Park Tudor Phoenix Fall 2009

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TOUCHES THEON WORLD • Annual Report 2008-09 WHAT’S A LEARNING STYLE? PT REFLECTIONS THE WEST BANK ALUMNI REMEMBER LIFE AT PARK TUDOR

On the cover

Lindsay Clark ’04 in Yulara, Australia, hiking around Uluru (Ayers Rock). Lindsay won a contest sponsored by STA Travel to spend three months traveling the globe and blogging about her adventures. Article on page 13.

Park Tudor School Mission

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ark 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 preschool through grade 12.

PARK TUDOR SCHOOL

Head of School Douglas S. Jennings Editor Lisa A. Hendrickson ’77

From the Archives…

Editor Emeritus C.J. Foxlow Staff Writer Cassie Dull Alumni Coordinator/Planned Giving Officer Gretchen Hueni Alumni Board President Brandon Phillips ’96 Vice President Cathy Yingling ’87 Treasurer Andy Kight ’89 Secretary Kasey Kruse ’00

The 1940 Park School basketball team – Midwest Prep Champions.

Directors Jessica Benson Cox ’99 Fred Emhardt ’78 Linda LaFollette Foley ’89 Nikhil Gunale ’96 Kay King ’66 G.B. Landrigan ’81 Stephanie Goodrid Lawson ’00 Nick Lemen ’93 Anne Rogers Mitchell ’85 Lindsay Elder Thornton ’95 John Townsend ’89 Adrienne Elizabeth Watson ’06 Heather Reilly Murphy ’90 ex officio

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features

Wandering the globe: Lindsay Clark ’04 . . . . . . . 13

By Cassie Dull

Climbing for cancer: Mekeal Shane ’89 . . . . . . . 16

By Cassie Dull

Out of the village: Dr. Santonino Banya . . . . . . . 19

By Lisa Hendrickson ’77

departments

News of the School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 From the Head’s Desk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Homecoming 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Students in the news . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Fall athletic update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 5

Park Tudor Annual Report 2008-2009 . . . . . . . . . 23 Alumni News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

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Alumni calendar of events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Meet new alumni board members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Alumni artists perform in Indianapolis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Class Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

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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: 317/254-2714 lhendrickson@parktudor.org

News of the School FROM THE HEAD’S DESK by Doug Jennings, Head of School

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love this photo of a young Park Tudor student racing across Memorial Field – I find it to be the perfect visual metaphor for our recently completed Empowering Learners capital campaign. By its very design, this successful campaign has resulted in more than $15.2 million of support that is helping to focus and energize our students to be the best they can be.

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The campaign not only has given them a new track to run on and new fields to play on, it also has given them the tools and opportunities to compete successfully as global citizens: • We now have a Chinese Studies program led by a highly regarded and popular teacher, Dr. Caroline Li-Chun Lee-Thompson.

• Our service learning program is integrated into our

preschool through grade 12 program and is training our students to be leaders though service. Combine this with our new technology tools, and we offer you the example of students who have volunteered hundreds of hours to create web sites for local charitable organizations.

• Fine arts and science professors from Smith College now visit Park Tudor, with its biology professors teaching students how to conduct DNA research that is normally reserved for graduate students.

• It is difficult to become a global citizen if one never leaves the comforts of home, and so the school sponsors trips to Spain, Uruguay, Egypt, Jordan, China and The Hague, Netherlands, to mention a few.

• Our students are now empowered through technology to do “virtual visiting” as well. To sit in our newly restored Foster Hall (also made possible by the Empowering Learners campaign) and see our students share a videoconference conversation with students in Amman, Jordan is quite exciting.

Park Tudor has never rested on its laurels. Our race has not been a sprint – it has been a long run of over 100 years, with many passes of the baton.

One of the great aspects of this campaign has been to see the involvement and support

of generations of Park Tudor families, ranging from our “old guard” – people who have been associated with the school for decades – to families new to the school who are now taking up the roles of leadership.

There is always a difficulty in recognizing individuals in what has truly been a group effort, but certain individuals do stand out. Beyond, and included in, the impressive list of donors that are listed on our new Empowering Learners plaque in the Upper School (and on page 26 of this magazine), are individuals who also gave their time, energy and advice to make this campaign so successful, especially in light of the challenges of recent economic times.

I find it fitting that the final major gift to this campaign came as a planned gift from the estate of Richard Vonnegut, Park School Class of 1932.

Richard never lost touch with the school and cared deeply for our current students. Even in his later years, we could always count on him to attend school and alumni events and stay closely connected to our school.

It’s all about passing the baton, and thanks to our loyal supporters, this student and 983 others just like her are ready to go. Thank you for your continuing support of Park Tudor.

News of the school

Homecoming 2009

Clockwise from top left: Varsity cheerleaders make sure there’s plenty of cotton candy to sample at the Park Tudor Parents’ Association Fall Family Festival. Freshman Dontae Monday snaps a photo of himself and classmate Kelsey Johnson for the yearbook. Upper Schoolers Drew Links ’12, AJ Sood ’12, Alex Young ’12 and Andoni Alanis-Cue ’12 entertain the crowd with their rock band. Gracie, the school pet, gets dolled up for the Upper School Pep Rally.

Lower School students love Dippin’ Dots ice cream, even when it’s chilly outside. The Panthers get ready to kick off.

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School focused on strategic planning, reaccreditation for 2009-10 school year

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he focus of the Park Tudor Board of Directors this year is the development of a strategic plan that will guide the school through 2015, while the school leadership is focusing on the periodic reaccreditation of the school by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS).

Leading the effort for the strategic plan is the new president of the board, Joe DeVito.

DeVito has served as a director for the past seven years. He is president and chief operating officer of the insurance firm Baldwin & Lyons; he and his wife Brenda are the parents of two Park Tudor graduates, Sarah ’05 and Matt ’07, and current ninth-grader Rachel.

“As I look ahead to what I would like to accomplish, I am really excited about both the challenges and the possibilities,” he says. Improved parent-school communications, building a stronger school community, and the develop-

ment of measurable performance metrics will be included as components of the plan, based on results from a survey of parents, alumni, faculty and students taken last year in preparation for the school’s reaccreditation by ISACS. The final plan will be approved by the board in early 2010, and will be highlighted in an upcoming issue of The Phoenix.

This school year Park Tudor also is embarking on phase three of its multi-year reaccreditation process by ISACS. All independent schools periodically take part in this process conducted by their regional independent schools association. Park Tudor’s last reaccreditation was in 2000.

School improvement and accountability are the ultimate aims of this multi-year process. The first step was the review and reaffirmation of the school’s mission by the Park Tudor Board of Directors, which was completed in

2008. The second step was an online survey of the school community completed last November, with the survey findings discussed in a series of town meetings last spring.

This year will be a comprehensive school “self-study,” followed in October 2010 by the culminating activities – a school visit and evaluation by a team of educators from other independent schools throughout the country.

The self-study involves teams of Park Tudor community members who review the academic and operational areas of the school, write an overview of the school’s current practices for the visiting team, and prepare a recommended action plan for each area’s enhancement over the next eight years. The subcommittees will do the bulk of their work before spring break. A steering committee of administrators and faculty members will review and

PT launches MyPT online communication system

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ark Tudor launched a new parent, student and faculty electronic communication system called MyPT at the start of this school year.

Designed by members of the school’s Technology and Communications departments and programmed entirely by Park Tudor Assistant Director of Technology Mark Phillips and Technology Managers Doug Stotts and Mike Webster, the Microsoft Sharepointbased system enables parents, students and faculty to access school information in a password-protected one-stop shop.

“We wanted to design a system that allowed people to 6 park tudor phoenix FALL 2009

go to one location and use just one password to access school information, e-mail, homework calendars, teacher web sites, grades, schedules and more,” says Phillips.

Parents may choose to customize their home page to see information pertinent to their own students, such as athletic schedules and division calendars.

approve the final reports by the end of the school year.

These reports will serve as faculty-developed departmental and divisional action plans for the next eight years.

Alumni, parents and students will be invited to provide input to the committees once the teams begin their work.

Upper School students visit Smith College

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hanks to the support of donors Dob Bennett ’76 and his wife Deborah, eight Upper School students took a three-day trip to Smith College this fall as part of Park Tudor’s continuing relationship with the college. College Guidance Counselors Larry Eckel and Sue Stemen, along with Visual Arts Coordinator Heather Teets, accompanied the students, who had expressed interest in learning more about Smith.

The students toured the campus, attended classes, and boarded with Smith students.

The group also visited Amherst College, the University of Massachusetts, Hampshire College and Mt. Holyoke College and viewed current art exhibits at some of these schools.

As part of the ongoing Smith College partnership made possible by the Bennetts, for the past three years, Smith College professors have spent a week at Park Tudor teaching students in science and fine arts subject areas. This summer, Upper School biology teacher Mark Dewart attended a workshop at Smith College.

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Upper Schoolers learn to “Zone-It”

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pper School students have the opportunity to try a range of new activities during new “Zone-It” 25-minute advisory periods that were introduced this year. More than 30 options for activities – ranging from stamp collecting to learning to play bridge to supporting a microloan program for women in developing countries – are being offered to students through the Zone-It program, which takes place about once a month.

The Zone-It concept was developed by a team of Upper School faculty members over the summer as a way

to enhance the educational and team-building opportunities during advisory periods.

Each Zone-It is created and led by an Upper School faculty member, and students also have the opportunity to suggest Zone-It activities.

As part of a computer programming independent study project, senior Michael Wintermeyer has developed a computer program that enables online registration for the students’ choice of Zone-It courses. Michael also has been selected as an intern at Bitwise Solutions, a local web-design company.

Juniors Victoria Merkle and Eric Todderud learned about coin collecting during a recent Zone-It advisory period.

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Peer tutoring program begins

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he Russel & Mary Williams Learning Project at Park Tudor this fall launched a peer tutoring initiative in the Upper School.

Peer tutoring has been adopted by a number of independent schools as a way to provide additional cost-effective academic support for students.

Students who have a particular academic strength volunteer to serve as tutors for students who have experienced difficulty in that subject area. The peer-tutoring program is consistent with the tutoring philosophy in the Upper School, in which students are encouraged to seek academic support from teachers and/or other students first before moving into a feebased tutoring arrangement.

“There has traditionally been informal peer tutoring happening in the Upper School, but now we have formalized a system,” says Upper

School Psychologist Lisa Mercurio, who manages the program. “What better way to provide this service than to tap into a resource readily available – the academically talented Park Tudor student body?”

Students who volunteer to become peer tutors are required to earn a “B” or better in the subject in which the student peer tutors and maintain at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA. Ideally, peer tutors possess strengths in rapport-building, communication, patience, listening and problem-solving abilities. Peer tutors offer not only support in subject-specific courses, but also modeling of student success skills such as organization, study habits, self-management, and effective test preparation. In addition to earning communityservice hours, peer tutors benefit from developing expertise through teaching others.

Total # students: 984 New students: 148 Hilbert Center: 96 Lower School: 264 Middle School: 202 Upper School: 422

PT ranks on national tests

Park Tudor Indiana

SAT Averages – Class of 2009 Critical Reading Math 630 627 496 507

English Math Reading Science Composite

Writing 635 480

2009 ACT Averages Park Tudor Indiana 27.7 21.4 26.9 22.2 27.5 22.5 26.1 21.5 27.2 22.2

Advanced Placement In 2009, 223 students in Grades 9-12 took a total of 536 exams in 28 subject areas. Enrollment in AP courses is largely by self-selection, although certain prerequisites may prevail.

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Alma Mater is revised to reflect PT values

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ark Tudor students have been learning a revised version of the school’s Alma Mater. A committee of faculty members has drafted new lyrics that more directly reflect the values of a Park Tudor education.

The new lyrics are: Sing we to our Alma Mater; Let us lift a song of praise.

We who are your sons and daughters Now to you our voices raise.

Make our thoughts and lives examples, Guided by the Golden Rule,

Ever faithful, ever loyal.

Hail to you, Park Tudor School!

The original lyrics to the Alma Mater were written by former Headmaster Bruce Galbraith using the tune of Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy,” which also was used by Tudor Hall School as its School Hymn. Mr. Galbraith’s version explained and reflected upon the spirit of the merged school.

“Upon reviewing this text, it was the hope of committee members that we retain the spirit of the original Alma Mat-

er while also adding to the text ideas that illustrate our commitment to the development of a deepening sense of character and community,” says Fine Arts Director John Williams.

The mention of the Golden Rule was recommended

by Upper School English teacher Dr. Paul Hamer, who advised that the meaning of the Golden Rule transcends centuries of religious and philosophical thought.

The Golden Rule has its roots in a wide range of world cultures and is a standard used by a number of

cultures to resolve conflicts.

It is present in the philosophies of Christianity, ancient Judaism, Buddhism and Islam, as well as Indian, ancient Greek and Chinese cultures.

Other ideas for the enhancement of the text were taken from the original Tudor Hall Hymn.

Specifically, the line “We who are your sons and daughters” suggests and encourages a sense of family and loyalty.

Learn the new lyrics along with the Lower School in a video on the alumni section of the PT web site.

Fourteen seniors earn National Merit recognition

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ix Park Tudor seniors have been named semifinalists in the 2010 National Merit Scholarship Program, placing among the top one percent of the more than 1.5 million juniors who took the 2008 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).

Seniors Lynelle Chen, Daniel Hasler, Neena Parikh, Ovini Rodrigo, Adam Roth and Michael Wintermeyer are among 16,000 semifinalists with the opportunity to continue in the competition for 8,200 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $36 million that will be offered next spring.

Senior Jessica Jackson is one of 1,600 semifinalists nationwide in the National Achievement Scholarship Competition. She now will have an opportunity to continue in the competition for approximately 800 Achievement Scholarship awards, worth some $2.6 million, to be offered next spring.

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Scholarship Program, conducted by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, was initiated in 1964 to recognize academically promising black students throughout the nation.

An additional seven seniors have been named Commended

Students in the 2010 National Merit Scholarship Program.

Congratulations to Eric Bohn, Brent Cleveland, Colin Fry, Derek Reinbold, Benjamin Scott, Max Thomas and Erin Tuckman. About 34,000 Commended Students throughout

the nation are recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Commended Students placed among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2010 competition.

Eighth-graders Ashley Ellison, DeForest Williamson and Abby Miller are all smiles as they head to shore after a 90-minute canoe trip down the White River. During a day-long retreat in October, they also learned about the science of water and used newly acquired orienteering skills to find a launch site for their canoe adventure.

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Students in the news: Science, academic, arts and leadership honors • Senior Neena Parikh has been named a semifinalist in the prestigious 2009 Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology, a national high-school science competition. Neena was selected to participate in the summer research program at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) in Buffalo, New York. She was among 25 rising high-school seniors who spent seven weeks working and learning in the labs at RPCI. She worked in the lab of Dr. Andrei Gudkov; his lab does extensive research in the field of cellstress biology. Neena worked on a project involving a compound that could be used to treat prostate cancer that is resistant to ordinary forms of treatment. She was also the recipient of the Niagara Scholarship, which paid for all of her housing expenses while she was in Buffalo.

Neena also was honored with the Outstanding Academic Achievement Award presented by the Alpha Association of Indiana Phi Beta Kappa on September 17. One award recipient is selected from the junior class of each Marion County high school. The selection criteria are similar to those used at the collegiate level for Phi Beta Kappa selection – academic and intellectual integrity and achievement in the liberal arts. The recipients are honored at a reception in September of the students’ senior year and receive a $100 gift card to a bookstore, as well as a certificate of achievement.

• Junior Emma Newell and senior Campbell Washington were selected to participate in the Spoleto Study Abroad Arts & Humanities Summer Pro-

With more than 350 participants, the seventh annual Park Tudor Challenge on September 12 had its biggest turnout ever. Thirty-seven teams of students and parents, including (left to right) Lucia ’19 and Marina ’15 Lopez, their dad Gerardo Lopez, Hannah Fox-Teague ’15 and Ashley Beeson ’15, competed to see who could race through the campus to follow clues and answer questions in the fastest time. The evening wrapped up with pizza and prizes for all. The goal of the PTPA Park Tudor Challenge is community-building fun. Parents Cathy and Malcolm McClure founded this event and have done an extraordinary job of coordinating it each year.

gram in Spoleto, Italy in July.

This intensive month-long educational journey featured a rich and varied curriculum in the arts. Excursions to cultural centers such as Florence, Assisi, Tivoli, Siena and other medieval hill towns in central Italy offered these talented Park Tudor School students the opportunity to experience significant artistic, cultural and historic treasures first-hand.

Emma participated in the Visual Arts program and Campbell participated in the Photography program. Park Tudor School is one of 14 consortium schools across the country that support the Spoleto Study Abroad Program. Faculty members Dr. Jan Guffin and Heather Teets both teach in the program, with Dr. Guffin teaching creative writing and Mrs. Teets teaching photography.

• Melissa Sondhi ’11 attended “MPulse Ann Arbor” at the University of Michigan for two weeks in July, She was one of 200 high-school musicians and performing artists from around the world who participated in the arts program involving music performance, music technology, musical theatre, theatre and dance. The program is designed for students who are considering studying these areas in college. Participants work with distinguished University of Michigan faculty and alumni while experiencing campus life in Ann Arbor.

• Jeneé Young ’15 and Courtney Lynn ’15 were nominated

by Park Tudor to attend the Junior National Youth Leadership Conference (JNYLC) in Washington, DC July 12-16.

During the conference they explored six key leadership

concepts (character, communication, goal setting, problem solving, respect and teamwork), participated in debates and polished their skills by giving presentations. They visited Capitol Hill and a number of Washington monuments and museums, then traveled to Harpers Ferry to engage in a variety of simulations that mimicked life in the U.S. before the Civil War. Courtney and Jeneé have been invited to attend the JNYL Alumni Conference next summer in Boston, which will focus on leadership lessons from America’s colonial history.

• Connor Ebbinghouse ’11 placed 13th in the world at the 2009 World Yo-Yo Contest in Orlando, FL this summer.

He has won national honors for the past several years.

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Students of all ages serve the community

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layers from the boys varsity and junior varsity tennis teams have received the Bronze Level President’s Volunteer Service Award for initiating a permanent seasonal tennis program for Down Syndrome Indiana Organization families. In partnership with Park Tudor School, tennis lessons are offered by the players throughout the fall free of charge for Down Syndrome families interested in learning the sport.

“It has been a fun experience for all of us and we just love the kids,” says Brendan Tannenbaum ’12.

The program includes physical fitness, team building and inventive tennis games.

The President’s Council on Service created the President’s Volunteer Service Award program as a way to thank and honor Americans who, by their demonstrated commitment and example, inspire others to engage in volunteer service.

Those earning the Bronze Level award have given more than 50 hours of service to the project. They are Samuel Clarke ’11, Sam Geier ’11, Scott Kincannon ’11, Jack Miles ’11, Sam Miles ’10, Matt Neal ’10, Jack Rardon ’12, Kishan Shah ’10, Brendan Tannenbaum ’12 and Nick Tannenbaum ’13.

Team Captains Sam Miles and Kishan Shah are the official liaisons between the Down Syndrome Organization and the Park Tudor tennis team.

The tennis clinics will commence again in April, with the Park Tudor girls tennis team joining the boys to conduct the clinics.

• Mr. Chris Holobek’s fourthgrade class collected belts for students in the Indianapolis 10 park tudor phoenix FALL 2009

area. The belts were delivered to Teachers’ Treasures, a “free store” where teachers can obtain materials needed for their classrooms and students.

Many students are required to wear belts at their schools,

and some do not have a belt to wear. The class set a goal to collect 34 belts in two weeks, and the students exceeded their goal by collecting 56.

• On August 8, 21 Park Tudor girls soccer players ran

the charitable “Personal Best 5K Run” in Broad Ripple, raising approximately $400 to help support The Lord’s Pantry at Anna’s House and Anna’s Celebration of Life.

Seniors Lauren Coghlan and Jessica Jackson, students in Mr. Rob Hueni’s Technical Theatre class, build the set for the November production of “Anatomy of Gray” by Jim Leonard Jr. A model of the set design stands in the foreground.

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Fall athletic update: Boys tennis team is seven-time state champion!

By Brad Lennon, Athletic Director

Tennis

Congratulations to the boys tennis team on winning its seventh state championship!

Despite fighting the cold weather and flu season, the Panthers showed a great team effort in the new eight-team IHSAA state finals format. In the quarterfinals on Oct. 16, PT swept Concord, 5-0, to advance to the semifinals against No. 9 Center Grove, one of only two teams to defeat the No. 3 Panthers in the regular season.

In the semifinals the following morning, the Panthers came out on top, winning four of the five matches.

The afternoon finals pitted PT against Bloomington South, and a 3-2 victory sealed the state championship for the Panthers. Senior Kishan Shah received the IHSAA Mental Attitude Award for demonstrating leadership, mental attitude, scholarship and athletic ability in tennis.

Coach Dave Heffern’s lineup included Sam Miles ’10 at No. 1 singles, with Brendan Tannenbaum ’12 at No. 2 and Shah at the No. 3 position. Doubles teams were senior combo Derek Reinbold ’10 – Matt Neal ’10 and Jack Miles ’11 – Sam Geier ’12. The team’s other accomplishments in its 19-2 season included semi-state, regional, sectional, Marion County and Indiana Crossroads Conference championships.

The Park Tudor boys tennis team celebrates its seventh state championship title. Standing, left to right: Samuel Clarke ’11, Coach Dave Heffern, Matt Neal ’10, Kishan Shah ’10, Derek Reinbold ’10, Jack Rardon ’12, Jack Miles ’11, Coach Brandon Gill ’01. Kneeling: Peter Dakich ’13, Sam Miles ’10, Sam Geier ’12 and Alex Skelton ’10.

win over Scecina, 10-7, senior quarterback Cam Sobleski kicked a career-long 39-yard field goal during the last play to clinch the victory.

Coach Scott Fischer’s Panthers finished their season with a loss to defending state champion Heritage Christian in the sectional opener.

Sobleski led the team in passing and punting, while classmate Reggie Nesbit was the leader in receptions and tackles. and Brent Cleveland ’10 and Trent Mervine ’10 were tops on the team in rushing.

Boys Soccer

Football

After a winless 2008 season, the Panthers returned this year refreshed and ready to compete. The team improved to a 5-5 record in the regular season that included a Homecoming win over Shenandoah.

Season highlights included a win over Guerin Catholic, avenging a loss from a year ago, and ICC conference wins over Scecina, Lapel and Lutheran. In the last-second

The Panther kickers finished a great season as regional runners-up. After taking the sectional title in a 9-1 decision over Arsenal Tech on October 10, the team advanced to the regional and defeated a strong Brownsburg team, 1-0, on penalty kicks. The regional final brought a matchup against No. 2 Zionsville who took the trophy. The Panthers put forth a strong effort and had the game tied at 1-1 after

the half, but the Eagles won, 4-2. The Panthers finished the season with a 11-6-2 record.

Cam Sobleski was the top defender in goal; top offensive players included fellow seniors Graham Dewart, John Michael Block and Lukas Bohlander.

County Team, while senior Katharine Kulka was a stalwart in goal all season. Offensive leaders included seniors Erin Tuckman and Maddie Kahn, Lauren St. Clair ’12 and Rachel Smitherman ’13.

Volleyball

Girls Soccer

The girls soccer team took home its fourth consecutive conference championship this fall. The team shut out Scecina and Lutheran early in the season, and defeated Beech Grove and Cardinal Ritter late in the season, to clinch the ICC title yet again.

The girls won their first sectional game in a 3-2 victory over Ritter. The game was tied with two points each at the end of regulation and double overtime, but the PT team defeated the Raiders 4-3 in penalty kicks. Facing Brebeuf Jesuit in the next game, the girls lost, 4-1, to end the season with a 6-8-1 record.

Junior Abby Farley was named to the Marion County Coaches of Girls Sport All-

The girls volleyball team captured its second consecutive sectional championship, sweeping tournament opponents Triton Central, Cardinal Ritter and Scecina to advance to the regional round of the state tournament, where they lost to 12-time state champion Muncie Burris in the opener.

Key victories included sweeping all three opponents – Warren Central, Lawrence Central and Pendleton Heights – in the season-opening PT Invitational.

The girls went undefeated in conference play while capturing their second conference title in as many years.

Top performers were seniors Kristen Trimpe, Maddie Reese, Nigelie Assee and Samantha Johansen and sophomores Abby Frank and Hannah Ladendorf.

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Fall sports

Athletes earn honors over the summer

Continued from Page 11 Girls Golf

The team placed sixth at the Lawrence Central sectional on September 19. The girls had their strongest team finish and best team score of the season with 387. Brooke Hasler ’12 advanced to the regional in Lafayette. Her score of 86 at sectionals made her one of the top three individuals advancing without a team. Congratulations to Brooke, Courtney Fehsenfeld ’12, Reilly Martin ’12, Samantha Tambunan ’11 and Lauren Talbert ’13 on a great season.

Cross Country

The boys team had just enough runners this year to compete, but the three PT girls who participated in cross country had to compete as individuals at meets.

Junior Henry Farley finished 11th at the sectional meet on October 10, with a personal best time of 16:30.9. He qualified for regionals on October 17 and finished 44th. The boys finished 12th out of 16 teams at the Marion County meet.

Schilling named basketball program director, coach

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eteran high-school, college and NBA basketball coach Ed Schilling is the new director of the basketball program and varsity boys basketball coach at Park Tudor School.

Coach Schilling continues to serve as executive director and founder of the Zionsvillebased Champions Academy, a not-for-profit organization that trains young students to NBA All-Stars on fundamental basketball skills.

Schilling was assistant basketball coach at the University of Memphis from 2003-2005. He also was the men’s basketball coach at Wright State University from 19972003, where he was second youngest Division I head coach in the country.

He served as an assistant coach of the New Jersey Nets from 1996-1997 and as assistant coach at the University of Massachusetts from 1995-1996. He also has been head basketball coach at both Logansport and Western Boone High Schools.

At Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, from which he holds a B.S. degree in education, Schilling was a four-year starting point guard, two-year team captain, three-year Academic All MidAmerican Conference player and two-year Academic All American Finalist. Along with teammate Ron Harper (LA Lakers), he led Miami to consecutive NCAA tournament bids in 1985 and 1986.

Head of School Doug Jennings says, “Throughout his basketball and academic careers, Ed Schilling has exemplified the Park Tudor School values of academic achievement, lifelong learning, athletic accomplishment and good sportsmanship. We couldn’t be happier to welcome him to the Park Tudor family.”

Athletic Director Brad Lennon adds, “Coach Schilling’s wealth of basketball knowledge and experience at the high school, college and professional level are second to none, and the Schilling family name is synonymous with Indiana basketball.”

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• Hannah Farley ’09 won the 400 meters in 55.51 on July 11 in a Junior Olympics regional at Lisle, Illinois. She qualified for the nationals July 31-August 2 in Greensboro, North Carolina, where she finished eighth in the event with a time of 55.68. Hannah won second place in the 400-meter dash at the Midwest Meet of Champions for runners from Indiana, Ohio and Michigan.

A three-time state champion in the 400-meter dash, Hannah guided Park Tudor to a thirdplace finish at the IHSAA girls state meet and was awarded the state meet’s Mental Attitude Award in girls track and field.

• Senior swimmer Daniel Hasler achieved a U.S. Olympic time trials cut at the 2009 Junior National Swimming Championship in July. In the 400 IM, Daniel swam the 12thfastest time nationally among swimmers 18 and younger. He also went to finals in the 200 Breast, finishing 18th nationally. He set Carmel Swim Club records in both of these races.

Daniel also raced in the 400 Free, in which he dropped over five seconds, and the 200 IM, where he dropped two seconds and placed in the top third nationally.

• Chelsea Patterson ’11 placed fifth at the World Championship Horse Show in Louisville. Chelsea and her horse, Stonecroft Front and Center, competed in the threegaited junior exhibitor park division.

• Kevin Ferrell ’12 was ranked No. 33 in a national ranking of the Class of 2012

by Hoop Scoop, a web site that ranks top basketball players nationally in each class.

He spent this summer playing point guard with the 17-andunder Spiece Indy Heat, which made the semifinals at the Hoosier Shootout.

• 2009 graduates Cole Sommer and Marc Wagoner were invited to play in the Indiana High School East-West All

Star Soccer Game in June.

• Sophomore Nevin Joseph was selected to be a player for the Indiana State Boys Soccer team for ’94 Boys in the Region II games in Rockford, IL over the summer. He has participated in the Olympic Development Program of Indiana Youth Soccer since 2006 and has been a member of the State Pool Team.

• Sophomore J.B. Rapp scored 13 points as a member of the Eric Gordon All-Stars team at the adidas Super 64 basketball event on July 22. In the 15-and-under division, the Eric Gordon All-Stars defeated the DTA Superstars of Wisconsin, 62-44.

• The Leland, Michigan Yacht Club presented the 2009 Alen Mead Cup to Alec Stanley ’15. The award is one of three major sailing-proficiency awards presented annually by the club.

Page named to Earlham College Hall of Fame

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pper School Math teacher and former football Coach Tom Page was inducted into the Earlham College Athletics Hall of Fame on October 23 as part of the college’s Homecoming activities.

Page played football and golf for Earlham and was inducted for demonstrating excellence in his sports, contributing positively to Earlham College athletics and having good academic standing while at Earlham. Page, a 1985 graduate of the college, joins six other individuals as the 2009 inductees.

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Wandering the globe

By CASSIE DULL

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indsay Clark ’04 is a nomad. Not in the “I just graduated from college and am wandering among family and friends’ homes until I decide to settle down and figure out what to do with my life” kind of way. No, Lindsay is a nomad in the sense that she has made the world her playground, traveling at every chance she gets and learning with every new experience.

Lindsay, who graduated from Indiana University just a year and a half ago, has already circumnavigated the globe three times – all in the past three years. First, she participated in the Semester at Sea program for college students to sail around the world on a cruise ship for three months. Then, just after graduating college, she ventured off on her own round-the-world solo tour, visiting Europe, Africa and Asia.

Her latest adventure took her on a free ride around the globe with STA Travel’s World Traveler Internship (WTI) this past summer. STA’s requirements for the internship: Passion for traveling and sharing experiences with others. Check. Outgoing. Check.

Photography skills. Check. “You must be awesome.” Check.

The internship took her and one other intern on a journey to Fiji, Australia, India, Dubai, Eastern Africa, South Africa, Greece, Scotland and Ireland, meeting locals, interacting with different cultures and molding a lifelong experience along the way.

Park Tudor: What kind of travel experience did you have prior to the STA World Traveler Internship?

Lindsay: I took advantage of the Spoleto Study Abroad program promoted by Park Tudor for reasons unexplainable at the time. I had an intense desire to study art in Italy, though I’d never been and knew very little about authentic Italy.

While in college I felt called back to Italy, namely Florence, during the summer after my sophomore year at IU and became enamored with Florentine culture. A friend from my hometown then informed me of a program called Semester at Sea, which involved a cruise liner, 700 students, and 11 ports of call on four continents. From this experience, I expected to reap incredible amounts of National Geographic-worthy photographs. Instead, I came away loving travel and its documentation more than anything else. I also traveled alone in Vietnam, which gave me the confidence to travel on my own two days after college graduation.

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viewed over the phone. From that lot, the top 10 finalists were globe. They usually come home chosen to create a second appliwith pretty spectacular perspeccation video documenting their tives on the world around them hometown or a local spot people and enlightened views of their should visit. own futures.

What was your reaction What inspired you to apply when you were told you got for the STA internship? the internship?

I was aware of the internI was babysitting at the time, ship my senior year of college, drawing a cartoon tiger for two and after Semester at Sea, I little kids, and when I received a thought nothing else was more call from an unknown number, suited for me than the WTI. I had an intense desire to lie on I wanted to inspire others to the floor. Listening and standing shake out of their bubbles and seemed like too much to do at realize there’s quite little to be the same time. I didn’t tell my afraid of and quite a lot that parents until dinner that night, can change you into the person and driving to the restaurant, you want to become. I wasn’t I nearly drove into two cars eligible when I applied in 2008 because I couldn’t handle sitting because I was graduating. In a on some of the biggest news in sense, the WTI inspired me to my life. I’m no longer allowed make my own round-the-world to drive while excited. dreams come true. When I came What was your favorite home from my [solo] Big Jourexperience? ney, I came across the internship I voluntarily fell out of a for a second time, and when plane, plummeting toward earth they announced they’d be taking Lake Nakuru, Kenya: Standing unprotected in a game reserve. for 30 seconds. Very little can two people regardless of school beat that experience (with the enrollment, I saw no other purpossible exception of cage div“A new continent every month, new country pose in my life than to be the ing with Great White Sharks). every week, new city every day.

World Traveler Intern.

What was your favorite How did the application country on the WTI? Utter exhaustion doing what you love: process work?

Because of the nature of our inspiring others to travel.”

The application process tour, I really loved Fiji and living opened up around December of in a highland village. We hiked 2008 and required those interested to fill out an online application through clay-like mud, built bamboo rafts and played with the kids (detailing their experience and sample blogs), [and] submit their after school. It was a cultural exchange, very casual, very authentic. resumes, as well as a three-minute video explaining why [they What were some of the difficulties you encountered during were] perfect for the job. Only the video is visible to the public, your travels? and it would seem this is the most important aspect of a person’s I’m pretty sure I contracted the swine flu. I never got it checked application. Though the number of views, comments and high out, but there were two days when people didn’t want to sit by me ratings helped in the judging process, the most vital element was on the bus. I also slept 18 hours a day, except for the day I had to have a high-energy, entertaining, and relevant video people to climb a volcano and ride a donkey. I do think, however, the loved to watch. After the general deadline, STA picked its top 20 laughter induced from riding a stubborn donkey is a solid, albeit applicants from a pool of over 700 applicants, whom they intermomentary, cure for the swine flu.

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Why was this experience valuable to you?

This is what I want to do: travel and let the world mold me into a person I’m proud to be. And in the process of learning constantly, I reap great amounts of fulfillment from helping others realize different realities about world cultures and how to make travel dreams happen for anyone.

What kinds of interactions did you have with the locals?

Even though life in the Fijian highlands differs greatly from America, I didn’t experience any cultural shock due to the acceptance, the forgiving nature and the welcoming manner in which we were received. Fiji was a definite cultural immersion. I also had some great times with those from Delhi, India. And a certain guide from Tanzania made it his mission to take me to an authentic neighborhood food joint for some nyama choma (spit-grilled meat), which I amply appreciated. The only time I’ve ever experienced resistance as an American was in Paris, surprisingly. Most people think we Americans are an interesting, sometimes hilarious, breed.

How do you overcome the language barrier?

I studied Italian in college, which is really only beneficial in Italy. Virtually anyone in the tourism industry, including street vendors and taxi drivers, speaks English, but when I can I try to use as many local phrases as I can retain. Smiling

Lindsay hanging out with one of the village kids in Nakavika, Fiji.

and pointing gets you surprisingly far, and I always carry around a notebook and pen in case I need to sketch that which I’m trying to describe.

I once spread my arms out and ran around making airplane noises to ask a taxi driver for a ride to the airport. You gotta do what you gotta do.

How do you think your education at Park Tudor prepared you for world travel?

It may not have been evident to me at the time, but Park Tudor instilled in me a desire to learn for the rest of my life. And for me, traveling is learning. I’m sure I tried to wriggle away from reading assignments and take shortcuts at the time, but when you realize how lifelong learning can bring incredible value to your existence, it is passion that fuels every endeavor to know more. There’s one

thing I know for sure, though: my best writing skills are all thanks to (Park Tudor English teacher) Dr. Hamer.

What are you doing now?

I’m dedicated to being a freelance writer and photographer, which is no easy task and involves me working about 16 hours a day. Currently, I’m trying to sell articles and photographs to various travel publications, agencies and companies, as well as looking for sponsorship to continue my involvement with certain organizations in Cambodia, Uganda and elsewhere. I would be delighted to live a nomadic existence for the next five to 10 years, but the glorious part of my plan is that it’s not really a plan. I’ll continue to do what I love until I find myself nibbling on my own fingers… or losing interest, which seems unfathomable at this point.

You can stay connected to Lindsay through her blog (www.nomadderwhere.com), Youtube (www.youtube. com/Linzer32) and Twitter (@nomadderwhere). You can e-mail Lindsay at nomadderwhere@gmail.com.

If you would like to know more about the STA World Traveler Internship, visit www.worldtravelerintern. com.

Links to Lindsay’s favorite blogs: Varanasi,

India:

http://www.

nomadderwhere.com/2009/01/finding-melodies-in-malady-day-168/ Phnom Penh, Cambodia: http:// www.nomadderwhere.com/2009/05/ chicken-and-clams-partying-khmerstyle-day-191/ Edinburgh, Scotland: http://www. nomadderwhere.com/2009/08/edinburgh-charms-day-65/

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Climbing for cancer

By CASSIE DULL

After the death of his mother from cancer Alumnus Mekael Shane ’89 ascended Mt. in March 2006, Mekael felt the urge to create a Everest last spring to raise funds for the cancer memorial foundation in her name. He relocated foundation he started in his mother’s name. to Atlanta in 2007 and founded The Joyce L. Mekael knew that his three years at Park Maul Foundation “to honor her life’s incredTudor would help him rise to the top, but he ible legacy.” may not have known then how high the top “At the JLM Foundation, we focus the full would be. He recently took on an expedition arsenal of our attention and effort toward helpto climb the highest mountain in the world, ing the worldwide cancer-fighting community Mount Everest. in its efforts to demolish that dreaded disease,” What fueled Mekael to achieve this task? he says.

He attributes the many lessons he learned at Soon after creating the foundation, Mekael Park Tudor to his accomplishments as an adult. decided that the organization’s first fundraiser He says, “Placed in their proper perspectives, would be his ascent of Mt. Everest. He writes: the many lessons that are imparted upon us Mekael Shane in Ayres Auditorium Attempting to ascend Mt. Everest is an [as] students creates within us a doctrinal intense journey measured by inches, and a belief that we can strive to persevere in any of climber’s mental and physical preparation and our chosen fields of endeavor, be it climbing training can dictate both a successful summit and a successmountains, becoming corporate successes, or being beacons ful descent. In 2006, while still a resident of Indianapolis, I like teachers or professors.” began my physical preparation, dedicating myself toward the After graduating from Park Tudor in 1989, Mekael purstrengthening of my respiratory system. sued a degree in political science from Central State University I needed to increase my cardio proficiency and my level in Ohio. He returned home to Indianapolis and eventually came of physical stamina, so I began working with physical trainto work for an organization called Project IMPACT, a youth ers. In creating my training and prep timeline, I made sure to agency that works with at-risk teens from the Marion County include realistic, accomplishable, keystone goals – goals that Juvenile Court system.

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Mekael takes a water break during his Mt. Everest trek.

included plans for me to spend time climbing, hiking and trekking. In early 2008, I was led to the great state of Colorado where I scaled Torreys Peak and Mt. Evans. By this time, I had already been living in Atlanta for a few months, but I remained focused on my training. Also in accordance with my timeline, I knew that I would need to spend some time training on icecovered ranges, which prompted my temporary relocation to Switzerland, which would afford me an opportunity to train and prepare in the famed Alps, namely the Chablais, Pennine and Bernese Alps. There is no other place on earth that can provide for greater ice- and snow-covered mountain training.

The Alps are filled with great glacier-styled mountains, miniMt. Everests if you will. I have scaled the Jungfrau and the Dufourspitze.

After years of training, Mekael’s plans to ascend Mt. Everest finally came to realization in the spring of 2009:

My expedition team was comprised of nine members who were from around the world. The embarkation date for our expedition was April 5, which dictated my arrival in Kathmandu on April 1. Once there, our planning sessions were concise and pristine, and we all felt awesome about the plan that we agreed upon. As is the usual custom, climbers would fly from the airport in Kathmandu up to Lukla, and from there climbers would trek for a day up to Namche Bazaar, and then on to the subsequent hamlets along the path toward Base Camp. Our team encountered two days of delay at the airport because flights would fly up to Lukla only to have to return to Kathmandu due to volatile weather, so after a day spent strategizing, we decided to drive from Kathmandu to the hamlet of Jiri, which would be followed by a trek up to Lukla. The 11-hour drive to Jiri was great, but it would be the trek from Jiri to Lukla that would try our souls.

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the Nepal side, climbing from its main route During our planknown as the “Southning, we expected the east Ridge.” Leaving journey from Jiri to the first Base Camp, Lukla to be an eightwhich sits at 5,380 day trek, but our guide meters, we ascended got us lost in the heart up to the three succesof the back-country of sive Base Camps, restNepal, and our trek ing for seven days at turned into a 20-day each for proper accliordeal. Climbers train matization. From the on mountains, so we Advanced Base Camp, didn’t expect to have we made two sumto cross coarse land. mit attempts, resting We lost a few members for four days between of our team to injueach attempt hoping to ries, which meant that Mekael’s Mt. Everest climb guide, at right, and friends. continue to acclimatize we wouldn’t see them and rest smartly. The again because by the highest that we were able to ascend was on our first attempt, time we were to return to Kathmandu from the mountain, and we got close to 7,600 meters. On both summit attempts, we they’d have already returned to their homelands. During that were forced to turn about due to the cloud cover falling on us, 20-day trek, our entire team got sick with a parasite infestation which were freakish events. The smartest thing that we did was that happened as a result of us drinking the bottled water that deciding not to try to force the ascent and to end the expediwe bought along the way. We honestly believed that the bottled tion. Our climb guide once said to our team, “The number one water would be safe to drink. We were very wrong. We suffered reason why climbers die is because of their arrogance.” After from dehydration, fatigue and even sunburn. We wondered 70 days in Nepal, it was time to leave and I can honestly say the entire time we were lost whether we would have enough that, experiencing everything we did – the getting lost, losing strength and mental capabilities left to successfully climb the team members to injuries and getting sick – [it all] steeled my mountain. I remember thinking during the days of that horrible resolve to accomplish this goal, and I can’t wait to return. ordeal, “God, I can’t die here. I have to get back to my little Mekael is in Switzerland now, where he has been granted boys.” Keeping that thought in the forefront of my mind helped membership in the Swiss Alpine Club. Since June, he has been me to push onward. training for his next expedition up Mt. Everest, scheduled to After 20 days of camping outside, sleeping in guest houses begin on March 25, 2010. He also will spend two months in and in the homes of the humble and gracious Nepali people that Africa, particularly Kenya and South Africa, training with a we met along the way, we finally reached Lukla. Once there, we climb team that has successfully reached the summit. immediately had to seek medical care to rid ourselves of the He also is a successful poet, having published four collecintestinal parasites and to get our bodies rested. During the tions of poetry and winning national awards. His books include days that we were lost, I personally lost nearly 20 pounds and “The Genesis: A Collection of Poems by Mekael,” “The Road was in bad shape. However, after four days of resting, we were to Damascus: Poems by Mekael,” “Love Letters: The Select examined by the medical personnel and were given the green Collection by Mekael” and “Exegesis: A Decade of Poetry by light, enabling us to depart for Namche Bazaar. After resting Mekael.” His books are available at Amazon.com, Barnesandthere for a day, we continued on, passing through Tangboche, Noble.com and other online outlets.

Pheriche and Lobuche along the way toward Base Camp, and If you would like to help Mekael and The Joyce L. Maul after six days of trekking, we finally reached Base Camp and Foundation, please visit the web site at www.joycelmaulfounthe true climb journey began. dation.org to see how you can help spread the word about early Around that time, we learned that China decided at the cancer detection and screening, as well as how to make a donalast moment not to allow climbers to ascend from the Tibetan tion to the cause. side of the mountain, so our only recourse was to ascend from 18 park tudor phoenix FALL 2009

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Out of the village B y lisa hendricks o n ’ 7 7

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hen you walk past Dr. Santonino Banya’s physics classroom, you are likely to see a student’s work posted on the door as an example for classmates, showing them how to solve a physics problem. It was seeing those same examples while growing up in a small village in Uganda that encouraged Dr. Banya to excel in his studies and eventually to become a teacher, sharing his hard-earned science expertise with his students today.

Dr. Banya recently published his autobiography chronicling his fascinating life journey called “Out of the Village: Overcoming Barriers.” In it, he tells the story of his journey from a child raised in a traditional thatched-roof hut in Minja village, Uganda, to his escape from the brutal political dictatorship of Idi Amin at the age

Dr. Santonino Banya

of 19, to his quest to attain several graduate degrees. Throughout this story that spans two continents and a variety of cultures, the one constant in his life has been his love of learning.

“My village consisted of about 20 families who had been there for a long time.

We really considered everybody part of the family,” he says. “Education was stressed in the family. Very close to me was my maternal uncle, who was in high school. I was impressed by his outlook on life in general and what he experienced in school.”

During the school holidays, his uncle often didn’t return to the village, but spent time with friends in other areas. “He was able to see parts of the country I had not been to,” he says, which led Dr. Banya to dream of his own travels.

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An example of the village house in which Dr. Banya was raised.

Along with his uncle, one of Dr. Banya’s greatest influences was his primary school headmaster. He says, “The teacher always insisted, ‘I expect you to become something more than what I am.’” The first step in that journey took place in 1970, when as a primary student he earned the highest score in the region on his examinations, gaining him entrance to his preferred high school, which was 70 miles away from his village.

Dr. Banya writes in his autobiography, “My transition from primary school to secondary school started with a big bang.

When the results came out, I was excited about the prospect of majoring in areas that would lead to political science at the university. Unfortunately, my joy was soon interrupted. On January 25, 1971, a few days before I was due to leave home, it was announced that Idi Amin had overthrown the civilian government of Dr. Obote.”

Immediately, fear began to spread throughout the country.

Amin decreed that political science no longer be taught in universities and banned all political activity. Years of turmoil unfolded. The Amin regime was targeting members of the Banya family’s tribal group the Luo, many of which were members of the Ugandan intelligensia. Family members disappeared and villagers were tortured. Finally, “my mother decided there was no point for me to stay in the country,” Dr. Banya says. “Four

years before my father had disappeared. His brother and maternal uncle had already escaped. I was already being looked for.

I had come to a point where I had nothing to lose.”

Banya and a high-school classmate set off on foot, and then via train, headed for Kenya. Only his mother knew that he was leaving the country. He was not alone. Many of his fellow high-school classmates also were escaping, and upon his arrival in Nairobi he recognized students from his native village.

Dr. Banya’s high school identification card.

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Early in his teaching career, Dr. Banya with his students at the Nguviu Boys’ High School in Embu, Kenya. Dr. Banya also has been a soccer coach at many of the schools where he has taught.

In Nairobi, he enrolled in the Kenya Science Teachers’ College to study science education, having determined that a career in political science was no longer an option. “If you had asked me in grade seven, eleven and thirteen whether I wanted to be a teacher, I would have told you to go and get your head examined.... And there I was, being instantly accepted to teach science; an act that [in earlier days] would have kept me from getting out of the village.”

He soon landed the first of several teaching positions in Kenya. He discovered his true calling as a result of “the response of the first group of students I taught in the highschool setting. They were very keen; they asked a lot of questions. I found myself learning from my students.”

But Banya’s thirst to learn and explore had not abated.

After finding an outdated copy of a Barron’s guide to U.S. colleges, he randomly applied to several, and was accepted to the University of Judaism in Los Angeles. “I had heard that the northeastern part of Uganda had been proposed as an alterna-

tive to the Jewish homeland after the Second World War,” he writes, and after his own experiences with persecution in Uganda, “I thought it might be of interest to learn how members of a society dealt with hatred.” In addition, “I wanted to study an entirely different culture than that of Uganda and Kenya.”

In 1989 he headed to Los Angeles via New York, nearly penniless. Arriving in the United States resulted in its own set of challenges. “The most difficult thing was communication,” he remembers. “It was difficult to get people to understand what I was talking about.” He also fought people’s misperceptions of Africa as an educational backwater. “In Uganda, I went to a normal school, where we did lab work, etc.” But he soon made friends and thrived at the university, where he was elected vice president of the student body.

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Continued from Page 21 taught science at De La Salle Institute, St. Martin de Porres Academy and North Chicago Community High School.

He then moved to Connecticut, where he taught chemistry and physics at Miss Porter’s School in Farmington before heading back to his studies. He earned a Ph.D. in science education with a specialization in chemistry from the University of Southern Mississipi, where his teaching experiences led him to his thesis topic and book, “Study of Factors Affecting Attitudes of Young Female Students Toward Chemistry at the High School Level,” which is available on Amazon.com.

Dr. Banya’s own life is an example to his students. He tells them, “The first thing is being confident in what you are doing and taking interest in what you are doing – determining, ‘This is what I want. I might not get it the first time – keep trying.’” That’s why he posts examples of good work. “If you give one example to other kids – they think, ‘If he can do it, I think

The world travels to PT… • Park Tudor is hosting two foreign exchange students in the junior class this year. Lena Bode, from Hildesheim, Germany, will be staying only for the first semester. She has been playing violin for nine years and has joined the Upper School orchestra. She played on a successful volleyball team back home and has lent her talents to the PT team. She has done exchange programs in Hungary and England, and she enjoys windsurfing, handball and playing the trombone.

Sizi Chen, from Guangzhou, China, was the chair of the student union at her school in China and enjoys reading and volunteering at her local library. She plays traditional Chinese music and has learned how to play the Guzheng, Pi’pa and Guqin. She is teaching interested Park Tudor students to play the Pi’pa during her stay. She plans to attend college when she returns to China and is interested in pursuing a career as a cultural ambassador.

• Six exchange students from El Colegio Internacional de Valladolid in Valladolid, Spain visited Park Tudor for one month in August. El Colegio Internacional is a private school that provides a bilingual education in Spanish and English. The students lived with Park Tudor families and attended seventhgrade classes.

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I can do it.’ It opens up opportunities for them to ask, ‘How did you get this answer?’”

Dr. Banya joined the faculty of Park Tudor in 2004. He writes, “I had finally found a new village, far away from the one I left one and a half decades ago. The teaching profession that I ignored in my early years of education is now the cornerstone of my life.... Nothing is more special than seeing young adults grow both intellectually and socially, and being a part of this enterprise is the best reward that my departure from the village against all the harsh realities of life I could have ever wanted.”

Today, Dr. Banya is in the process of becoming a naturalized U.S. citizen. His brother lives in Uganda with five children, along with his two sisters, where life has improved and families are returning to and rebuilding their native villages.

His inspirational uncle, who holds a Ph.D. in microbiology, teaches at the local university in Gulu, Uganda.

comed 22 students from La Scuola Italiana di Montevideo for an 11-day visit in September. The students stayed with Lower and Middle School families, attended English classes and participated in dance and music, and visited several Indianapolis attractions during their stay. These sixth graders have completed their national English exam and traveled to the United States as a culminating experience for their studies.

…and PT travels the world • Park Tudor is sponsoring a two-week trip to Spain in June 2010 for Upper School students who have completed classes in Spanish III or higher. The program, offered through YES Summer in Spain, is an intensive Spanish language and cultural immersion program in the historic city of Seville. Students live with Spanish host families, study language, culture, history and other topics in Spanish, and visit a number of cultural and historic sites in southern Spain.

• The Middle School will be taking an European excursion next summer as well. Middle School English teacher Jane Sidey and history teacher Carol Simmons will escort 20 students to Barcelona, Normandy, Paris and London from June 3-June 15, 2010.

• And for a student’s perspective of Park Tudor’s trip to China in June 2009, read an essay written by Richard Ni ’10 at parktudor.org/Documents/ChinaTrip09.pdf.

Alumni News Greetings from your Alumni Board President

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am honored to be serving the Park Tudor Alumni Association and want to thank my fellow board members for the talent and enthusiasm they bring to this year’s board. It is our goal to meet your needs as alumni through the services and programs the alumni association provides. The goals of the board have evolved due to feedback we have received from all of you, and we are grateful to those who have participated in our alumni surveys. This year, the board will

focus on events and programs designed to keep you engaged with your fellow alumni and your alma mater. In addition to alumni gatherings, we are considering professional networking groups, speaker series and an alumni/student mentor program.

In order not to miss out on any of these new opportunities, be sure to become an active member of our password-protected online community at http://alumni.parktudor.org. In addition, become a member of

Park Tudor’s Facebook page at facebook.com/parktudor. Also, please follow Park Tudor on Twitter (twitter.com/parktudor).

As always, we welcome volunteers as well as feedback on the events sponsored by the Alumni Association. Please feel free to contact Alumni Coordinator/Planned Giving Officer Gretchen Hueni at (317) 4152766 or toll-free at 1-888-7825861. You may reach her via e-mail at ghueni@parktudor.org.

I look forward to seeing you during the 2010 Alumni Week-

Brandon Phillips ’96

end on April 30 and May 1, 2010.

— Brandon Phillips ’96

Park Tudor Alumni Association 2010 events Mon., January 25 Alumni Reception – New York City Date TBA

Naples Area Alumni Reception – Naples, Florida – Stay tuned for details!

Sat., May 1

Alumni 2010 Celebration (for all classes) Clowes Commons, 4:30-7 p.m.

Classes of 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2005 will have their class photo taken during the reception.

Exact times and registration information will be included in the spring issue of The Phoenix, to be mailed in mid-March.

Please note that a separate brochure will not be mailed. You also may access information and register for events via our alumni online community at http://alumni.parktudor.org.

Alumni Weekend 2010 Fri., April 30 Founders’ Day – Park Tudor Gym, 9:30 a.m.

Distinguished Alumni Awards Dinner

Woodstock Club, 6 p.m.

Honoring:

Elizabeth Wiest Johnson ’46

Alan Keller ’60

Frank Watanabe ’85

Sat., May 1 Fifty-Year Club Lunch (for Classes of

1960 and earlier) – Woodstock Club, 11 a.m.

Classes of 1935, 1940, 1945, 1950, 1955

and 1960 will have their class photo taken

immediately following the luncheon.

“At Warren’s Malthouse,” a staged reading

by Jim Foxlow and friends – Foster Hall, 3:30 p.m.

Fri., May 21

Class of 2010 Senior Class Breakfast Clowes Commons, 8:30 a.m.

Followed by the Upper School Awards program in Ayres Auditorium.

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Meet new members of the Park Tudor Alumni Board

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he Park Tudor Alumni Association Board of Directors welcomes five new members: Fred Emhardt ’78 received his B.A. degree (magna cum laude) from Wabash College and his J.D. from the University of Colorado. He has been in private practice in Indianapolis since graduating from law school. Fred joined the firm Plews Shadley Racher & Braun in 1993 and became a partner in 1994. He served as managing partner in 2001 and is managing partner for 20092010. Fred is a youth soccer and basketball coach and a member of Penrod Society. He and his wife, Cynthia LaFollette ’79, have two daughters: Elizabeth is a 2008 graduate of Park Tudor and Caroline is a member of the Class of 2010.

Jessica Benson Cox ’99 graduated from Vanderbilt University and received her J.D. from Case Western Reserve University. She is an associate with the Indianapolis

law firm Ice Miller, and is married to Jacob Cox. Jessica was a member of the 2009 steering committee for a fundraising event benefitting the organization Dress for Success. She also participates in college fairs as a representative of Vanderbilt, where she interviews college applicants and speaks on behalf of the university.

Stephanie Goodrid Lawson ’00 is a graduate of George Washington University and received a master’s degree in public affairs from Indiana University. She is utilizing her skills in nonprofit leadership and fundraising in her role as a development officer for the IU Foundation. She supports the community by volunteering for public television station WFYI and also serves as a board member for Impact 100, a women’s giving circle. She is married to Park Tudor classmate Will Lawson ’00.

Anne Rogers Mitchell ’85 is a 1997 recipient of the Park

Planned Giving and the Annual Fund

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ark Tudor School is fortunate to have donors who understand the importance of the Annual Fund and who choose to support the effort each year. You may be surprised to learn that through making a planned gift to the school, it is possible to continue your current level of Annual Fund support for generations to come. Here is an example: John and Jane Doe are generous supporters of the Park Tudor Annual Fund. Each year they make an unrestricted gift of $10,000.

They decide to make a planned gift that will make it possible for this level of support to continue. Estimating that an endowment will generate approximately 5% in distributions each year, John and Jane provide for a gift of $200,000 to come to Park Tudor in the form of a bequest. This gift to the endowment will provide continued support at the level they had been giving to the Annual Fund.

We welcome the opportunity to talk with you about how you can create a planned gift to address your own specific interests. Please contact Planned Giving Officer Gretchen Hueni at ghueni@parktudor.org or (317) 415-2766 for additional information.

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Members of the Park Tudor Alumni Association Board met in August at Foster Hall for a planning retreat. Left to right: Anne Rogers Mitchell ’85, Stephanie Goodrid Lawson ’00, Lindsay Elder Thornton ’95, Jessica Benson Cox ’99, Nikhil Gunale ’96, Cathy Yingling ’87, Brandon Phillips ’96 and Andy Kight ’89.

Tudor Distinguished Alumni Award. She left a successful career in New York City’s fashion industry to marry her husband, Jeff, and move home to Indianapolis. They are parents of four-year-old twin daughters, Alexandra (Ally) and Caroline (C.C.), who are students in Park Tudor’s junior kindergarten class. Anne is owner of Anne Rogers Creative Services. In her free time she enjoys art, design, travel and tennis.

Adrienne Watson ’06 is a recent graduate of Indiana

University. While at IU, she interned in Washington, D.C. for Indiana Congressman Baron Hill and assisted in both the 2008 Baron Hill for Congress and Barack Obama for America campaigns. She is now working for a bipartisan political consulting firm in Washington, D.C. This former member of the 2005 and 2006 Park Tudor State Championship tennis teams (who earned All-State recognition both years as well as Academic All-State recognition) enjoys sailing, politics, travel and reading.

Donor profile…in their own words “Both Chris and I are indebted to the institutions that have helped to form our interests and perspective on life. That’s why we have chosen to leave a portion of our estate to the institutions that have meant something to us.

Because I owe so much to Tudor Hall and Park Tudor, there is no better lasting legacy than a gift that guarantees the future of a place I love.”

— Debbie Stuart Everett Tudor Hall Class of 1969 2003 Distinguished Alumna Honoree Director, Park Tudor’s Jane Holton Upper School Endowment Society member since 1996

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New on the PT web site – Learning Project blog

Save the date!

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he Learning Project blog on the PT web site is an excellent resource for learning how brain science plays a role in today’s common issues regarding children and teenagers. Dr. Scott Hamilton, direc-

tor of The Russel & Mary Williams Learning Project at Park Tudor, has been writing for the blog over the past year. discussing topics such as reading exercises, academic coaching, memory, and sleep

and teen depression.

Join the discussion on parktudor.org/learningprojectblog by leaving a comment to ask questions, sharing your opinion or suggesting topics for future posts.

Park Tudor books make great holiday gifts

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ooking for holiday gift ideas? Two Park Tudor books may be just the right gift for that certain someone.

Park Tudor School: The First 100 Years provides 175 pages of fascinating information about the history of our school. This beautifully designed hardcover book by Indianapolis author and historian Bill Beck contains more

than 150 historical photos from the archives of Park School, Tudor Hall and Park Tudor.

Culinary Treasures, A Taste of Indianapolis is a delightful collection of favorite recipes from Park Tudor families and friends. From easy to gourmet, appetizers to desserts, this hard-cover cookbook is filled with delicious recipes sure to please all.

Please complete the order form below and mail with your check or credit card information to: Book Order, Park Tudor School, 7200 N. College Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46240-3016. (To order additional books for others, you may copy this page or add another sheet with address information.)

ay “yes” to “no”! Noted psychologist Dr. David Walsh will speak at Park Tudor at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 2 in Ayres Auditorium about the importance of developing self-discipline in a culture of “more, fast, easy and fun.” The event is free and open to the public.

Dr. Walsh is president and founder of the National Institute on Media and the Family, based in Minneapolis. Psychologist, educator, author and parent of three, Dr. Walsh has emerged as one of the world’s leading authorities on parenting, family life and the impact of media on children’s health and development. He is the author of nine books.

I would like to order _ ______ copy(ies) of Park Tudor’s cookbook, Culinary Treasures, A Taste of Indianapolis at $19.95 each. _______ Please ship my book(s) for an additional cost of $5.50 per book.

I would like to order _ ______ copy(ies) of Park Tudor’s centennial history book, Park Tudor School: The First 100 Years at $49.95 each. _______ Please ship my book(s) for an additional cost of $5.50 per book.

I would like to order _ ______ copy(ies) of BOTH books for the reduced price of $63 for the pair. _______ Please ship my books for an additional cost of $10 for each set ordered.

Total $________________ Check enclosed OR_ _____ Please charge my credit card (complete card information below). _____ MasterCard _______VISA Card Number_ _________________________________________________ Security Code (last 3 or 4 digits on back of card)____________ Exp. Date_____________________________________ Ship to: Name____________________________________________________________________________________________ Address__________________________________________________________________________________________ City/State/Zip_____________________________________________________________________________________ Phone____________________________________________________________________________________________ FALL 2009 park tudor phoenix 39

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Alumni artists perform for Indianapolis audiences

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ianist Dr. Minju Choi ’98, who recently moved back to Indianapolis from New York City, performed a solo recital on September 2 at the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center, University of Indianapolis. Her recital program included works

by C.P.E. Bach, Schumann, Philip Lasser, Fauré, and Liszt.

Her performance of Lasser’s “Les Hiboux Blancs” was later broadcast on WICR Radio in Indianapolis. Lasser is a friend who teaches at Juilliard School; his music is performed by artists and orchestras around the globe.

Minju received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from The Juilliard School, where she studied with Jerome Lowenthal. She pursued additional studies in France and Germany before completing her doctoral degree in piano performance at Stony Brook University in New York.

She has appeared as a soloist with the Indianapolis and Shreveport Symphonies, the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic Orchestra, the Music Academy of the West and the Juilliard Orchestra, and has performed solo recitals in Paris, New York City, Philadelphia, Chicago and Vancouver.

She also was the featured performer at Park Tudor’s Foundation Dinner on September 11, and will perform for Upper School students at an assembly later this school year.

She currently teaches piano at the University of Indianapolis’s Community Music Center and has a private piano studio to teach young, talented pianists in Indianapolis. Those interested in taking piano les40 park tudor phoenix FALL 2009

Dr. Minju Choi ’98 backstage after her University of Indianapolis recital with Park Tudor Fine Arts Director John Williams, Global Scholars Program Coordinator Dr. Jan Guffin, Orchestra Director Lorelei Farlow and Heidi Chen ’09.

sons with her should e-mail her at info@minjuchoi.com with name, age, contact information, background and playing goals.

All levels are welcome.

She also is collaborating with community members to provide free, private piano lessons for public-school students with financial need.

“I feel a sense of responsibility as a Hoosier to give back to the community that nurtured my music education and career,” she says. “While living in Indianapolis again, I would like to keep classical music alive in the general public as well as in schools.”

John (Jack) Freiberger ’82 wrote and performed in “They Call Me Mister Fry” at the IndyFringe Theatre in Indianapolis, October 2-18. His critically acclaimed show is about his first year as a teacher in the Los Angeles public school system. Jack continues to teach full-time while performing his show in LA and on the road.

He soon heads to New York to perform Off-Broadway.

The Phoenix caught up with Jack during his Indianapolis performance: Q: What made you decide to turn your teaching experiences into a theatrical production?

A: Turning my teaching experiences into a theatrical production scratched a few itches of mine. First, I wanted to tell the teachers’ story, and I felt it needed to be heard from a real teacher’s point of view

Fred Emhardt ’78, retired social studies teacher David Kivela, Pat Johnston ’82, John (Jack) Freiburger ’82, Boyd Edwards ’82, J.B. Rogers ’82 and Jeff Kimbell ’82 on the set of Jack’s one-man show “They Call Me Mister Fry” at the Indy Fringe Theatre on October 9.

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Alumni artists and told in a fun, entertaining and moving way. I think it is particularly relevant in what is going on now in education, especially since I feel we’re entering in a little bit of an “anti-teacher” phase with all the budget cuts and the blaming of students’ failures on the teachers. I think “Mister Fry” gives some balance and perspective to the situation.

Secondly, it scratched the theatrical bug that has plagued my system for many years and I just can’t seem to get rid of it.

Does anyone have any antibiotics for ham?

Q: How long did it take you to write the play?

A: The first version of “Mister Fry” was written and performed in 2001 where it ran for an extended four-month run at the Lex Theater in Los Angeles. Afterward, I went back to a full time, contracted teaching position. In the spring of 2007, I started to piece “Mister Fry” back together again. Even though the heart and soul of the play are the same, this time I put my experiences with No Child Left Behind in it, I added a multimedia aspect to it, and strengthened the parameters around the two main characters. Since 2001, I have done about 130 rewrites of it.

Q: Do you want your play to motivate people to take action?

A: I wanted to create an awareness about the teachers, parents, students, and administrators in our educational system. Maybe after seeing the show, the general public would be more understand-

ing of the challenges we have to educate our most precious resource, our children. Perhaps it might motivate them to get more involved. The show will be performed for the Department of Education in Washington DC at the end of October on the eve of the House and Senate vote for the re-authorization of No Child Left Behind. I think this is a fascinating juxtaposition of where Art meets (influences?)

Policy. We’ll see.

Q: For people who have not seen the play, what would you want to tell them about how to improve our schools?

A: My big thing in public education is choice – allowing parents to choose the school of their choice and not be fettered to the death sentence of a five-digit zip code. I think competition among schools is healthy, and in the long run, everyone wins.

Q: Did your experiences as a student at Park Tudor have any impact on the way you teach?

A: Definitely. My experiences at Park Tudor not only were instrumental on my development as a person but also on my approach to teaching. The way Park Tudor emphasized teaching by reaching out to the individual has always been a philosophy I have tried to incorporate. I think it is reflected in “They Call Me Mister Fry.” To learn more about the show, visit theycallmemisterfry.com.

Krista Richter ’87 performed a concert at the downtown Indianapolis Arts Garden in August. Photo by Tom Black.

Two generations of the Stiles family recently celebrated a family milestone anniversary with retired English teacher Jim Foxlow. Vanessa Stiles ’88 writes, “My father, Park School Class of 1956, always held C.J. Foxlow in high regard, as did all of us kids. Mr. Foxlow taught my dad, me and all three of my brothers... a monumental feat, no doubt! My parents invited him to their 50th anniversary party on October 3, and we had a wonderful time catching up with him that evening.” Seated: C.J. Foxlow, John Stiles Sr. ’56. Standing: John Stiles Jr. ’84, Torry Stiles ’79, Stephen Stiles ’78, Vanessa Stiles ’88.

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Class Notes 1946 • Class correspondent Virginia “Din” Obrecht Dulworth writes, “On Wednesday, August 5, my grandaughters Brooke Jacobs, Lauren Albert and I spent three lovely days in the Indianapolis area. That evening we were joined for dinner at Oh Yumm Bistro by my classmates Flo Mary Foreman Mantel and Jeannine Grinslade Stokes, her great husband Jim and their attractive and smart grandaughter Lauren. I predict a fine future for their Lauren.

“My grandaughter Lauren is a freshman at Butler University and has garnered one of the two female parts in the senior play ‘Speaking in Tongues.’

“On Thursday, August 6, Lauren, Brooke and I drove to Liz Wiest Johnson’s magnificent Wild Air Farm in Zionsville to attend the Traders Point Hunt Charity Horse Show’s lovely Garden Party which benefits the Riley Children’s Foundation. That evening, we had dinner

Carol Holliday Blew ’64 snapped this shot of Park Tudor alumni Alec Holliday ’75 (her brother), Nancy Nichols

at the Cobblestone with Liz and her

Williams ’73, Abby Test ’75, and Lucia Holliday Buie ’73 (her sister) in Little Compton, Rhode Island in August.

good friend Phyliss Heck.

“Our class should be so proud of Liz who hosts and chairs this nationally and highly respected six-day equine event with grace, expertise and wonderful hospitality. It’s a must see event for the entire family. There’s even a Kids Day and a Paws for Applause Dog Show on Saturday.

The show has everything to commend it and Liz has been putting it on for 32 years!

1959

icles the intimate and triumphant

Indiana Historical Society Authors

• Anne Bass recently produced and

story of a boy who was discovered,

Fair in Indianapolis on December

and who only much later discovered

5 from 12-4 p.m. to sign copies and

all that he had in himself.” The film

says she would love to talk to alumni

was shown at the Seattle and New-

who would like to drop by.

directed her first film, a featurelength documentary titled “Dancing Across Borders.” From the film’s web site www.dancingacrossborders. net: “From the serene countryside of

sold-out audiences.

Southeast Asia to the halls of New York’s School of American Ballet to the stage of the Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle, ‘Dancing Across

“Classmates, let me hear from you at

Borders’ peeks behind the scenes

Writerdin@aol.com.”

into the world of dance and chron-

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port International Film Festivals to

1962

1972 • Mary Woolling has just published her first book, “Joys of the Jour-

• Mary Mackey’s new novel, “The

ney: An Offering of Essays,” and

Widow’s War,” has just been pub-

has a second book coming out in

lished by Berkley Books, a division

November. “Joys of the Journey,”

of Penguin. Mary will be at the

a collection of inspirational essays

CLASS NOTES

will provide readers with just such a

lished under the trademark “Fraz-

bright and heartening oasis.”

zled” in several Midwest monthly

For more information or to purchase,

magazines. While raising three kids

visit www.herestolife.us.

and juggling dating, elderly parents and work, I realized that my life was a living comic script. Thus Dotty the

1973

single mom was born.”

• Dan Appel is president of Gregory & Appel Insurance, which celebrates its 125th anniversary this year. The company has donated $500 each to 125 charities with the idea that spreading a little wealth can help a wider segment of our city.

1979 • Mac McLaughlin is now an independent real estate broker in Indianapolis. He is a six-time national Master’s Award recipient for sales achievements and three-time National Quality Service recipient with his

1974

prior realty franchise affiliations.

• Wendy Stout O’Brien has published “On the Spin Cycle: A Frazzled Comic Strip Collection.” Wendy started writing the comic strip “Frazzled” in 2002, highlighting the

Mary Woolling ’72

and sentimental stories, is the first

and optimistic outlook. The series

of Mary’s planned series of books

of books will include journal pages

called “Here’s to Life!” and presents

interspersed between the essays,

subjects as diverse as the beauty of

designed for readers to record their

nature, an everyday hero, a time-

personal reflections.

honored quilt, an unforeseen world

Mary writes, “My philosophy centers

found within a sacred little chapel, and a nugget-filled overview of U.S. coinage.

upon universal truths. I’ve discovered that we all share the same basic experiences, concerns, challenges,

Her second book, “Brightening the

wishes, and dreams. I believe we

Corners: Rays of Hope for Our

are all ultimately searching for the

World,” to be released in November,

meaning of this life and of what is to

is a collection of vignettes inspired

come. Along our journeys, we could

by feelings and experiences close

all use encouragement and a friendly

to home, all viewed with a cheerful

voice. I’m hoping that my books

1984 • Phil Christensen starred as Juan Peron in the Civic Theatre’s Septem-

world of Dotty, a 30-something,

ber 2009 production of “Evita.”

single, working mom sandwiched

• Stephanie Von Stein is working

between kids and an elderly parent.

as the Asia Program Coordinator for

The book of comic strips was pub-

Waterkeeper Alliance, an environ-

lished in October and is available

mental organization based in New

at www.frazzledcomics.com, Stout’s

York and founded by Robert F. Ken-

Footwear locations and Charles

nedy Jr. She works with Asian water

Mayer & Co. at 56th and Illinois

activists helping them to develop

streets in Indianapolis.

their programs and linking them

“This material represents 20 years

with donors. She travels to Asia

of hard work and ambition,” says Wendy. “I began writing and illustrating comics in 1989, long before I developed the talent for it. In 1995, I found myself divorced and raising three children in a remote part of Northern Michigan. In 2000, I

about once a year through a grant from the National Endowment for Democracy. She writes, “I really enjoy visiting the programs. It gives me a chance to see the on-theground results of the work we do at the Alliance.”

started writing about life in a traditional family home and was pub-

1985 • Camilyn Kuhns Leone writes via e-mail, “After a five-year stint in Pittsburgh, we have moved to Charlottesville, VA because my husband, Peter, has taken a new job. My kids are three and five years old and adjusting well. I hope to be admitted on motion to the Virginia State Bar so that I can resume my estate planning practice. I also hope to stay put

Wendy Stout O’Brien ’74 has created the comic strip “Frazzled.” A book of her comic strips was published this fall.

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CLASS NOTES

for a long time so I don’t have to go

hunger worldwide. This was his first

through this process again. Until I get

marathon, and he finished the 26.2

my license, I will be ‘working’ for the

mile-course with a time of 3:30:09.

Junior League. I love living in a col-

John is living in Chicago and work-

lege town with so much history and

ing for HiMark Insurance, selling

welcome any PT alumni to visit.”

healthcare benefits to corporations.

He also serves as a youth advisor at Fourth Presbyterian Church on

1987

Michigan Avenue and is a hospital

• Sanford Garner was featured in

volunteer.

The Indianapolis Star’s “My Big

• Alex Yates is a financial adviser

Break” column in September. Gar-

at New England Financial in India-

ner is partner and co-founder of the

napolis. He married Jessica Fogle

architecture firm A2SO4 and president of the Indianapolis Association

A plaque honoring the memory of David Fisch ’98 now hangs on the new

of the American Institute of Archi-

shelter next to Lauth Field. Donations made by classmates in David’s

tects. He works in historic pres-

memory made possible the purchase of picnic tables for the shelter.

ervation, master planning, project

dium, a parking garage and ground transportation center at Indianapolis International Airport and an 83-story

on the master plan for Fall Creek Place, and he is working with other local leaders on an urban revitalization project near 22nd Street and the Monon Trail. Sanford and his wife, Marjut, have a son.

Harper and Paul Granadillo were members of the wedding party, and graduated from DePauw University

practicing in Kentucky. He and his

1998

wife welcomed a daughter, Aenea

• John Howard ran in the Chicago

Elaina, on June 30, 2009.

tower in Abu Dhabi. He has been recognized nationally for his work

ana Roof Ballroom. Classmates Jay

Ashley Walker also attended. Alex

assessment and urban design. His recent work includes Lucas Oil Sta-

on December 20, 2008 at the Indi-

Marathon on October 11 to raise

in 2002. You can reach him at alexhyates@hotmail.com or 317/6902539.

funds for the non-profit organization 1995

Bread for the World, which fights

• Adam Fisch, M.D. published an instructional workbook, “Neuroanatomy: Draw It to Know It,” in May 2009. The book teaches neuroanatomy through step-by-step instruction of how to draw neuroanatomical pathways and structures.

1991 • Chris Stack is one of two actors, with Amy Korb, in the six-minute film Small Collection featured at this year’s Heartland Film Festival.

The film was an official selection of the Sundance, Palm Springs and Woodstock festivals and won Best Foreign Short in the Raindance Film Festival, London. The narrative is all done in images with voice-overs.

At the Heartland Festival gala, Chris publicly thanked Park Tudor Fine Arts Director John Williams and Theatre Director Jerry Grayson for being his mentors.

1997 • Jane Fainberg Ivanov writes via e-mail, “We have moved from Carmel for my husband’s job and are now living in Moscow, Russia with our two children, Gabriel (5) and Kira (2).

Alexander accepted a position with Johnson & Johnson Marketing, and I continue my entrepreneurship venture designing clothing (thank goodness for the Internet!). We are enjoying reconnecting with our ancestral roots in Russia and traveling. Moscow with 20+ million people is a far cry from the quiet Midwest suburb, but we are having a great time!”

1992

Jane can be reached at jane@eveal-

• David Glassman recently received

exander.com or: UL. B. Cherkizovs-

his doctorate in electrophysiology

kaya d.14, k.1, kv.142, Moscow,

from Brown University. He will be

Russia 107061.

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John Howard ’98 after completing the Chicago Marathon.

CLASS NOTES

• James Patton is studying at The

• Adrienne Watson was named one

Academy of Musical and Dramatic

of the “50 most beautiful people on

Arts in New York City. He received a

Capitol Hill” for 2009 by “The Hill”

$20,000 scholarship to the academy’s

newspaper. Adrienne works for a

Integrated Musical Theater program

Washington, DC lobbying firm.

and is on track to complete the program this spring. James graduated from DePauw in 2008 with a double

2007

major in French and vocal music and

• Ted Somerville is spending the

enjoyed many honors for his perfor-

year in Rio Di Janeiro, Brazil, where

mances in DePauw productions. In

he is studying Spanish, Portuguese

January, he received an Irene Ryan

and photography for a year. He

Scholarship, which recognizes out-

hopes to one day work for National

standing student performers wishing

Geographic.

to pursue further education.

Alex Yates ’98 married Jessica Fogle on December 20, 2008.

1999

buddies from the Colorado Univer-

• Jon Glassman is studying for his

sity a capella group showed up

master’s degree at Harvard School of Government.

for the festivities and they sang at the rehearsal dinner and reception.

Hunter sang Eric Clapton’s “Won-

Marriages 2005

• Hunter Gardner ’03 to Maggie

• Sarah DeVito graduated from

Hilligoss ’03 in September 2009.

Vanderbilt University and is current-

• Alex Yates ’98 to Jessica Fogle on

ly attending law school at Southern

December 20, 2008.

Methodist University.

• Matt Kleymeyer ’00 to Andrea Speller on September 26, 2009.

derful Tonight” to Maggie. Maggie 2001

and Hunter are living in Lakewood,

2006

• Jennifer Kling ‘02 to Patrick

• Carrie Bridge has received her

Colorado and can be reached at

• Colin Farlow recently trekked in

Himes on August 16, 2009.

M.S.W. degree in social work and

1606 South Jellison St., Lakewood,

the Himalayas, and traveled in Nepal

is a counselor at Edinburgh High

CO 80232.

and northwest China while studying

School in Edinburgh, Indiana.

• Zach Wills has moved back to

at Nanjing University. He is now

Indianapolis from Fort Collins, Col-

back in Indianapolis. Check out his

orado to pursue a master’s degree in

beautiful photos of his travels at

public affairs at IUPUI.

www.cfarlow.com/photos.

2002 • Jennifer Kling married Patrick

• Emily Rose, a senior at DePauw

Himes of North Carolina on August 16, 2009 in Sun Valley, Idaho. They

2004

are currently residing in Chapel Hill,

• Claire Landis spent August and

North Carolina, where Jennifer is a

September of this year in Eldoret,

Fellow in the Ph.D. program in phi-

Kenya, working at the Moi Teach-

losophy at the University of North

ing and Referral Hospital. Claire is

Carolina.

currently in her sixth and final year

University, performed as the female lead of Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady at Footlite Musicals in Indianapolis. The show ran from September 25-27 and October 2-4.

Congratulations • To Christian Gallagher ’90 and Elizabeth Gallagher on the birth of Margaret Ann Gallagher on June 3, 2009.

• To David Glassman ’92 and his wife on the birth of Aenea Elaina Glassman on June 30, 2009.

• To Jim Strickland ’92 and his wife Kathleen on the arrival of Ivey Charlotte Strickland in March 2009.

of the Purdue University Doctor of 2003 • Ross Cunning was awarded fel-

Pharmacy program. Students in the program have the option to travel to Kenya to fulfill two of 11 required

lowships from the National Science

pharmacy rotations. The Purdue-

Foundation for his research on cor-

Kenya program is affiliated with the

al reefs at University of Miami’s

IU School of Medicine’s AMPATH,

Rosenstiel School of Marine and

which is one of Africa’s largest and

Atmospheric Science. At the school,

most effective HIV/AIDS control

he has been studying the interactions

programs, serving over 70,000

among corals, algae and bacteria in

patients in rural and urban Kenya.

relation to climate change.

Claire will graduate in May 2010

• Maggie Hilligoss and Hunter

with a doctor of pharmacy degree

Gardner were married in Septem-

with plans to pursue a residency.

ber 2009. Eleven of Hunter’s singing

Jennifer Kling ’02 and Patrick Himes on their wedding day.

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CLASS NOTES

• To Kelly Sheridan Kenny ’95 and

• To Lucy Holliday Wick ’44, John

• To Drew Elliott ’99 on the death

grandchildren: David and Jackie

Kevin Kenny on the birth of their

Holliday ’42, Phyllis Behringer

of his father, James Elliott, on July

Simon (current parents), Eli Simon

first child, Ryan Thomas Kenny, on

Holliday ’42, Mary Holliday Rog-

28, 2009.

’06, Rebecca Simon ’07, Hannah

July 13, 2009.

ers ’65, Billy Wick ’02 and Ashley

Simon ’11, Samuel Simon ’14, and

• To Megan Jones Kight ’91 and

Wick ’03 on the death of their

• To Leigh Ann Lauth O’Neill ’99,

Andy Kight ’89 on the birth of son Calvin Wyatt Kight on August

husband, brother-in-law, uncle and grandfather, William A. Wick, on

1, 2009.

June 20, 2009.

• To Gordon Strain ’96 and Amy

• To Judith Michael ’65 and John

Strain on the birth of Josephine Grace Strain on September 18, 2009.

• To Amy Kleymeyer Stevens ’97 and Seth Stevens on the birth of daughter Maren Elaine Stevens on

Michael ’80 on the death of their father, Dr. Isaac Michael, on August 1, 2009.

Elizabeth Lauth ’03 and Laura Lauth ’06 on the death of their grandfather, Robert L. Lauth Sr., on August 18, 2009.

• To Michael ’01 and Steven ’03 Nigh on the death of their grandfathers, Don Whitaker in January 2008 and Carl Nigh in July

Noah Simon ’18; Cindy Simon Skjodt and Paul Skjodt (current parents), Erik Skjodt ’08, Samantha Skjodt ’08, and Ian Skjodt ’13. Mr. Simon’s brother, nieces and nephews, and great-nieces and great-nephews include: Herb Simon and his wife Bui Simon (current grandparents), Asher Simon ’04; Linda Simon

• To Ellen Wardwell Lee ’67 on the

2009.

death of her mother, Rosemary W.

• To Laura Knapp ’02, Michael

’03, Taylor Nefouse ’07, Shelby

Knapp ’06, Emily Knapp ’11

Nefouse ’09, Madison Nefouse ’12;

(current parent), Jorden Nefouse

September 18, 2009.

Lee, on July 26, 2009.

• To Weezie Elder Combs ’97 and

• To Rebecca Hobbs Honzik ’71

and Peter and Barb Knapp, Park

Shari and Greg Greenberg (current

and Stephanie Hobbs ’98 on the

Tudor parents, on the death of

parents), Harrison Greenberg ‘10

death of their father and grandfa-

their grandfather and Peter’s father,

and Lillian Greenberg ’13.

ther, John W. Hobbs III, on July

Robert Brinkman, on August 12,

29, 2009.

2009.

• To William Atkins ’71, Anne

• To Rachel ’13 and Natalie ’16

Jane

Atkins Young ’72 and Mary Atkins

Smitherman on the death of their

September 20, 2009.

• Frances Anne Levering Nostrand

Kennedy ’75 on the death of their

grandmother, Nell Bullard, in June

’28 on July 21, 2009.

mother, Mary Tone Atkins, on Octo-

2009.

• Norma Weiler Mueller ’45 on

ber 31, 2009.

• To Clint and Annie Crafton, Lower

Mel Morrow, on September 20,

September 25, 2009.

• To Sarah Roeske ’76 on the death

School teacher, and Isaiah Crafton

2009.

• Stephen Cline ’63 on May 15,

of her father, Roger W. Roeske, on

’23 on the death of Annie’s father

2009.

October 19, 2009.

and Isaiah’s grandfather, William

• Jonathan Byrd ’69 on August

• To Courtney O’Connor Purtee

Riley, on August 23, 2009.

20, 2009.

’85 on the death of her sister, Leigh

• To Upper School English teacher

O’Connor Depaepe ’87, on October

Diane Hamstra and Nick Hamstra

29, 2009.

’02 on the death of her mother

• To John Atcheson ’77 on the death

and his grandmother, Tula Vavul, on

Jim Combs ’95 on the birth of their daughter Adeline Elder Combs on October 1, 2009.

Deaths

• Jane Anderson Sullenger ’70 on September 19, 2009.

• Margaret “Midge” Rogers Lester ’42 on August 14, 2009.

• Leigh O’Connor Depaepe ’87 on October 29, 2009.

Lowe on the death of her mother, Caroline

Rudolph,

on

• To Upper School Art teacher Barb Beattie on the death of her stepfather,

• To Upper School World Languages teacher Leslie Van Howe on the death of her grandmother, Marilyn

of his father, William E. Atcheson,

August 25, 2009.

on June 18, 2009.

• To Cynthia Mallinger, senior

• To Brian McCabe ’82 and Mara

kindergarten teacher, on the death of

McCabe ’86 on the death of their

• To Lower School teacher Laura

Cantu, on September 25, 2009.

• To Fine Arts Administrative Assistant Jill Blair on the death of her mother, Elizabeth Montgomery, on October 3, 2009.

her father-in-law, Stephen Mallinger,

• To Rick and Lisa Trimpe, Physical Education teacher, and Nick ’04, Erin ’07 and Kristen Trimpe ’10

• Byron (Barney) Elliot Stout,

mother, Dianne H. McCabe, in July

in Iowa on June 28, 2009.

Tudor Hall and Park School sci-

2009.

• To Floyd Satterlee, retired Foreign

their grandfather, Earl Trimpe, on

• To Ellen Stahl Minnig ’80 and

Language Department chair, on the

October 22, 2009.

ence teacher from 1966-1972, in San Rafael, California on June 15, 2009.

Kurt Stahl ’89 on the death of their

on the death of Rick’s father and

death of his son, Curtis Satterlee, on

• To Terry and Sylvia Fleck,

• Paul J. Sweany, former Park

mother, Alice Emhardt Stahl Cohen,

July 5, 2009.

Tudor art and art history teacher, on

on August 28, 2009.

• To Barbara Horine, private voice

chair, Ross Fleck ’00 and Brittany

• To Allison Graffis Therber ’90

teacher, and Megan Horine Leivant

Fleck Craycraft ’03 on the death of

’97 on the death of Barbara’s mother

Sylvia’s father and their grandfather,

and

Siegmar Simon, on November 1,

July 13, 2009.

• Lucille Dunne, former Tudor Hall and Park Tudor secretary, on October 27, 2009.

Condolences • To Janice Ball Fisher ’35 on the death of her husband, John W. Fisher, on June 28, 2009.

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and her husband Mike and Christine Graffis Long ’88 and Craig Graffis

Megan’s

Physical

grandmother

on

’94 on the death of their infant

September 1, 2009.

son and nephew, Christopher Jacob

• To the Simon family on the death

Therber, on September 29, 2009.

of Mel Simon on September 16,

• To Timothy Miner ’91 on the death of

2009. Mr. Simon’s family includes

his mother, Jane Anderson Sullenger ’70 on September 19, 2009.

his wife: Bren Simon (current grandparent); his children and

2009.

Education

department

CLASS NOTES

Honor and Memorial Gifts June 6, 2009 - October 15, 2009 Gifts in Honor of…

Mr. Preston T. Breunig Jr., ’90 Mr. Preston T. Breunig Sr. Mr. Jim Foxlow Mr. and Mrs. Michael Chapman (Mike ’61) Colin, Ian & Sean Fry Drs. Michael and Shirley Fry Mr. C. Perry Griffith ’01 Mr. C. Perry Griffith Helen McAlear Mr. Mark Dewart* and Ms. Margo McAlear* Mrs. Beverly Rifleman Merrill Mr. Thomas Rifleman Theresa & Natalie Odmark Jim and Bonnie Shute Mr. Henry Whitesell ’59 Mr. and Mrs. Philip A. Whitesell (Philip ’53)

Gifts In Memory of…

Mr. Melvin Simon Mr. Bruce A. Cordingley and Mrs. Denise Stolkin-Cordingley I. Hilda Stewart Mrs. Virginia Obrecht Dulworth ’46 Ms. Lynn Thomsen Mr. Clifford A. Hull*

Thank A Teacher 4th & 8th Grade Teachers Mr. and Mrs. David L. Casey (David ’86; Debbie Kramer ’86) 5th Grade Teachers Mr. and Mrs. K. Clay Smith Mr. J. Michael Ayres Nancy and John Balaguer Mrs. Joanne Black Mr. Andrew B. Glassman ’06 Mr. Thomas E. Black Jr. Mr. Andrew B. Glassman ’06 John and Janna Urbahns

Dr. William C. Baker Jr. ’74 Mr. Michael J. Nemecek ’74

Mr. William L. Browning Anonymous Mr. Andrew B. Glassman ’06

Mr. Barow Davidian Mr. Mike McCraw and Dr. Amye Sukapdjo ’87

Mr. Joseph Chamberlin Nancy and John Balaguer

Mr. and Mrs. Lucien Dunbar Mr. Eduardo C. Ciannelli and Ms. Sandra M. Paul ’54

Mrs. Abby E. Ford Nancy and John Balaguer

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

Dr. Paul Hamer John and Janna Urbahns

Mrs. Susan Mary Leach Finney ’22 Mr. John R. Finney Mr. David Fisch ’98 Mr. and Mrs. Ronald M. Beck Mr. and Mrs. John Compton Mr. and Mrs. Eric Gershman (Eric ’98) Mrs. Helen Leach Fulkerson ’27 Mr. John R. Finney Mr. Sam H. Jones Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Overby (Marya Jones ’78) Miss Hallie Caroline Leach ’27 Mr. John R. Finney Mr. Paul A. Lennon Mrs. Sher Lee Sommers Mrs. Nan Watanabe Lewis ’82 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Overby (Marya Jones ’78) Mrs. Justine Leach Meddaugh ’30 Mr. John R. Finney Mr. William Riley Mr. Donald Hamilton Mr. Michael Magdycz and Mrs. Amy Stacey Magdycz

Mrs. Shants Hart John and Janna Urbahns Mr. Christopher Holobek Chris and Cheri Sumner Mrs. Inga Kahre Nancy and John Balaguer Mr. David A. Kivela Anonymous John and Janna Urbahns Mrs. Suzanne Tardy Maxwell Anonymous John and Janna Urbahns Mrs. Molly S. Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Philip Larman Mrs. Dee P. Schwartz Nancy and John Balaguer Mrs. Joan Staubach ’66 John and Janna Urbahns Mr. Courtney M. Whitehead Mr. and Mrs. Jose Caceres * = Faculty/staff member

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