Janzen ’82: I always liked the brown ink from his fountain pen doing the comments on my papers.

Valerie Ashanin ’85: Mr. Foxlow might not, at first glance, have seemed the type to understand how hard adolescence is, and to act with great empathy towards students, but he did. Oh, he really did.

Cathy Hamaker ’88: One of my favorite teachers. He taught me that writing isn’t just a communication tool, but a craft and an art.

Mary Lea McTurnan ’83: I love that he still holds readings before reunions.

Sara Rubin ’86: Mr. Foxlow taught me how to write. He inspired me to become an English Literature major in college. Mr. Foxlow’s teaching allowed me to believe in myself and in turn I achieved great success.

I am forever in Mr. Foxlow’s debt.

Debbie Casey ’86: Two things stand out: 1) “If you can spell ‘finite,’ then you can spell ‘definite’ and ‘infinite’” and 2) great stories. I still remember one he told about building a bench (for his wife, I think) and he accidentally put the back slats on backwards and it was impossible to sit on it without feeling like you were being pushed off. He obviously told it well if I remember it more than 25 years later!

Endowment Society Donor Profile….in their own words

heirs, please contact Gretchen Hueni at ghueni@parktudor.org or 317/415-2766.

You may choose to keep your membership in the Endowment Society anonymous.

Most teens won’t make plans beyond

Class of 1988 raises funds to purchase Joe Wright piano

next weekend, let alone look ahead many years into the future. That was not the case however, for Susie Batt ‘92. Her father (who worked in estate planning) saw to it that between her studies and extracurricular activities, she went through the process of writing a will.

Susie says some of her best memories of Park Tudor are of the teachers and staff.

“Starting with my first day in Miss Roe’s first-grade class, Park Tudor gave me a wonderful foundation for the rest of my school years. I hope in some small way, my gift can help make sure other little girls and boys have the opportunity to develop the same love of learning,” says Susie.

As young people put together wills, no doubt their priorities may change over the years. However, Susie says her affection for and appreciation of Park Tudor will always remain, along with her desire to see the school continue to flourish years from now.

Park Tudor School would like to welcome Barbara Kroger ’57 into the Endowment Society, a recognition club for members of the Park Tudor community who have made provisions in their estate plans to benefit Park Tudor. If you have made such a provision or would like to learn how you can support the school without affecting your current financial situation or your plans for supporting your

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Dan Free ’74: Mr. Foxlow is one of the best educators I ever had, which is no small feat given I had attended three high schools, college and law school.

Henry Nuckols ’84: Mr. Foxlow gave me a strong appreciation for and a firm grasp on the English language by challenging me to think before I speak. I still give him credit to this day. Thank you kind sir!

Join us on Facebook at facebook.com/ parktudor to share and relive memories of your favorite teachers.

Thanks to a generous gift from members

of the Class of 1988, Park Tudor has a new Yamaha grand piano that will bring music—and memories—to the school.

When his classmates learned that the piano belonging to their friend Joe Wright was being sold, they helped organize a fundraising effort to purchase the instrument for Park Tudor. Led by Vanessa Stiles, Claire Wishard Hoppenworth and John Pasch, alumni were able to purchase the piano with additional funds from the Fine Arts department and the Park Tudor Foundation.

Family friend and classmate Vanessa Stiles heard via email from Joe’s mother, Jan, a retired Upper School English teacher, that she was hoping to sell the piano. When Stiles forwarded the email to friends, John Pasch suggested the piano should be donated to the school, and the fundraising campaign began.

“Whether he was singing or writing, Joe was synonymous with music,” said Stiles. “Despite all the years that may have separated us from each other as classmates, the memory of Joe at his piano is visceral and vibrant. Ensuring Joe’s piano found a home to inspire Park Tudor’s future

Joe Wright ’88

vocalists, songwriters and performers was the most natural way to honor his talent and memory.”

Wright, who died in 2009 in Los Angeles, was an actor beginning at the age of 10, performing locally and making it all the way to Broadway, performing on Broadway in “Oliver” and featured in films, including the Stephen King movie “Silver Bullet” and “Poison Ivy” with Michael J. Fox, and doing voice-over work for The Discovery Channel. A graduate of Pomona College and the Michael Maurer School of Law at Indiana University, Wright also practiced entertainment law.

At Park Tudor, Wright was active in theatre productions, the orchestra,

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yearbook, tennis, soccer and baseball, and distinguished himself as the first overall winner of the Indianapolis Prelude Award competition.

An avid musician, he composed many songs on his piano. Joe’s passion for singing, piano performance and composition makes the gift especially fitting, according to John Williams, director of Fine Arts and Middle and Upper School vocal music teacher.

“Joe’s was a remarkable talent,” Williams said. “He had a beautiful singing voice and was a strong, talented and creative actor. He also played the piano with skill and a natural sense for expression.”

His piano will be placed in the Choir Room. The gift means that Park Tudor’s Steinway grand piano, which has been moved back and forth between the Choir Room and auditorium stage for many years and at great expense, will have a permanent place in the auditorium.

A dedication is planned for April 27 during Alumni Weekend, when pianist Marianne Williams Tobias ’58 will perform pieces on the piano.

A photo of math teacher Emily Moore Sturman ’66 (fifth from left, top row) was added to the Faculty Wall of Service in the Wood Room upon her retirement at the end of the 2011-12 school year. The Faculty Wall of Service honors employees whose careers at Park School, Tudor Hall and/or Park Tudor spanned more than 30 years.

Park Tudor students, past and present, perform at Summer Olympics

Dr.

Claus Olesen ’93 and teammate Michael Hestbæk placed 11th in the Men’s Star keelboat event at the 2012 Olympics in London this summer, competing for Denmark.

Olesen, who placed ninth in the Athens games, competed while on leave of absence from his post-doctoral position in the Department of Biomedicine at Aarhus University, Denmark.

Also, Lower School student Morgan Williamson traveled to London to dance during opening ceremonies. She was the youngest performer from Indianapolisbased Dance Magic Performing Arts Center to make the trip. The group performed five jazz and contemporary pieces and Morgan was interviewed during local news coverage of the Olympics by WTHR-Channel 13.

Warren Jackson ’91 (above, left) returned to Park Tudor in October to lead stage-combat workshops with students in Jerry Grayson and Rob Hueni’s Theatre Exploration classes. Jackson, an actor based in New York, has performed in a number of regional and off-Broadway productions.

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Class Notes 1947

From Class Representative Virginia “Din” Dulworth: I had hoped to see Peggy Fischer Lasseter at her 65th Class of 1947 reunion, but she wrote me in June that she had not come primarily because of a fall that had fractured her hip. Though healed, she says she was and is still having some balance problems. Peggy told me that when she married Mr. Lasseter, Jody Thomas was one of her bridesmaids. When Jody married, Peggy was one of hers. The Lasseters had two children (Vicky and Andy) who have given Peggy four grandsons and one granddaughter. Peggy is now in the process of making a quilted coverlet for each one of them. The Lasseters lived in many places... most interestingly Lima, Peru and Geneva, Switzerland. Peggy’s professional life included working as a reporter for a local Gannett newspaper. Her present volunteer work includes being an Art Museum docent on the Purchase College Campus. Being an art museum docent is a loved dedication shared by me and my classmate Flo Mary Foreman Mantel as well: Flo Mary for the Indianapolis Museum of Art and me for the Speed Art Museum of Louisville and the Kentucky Horse Park Museum in Lexington.

Classmates: Please let me hear from you all.

My email is Writerdin@aol.com.

1958

Kate Esterline and her husband Tom Esterline ’57 have been married for 52 years and still live in Indianapolis. They have six children and 25 grandchildren.

Tom continues to work at Eagle Creek Nursery and is into collecting toys and sports memorabilia. Kate volunteers at Mary Rigg Neighborhood Center and serves on its Board of Directors.

Carol Steele Broughton ’88 married Chris Broughton on June 9, 2012 in Indianapolis. Photo by Julie Main Curry ’90.

1968

Two new grandmothers, Margo Sweeney Campbell and Stephanie Upham Lord, got together in Michigan’s UP this summer to compare baby pictures. Margo’s first grandson, Raymond, was born on June 4 and Stephanie’s granddaughter, Stella, was born on June 21.

1972

Mary C. Woolling, currently serving as a member of the Butler University Alumni Board of Directors, now has also been appointed to the Board of Visitors for Butler’s new College of Communication. In addition, Mary has recently been inducted into the National League of American Pen Women.

1962

Mary Mackey’s most recent collection of poetry, “Sugar Zone,” has won the 2012 PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Award for Literary Excellence. Meanwhile, “Sugar Zone” and nine of her novels have been converted to ebooks that are now available in the following formats: Kindle, Nook, Kobo, ePub, iTunes and Android. “Having almost all my work come back in ‘print’ at once makes me feel as if I’ve been hurled into the digital age on a catapult,” she writes.

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Mary Mackey ’62

1979

William A. Rhodehamel started in July as the third executive director of the Hendricks County Community Foundation in Avon, Indiana. Will and Megan (Crowell `79) have lived in Hendricks County since 1990, and Will is thrilled to be able to give back their community. “It’s really a dream job,” he writes. “It’s an organization with a profound ability to affect quality of life in our county for the better.” HCCF works to improve the quality of life in Hendricks County by helping donors match their passion with community needs, awarding grants to nonprofit organizations and projects, and collaborating to address community issues.

Will was general manager of the venerable Riviera Club in Indianapolis in 2010 and 2011. Will and Megan closed Hoosier Orchid Company, their long-time orchid nursery, in 2008 after 20 years. Their son Ben is a member of Park Tudor’s class of 2015. Megan has filled her non-mom time volunteering for the Sierra Club, the Indianapolis Zoo, IRIS (Indiana Reading and Information Service for the VisionImpaired) and the Indianapolis Garden Club, where she is currently co-chair for the 2013 Garden Walk.

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1988

Tiffany Rider Rohrbaugh was promoted to Counsel at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom, LLP. She practices antitrust law in the Washington, DC office.

1994

• Patrick Durbin has been named general manager of the Indianapolis Castleton Courtyard hotel. Patrick started his career in Hospitality at the age of 14, working in the restaurant at the Marriott East in Indianapolis. Throughout high school, he worked as a front desk clerk at the same hotel. In May of 1998, Patrick graduated with a degree in hospitality business from Michigan State University. In June of the same year, he continued his career at the O’Hare Marriott in Chicago, working as a front desk manager and as a catering operations manager.

In 2002, Patrick was promoted to the position of assistant general manager at the O’Hare Courtyard in Chicago and in 2005, he returned to Indianapolis as the assistant general manager at the Indianapolis Airport Courtyard. Patrick and his wife Alexis reside in Whitestown. Patrick enjoys playing golf and watching Michigan State football and basketball.

• Rob Everetts married his partner of more than seven years, Jeff Hopper, on May 26, 2012 on the Great Hill in Central Park, New York City. He writes, “It was a beautiful (hot) day, and 16 friends and family, including our four children, traveled from afar to celebrate our legal union. The views of the city were unparalleled, and the recognition of our union a thrill in such a special spot. Present were two other PT alumni, Lizzy (Rothouse) Hall ’95 and Sveta Poluektova ’95. I am the director of IT for the Pension Fund of the Christian Church in downtown Indianapolis and am working on my MBA at the IUPUI Kelley School of Business, and Jeff is an independent software developer. I’m happy to hear from other alums at robeveretts@ yahoo.com.”

1998

Susie Esterline is married to Michael Arnold, whom she met while at Indiana University. They live in downtown Chicago and have two little girls, Ava Jane, age 3,

Allison Turner ’89 and Kimberly West celebrated their Commitment Ceremony with their friends and family at sunrise on June 3, 2012.

Rob Everetts ’94 married Jeff Hopper on May 26 in New York City. Left to right: Lizzy Rothouse Hall ’95, Greg Hall, Adam Hoeck, Rob Everetts, Jeff Hopper, Melissa Higgins, Sveta Poluektova ’95.

and Charlotte Mae, age 1. Susie works as a freelance fashion stylist in the city and styled guests for the Oprah Winfrey Show for four years. Recently she was asked to style Oprah for some tapings on the OWN network.

2000

assistant. He attended Chapman University and Ivy Tech’s Early Childhood Education program. He has taught fourth-grade peace education at the Peace Learning Center, served as a summer camp counselor and substitute teacher at The Orchard School, as a teaching assistant at IPS #44, and worked as a private nanny.

Matthew Glidewell began working at Park Tudor in August as a Lower School teaching

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• Ted Somerville and Erin Trimpe started in August 2012 as Park Tudor Lower School teaching assistants. Ted holds a B.A. degree in Spanish and Portuguese from Indiana University. He studied abroad at Pontifica Universidade Católica in Rio de Janeiro and at Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales in Buenos Aires. Erin is a May 2012 graduate of Indiana University with a B.S. degree in kinesiology, a major in physical education and a minor in health education.

2009

Park Tudor alumni were out in force at the marriage of Zach Wills ’03 to Laura Hundagen in August.

Front row, left to right: Katie McKown ’03, Alex Feldman ’03, Laura Wills, Zach Wills ’03, David Quigley ’03 (Best Man), Hunter Gardner ’03. Second row: Carl Spilly ’03, Adam Perkins ’03, Beth Tolbert ’03, Patrick Lilly ’03, Maggie Hilligoss Gardner ’03, Johnny Alden ’03, Tyler Thompson ’03.

Third row: Oliver Ayres ’01, Courtney Maguire ’03, Jacqueline Hash, Jonathan McDowell ’02, Josh Hash ’02, Kevin Waltz ’03, Katy Wills Shelley ’96, Emily Wills Gates ’98, Robbie Goad ’04. Fourth row: Neil Quigley ’00, J.P. Day ’03, Ashley Wick ’03, Allyson Wills ’00, Jessica Dust ’98 and Mark Mulcahy ’03.

2001

• William Esterline and his wife Lauren Voors welcomed a baby girl, Emily Katheryn, in March 2012. The couple married in November 2010 and currently live in Brea, California. William works for a company that makes gears for helicopters.

Prior to that, he worked for the Tampa Bay Rays and received his M.B.A. degree from the University of Florida.

• Susan Meshberger married Frank Lattuca at the Indianapolis Public Library on June 25, 2011. The wedding party included Abby Poyser ’01, Lindsay King ’01, Megan Kuhn ’01 and Christopher Meshberger ’05. Susan teaches in the District of Columbia schools and Frank is an attorney for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

They live in Arlington, VA. • Ashwin Vasudevamurthy completed his residency as the chief resident of internal medicine at St. Vincent Hospital in June 2012 and began working for the Indiana Hemophilia & Thrombosis center in Indianapolis in July. Its mission

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is to serve the Indiana population with bleeding and clotting disorders and to help the underprivileged. “This is a step in the direction of my eventual goal of a career in hematology-oncology,” Ashwin says.

2003

Zach Wills married Laura Hundagen on August 4, 2012 at the Cross and Crown Lutheran Church in Indianapolis, with a reception at the Indiana Historical Society.

The groomsmen were PT classmates David Quigley, Mark Mulcahy, and Adam Perkins. Zach graduated from Colorado State University and will receive his M.B.A. degree from IU Kelley School of Business in December. He is a product manager at Key Benefit Administrators.

Laura, a graduate of Butler University with a master’s degree in library science from IU, currently works as a development coordinator at The Indianapolis Public Library Foundation.

• George Hornedo served as an Indiana page at the 2012 Democratic National Convention. Park Tudor sophomore Priya Mirmira interviewed Hornedo for Y-Press Youth News Network about how education and immigration reform are important issues for the Hispanic community.

• Micah Johnson, starting second baseman for the Great Falls Voyagers, has been named to the 2012 Pioneer League All-Star Team. The team is voted by the managers and broadcasters of the league.

Johnson was a ninth-round draft pick out of Indiana University in June 2012. He led the Voyagers at the time of the August 27th announcement with 40 runs scored and was tied for the team lead with four home runs.

His team-leading 19 stolen bases also ranks fifth in the entire Pioneer League. “I’m most proud of the runs,” Johnson said. “I try to move on the base paths and set up scoring opportunities for the offense.”

Johnson also has been renowned across the league for his defensive play at second base. His excellent defense has helped the Voyagers’ pitching staff record many of the best statistics in the league.

2007

• Kathryn Crabb and Alex Scherer became engaged on August 10, 2012 at Lake Wawasee.

Kathryn Crabb ’07 and Alex Scherer ’07

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2011

Maggie MacPhail earned All-Academic Team honors from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association during her freshman year at DePauw University.

Marriages • Carol Steele Broughton ’88 to Chris Broughton on June 9, 2012.

• Allison Turner ’89 to Kimberly West on June 3, 2012.

• To Jessica Sembach Siebert ’03 and Jeremy Siebert on the birth of Janner Siebert.

• To Susan Schloot Benjamin ’49 on the death of her husband, Edgar Benjamin, on July 22, 2012.

• To Brittany Fleck Craycraft ’03, Ben Craycraft and Physical Education Director Sylvia Fleck on the birth of daughter and granddaughter Emmy Ruth Craycraft on September 25, 2012.

• To Jock Fortune ’58, Sheila Fortune Israel ’65, Russell Fortune ’81 and Russell Tanner Fortune ’09 on the death of their brother and father, Carter Fortune ’60, on August 25, 2012.

Deaths • Bertha Elizabeth VanDerbilt ’33 on August 23, 2012.

• Rob Everetts ’94 to Jeff Hopper on May 26, 2012.

• Howard Miner ’37 on March 20, 2011.

• Beth Tolbert ’03 to Ronan Johnson on October 6, 2012.

• William “Bill” Elder ’40 on September 27, 2012.

• Zach Wills ’03 to Laura Hundagen Wills on August 4, 2012.

• Robert Hollowell, Jr. ’44 on August 31, 2012.

Congratulations

• Carl Eveleigh ’48 on June 16, 2012.

• To Seth Kleiman ’94 and his wife, Amanda Kleiman, on the birth of Gavin Fontenot Kleiman on July 31, 2012.

• To Abby Ristine-Smith ’98 and Ryan Smith ’97 on the birth of Shepherd Thomas Smith on May 12, 2012.

• To Jane Ristine Hixson ’00 and her husband Tim Hixson on the birth of Eliza Joy Hixson on December 1, 2011.

• To Will Lawson ’00 and Stephanie Goodrid Lawson ’00, and Director of Development Cathy Wood Lawson ’72 on the birth of son and grandson William V. Lawson V on October 2, 2012.

• To William Esterline ’01 and Lauren Voors on the birth of Emily Katheryn Esterline in March 2012.

• To Casey Irsay Foyt ’01 and A.J. Foyt IV on the birth of Lockey James Foyt on July 16, 2012.

• To Brittany Thomasson Pittman ’04 and Luke Pittman on the birth of Elizabeth “Lizzy” Leigh Pittman on July 25, 2012.

• William Cline ’49 on July 16, 2012.

• Margot Lacy Eccles ’53 on June 25, 2012.

• Carter Fortune ’60 on August 25, 2012.

• John “Jack” Holton ’63 on September 2, 2012.

• Diane “Di” Hutchison Baker ’69 on September 3, 2012.

• Jane Holt, former Lower School secretary, on October 10, 2012.

Condolences • To Joan Boozer Elder ’44, Jane Elder Kunz ’73, Mary Elder Schaff ’77, Peter “Fritz” Kunz ’72, Lindsay Elder Thornton ’95, Louise “Weezie” Elder Combs ’97, Laura Elder Antrim ’99, Bowman Elder ’02, Anne Kunz ’09, Carey Kunz ’11 and Kamman Elder Kunz ’13 and the death of their husband, father, father-in-law and grandfather, William “Bill” Elder ’40, on September 27, 2012.

• To Lyndi Hutchison Balven ’67, Jeanne Hargitt Herrick ’51 and Katharine Kruse ’65 on the death of their sister, niece and cousin, Diana “Di” Hutchison Baker on September 3, 2012.

• To Susan Tolbert ’68, Alex Tolbert ’98. Brian Tolbert ’00, Beth Tolbert Johnson ’03 and Margaret ’02 and Carl Eveleigh ’04, on the death of their grandparents, aunt and uncle, Carl Eveleigh ’48 on June 16, 2012 and Mary Eveleigh on July 2, 2012.

• To Julia ’70 and Thomas Hollowell ’72 on the death of their father, Robert Hollowell Jr. ’44 on August 31, 2012.

• To James Holton ’71 on the death of his brother, John “Jack” Holton ’63, on September 2, 2012.

• To William Holt ’76, Adam Holt ’07 and Lyndsey Holt ’09 on the death of their mother and grandmother, Jane Holt, on October 10, 2012.

• To Janet Ball Starkey ’76, Julie Ball ’76, William Ball III ’80 and John Ball Jr. ’81 on the death of their mother, Jeanne Curie Ball, on August 23, 2012.

• To Jennifer Brueckmann Johnson ’77, Brad Brueckmann’80, Beth Brueckmann Carney ’82, Jay Carney ’80, and Erik ’09, Heidi ’11 and Kirstin Brueckmann ’11 on the death of their father, fatherin-law and grandfather, Robert “Bob” Brueckmann, on August 4, 2012.

• To Rob ’79, Ruth ’80, Austin ’12 and Liana ’17 Brown on the death of their stepfather, father-in-law and stepgrandfather, James Hoover, on August 26, 2012. continued on page 46

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Class Notes Fall 2012 Park Tudor School continued from page 45 • To Lisa Gilligan ’81, Heather Crossin ’84, Jack Gilligan ’10 and Bobby Crossin ’16 on the death of their mother and grandmother, Ann Hanley, on June 25, 2012.

• To Barbara Wallace Rusmey ’84, Timothy Wallace ’86, Michael Wallace ’91 and John Krauss ’67 on the death of their mother and mother-in-law, Ann Werbe Wallace, on September 26, 2012.

• To Margot Eccles ’87 on the death of her mother, Margot Lacy Eccles ’53, on June 25, 2012.

• To Katherine ’89 and Noah Domont ’92 on the death of their grandmother, Adele Sternberger Domont, on September 24, 2012.

• To Ryan Cline ’02 on the death of his grandfather, William Cline ’49, on July 16, 2012.

• To Lisa Moran ’04 on the death of her grandmother, Connie Moran, on June 8, 2009.

• To Chris ’06 and Lydia ’10 Neubauer on the death of their grandfather, William C. Neubauer, on October 4, 2012.

Jack Freiburger ’82 continues to receive rave reviews for his one-man show “They Call Me Mister Fry,” which offers both a hilarious and poignant look at Jack’s experiences as a first-year teacher of fifth-graders in South Los Angeles. He took the show on tour again this fall, performing to audiences in Chicago, Hartford and Atlanta. The show, which was selected as a 2011 Boulder International Fringe Festival Encore winner, runs through December 2 in Atlanta. For more information about upcoming performances, visit theycallmemrfry.com. Jack returns to the classroom in January.

• To Drew ’07 and Ellen Grein ’10 on the death of their grandmother, Anne Naab Prendergast, on August 12, 2012.

• To Alexandria Hitchcock ’11 on the death of her grandmother, Roberta Lamberson, on October 17, 2012.

• To Michael Lenke ’11 on the death of his grandmother, Eleanor Nemes, on September 8, 2012.

• To Emily ’17, Connor ’18 and Jack Button ’21, and Ella ’18 and Randall Tobias ’22 on the death of their father and uncle, Todd Tobias, on June 26, 2012.

• To Admissions Office Administrative Assistant Sandy Miller on the death of her mother, Virginia Cummins, on July 12, 2012.

Nikhil Gunale ’96 and Brandon Phillips ’96 were among alumni who helped to construct Park Tudor’s Habitat for Humanity house on Alumni Day, September 29, 2012.

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Honor and Memorial Gifts Received June 6, 2012 through October 1, 2012 Gifts in honor of …

Ana Cruz Rivera ’23 Anonymous Ms. Alexandra Dakich ’12 Mr. Franklin Miroff and Dr. Susan Maisel-Miroff

Mrs. Betsy Crowell ’46 Mr. and Mrs. William A. Rhodehamel Mr. William Elder ’40 Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Eckert Mr. Carl Eveleigh ’48 Mr. and Mrs. Jerome L. Gershman

Thank a Teacher Mrs. Deborah M. Dominguez Dr. and Mrs. David Isaacs Dr. Sven H. Dubie Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schuckit Eighth-Grade Teachers Mr. and Mrs. Eric Moore

Talia Hasan ’16 Dr. and Mrs. Samer Ali-Hasan

Mrs. Mary Eveleigh Mr. and Mrs. Jerome L. Gershman

Mrs. Claire Wishard Hoppenworth ’88 Mr. and Mrs. William N. Wishard III

Mr. Shanon A Fields ’92 Mr. and Mrs. Eric Steel (Lemita Fields ’97)

Dr. Matthew Miller* Anonymous

Mr. Carter Fortune ’60 Mr. and Mrs. Gordon D. Wishard

David ’55 and Susan Wishard ’56 Poston Mr. and Mrs. William N. Wishard III

Mr. Nathaniel Hamilton III ’63 Mr. and Mrs. J. Scott Keller

Cooper Ramsey ’14 Mr. and Mrs. William B. Powers

Mr. Robert Hollowell Jr. ’44 Mr. Anthony L. Onstott

Hannah Shore ’21 Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Shore

Mrs. Helen H. Hutchman Martie Hutchman Jensen ’45

Rachel Shore ’22 Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Shore

Mrs. Sallie Mink ’65 Ms. Marion Sweeney

Ms. Barbara J. Skinner* Ms. Donna Hopf

Ms. Patricia Moore ’65 Ms. Beverly Hobbs Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Neubauer

Ms. Shelle Wright Mr. and Mrs. Guy Westermeyer

Mr. Baxter S. Rogers ’59 Mr. and Mrs. William N. Wishard III

* = faculty

Michael and Susan Smith Aden Hawkins ’26 Tucker Hawkins ’24 Mr. Gordon D. Wishard ’62 Mr. and Mrs. William N. Wishard III

Mr. Humam Sukapdjo Mr. Mike McCraw and Dr. Amye Sukapdjo

Mr. Gordon D. Wishard Jr. ’92 Mr. and Mrs. William N. Wishard III

Mr. Todd Tobias Mr. and Mrs. James A. James

Gifts in memory of…

Mr. David Walsh ’63 Mr. and Mrs. J. Scott Keller

Mr. Joseph K. Fumusa Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Rogers Mrs. Laura I. Lowe Anonymous Ms. Concepcion Marin Dr. and Dr. Carlos Gimeno Mrs. Molly S. Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Guy Westermeyer Ninth Grade Teachers Mr. and Mrs. Eric Moore Mrs. Bonnie Stewart Dr. and Mrs. Sven H. Dubie Dr. and Mrs. David Isaacs

Mrs. Diana Hutchison Baker ’69 Mr. and Mrs. David S. Evans Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Grein Mr. Stephen Cline ’63 Mr. and Mrs. J. Scott Keller

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