Park Tudor Phoenix Spring 2009

PA R K T U D O R

Phoenix Spring 2009

AN ALUM ON THE CAMPAIGN REUNION 2009 PREVIEW WHAT’S A LEARNING STYLE? REFLECTIONS ON THE TRAIL WEST•BANK ALUMNI REMEMBER LIFE AT PARK TUDOR

On the cover

Fifth grader Caitlin Cutsinger’s drawing of a geisha was inspired by traditional Japanese Ukiyo-e portraits. Ukiyo-e (floating world) prints, created in the 17th to 19th centuries, portrayed middle-class people enjoying everyday life. Students in teacher Jessica Wolf’s art class viewed and discussed these prints, then drew their own stylized portrait of a Japanese figure using pencils, chalk pastel and black marker.

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Park Tudor School Mission

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.

From the Archives…

Tudor Hall students in 1926 competed in riding events.

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Head of School Douglas S. Jennings Editor Lisa A. Hendrickson ’77 Editor Emeritus C.J. Foxlow Staff Writer Cassie Dull Assistant Head of School for Development and Alumni Relations Suzanne T. Maxwell Alumni Coordinator/ Planned Giving Officer Gretchen Hueni Alumni Board President Heather Reilly Murphy ’90 Vice President Brandon Phillips ’96 Treasurer Andy Kight ’89 Secretary Kasey Kruse ’00

Corrections The names of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Holliday (John ’42; Phyllis Behringer ’42) were inadvertently omitted from the 2007-2008 Annual Report. They should have been listed in the Panther giving level (Gifts of $750-$1,499).

Directors Clay Conner ’66 Carolyn Edwards Fennimore ’00 Linda LaFollette Foley ’81 Nikhil Gunale ‘96 Kay King ’66 GB Landrigan ’81 Nick Lemen ’93 Drew Miroff ’92 Joan Woodard Staubach ’66 Kelly Lamm Teller ’87 Lindsay Elder Thornton ’95 John Townsend ’89 Cathy Yingling ’87 Holly Hapak Betz ’83 ex officio

Contents

Spring 2009

features

On the campaign trail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

By John Thornburgh ’06 and Tommaso Verderame ’11

Wordsmithing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 By members of the Class of 2010 departments

News of the School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 From the Head’s Desk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Student/faculty accomplishments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Winter athletic update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Alumni News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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Alumni Weekend 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Alumni calendar of events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Class Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

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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: 317/415-2806 lhendrickson@parktudor.org

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

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s a reader of The Phoenix, you are no doubt impressed with the quantity and quality of the accomplishments reported to you in this periodic review.

Readers often tell me that they wish they could be a student again and attend the school that is Park Tudor today. I share this opinion and marvel at what our students and faculty accomplish on this campus and far beyond. We are proud to share in their stories of success.

In this past fall’s issue of The Phoenix we reported on our capital campaign effort, Empowering Learners. If you recall, the campaign is based on a carefully drawn strategic plan that builds on the primary strengths of the school: its program and its people.

Thanks to generous sup-

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port during the “quiet phase” of the campaign, the school has greatly enhanced service learning, added Chinese studies, adopted innovative technologies, created a partnership with Smith College, supported faculty, increased co-curricular activities and made campus enhancements to athletic fields and Foster Hall. Your school has grown and become stronger in many ways over the past two years.

We are very thankful to have had such wonderful support from donors and volunteers.

When all gifts and pledges are in, we will have reached a total of 15 million dollars.

This is especially gratifying at this point in time, when all members of the Park Tudor community are feeling the economic pinch and are stewarding their resources with extreme care.

As this campaign concludes over the next several months, we are shifting our fund-raising focus to the Park Tudor Annual Fund, which helps the school to meet operating expenses each year.

We want you to know that the administration and Board of Directors are in the process of crafting a multi-year plan that will ensure the operational strength of the school as we move forward. Our goal is

to increase efficiency while maintaining excellent programs, small class sizes and exceptional educators.

Having explained our position, allow me to make a special plea to those who have the means and inclination to support Empowering Learners in the months before the end of the school year. The campaign includes a goal for increasing our financial aid program — need-based aid, the Appleseed Scholarships and financial assistance for children of faculty. You can imagine how severely our resources in this area are being stretched, so gifts and pledges to the Park Tudor Scholarship Funds are greatly needed and will be greatly appreciated.

A mentor once told me, “You need to be passionate about the cause you are raising money for if you want people to give their hard-earned cash.”

I am passionate about providing a Park Tudor education to the best students we can find, regardless of their financial circumstances.

If you would like give to this cause, please give me a call or send me an e-mail. I will be glad to explain how your gift can empower a Park Tudor student.

Thank you for adding chapters to our stories of success.

The Empowering Learners Capital Campaign Total commitments to date: $13.9 million There are four main areas of focus for the campaign, and gifts can be allocated as follows: Great Teaching: $6.3 million raised Character Development: $1.8 million raised Co-curricular Programs: $2.2 million raised Scholarships & Diversity:

$1 million raised Additional unrestricted gifts received: $2.6 million

News of the school

Presidential Scholar candidates, National Merit awards, and more PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLAR CANDIDATES

Three seniors have been named candidates for one of the nation’s most prestigious honors for high school students. Erin Biel, Jessica Fisher and Caroline Huang are candidates in the 2009 President Scholars program, based on their exceptional scores on the College Board SAT. Each year about 3,000 candidates are identified nationally for the academic component of the program. Five hundred will be selected as semifinalists later this spring, with up to 141 of them named Presidential Scholars in June.

The majority of the recipients are selected on the basis of broad academic achievement, while approximately 20 additional students are selected on the basis of their academic and artistic scholarship in the visual arts, performing arts or creative writing.

NATIONAL MERIT

• Ten seniors have been named finalists in the 2009 National Merit Scholarship competition. Congratulations to Erin Biel, Alex Hearn, Caroline Huang, Kyle Marks, Scott Marquart, Erik Nelson, Morgan Penny, Alyssa Sullivan, Sahil Yakhmi and Brenda Zhang. They will be presented with Certificates of Merit at an upcoming Upper School assembly. The selection of some 8,200 Merit Scholarship winners from the group of more than 15,000 nationwide finalists will be announced in April, May and July.

• Senior George Hornedo has been named a 2008-2009 National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar. The program was initiated in 1983 to identify outstanding Hispanic/ Latino high school students

and to share information about them with interested colleges and universities. Each year, the NHRP identifies nearly 5,000 of the highest-scoring students (from a nationwide total of more than 200,000 juniors) in the United States and U.S. Territories who take the PSAT/ NMSQT and designate themselves as Hispanic/Latino.

BRAIN GAME

Park Tudor’s Brain Game team defeated Broad Ripple High School 39 to 15 in the first round of the 2008-09 Brain Game competition.

Team members are captain Alex Hearn, Eric Bohn, Alex Sventeckis, Richard Ni and alternate Samuel Clarke. Advisors are David Kivela, Joanne Black and Tom Page.

BUSINESS/ECONOMICS

Park Tudor had a “clean sweep” at the first DECA business competition of the year in January: 35 Upper School Business Club members competed in individual and team events at Carmel High School, and all 35 advanced to the state competition in March.

Junior Meg Patterson and senior Joseph Scales won firstplace awards in their respective categories, “Apparel and Accessories” and “Automotive Services.” Park Tudor students also won six second-place awards, one third-place award, five fourth-place awards, two fifth-place awards, two seventh-place awards, three eighth-place awards, and one ninth-place award. An additional four students will commence competition in written events when the DECA group moves to the state event in March. All are attempting to qualify to compete at the international competition in Anaheim, California in April.

DECA is a national organization dedicated to providing high school students the opportunity to learn business, financial and marketing skills.

The students practice these skills in competitions at the local, state and international levels. Students compete as teams of two or as individuals and are asked to solve certain problems and present their solutions to a pair of judges.

MATH

• Two Park Tudor sophomores tied for first place in their grade level among 450 students from Indiana, Illinois and Iowa who participated in the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology High School Mathematics Competition on November 8.

Richard Ni and Jeffrey Shen both had perfect scores on the test. Sophomore Samuel Clarke also was recognized for placing sixth individually, and the team of Richard, Jeffrey, Samuel, Max Zhang and Erin Hoffman placed first among sophomore teams.

Freshman Rebecca Chen placed fourth individually and was the highest-scoring freshman female. The freshman team of Rebecca, Joey Whitaker, Chris Eckersley, Ted Cho and Jaymin Patel placed fourth among freshman teams.

Park Tudor juniors who placed individually were April Wang, second place, and Michael Wintermeyer, eighth.

Seniors who placed individually were Jessica Fisher, second, and Cameron Cecil, sixth. Jessica also was the highest-scoring senior female.

The senior team of Jessica, Cameron, Caroline Huang and Ryan McClure placed fourth among senior teams.

The entire team of Park Tudor math students, which

also included Adam Roth and Alex Sventeckis, placed third overall.

• PT students also continue their tradition of leadership in the four-round annual national Mandelbrot Mathematics Competition for high school students. Students choose to compete on either the regional or national level, taking five tests during the year. They are ranked after each round based on their cumulative scores.

After the third round on the national level, Richard Ni ’11 has the seventh-highest cumulative score in the nation, Jeffrey Shen ’11 has the 12thhighest, and April Wang ’10, the 13th-highest score.

Thirty-six students are competing in the 11-state River/ Southern Region. After the third round, Park Tudor continues to move toward the top, with its overall score now the third highest in the region.

Third-round scores in the First Tier of 42 students were Rebecca Chen ’12, fourth (Rebecca also held perfect scores on both tests in the first two rounds); Neena Parikh ’10, eighth; Ryan McClure ’09 and Michael Wintermeyer ’10, ninth.

SPELLING BEES

Two fourth-graders took top spots at this year’s Lower School Spelling Bee. Noelle Enkema advanced to the Marion County North District Bee after her first-place win, while Davis Freeman took runnerup honors. Twelve fourth and fifth graders participated in the annual Bee on January 16.

• Our Upper School Spell Bowl team won the regional championship at Lutheran High School on October 20 and as a result advanced to the state finals at Purdue UniverContinued on page 6 Spring 2009 PARK TUDOR PHOENIX 5

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115 named AP Scholars

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ne hundred and fifteen Park Tudor students and graduates (including 37 (27%) from the Class of 2009) have earned the designation of AP Scholar by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement (AP) exams. Twelve Park Tudor students and graduates have been named National Scholars.

The National Scholar Award is given to students who receive an average score of 4 or higher on a 5-point scale on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams.

National Scholar honors go to Class of 2008 graduates Rachel Braun, Elizabeth Emhardt, Svetlana Fedorikhina, Nicholas Huster, Cameron Johnstone, Reshma Kalimi, Amy

Presidential Scholars Continued from page 5 sity in November. Team members included seniors Aaron Cohn, Alex Hearn, George Hornedo and Sahil Yakhmi; juniors Adam Roth, Alex Sventeckis and Keith Trump; and sophomores Samuel Clarke, Richard Ni, Susannah Sharpless and Tommaso Verderame.

SCIENCE

Congratulations to Park Tudor’s Science Bowl team, which took second place at the Indiana Regional High School Science Bowl competition at Indiana State University on February 7. The first-place winner was Terre Haute South High School. Park Tudor team members were Neena Parikh, Lynelle Chen, Richard Ni, Jeffrey Shen and Allison Talbert.

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Maxwell, Jonathan Risting, Thomas Schroeder, Alexandra Spartz and Alaina Urbahns, and to Class of 2009 member Cameron Cecil.

Fifty-six Park Tudor students qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award by earning an average of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams. Seniors receiving the award are Paul Bourdillon, Cameron Cecil, Heidi Chen, Jessica Fisher, Alexander Hearn, Caroline Huang, Sara Johnson, Kyle Marks, Ryan McClure, Alyssa Sullivan, Sahil Yakhmi and Brenda Zhang. Class of 2008 graduates who received the award include Nathan Baldwin, Rachel Braun, Jennifer Burns, Chelsea Cain, Galen Cook, Elizabeth Emhardt, Svetlana Fedorikhina, Hannah Fisher, Colin Fong, Sam Griswold, Sarah Hann, Manvir Heir, David Hoover, Nicholas Huster, Caleb Jackson, Samuel Johnson, Cameron Johnstone, Reshma Kalimi, Hannah Kennedy, Adriana Keramida-Strahl, Joshua Kimpel, Sarah Kosten, Henry Lan-

ham, Amy Maxwell, Hilary Mohs, Audrie Nuckols, Molly Pallman, Andrew Pauszek, Tessa Qualkinbush, Jonathan Risting, Pablo Romo, Thomas Schroeder, Toby Sedgwick, Ian Shellman, Erica Smith, Alexandra Spartz, Emily Stewart, Dan Tapiero, Tyler Thomas, Alaina Urbahns, Elise Whitaker, Kent Winingham and Alexander Zience. Junior Neena Parikh also was named an AP Scholar with Distinction.

Seventeen students qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.25 on all AP exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams. Class of 2009 members who received this award are Ila Anand, Erin Biel, Tony Graves, Erik Nelson, Molly Newell and David Scofield. Class of 2008 members are Bill Eckhart, J.D. Hall, Alyssa Johansen, Patrick Lloyd, Lee Mandel, Chris Myers, Maggie Ponader, Michael Rardon, Mark Rusthoven, Daniel Stewart and Nick Ward.

Forty-two students qualified as AP Scholars, receiving grades of 3 or higher on

three or more AP exams.

Seniors who were named AP Scholars are Emily Adams, Michael Blum, Tyler Braly, Tyler Ebbinghouse, Hannah Farley, George Hornedo, Madeline Kahn, Lee Keller, Scott Marquart, Danielle Mattingly, Scott Morton, Baili Olive, Morgan Penny, Ali Raja, Joseph Scales, Ann-Christine Stepien, Ben Stovall, Elliott Sweeney, Sarah Towne and Daniel Walsh. Three juniors were named AP Scholars, including Adam Roth, Alexander Sventeckis and Michael Wintermeyer. AP Scholars from the Class of 2008 are Stephanie Bogdewic, Olivia Byers, Alex Handy, Rajpreet Heir, Blake Johansen, Emma Lanham, Aubrey Little, Stephen Luke, Austin Marshall, Moses Moh, Deja Morton, Tori Norris, Madeline Patterson, Meghann Pogue, Heather Rogers, Miles Santoro, David Sedgwick, Meghan Stout and Doni Tavel.

The average score of all Park Tudor students taking last year’s AP exams was 4.1, with 5 being the highest possible score.

More student accomplishments • Indiana Senator Evan Bayh has nominated senior Paul Winston for admission to the Merchant Marine Academy.

The Senator nominated a total of 35 Indiana high school students for admission to the four United States Service Academies. The nominees were chosen from a pool of applicants based on their record of academic achievement and leadership ability. In addition to a written application,

each nominee was required to submit multiple letters of recommendation and was interviewed by Senator Bayh’s Academy Selection Committee, a nonpartisan group made up of community leaders and Service Academy alumni.

• Juniors Jack Gilligan, Reggie Nesbit and Cam Sobleski have been selected to attend the 34th Annual Summer Leaders Seminar at the United States Military Academy, West

Point, New York in June. The United States Military Academy hosts the Summer Leaders Seminar (SLS) for high school juniors going into their senior year. The week-long program of academic classes, military training, physical fitness training and intramural athletics gives students the opportunity to experience cadet life and to see first-hand what West Point has to offer.

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Videoconferencing adds personal dimension to classes

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t’s the next best thing to being there! Several Upper School classes are using videoconferencing as a way to get “up close and personal” with students from around the world, as well as experts from throughout the country.

In Mrs. Margo McAlear’s AP World History class, students took part in a series of four videoconferences with students at the Jubilee School in Amman, Jordan.

During the hour-long sessions, the students engaged in a dialogue about their cultures, their political views, religion, education, women’s rights, foreign policy, Iraqi refugees and more. The videoconferences were coordinated by Bridges of Understanding and Global Nomads Group.

Senior Alex Dodd said, “The most interesting thing about the videoconference is being able to experience the different points of view within the class. It’s always interesting to actually talk to the people and really hear what they feel, without the interpretation of the news media.”

Students also are continuing their discussions after the videoconferences using Moodle, a software course-management system that enables the creation of online learning communities.

Meanwhile, students in Mrs. Kim Pulfer’s English III class chatted with illustrator Gareth Hinds via a Skype internet connection to his home studio in Boston. Hinds, who has published graphic-novel

Students in Mrs. Margo McAlear’s AP World History class speak with a student at the Jubilee School in Amman, Jordan via videoconference.

adaptations of “Beowulf,” “The Merchant of Venice” and “King Lear,” talked to the students about the creative pro-

cess in developing his version of “Beowulf,” which they are reading in class, as well as his other graphic novels.

“Globalization and Identity” course debuts

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ocial Studies teacher Peter Smith is teaching a new elective course for juniors and seniors this semester, “Globalization and Identity.” The aim of the elective is to develop a student’s knowledge, understanding, skills, values and attitudes essential to thinking globally while living locally.

An intercultural understanding of how identities are formed and how they can change is essential to living in today’s global environment.

Smith, a native of Australia who joined the Park Tudor faculty this year after teaching for 27 years at Hunter Valley Grammar School in Australia, says the course will “challenge students to explore and evaluate both globalization and local response throughout a selection of historical periods, and explore the ways in which religious, philosophical

and economic paradigms are reflected in literature.”

Students are critically ana-

lyzing texts that reflect the relationships between the global and the local and the signifi-

cance of these relationships to the life of the individual and his or her community.

Park Tudor delegates to the Model United Nations Conference in The Hague, Netherlands strategize their position as delegates from the country of Mauritius at the January event. Park Tudor is one of only nine schools in the U.S. invited to attend the international Model UN each year. Photo by Heather Teets.

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Computer Science class designs two web sites for local community organizations

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tudents in Mr. Ryan Ritz’s Dynamic Web Development computer science class are getting real-world professional experience this semester, designing interactive web sites from start to finish for two Indianapolis non-profit organizations.

The students are creating web sites for The Miracle League of Indianapolis, which provides children with mental or physical challenges the opportunity to play baseball, and for Pathway Community Center, which creates opportunities to promote self-sufficiency for low-income residents living within the center’s primary boundary of a fourmile radius around Amber Woods Cooperative.

The students interviewed a number of non-profit agencies to select two projects that fit within the scope of their Dynamic Web Development course. Graphic design students Eden Hendricks and Judith Finn are helping with

the graphic-design aspect of the web site.

The projects were made possible through a grant from Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS), founded at Purdue University in 1995 to bring together high school and college students with strong technical backgrounds and community service agencies with technology needs. The grant provides matching funding for research and development expenses associated with the project.

The projects were spurred when seniors Heidi Chen and Jessica Fisher learned about the EPICS program while studying at Purdue last summer, and expressed an interest in working on a summer project that followed the EPICS approach. The result of that interest was their creation of a web-based volunteer management program for School on Wheels, which provides volunteer-based tutoring services to homeless children in

the Indianapolis community.

Spurred on by success of that project, Park Tudor applied for and received a grant from EPICS to establish the program.

Computer science teacher Ritz says, “The biggest advantage of the projects is that the students are working in a realworld environment, learning

teamwork, research, communication and leadership skills that will benefit them in years to come. You really see the students grow in a project like this. It’s a lot more exciting for the students and the teacher – you are learning and researching and you don’t know where it will take you.”

Children’s author and book reviewer Sue Corbett visited the Lower School on January 29. Her first novel for young readers, "12 Again," was an International Reading Association Honor book and won the 2006 California Young Readers Medal. Her latest book, "Baseball Crazy," is her third novel for children. She spoke to students in grades 3-5 about her inspirations and the process of writing a book. Her visit was made possible by proceeds from the Lower School magazine sale.

Park Tudor families enjoyed a special behind-the-scenes tour of Indianapolis’ new Lucas Oil Stadium in November at the Applefest Fall Family Fun Day. More than 400 students, parents and alumni enjoyed the games, attractions, entertainment by the PT Pep Band and special tours of the Indianapolis Colts’ new stadium. Here, cheerleader Lili Eiteljorg ’09 prepares to give junior kindergartner Ryann Brock a Panther sticker for her success at this ball-toss game.

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The Applefest Autumn Hoe Down brought more than 200 parents, friends and faculty and staff members to the Traders Point Creamery Barn in Zionsville in November to enjoy an evening of barbecue, music and dancing. A "tip of the cowboy hat" goes to Applefest Committee Chairs Lucy Aquilano, Liz Hodge, Julie Eskenazi and Erica Mobasser, as well as committee members and sponsors. Applefest events grossed more than $125,000 to support Park Tudor. Here, parents Mike Boland (left) and Paige and Tim Button model their western wear.

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Literary and musical honors • The 2008 edition of the Upper School art and literary magazine “The Artisan” has received two prestigious national student publication awards. The magazine won “First Place with Special Merit” in the annual American Scholastic Press Association contest, the highest honor given by the ASPA. "The Artisan" also received the award for “Most Outstanding Private School Literary and Arts Magazine.”

Congratulations to senior editor Reshma Kalimi ’08, junior editor Ryan McClure ’09, editorial panel members Brenda Zhang ’09, Caroline Huang ’08, Ovini Rodrigo ’08 and Ila Anand ’09, advisor Laura Gellin, and the students whose art and writing were

published in the magazine.

• Park Tudor’s jazz combos once again won honors for their performances among nearly 60 bands and combos taking part in the 31st annual Bloomington Jazz Festival at Bloomington North High School on December 13 and the Purdue Jazz Festival on January 17.

At the IU competition, “Outstanding Musicianship Awards” were presented to Tuesday Combo members Sahil Yakhmi ’09, tenor saxophone; Cole Star ’10, bass guitar; Scott Marquart ’09, guitar; Cameron Cecil ’09, clarinet; and Brian Stewart ’10, percussion.

Wednesday Combo members honored with “Outstanding Musicianship Awards”

were Emily Winters ’09, french horn; and Erin Hoffman ’11, flute.

“Outstanding Musicianship Awards” also went to Thursday Combo members Drew Links ’12, guitar; Willie Griswold ’11, bass; Clay Moore ’10, guitar; Ben Stovall ’09, trumpet; and Tyler Ebbinghouse ’09, percussion.

Honored with Outstanding Soloist Awards at the Purdue Jazz Festival were Allison Talbert ’10 and Ben Stovall ’09, trumpet; Erin Hoffman ’11, flute; Clay Moore, ’10, guitar; Drew Links, ’12 guitar; and Cameron Cecil ’09, clarinet.

The combos perform under the direction of Rich Dole.

Save the Date The Applefest Golf Tournament is scheduled for Monday, September 21, 2009 at Crooked Stick Golf Club. Mark your calendars – additional information to come!

Senior wins Prelude Award

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enior Cameron Cecil won first place in the Instrumental Music category in this year’s Prelude Awards fine arts competition for Marion County high school students.

Cameron, who performed “Concerto for Clarinet” by Artie Shaw in the contest, won a $1,000 scholarship to the college of his choice. Last year Cameron won second place in the competition and was awarded $10,000 scholarships to Butler University and DePauw University. He thanked his mentors, clarinet teacher Zoe Manning and Park Tudor jazz teacher Rich Dole.

Carly Kincannon ’03, a former two-time first place Prelude vocal winner, was invited to perform at the 25th anniversary of the program.

She sang Aaron Copland’s “Why Do They Shut Me Out

of Heaven?,” which was the song she performed in the Prelude Award competition.

The Park Tudor Renaissance Ensemble provided musical entertainment at the banquet.

A beautiful landscape by Lynn Thomsen now adorns a wall in the Upper Cameron Cecil was all smiles after winning the Instrumental Music Prelude Award on February 6.

School lobby. Park Tudor purchased the oil painting of farm fields and silos, created in 2001, to honor the memory and the talent of Ms. Thomsen, who led the school’s Visual Arts Department until her death in January 2008.

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Park Tudor partners with The Project School in service-learning projects

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haven’t been this happy since I was born!”

That sentiment was expressed by a first grader at The Project School during a December holiday party hosted by Park Tudor Middle and Upper School students, faculty members and parents.

The Project School, an Indianapolis charter school with 164 students in kindergarten through grade 8, is Park Tudor’s new partner school.

Park Tudor students played games, read stories and made crafts with students in their classrooms before serving treats of cupcakes and juice. The Project School students also were invited to a special “Santa Shop” decorated with a six-foot-high inflatable carousel, where they could choose a donated gift to be wrapped for a family member.

Patricia Wildhack, an art teacher at The Project School, wrote, “I am writing to thank you for really and truly making Christmas meaningful for me. I was so moved by the kindness and openness the two schools shared…. The assistance for the families was so important. Many parents hugged us and many tears were shed. This year is so hard for these families and many said they were going to be completely unable to do Christmas without this help.”

More activities with The Project School are being planned for later this year, including the research and development of a playground at the school.

Sixth grader Layna Owens helps students at The Project School select a gift for a family member at the holiday party hosted by Middle and Upper School students, faculty members and parents.

Service learning continues year-round

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ark Tudor’s service-learning program continues to thrive, with students from junior kindergarten through grade 12 involved in service to the community.

• The entire school was involved in spreading holiday cheer, not only helping to make the season brighter for students at The Project School, but for youngsters at the Julian Center domestic-violence center and for community food banks.

Our youngest students in the Hilbert Early Education Center collected books for the Julian Center shelter, while Middle School students donated Thanksgiving food to the pantry at First Baptist Church. The Upper School Honor Council sponsored a collection to local food pantries, while Señora Rachel Salapka’s Spanish I and IV classes collected canned and boxed food items for the Trin10 PARK TUDOR PHOENIX Spring 2009

ity Clinic, which serves the Hispanic community in Hamilton County.

• Students from Mr. Chris Holobek’s fourth-grade class delivered 264 pounds of pasta and rice that they had collected for Second Helpings, a community kitchen that prepares and delivers 2,900 meals a day to more than 50 social services organizations. The donation was more than double the class’s initial goal of 129 pounds and was a record donation for a single class.

• The Upper School Timmy Foundation Club hosted the “Otavalo Market” to raise funds for a hospital in Quito, Ecuador that the Timmy Club is helping to support.

• In February, the Class of 2010 for the second year in a row sponsored a major fundraiser for Gleaners Community Food Bank called “Fashion for Food.” Upper School students modeled

clothes from local clothing stores Frankey’s and The Pink Lime at the event, where the price of admission was canned goods for Gleaners.

• Senator Richard Lugar invited Park Tudor students to participate in a Veterans’ Day program at the World War Memorial by presenting certificates to veterans who participated in oral history interviews for the Library of Congress.

Upper School social studies students have conducted these interviews for the project over the past several years. Mrs. Kathryn Lerch’s Legacy Initiative participants currently are working on the fourth volume of their “Words of War” series, which will feature the best oral history accounts from more than 400 interviews in our collection. The book will be published in time for Memorial Day. • Park Tudor students were the victors in the Indiana

School for the Blind and Visually Impaired fundraiser Brian’s Trike Race for the second year in a row. Congratulations to seniors Justin Spurgeon, Max Eiteljorg and Eric Sabandal on their second win.

• The Park Tudor hockey team raised more than $3,100 for Wheeler Mission at its fourth annual Turkey Bowl on November 9. Twenty-four turkeys also were donated for the Thanksgiving meal at the mission and/or care baskets for underprivileged families.

This year, Park Tudor added a new twist to the tradition by competing against Brebeuf for the Turkey Bowl trophy.

The school that raised the most money and/or turkeys for Wheeler Mission keeps the trophy until they meet again.

The Panthers also won the game, 2-0.

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Faculty in the news • Middle School math teacher Heather Carmody has been awarded the A. Harry Passow Classroom Teacher Scholarship by the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC). The award is given annually to teachers of grades K-12 who have shown excellence in teaching gifted students, the ability to meet the needs of gifted students, and commitment to furthering the development of their teaching skills. Heather is currently working toward a Ph.D. in gifted education at Purdue University. She is a member of the National Council of Mathematics Teachers and the National Association for Gifted Children.

• Middle School Director Evelyn McClain and Upper School physics teacher Dr. Santonino Banya are featured in the “Academia” section of the 2009 edition of the publication “Who’s Who in Black Indianapolis.” The publication celebrates African-American achievement in the Indianapolis area and honors “those whose positions or accomplishments in their chosen fields are significant.”

• Head of School Doug Jennings served as chair of the search committee charged with hiring the next president of the Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS). The 320 member schools served by ISACS are located in 13 states in the Midwest region. ISACS was founded in 1908 with 18 member schools and today is one of the most highly regarded independent school associations in

the United States.

• The book “Latin for Dummies,” coauthored by Latin and Classical Greek teacher Clifford Hull in 2002, has been so successful that its publisher, Wiley and Company, has now translated it into French and German. The guide covers all Latin language essentials, including grammar, usage and vocabulary.

• The Library Fund of The Central Indiana Community Fund has awarded a grant for Library Media Coordinator Jane Kokotkiewicz to collaborate with photography and graphic-design teacher Heather Teets and social-studies teacher Jeff Johnson to create a new unit of study. Photography and US History students will work together via Moodle, an interactive web tool, to study the topic “Photojournalism: What is Truth?” The project will allow students to develop their information-literacy skills while producing a product for their class. The grant provides $9,500 toward library resources to support the project and to provide additional collection resources to support the curriculum. Mrs. Kokotkiewicz also has been appointed to the Central Indiana Community Foundation Steering Committee for the Library Fund.

• Middle and Upper School band teacher and bassoonist Paul Nordby was invited to teach a bassoon clinic and master class in January at Stetson University in DeLand, FL. The clinic’s participants were middle and upper school bassoon students in central Florida, but the university’s music-educa-

tion students and Florida band directors also attended.

• Upper School Spanish teacher Rachel Salapka presented a workshop called “Organizing a student trip abroad with home-stay” at this year’s American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese.

• Upper School Spanish teacher Leslie Van Howe has

been named site director for IU Honors Program for high school foreign-language students in San Luis Potosi, Mexico this summer.

• Upper School Spanish teacher David Malcom is president of the Indiana Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese for 2008-09.

Habitat Home dedicated in emotional ceremony

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ovember 1 was a joyful and emotional day for members of the O’Rea/Wallace family as they celebrated the dedication of their new home, made possible by Park Tudor School and Habitat for Humanity. This was the fifth Habitat house built over the past ten years by Park Tudor students.

New homeowners Nicole O’Rea and Earl Wallace and their children Kayla (age 13), Austin (age 6), Ananda (age 5) and Neia (23 months) were joined by dozens of family members and friends, Park Tudor students, Habitat representatives and community leaders for the formal dedication.

Park Tudor’s Habitat project student leaders Marissa Braun ’10 and Joseph Scales ’09 spoke about the importance of the project and their feelings upon its completion. Joseph, along with Erik Brueckmann ’09 and Keith Trump ’10 performed an a capella rendition of the song “You Lift Me Up.” Dean Illingworth, executive director of Habitat for Humanity, told those gathered that the energy-efficient home, built to “green” standards, will save the family $550 per year in heating costs.

After the dedication, Upper School students remained to paint every wall inside the house with colors selected by the O’Rea/Wallace family. Lower and Middle School students donated items to help furnish and supply every room in the house, as well as the garage, and the Technical Theatre class is building a fence around the yard to protect the children from the busy street.

Joseph and Marissa were honored at a November Indianapolis Pacers game as recipients of the Pacers’ Hero Award. This program honors individuals who have made an overwhelming impact on the lives of others and who, through their unique commitment and humanitarian spirit, have made exceptional and lasting contributions to our community and state. In addition, they were honored with recognition awards by Indianapolis Mayor Gregory Ballard and by Park Tudor School.

Thank you to all of the student, faculty/staff, parent and alumni volunteers and donors who helped make Park Tudor’s fifth Habitat for Humanity house move from dream to reality.

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Coach Dave Heffern inducted into Indiana High School Tennis Hall of Fame

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ark Tudor boys and girls varsity tennis coach Dave Heffern was inducted into the Indiana High School Tennis Hall of Fame February 7 by the Indiana High School Tennis Coaches Association.

Coach Heffern holds an astonishing overall win-loss record of 503-64 in his 13 years at the helm of Park Tudor’s tennis programs.

He has guided the boys and

girls teams to a combined 11 IHSAA state championships (six girls/five boys), including a state record-tying four consecutive state crowns by the girls program since 2005.

Other noteworthy accomplishments during his tenure include 23 sectional championships, 23 regional championships, 11 semistate championships and seven Marion County championships.

Forty-nine of Coach Heffern’s players have garnered All-State Honors, 27 were selected Academic All State, and two were named IHSAA Mental Attitude Award Recipients.

In 1999 Coach Heffern was recognized by the National Federation of Interscholastic Coaches Association as its Midwest Coach of the Year.

Tennis coach Dave Heffern

Senior wins “Outstanding Contribution to Sport Award”

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enior Hannah Farley has been honored with the “Outstanding Contribution to Sport Award” by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS).

The award was presented at the annual Girls and Women in Sports Day Awards Luncheon in Indianapolis in February.

The award is given annually to a student or team who has made one or more outstanding or significant contributions that advance or improve their sport or activity, and has had d leadership roles in taking on significant responsibility in

Hannah Farley with Coach Ryan Ritz at the NFHS award ceremony.

ensuring the advancement of a sport or activity.

A three-time state 400-meter run champion with the thirdfastest time in the history of Indiana high school girls track, Hannah was nominated by PT track coach Ryan Ritz, who wrote, “Hannah is a very considerate and compassionate person who has a heart of gold and is always willing to go out of her way to help others.

You can often find Hannah, for instance, helping her classmates with their school work or helping her teammates with their athletics.”

She helped organize and run a track clinic for Lower School students last year, and also has assisted with summer youth basketball camps.

The NFHS has celebrated Girls & Women in Sports Day since moving its headquarters to Indianapolis in 2000. Each year, the NFHS recognizes high school students, coaches and athletic administrators from across Indiana at a luncheon awards program.

Past Park Tudor recipients of NFHS awards include alumni Aubrey Little ’08 and Grafton Day ’05.

Winter athletic update: girls basketball team is sectional runner-up

By Brad Lennon, Athletic Director GIRLS BASKETBALL

Congratulations to the girls varsity basketball team on its sectional runner-up title. After two regular-season losses to Scecina, the team pushed through the quarterfinal game and avenged its losses with a 47-41 win. The girls faced ICC rival Cardinal Ritter in the semifinal game, with the Panthers winning 60-54.

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whose strong offense and defense proved a challenge.

The final score was 65-39, giving the PT girls the runnerup title.

The team completed the season with a 7-14 win-loss record. First-year coach Barb Skinner inherited a squad comprised of a mix of youth and inexperience, combined with a handful of starters from last year. Senior Hannah Farley once again led the team in scoring and rebounding, while juniors Kristen Trimpe, Molly Brunner and Maddie

Kahn added complementary performances along with hardworking senior Lauren Plewes.

Sophomores Kellie Hanley and Emily Eiteljorg proved to be valuable off the bench all season, often giving strong play at the guard position.

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The boys team stood at 5-9 two-thirds of the way into its season, having lost six of its games by a total of 13 points. Far too often, Coach Darnell Archey’s young squad found itself on the short end

of games that were decided in the last minute, losing four times in the last seconds of the contest and once by four in overtime. The Panthers lost a heartbreaker to Brebeuf in the county tournament after leading by 3 points with less than a minute in the game, only to lose by a single point.

Senior John Arak led the team with a 14.5 ppg scoring average, while junior Reggie Nesbit topped all rebounders with an 8.7 average per game.

Three freshmen dotted the starting lineup most of the

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Winter athletic update con’t. season, with Kevin Ferrell, J.B. Rapp and Brendan Tannenbaum gaining valuable playing experience in their first year at the high-school level. Junior Christian Biloy often split starting time with Tannenbaum, bringing added veteran play. The future of the program looks very bright, given the youth of the team and the leadership of Coach Archey and his skilled staff.

in Cleveland. Junior Ben Daugherty made great strides this season, resulting in key wins at 119 pounds. Senior Justin Spurgeon improved all season long, eventually finishing fourth at the always competitive Decatur Central sectional and advancing to the regionals at Perry Meridian, where he was eventually defeated to end his season.

Most of the squad returns next year.

HOCKEY

Coach Brandon Phillips’ squad opened tournament play with a no-score tie game against Fort Wayne Carroll.

The Panthers defeated Columbus, 2-1, but lost to South Bend St. Joseph’s, 6-2, bringing the season to an end.

Junior Chris Cannon sustained an unfortunate mid-season injury, which forced him to miss a substantial part of the season. However, juniors Tommy Rogers and Erik Comer picked up the scoring slack while Elliot Sweeney ’09 and Bryan Comer ’10 provided strong defensive play, along with goalie Keith Thibodeau.

Cannon eventually returned to the lineup as the icemen began preparing for statetournament play, where they drew the seventh seed in the 4A division.

WRESTLING

Park Tudor graduate Brian Droz ’93 took over the reins of the wrestling program this year, welcoming 12 participants to the mat. The team continued to develop under Coach Droz, who saw marked improvement with this squad from a year ago. The team had a couple of impressive wins over conference-foe Scecina as well as Guerin Catholic and several squads at the Western Reserve Invitational

SWIMMING

The boys and girls swim teams welcomed two dozen swimmers this winter, giving first-year coach Catie Plumb the largest roster in many years. Strong performances allowed the girls to collect wins over Tri-West, Broad Ripple, Scecina and Covenant Christian, plus a second-place finish at the conference meet in January. Junior Tessa Byers won two individual races in that meet, as did senior Sara Johnson and the 200 Medley Relay team. Seven individuals advanced in the sectional first round at Ben Davis, giving Park Tudor its best finish, seventh place, in the sectional.

The boys took third in the conference meet behind the strong performance of freshman Michael Pheffer, who took first place in he 200 Individual Medley. The boys sectional is two weeks after the girls, leaving them with an additional preparation time leading up to the meet.

The team finished seventh in the sectional, with strong swims by Pheffer and sophomores Patrick Rezek and Popi Santini.

Athletic accomplishments • Senior Lee Keller has been selected by United States Figure Skating as one of only ten members of the 2009 USFS Scholastic Honors Team, which recognizes the top student athletes in competitive figure skating in the United States. Honorees are chosen because they have excelled in academics and in their communities, as well as in skating.

The Scholastic Honors Team was recognized at a ceremony at the U.S. National Figure Skating Championships in Cleveland, Ohio in January.

Lee Keller ’09

• Sixth grader Melissa Sturgill has been selected to participate in the Indiana Youth Soccer Olympic Development Program, which provides high-level training to young soccer players who aspire to participate in international competition.

• Two seniors have signed letters of intent for college.

Micah Johnson will play baseball at Indiana University next year, while Hannah Farley will run on Stanford University’s track team.

• Sophomore Shelby Campbell is racking up victories throughout the midwest as a Quarter Midget driver. She recently won her biggest race yet, the Saturday night Heavy

Honda feature race at the Fort Wayne Rumble. Shelby has been driving Quarter Midgets for the past three years, racing nearly every weekend.

She drove several cars in local club races at the Mini Indy Speedway and Kokomo Quarter Midget Club, and also has gotten behind the wheel for the Indiana State Championship Series, Region 4 Championship Series, the Eastern Grand Nationals, the Buckeye Indoor Winter Nationals and Gasoline Alley. She plans to move up to a larger, faster car this spring.

• Senior Hannah Farley is the female recipient of the fall Crown Award for her contribution to the girls varsity soccer team. Hannah was the leading scorer for the girls, and she was named to the allconference, academic all-conference and all-county teams.

Senior Kyle Marks is the male recipient of the Crown Award for his outstanding crosscountry season. Kyle was Park Tudor’s only individual conference champion this fall, and he advanced to the semistate competition, where he placed 27th. He was named all-conference, academic allconference, all-state and academic all-state.

• Four members of the boys tennis team have been selected all-state by the Indiana High School Tennis Coaches Association. Sam Miles ’10 made second team in singles; Derek Reinbold ’10 and John Wilson ’09 were named second team in doubles; and Kishan Shah ’10 received honorable mention in singles.

• In the Upper School, 22 student-athletes were named all-conference, 13 academic all-conference, two all-county, seven all-state and two academic all-state for the fall athletic season. In addition, Coach Steve Math was named Class 2A Indiana South Volleyball Coach of the Year.

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Girls golf has a swinging history and a “fore”seeable future

By Cassie Dull, Staff Writer

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h, the sweet memories of high school athletics…

Friday nights alongside the football field in the cool air of autumn. Weekends cheering on the basketball teams. Late afternoons running the bases.

The swing of a nine iron over the freshly trimmed grass.

OK, so that last one’s not a classic high school sports memory, especially not for very many alumnae of Tudor Hall and Park Tudor. But it’s high time to give credit to the women who have shaped the Park Tudor girls golf team into the tradition of excellence that it is today.

Not only has girls golf existed since the days of Tudor Hall, but it lives on to this day as one of many Park Tudor sports enriched with a successful history.

Golf was introduced to the girls at Tudor Hall in 1960 as a “minor” sport. Most of the students participated in field hockey in the fall, basketball in the winter, and softball in the spring. Minor sports, such as golf, tennis and badminton, were considered an alternative activity for girls who chose not to participate in the three main sports.

In the Tudor Hall days, the only competition in golf was the annual golf tournament in which each player had a chance to earn points for her class. Each class earned points throughout the year, in hopes of being awarded a trophy at Class Night.

Today, the girls golf team competes with many area schools and in several tournaments, including the Indiana Crossroads 14 PARK TUDOR PHOENIX Spring 2009

Girls golf team members (back row, left to right) Claire Gerwig ’12, Caroline Emhardt ’10, Ashley Tambunan ’09, Samantha Tambunan ’11, Brooke Hasler ’12, Coach Eli Salatich; (front row) Courtney Fehsenfeld ’12 and Reilly Martin ’12.

Conference, Marion County Tournament and the Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) state tournament.

As far as championships go, the late 1980s were the prime time for Park Tudor girls golf. The team worked hard together to bring home three consecutive sectional wins from 1987 to 1989. They also won the Marion County Team Championship in 1988 and repeated their title the following year with a 58-stroke margin of victory – the largest margin in county history.

During the late 1980s, Susan Poland ’90 was the most notable PT girl golfer.

Throughout her high school career, she was a threetime state finalist, two-time sectional champion and threetime Marion County champion.

She was named to the allcounty team all four years and

to the all-state team twice. She broke the18-hole school record with a 73, as well as the 9-hole school record with a 35. She finished her high school career with an unblemished 45-0 dual meet record.

Several other individual champions have accelerated the Park Tudor girls golf program.

Amy Kleymeyer ’97 won the sectional championship in 1996. Amanda Hunter ’99 qualified for the state finals two years later. At the turn of the millennium, Kim Thompson ’02 brought a renewed spirit to the Park Tudor girls golf team by taking gold at regionals in 2000 and winning the Marion County championship the following year. Thompson also broke Susan Poland’s 9-hole record with a 34.

However, after decades of success on the golf course, the Park Tudor girls golf program

came to an abrupt halt.

After three years without a girls golf team, seven girls – four of whom are freshmen – stepped up to the challenge this past fall to bring the legacy of girls golf back to Park Tudor. Although each girl had a varied degree of experience in the sport, all were able to contribute to the team’s success.

“Rejuvenating an athletic program can sometimes be a delicate task, but this past golf season couldn’t have been more successful,” says coach Eli Salatich. “We had such a dynamic mix of personalities, experience and skill level, and each member contributed in her own unique way to our success.”

The 2008 girls golf team, led by Salatich and golf teaching professional Bob Prange, placed sixth in the

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Girls golf timeline 1959-60

Golf is introduced at Tudor Hall as a "minor" sport.

1980-81

The girls golf team competes in the Marion County tournament and sectionals for the first time.

1985

The team advances to regionals for the first time after placing second at sectionals.

1987

The team finishes the season undefeated and wins sectionals.

1988

The team wins sectionals again and is named Marion County Team Champion.

1989

The girls make it a three-peat with their third consecutive sectional championship, and they win the Marion County Tournament again.

1987-89

Susan Poland ’90 becomes the most decorated PT female golfer.

1996

Amy Kleymeyer ’97 wins the sectional championship.

1998

The team places second at sectionals. Amanda Hunter ’99 qualifies for state finals.

2000

Kim Thompson ’02 takes gold at regionals and qualifies for the state finals.

2001

Thompson is named the Marion County tournament champion. She breaks Susan Poland’s 9-hole record with a 34.

2008

The team places sixth at sectionals. Claire Gerwig ’12 advances to regionals.

IHSAA sectional tournament.

Freshman Claire Gerwig’s 18-hole score was 87, and fellow freshman Brooke Hasler was close behind with a score of 89. Gerwig’s sectional score qualified her for the regional tournament, where she scored a 98.

“We went out with a lot of confidence and had a lot of fun,” says Hasler. “I think next year we will be even better with more experience and practice as a team.”

All of the girls agree that they learned more than golf skills throughout the season.

Senior Ashley Tambunan, who had never seriously picked up a golf club until the beginning of the season, says, “It definitely taught me patience, both on and off the course. Whether I was learning how to swing, or searching around for my ball in the rough, I learned that patience is key to success in the game

of golf.”

While the girls were very determined to be successful in competition, they also were determined to have fun and enjoy the camaraderie. “I think that we were very successful because we became very close as a team,” says freshman Reilly Martin. “We had great team support and improved on our skills immensely while having fun.”

With such a young team, the future is bright for girls golf at Park Tudor.

“I think we made a great comeback, considering the break that the Park Tudor girls golf team took,” says Tambunan. “I hope that not only will the team prosper for the sake of the Panthers, but also that we set a standard for [future] girls golf teams, in the way that we went beyond the lines of teammates [and] became more like sisters.”

The baseball team will play on a new field this spring, thanks to some sweat equity. They spent a sunny Saturday stripping the infield of grass and weeds so that a new field could be installed. The team saved the school thousands of dollars and learned all about landscaping in the process.

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On the campaign trail

By John Thornburgh ’06

Editor’s Note: John Thornburgh ’06, a junior at Georgetown University, took a bold step last year when he decided to leave school for a semester to work as a campaign organizer for Presidential candidate Barack Obama. John has now returned to Georgetown, and is majoring in government with a minor in economics. He plans to stay involved in Indiana politics and eventually go to law school. We asked him to write about his experiences on the campaign trail, and what he learned from them.

Summer 2008

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t was clear by the end of my sophomore year at college that something was missing. The daily grind of classes and rowing practice was becoming less rewarding, and it

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seemed like I was missing part of the larger picture. I lived in a country with two wars raging on, an economy that continued to worsen, rising gas prices, and an increasingly intense presidential election, yet I was stuck in my own bubble. I wanted to do something, wanted to make a difference, but I wasn’t quite sure where to start.

In June I returned home to Indianapolis. After spending the previous summer in Philadelphia I had been cajoled by both my mother and my sister to return to my hometown to see my sister married, and to show my parents that the money they were spending on my education was indeed going to good use.

While I was happy to return home and see my family, I was frustrated with the lack of available internships that existed in Indianapolis for someone interested in government and poli-

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focus was on recruiting as many volunteers as possible for tics. Coming from Washington, DC, it was like departing the weekly phone banking and canvassing. This wasn’t always the Fertile Crescent and arriving in the middle of the Sahara Desmost pleasant experience for the campaign staffers, or for the ert. This lack of opportunity was only amplified with the ongopeople we were calling. This ing election. I had been an was especially true in the admirer of Barack Obama dog days of summer, when since his speech at the 2004 the furthest thing from Democratic National Conmost people’s minds was vention. I was captivated, politics. Yet I’m convinced like millions of other young that the success the camAmericans, by his desire to paign attained in Novemchange politics as we knew ber can be traced back to it, and to show that despite the foundation we built in our differences, people can those early months. often find common ground.

I continued to follow his As July turned to Senate career with interAugust and my friends startest, and by the spring of ed to make preparations to 2007 I became increasingly go back to school, I thought convinced that he was the back to the feeling in my gut new, bold face that America at the end of the previous John Thornburgh ’06 (left) with fellow campaign volunteers were already at work at needed for its next Presisemester. I was confident I 6 a.m. preparing for Senator Barack Obama’s Indianapolis rally in October 2008. dent. had found what I was lookThus with the Demoing for, but I wasn’t ready to cratic nomination locked up by the beginning of June, I was be done. Soon after, my boss in Hamilton County told me there not too keen on returning to a state that had no recent history of was an opening left for the final round of hires in Indianapolis and national political significance. My brief volunteer work for the wanted to know if I would be interested. After talking the decicampaign in Washington, DC during the primary had left me sion over with my parents, and convincing them I wasn’t crazy, I wanting to do more, yet with no capacity to do so. With rowing decided to take a semester off from Georgetown to finish the work and my class schedule I didn’t have the time to go following I had started with the campaign. the campaign across the country. So when I came home last summer to Indianapolis, it looked as though I would once again Fall 2008 miss out on an opportunity to find the break I was looking for.

By the middle of August I was settled into my new position Luckily for me, though, around the beginning of July the as the field organizer for the southern part of Lawrence Township.

Obama campaign announced that it was adding staff to IndiAt this point I was one of two organizers in Lawrence Township, ana. With the staff also came the Fellows Program, essentially one of 12 organizers in Marion County, and a part of 70 or so paid a full-time internship targeting college students and recent staff for the entire state. By the end of the campaign this number graduates who were looking for a way to help the campaign out jumped to around 200 paid staff for the state, and 40 staff members during the summer. On the advice of my mother, I applied for devoted strictly to our field effort within Marion County. the program, and after a two-day training, started working with With my new assignment came new responsibilities. My campaign staffers out of the Fishers, Indiana campaign office. area had voted heavily for Democrats in the past, but voter regMy work on the campaign kept me busy from the start. istration and turnout on Election Day were big concerns. Our Since I had already lined up an internship for the summer, I data showed that fewer than 50% of eligible citizens were even spent my late afternoons and early evenings (although early registered to vote in southern Lawrence, and of those who were evenings sometimes turned into late ones) at the campaign registered, turnout had hovered somewhere between 11 and 40 office. It was during my work in Fishers that I was first intropercent for Election Day in 2004. Thus, my efforts from the start duced to a phenomenon known as “call time.” From four to were centered on voter registration and turnout on Election Day. nine p.m., six days a week, we would call supporters and ask By mid-September I had moved into our new office in Broad for their help with one of our weekly activities. Our central Continued on page 18 Spring 2009 PARK TUDOR PHOENIX 17

Continued from page 17 Ripple. The days were getting longer; during the week I was at the office from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. and on the weekends I was out in

be shipping out on Friday, before any of the weekend campaign

Lawrence all day. Because we didn’t have an office in Lawrence,

conversation by thanking him for his service and encouraging him

my time was increasingly spent away from the office organizing

to stay safe, to which he replied, “Just keep doing what you’re

events for volunteers in southern Lawrence.

doing, so that I can get home one day soon, safe and sound.”

events. He expressed regret for not being able to help out. I told him I was sorry for interrupting his few days home. I ended our

There were good and bad days throughout these next few months. My job largely consisted of asking people to give their time to a movement that didn’t always produce tangible results,

Election Day

By the third week of October, our work was really kicking didn’t offer any monetary gain, and often required people to step into high gear. I saw my bed less and less, and began to fully out of their comfort zone and be a part of something larger than appreciate for the first time the power of coffee, both early in themselves. Thus, it’s not surprising that there was sometimes a the morning and late in the evening. During the previous two lack of enthusiasm and sometimes just a lack of manpower. Yet, months we had registered thousands of new voters in Lawrence the few bad days were easily forgotten in the face of the many Township, a part of a total 35,000 new voters Marion Countyuplifting days that I experienced. wide. Obama had made two stops in Indianapolis, allowing us There was the group of Lawrence mothers who, despite to recruit even more volunteers for the crucial last four days of having little previous volunteer experithe campaign, and we were helping ence on political campaigns, came down to promote the largest early-voting “By the third week of October, every weekend for two months to help our work was really kicking into operation in the city’s history. nd register voters near 42 and Arlington The last four days of the camhigh gear. I saw my bed less and Streets. There was Ryan, my partner paign, known as the Get Out The less, and began to fully appreciate Vote Operation (GOTV), was the in Lawrence, who bravely came back for the first time the power of to the campaign after being hospitallargest gathering nationwide of camized for a week in October due to his coffee, both early in the morning paign volunteers in American politiongoing battle with Crohn’s Disease. cal history. In Lawrence, we set up and late in the evening.”

There was Justin, a young marketing nine staging locations for the last executive, who often gave up both days four days that would serve as satelof his weekend to go door-to-door to explain to people why it was lite offices for all campaign activities. Hundreds of volunteers imperative that they vote for Obama. There was Daniel, a current came from across the Midwest, especially Chicago, to voluncollege student, who after initially being hesitant about giving teer their time for hours, and sometimes days, at a time. his time to the campaign, thanked me one Saturday afternoon, Election Day started early, around 4:30 am, giving me a explaining, “This will be something I tell my grandchildren about full two hours of sleep that separated me from the activities of one day.” the day before. I met my volunteers for an early morning meetThe most moving moment for me came on a late Tuesday ing before dispatching many of them to local polling places and evening in September. I was making my daily pitches to my volour other staging locations. While there were minor problems unteer base and was frustrated by the lack of interest I was getting involving incompetent poll workers, the distribution of inaccufor that weekend’s activities. I came across a new name in the rate information, and a few misplaced volunteers, the day went database, “Mark,” most likely someone who had just signed up on without a major glitch. on our web site, and gave him a call. Our information said he was By 5 p.m. we were focusing our last efforts in getting sup19, so I wasn’t expecting him to be too interested in giving time porters out to vote in those parts of the city where we believed to the campaign. we had high support, but during previous campaigns these As soon as he picked up the phone, I could tell he was dissupporters had failed to show up on Election Day. By 6 p.m. tracted; video game noises and other people’s voices could be the town was eerily quiet; there were not more than one or two heard in the background. I explained to him who I was and asked lines reported throughout the city polling places, completely if he’d be willing to join us that weekend, “just a few hours of your different from previous elections. Either everyone had voted time,” I reassured him. He answered by explaining that he was early, as we had hoped, or everyone had stayed home, a definite home from the War in Iraq for only a few days, and that he would disaster.

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It wasn’t until the next morning that I found out we had carried Indiana. On Election Night I had gathered with my fellow campaign organizers at a bar in Broad Ripple to watch the results. By 1 a.m. three things were clear: Barack Obama was going to be the next President, Indiana was still too close to call, and I’d been running on four hours of sleep for the previous three days. My desire to sleep won out, and I left without knowing the results.

Park Tudor students Tommaso Verderame ’11, Paul Winston ’09 and Jake Thornburgh ’12 were selected to attend the Republican National Convention as correspondents for Y-Press, an Indianapolis-based, youth-media organization promoting the work of young journalists. Tommaso wrote this article about his experiences at the convention, reprinted here with permission of Y-Press.

Say what? I can’t go in but they can?

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Aftermath I spent the next few days cleaning up the office, saying thank-you to volunteers, and saying goodbye to some of my now closest friends. On the national level we had been a part of something never before seen in American politics, and on the state level we’d managed to turn Indiana blue on the electoral map for the first time since 1964. In the coming weeks we would find out that Marion County citizens voted 15 percent more for Barack Obama in 2008 than they did for John Kerry in 2004. In Lawrence, Obama did 16 percentage points better than Kerry in 2004. More importantly, though, turnout increased from as low as 11 percent in 2004 to 75 percent in some of the same precincts in 2008. Most people, regardless of party, were happy to see such an engaged electorate for the first time this generation.

On January 20th I watched with two million Americans in Washington, and millions more on television, as Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States. I’m still not quite sure what to make of the historic election, nor my role in it. I have high hopes for the new President, but I’m wary about expecting too much for fear of being let down. I’m confident he’ll do some of the things he said he would, and I’m also confident some of his goals will flounder. But I’m more than confident that this election will change the country and me, for the better, for years to come.

The night following the Inauguration all of the staff from the campaign gathered for one last night of storytelling and celebration. After hearing from Vice President Biden and Campaign Manager David Plouffe, the newly inaugurated President Obama spoke to all of us who had worked on his campaign. In his concluding remarks, he said, “What’s most important to me is that you take the spirit, the culture of this campaign, and you keep applying it not to just campaigns... Because that’s what America needs right now, active citizens like you…You, together, can change the world.” It was after hearing this that for the first time I understood the significance of what the individuals in that room had just accomplished. I’ll take my experience on the campaign and the lessons I learned from it with me for the rest of my life. I hope that everyone else in that room, and every other person involved with the campaign, does the same.

Victoria Blackstone, Ashley Gunn, Mike Knopf: What makes you so special?

Why did you get into the Xcel Center, site of the Republican National Convention, and Y-Press did not?

Victoria, a 15-year-old Minnesota native, was allowed inside because she won an essay contest about the significance of the American flag. She led the RNC in the Pledge of Allegiance and earned a coveted speaking spot on the second day of the convention.

Ashley, a 20-year-old philanthropist, was admitted to discuss her charitable work. Her group, Students Aiding Indigent Families, buys abandoned homes, renovates them, and gives them to the homeless.

And Mike, an Iowan, attended as a delegate -- at 17, one of the youngest Republican delegates ever.

Yes, Victoria, Ashley and Mike more than earned their places at the RNC. But hey, the Y-Press reporting teams are no slouches, either. For the last year, we did extensive research on politicians and players, held briefings with political insiders, conducted interviews, and wrote about all things political.

Despite all of Y-Press’s efforts, the RNC still determined that we were a “liability” because some of us were under age 18. Never mind that Y-Press has attended political conventions since before Victoria, Ashley, and Mike were born.

On the other end of the spectrum, the Democrats gave Y-Press five media credentials, allowing us to provide indepth coverage from Day One. By the end of the week, the DNC team had acquired even more credentials, making it possible for everyone to hear Barack Obama’s acceptance speech.

Ironically, the DNC’s podium was never occupied by a minor, if you don’t count Shawn Johnson leading the Pledge of Allegiance. It seems that the Democrats, who welcomed Continued on page 20 Spring 2009 PARK TUDOR PHOENIX 19

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Continued from page 19 Y-Press with open arms, saw no need to allow youth to take part in the political process. As Michael Connery of FutureMajority.com says, youth at the DNC were “seen everywhere” but “heard nowhere.” Obama built his campaign largely with the help of unprecedented youth involvement. You would think that one of his more ardent youth supporters would have secured a speaking spot at the DNC. We are disappointed, though maybe not surprised, to see that hypocrisy continues to run rampant through campaign politics. Neither the Republicans nor the Democrats, while touting their dedication to youth, deemed it necessary to fully incorporate youth into their most celebratory events.

With the advent of the Internet and young people’s heightened level of political involvement, why do politicians continue to shove youth to the side? It’s about time that politicians appreciate the youth who distribute their fliers and man their phone banks. After all, we are future voters, and we have long memories.

Second grader Zoe Weatherington attended the inauguration with her

Twenty witness history

father, Eddie (at right), and her grandmother. She writes, “This is a picture

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Inaugural Concert on Sunday. I did see the real Mr. President on Tuesday

of me and my dad with a cardboard cutout of President Obama at the

ighteen Park Tudor students and two faculty members were witnesses to history when they attended the Inauguration of the 44th President of the United States

in the parade to the White House from my dad’s shoulders. He even waved at me!” Zoe’s grandfather was a colleague of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and worked with the Non-Partisan Voters League in the Civil Rights movement. Her grandmother was raised in Alabama and saw Dr. King speak in

in Washington, DC in January. Those who couldn’t be there in

the 1960s.

person watched the live ceremonies from a number of locations ceremonies at various locations throughout the school. And

around the school.

Middle School students Christopher Lee ’13 and Nick Tan-

first graders in Mrs. Lori McIntosh’s class wrote letters to

nenbaum ’14 were selected to participate in the Junior Presiden-

President Obama. The prompt for their writing activity was,

tial Youth Inaugural Conference in Washington during Inaugu-

“Dear Mr. President, While you are President, I would like you to...”

ration week. They took part in the five-day program to learn

Most of the students had

the history behind the electoral

thoughtful responses, asking the

process and the rich traditions

new President to help the poor

surrounding the Inauguration.

during these tough economic

They met former Vice Presi-

times. One student asked him

dent Al Gore, former Secre-

to help the hungry, and another

tary of State Colin Powell and

asked him to help protect the

many other officials, in addi-

environment. Other responses

tion to attending the Inaugural

were more lighthearted, asking the President to get a dog or a

ceremonies and parade.

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Students in Mr. Chris Holobek’s fourth-grade class presented a “press conference” at Lower School assembly that featured questions and answers about American Presidents.

kitty to keep him company in the White House.

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Wordsmithing

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ach year “The Washington Post” sponsors a contest for its readers, inviting them to submit alternate, arbitrary definitions to ordinary English words. (Examples of those published as winners are Coffee: a person who is coughed upon; Flabbergasted: to be appalled over how much weight you have gained)....

Students in Dr. Jan Guffin’s first-year Philosophies of Knowing class, a component of the Global Scholars program, were given the same assignment as part of their unit on The Role of Language in Human Affairs. The purpose of the assignment and the subsequent discussion was to reveal how arbitrary language can be and how instrumental it is in shaping our thought of and response to the world around us. Here’s a partial list generated by this year’s juniors.

Cantankerous: a tank made from recycled cans Cellulite: a light used in one’s jail cell Auntelope: when an aunt runs away without letting you know Queasy: quite easy Napkin: sleepy family member Occasionally: French foreign policy Funktion: the necessary addition of funk in everyday activities in order for a person to function Poetry: the study and analysis of the works and life of Edgar Allen Poe March: McDonald’s Arch Pronunciation: the act of encouraging young women to become nuns Retrospective: large vintage eyeglasses from the 1960s Courage: hate and despair felt by a dictator after his country is overthrown Carpet: a small animal that lives and is cared for in one’s car Mandate: dinner and a movie Stressed: desserts backwards Sat: long, boring five-hour test that can have a significant effect on your future

Idiosyncratic: when idiots synchronize Facsimile: a fake smile Professional: a small box where you profess to an official Manger: one who suffers from itchy, inflamed skin disorders Reference: the act of honoring an official at a sporting event Mistress: the summation of all one’s problems Debaser: a person who scores a home run in baseball by stealing bases Champagne: a professional term used in fraudulent injury cases Casualty: a common or mundane occurrence; an informal greeting Convent: a jail’s air conditioning Direction: two straight molecules Toyoda: Star Wars action figure Probono: a fan of U2’s lead singer Pillow: a pill to lower sleepiness Tellevision: the action of mouthing something secretly to someone Joking: the person who drinks the most coffee Capitalist: a person who insists on writing in all caps Fundamental: providing assistance to unstable individuals Pumpkin: family who pumps you up during or before a game Protest: a student who wants to take more exams Cowlick: the most dreaded of all daily chores on the farm Zit: pronoun used by German and other Eastern European people Damage: a curse word for the elderly Satisfiction: a false feeling of satisfaction Pupee: yellow spots on the carpet that are rarely expected Manage: an aged man Saabath: a car wash for a European sports car Cantankerous: a signal given by a seaman to denote a ship’s inability to anchor Lawndry: a patch of grass left unwatered Weevil: an annoying or evil child Spring 2009 PARK TUDOR PHOENIX 21

Alumni News Alumni Weekend 2009 features added events

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lumni weekend is fast approaching! All alumni (regardless of class year) and former and current faculty members are invited to enjoy the festivities planned for the weekend of May 1-2. Please mark your calendar – we hope you will be able to join us for the following events: Founders’ Day Friday, May 1 We begin Alumni Weekend by paying tribute to our school’s rich history. The celebration of Founders’ Day dates back to 1933, when the Tudor Hall Grandchildren’s Society was established. Students were recognized on Founders’ Day if their family members had attended Tudor Hall. Today, the entire school gathers to honor and recognize families who have multi-generational links to Tudor Hall, Park School and Park Tudor School.

Distinguished Alumni Awards Dinner – Friday, May 1 On Friday evening we will honor three of our own at a dinner at Woodstock Club.

LeAnne Smith Hardy ’69, John Krauss ’67 and Rob Brown ’79 will be honored as our 2009 Distinguished Alumni.

Read more about our honorees on the following page.

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Fifty-Year Club Brunch Saturday, May 2 The celebration continues on Saturday morning as members of the classes of 1924-1958 gather for brunch at Woodstock Club to welcome members of the Tudor Hall and Park School classes of 1959 into the “Fifty-Year Club.”

Reunion class photos will be taken after the brunch.

Jim Foxlow Reception Saturday, May 2 On Saturday afternoon, all alumni are invited to join retired English Department chair and teacher Jim Foxlow as he shares excerpts of poetry and writings in Foster Hall on the Park Tudor campus.

Alumni Reception Saturday, May 2 Later that day, all alumni are invited to Clowes Commons for an alumni reception.

Reunion class photos will be taken throughout the evening.

In addition, you’ll have the opportunity to visit with facuty members and congratulate those who plan to retire at the end of this school year.

In mid-March, alumni will receive in the mail a registration brochure covering all alumni weekend events. We ask that you RSVP to the events you plan to attend.

You also may register online via our secure, online alumni community at http://alumni. parktudor.org.

Please note that you will receive one invitation for all alumni weekend activities.

Separate invitations will not be mailed for each event.

Reunion class representatives also are planning special events for anniversary class years ending in 4 and 9.

You will receive information

regarding these class events shortly. If you need to update or confirm your e-mail or mailing address to ensure you receive this important information, please contact Gretchen Hueni at 317/415-2766, toll-free at 1-888-782-5861 or at ghueni@parktudor.org.

If you’d like to contact your class representative, his or her name and information is listed in the “Class Notes” section of this issue.

Alumni Weekend Schedule of Events Friday, May 1, 2009 Founders’ Day Celebration and Alumni Reception 9:30 a.m.

Varsity Gym, Park Tudor School Distinguished Alumni Dinner 6:00 p.m.

Woodstock Club Saturday, May 2, 2009 Fifty-Year Club Brunch 10:30 a.m.

Woodstock Club (for classes 1959 and earlier) Reunion Class photos will be taken immediately following the brunch.

Jim Foxlow’s stories by the fire 3:30 p.m.

Foster Hall, Park Tudor School Alumni Celebration Reception (for all classes – no charge) 4:30-7:00 p.m.

Clowes Commons Reunion Class photos of the Classes of 1964, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1984, 1989, 1994, 1999 and 2004 will be taken during the reception.

ALUMNI NEWS

Congratulations to our 2009 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients

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ongratulaions to our three alumni who will be honored in May with Distinguished Alumni Awards.

LeAnne Smith Hardy ’69, author and freelance editor, has lived in six countries on four continents. She teaches writing and writes for children affected

by HIV/AIDS. Her publications include “The Wooden Ox,” “Between Two Worlds,” “So That’s What God is Like” and “Glastonbury Tor,” all published

by Kregel in the United States.

John Krauss ’67 joined the faculty of the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs as a clinical professor in 2003 and is also an adjunct professor of law at the Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis.

He is the director of the Center for Urban Policy and the Envi-

Portraits and biographies of our three new Distinguished Alumni will join others inducted as Distinguished Alumni Award winners in Clowes Commons. Stop by and see the display when you visit campus!

ronment and the Indiana University Public Policy Institute.

Rob Brown ’79 has more than 20 years of sales and mar-

keting experience at Eli Lilly and Company. He currently holds the position of vice president – chief marketing &

operations officer for the U.S. affiliate and oversees the marketing planning and strategies for Lilly’s entire portfolio.

Three alumni honored by “Indianapolis Business Journal”

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hree of the 40 professionals selected for inclusion in the "Indianapolis Business Journal’s" recent annual “Forty Under 40” listing are Park Tudor graduates!

Chris Cotterill ’95, Jeff Kittle ’89 and Jake Sturman ’98 were among the “40 noteworthy professionals who are instrumental to the city’s future” listed in the weekly business newspaper’s February 2nd edition. They were selected from more than 240 nomina-

tions made by readers and staff members.

Chris Cotterill oversees the Office of Corporation Counsel for the City of Indianapolis. Jeff Kittle is executive vice president and managing director of Herman & Kittle Properties Inc. Jake Sturman is senior vice president and heads the Indianapolis office of Jones Lang LaSalle, a an international real estate firm.

Congratulations to our own “three under 40”!

More than 50 alumni and friends of the school attended Park Tudor’s annuThe Park Tudor Alumni Association hosted a wine tasting event at the Broad Ripple Steakhouse on November 13. Among the alumni attending

al reception in Naples, Florida in February. Left to right, Katie Mothershead Kruse ’65, Susan McVie Tolbert ’68, Sharon Neighbours and Gina Bremner.

were Class of 1981 members Scott Brown and Jenifer James Foxworthy.

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alumni news

Creating a legacy through planned giving

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lanned gifts are very important to Park Tudor, as they help the school’s endowment generate additional revenue to support our annual academic, co-curricular and financial aid programs. Individuals of any age can create a legacy by making a planned gift; however, individuals 65 years of age or older may direct a portion or the full amount of their planned gift to support or endow current needs, such as the Park Tudor’s Chinese Studies Program, Global Scholars Program, Appleseed Scholarships, co-curricular programs or technology. Please contact Planned Giving Officer Gretchen Hueni at ghueni@ parktudor.org or 317-415-2766 for additional information.

Park Tudor is pleased to offer a DVD that provides information about gift planning, as well as testimonials from Endowment Society members and examples of how planned gifts have enhanced

our campus, our curriculum, our programs, our students and our school. If you would be interested in receiving a complimentary copy, please contact Planned Giving Officer Gretchen Hueni.

The Park Tudor Endowment Society was created in 1993 to honor those who have included Park Tudor in their wills or other estate plans. The Endowment Society includes 127 members representing the entire Park Tudor community– alumni, parents, faculty, parents of alumni and even current students.

Special thanks to the following new Endowment Society members: Anonymous Mr. # and Mrs. # Richard McCreary (Elizabeth “Libby” Taggart ’31) Nancy and Herb Bussa (Nancy Kernahan ’56)

Park Tudor hosted an alumni gathering in Denver in January in conjunction with the annual Council for the Advancement and Support of Education/ National Association of Independent Schools Association conference.

Back row, left to right: Dob ’76 and Deborah Bennett, Yumi Perkins, Adam Perkins ’03, Betsy Failey ’02, Zach Wills ’03, Annie Kruse ’05, Elizabeth Jessup ’77, Katy Hebert ’98, Assistant Head of School for Development and Alumni Relations Susie Maxwell, Angie Leachman Forest ’78, Cathy Wood Lawson ’72, Tiffany Muhs Mahoney ’98 and Nathan Buonanno ’97.

# = deceased

Alum features Tudor Hall in novel

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udor Hall alumna Kathryn Lasky Knight ’62 includes mention of Tudor Hall in her book “Christmas after All: the Great Depression diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana 1932.”

In the novel, 11-year-old Minnie Swift recounts her Indianapolis family’s experiences during the Great Depression. Minnie writes in her journal that her older sister Lady attends Tudor Hall: “Lady goes to an all-girls’ private school called Tudor Hall because Mama and Papa

feel she is ‘distractible.’” In another entry, Minnie notes, “Holy smokes. Lady is in big trouble. She was over to Letty Cohen’s last night and she bleached her hair to look like Jean Harlow. Mama is furious and says Tudor Hall will kick her out. She looks pretty funny going off to school this morning in her uniform. Somehow platinum blond hair doesn’t go with a blue serge uniform and oxford shoes.”

Lasky’s book was a nominee for the 2004-2005 Young Hoosier Book Award.

Author Robert Black ‘82, son of Park Tudor faculty members Tom and Joanne Black, spoke to Middle and Upper School Book Club members on December 8 about his new award-winning novel for children, “Lunar Pioneers.” Robert Black first came to Park Tudor in the fall of 1968, as a member of the junior kindergarten class. At Park Tudor he was editor of the Upper School newspaper and captain of the Brain Game team. He received a mechanical engineering degree from Vanderbilt, but he never lost his love of writing. While in college, he became a writer for the Nickelodeon cable TV show “You Can’t Do That On Television.” He has published three novels for middle-school readers. “Lunar Pioneers” recently was named to the “Best of 2008” list at the space-related website, Out_of_the_Cradle.net. He also has written “Liberty Girl” and “The Real Life Channel.”

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ALUMNI NEWS

Stay electronically connected to PT

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re you a Facebook fan?

Would you like to see the latest video coverage of what’s happening at PT? Or perhaps you’d rather receive a RSS feed alerting you of Park Tudor news?

You now have a number of ways to stay connected to PT via technology: • More than 400 people now are “friends of PT” on Facebook. Find information on the latest PT alumni events and connect with friends via PT’s Facebook page. Join the list of alumni posting answers to the question, “Who was your favorite teacher and/or coach at Park Tudor?”

• More than 1,000 alumni are registered on the passwordprotected Park Tudor alumni online community, where you can post family photos, catch up with classmates, register for alumni events, and much more! If you haven’t already registered, visit http://alumni. parktudor.org. And if you haven’t visited lately, check out the new look and features on this site.

• You now can subscribe to the news articles on the PT web site in an RSS feed. On the right side of the News page on the PT web site, you will see two buttons. Click the Subscribe button to add PT news to your

favorite RSS reader. Click the Share button to e-mail a news article to a friend or post it on your Facebook, MySpace, or Twitter profile, among other web sites.

• Want to know more about the fascinating stories from Park Tudor's history? New additions to the "Spotlight" feature on the main page of the web site include fascinating vignettes about people important in the school's history, including Coach Lou Reichel and “New Yorker” writer Janet Flanner.

the "Our Educators" section of the PT web site, you can now find photos of faculty and staff members.

• New photos and videos are frequently added to the Hilbert Center, Lower School, Middle School and Upper School sections of the web site. Visit frequently to see snapshots of daily life at PT! • Athletic schedules, scores and game highlights are also available on the PT web site at www.parktudor.org.

• Need help putting a face with a name? As part of the Faculty Directory located in

Alumni literature inspires Lower School students

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new mural at the entrance to the Lower School library is teaching young Park Tudor students about literature authored by our own alumni, as well as other well-known writers and illustrators.

The mural, “Bringing the World Together Through Literature,” supports the missions of both the library and the Lower School’s 1-Earth initiative. It was designed by Lower School media specialist Donna Johnson and painted by artist Doreen Oldenettel.

In the painting, Hoosier characters Raggedy Ann and Andy observe the world and a sample collection of book covers that represent the Lower School’s visiting author/illustrator program. Quotes such as the American proverb “A book is a friend” reinforce the power of books and literature.

The mural was funded by profits from the annual Lower School magazine sale.

This Lower School library mural illustrates the works of alumni authors and visiting authors and illustrators. Left to right: illustrator James Ransome visited in 1998; Hoosier author James Whitcomb Riley is honored every October with recitation of his famous poem “Little Orphant Annie”; 1995 visiting author Kathryn Lasky Knight ’62 wrote “Sea Swan”; Tasha Tudor visited in 1984; Margaret Hodges ’28 visited in 1992 and retold the tale “Saint George and the Dragon”; author and illustrator Steven Kellogg visited in 1985 and returned in 2007.

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Class Notes Park Tudor thanks Jura Leete Finn ‘76 for donating to the Park Tudor archives a Park School football helmet and other articles belonging to her father, the late Frederick D. Leete III ’45.

1939

Class of 1939: Your 70th reunion is May 2, 2009!

Reunion Class Representative: Mary Eleanor Fenstermaker Stuart 317/228-1179 mestuart39@gmail.com 1944 Class of 1944: Your 65th reunion is May 2, 2009!

Reunion Class Representatives: Bob Hollowell 317/251-4455 bobehowl@netdirect.net Marjorie Kroeger 317/257-5648 1949 Class of 1949: Your 60th reunion is May 2, 2009!

Reunion Class Representatives: Charles Culp 317/581-1625 esculp@comcast.net Connie Cadick Earle 317/846-3767 connieearle@comcast.net 1954 Class of 1954: Your 55th reunion is May 2, 2009!

Reunion Class Representative: Sue Eaglesfield LaFollette 317/253-6996 • Sue Eaglesfield LaFollette writes, “Hi 54s – Here we go again. Can you believe it? Hope to see some of you May 1 & 2. Anne Morrow Misdom and husband Walter are thinking about it. Call me anytime.”

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1959 Class of 1959: Your 50th reunion is May 2, 2009!

Reunion Class Representatives: Markham Campaigne 949/240-0453 macampaign@st-margarets.pvt.k12. ca.us Jody Madden Barth 317/257-2383 Carol Cummings Rogers 317/255-9930 cdcr@comcast.net 1964 Class of 1964: Your 45th reunion is May 2, 2009!

Reunion Class Representatives: John Cochran Jr. 317/257-5095 jdcochranjr@msn.com Anne Ewing Scheele 317/842-6908 1969 Class of 1969: Your 40th reunion is May 2, 2009!

Reunion Class Representative: Sharon Mangas 812/376-8754 Richard Schlaegel 317/733-1511 1974 Class of 1974: Your 35th reunion is May 2, 2009!

Reunion Class Representative: Kim Smith Stickney 317/669-0223 kimstickney0223@aol.com 1979 Class of 1979: Your 30th reunion is May 2, 2009!

Reunion Class Representatives: Cynthia Treadwell Bridges 847/256-8034 trid1120@aol.com

In Memoriam The Park Tudor community mourns the loss of The Honorable Paul H. Buchanan Jr. ’35, a lifelong friend and avid supporter of the school who died on November 8, 2008. Judge Buchanan founded the school’s Speech and Debate awards and was honored with a Park Tudor Distinguished Alumni Award in 1994. Photo by Vincent Walter.

Robert Hicks 317/844-8331 bhicks@taftlaw.com 1984 Class of 1984: Your 25th reunion is May 2, 2009!

Reunion Class Representative: Eric Doninger 502/473-7737 eric_doninger@b-f.com • Richard Brake, university stewardship director of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI), was interviewed on C-Span on November 20 about the ISI’s study on Americans’ knowledge of civics.

The study found that American

adults, including those with and without advanced degrees, failed the ISI civics test, averaging 49%, or “F.” In the interview Richard described how his experience at Park Tudor led to his own love of history and American civics, singling out Mrs. Carol Rogers. He said, “Doesn’t everybody who cares about this subject have somebody in their life that they remember?

For me, it was Mrs. Rogers in fifth grade history, and that’s what turned me on to it.” To see the interview: http://www.c-span.org/Watch/ watch.aspx?MediaId=HP-A-12815.

• On December 3, 2008, a blaze destroyed the home of Michael and

CLASS NOTES

Ami Susan Edds Petrucelli ’84, severely injuring their two-year-old triplets Aiden, Bricen and Coleson.

In all 75 fire fighters and 20+ trucks were part of the rescue effort. Ami Susan writes, “The boys continue to recover from their injuries from the fire, and we are working hard to instill a new sense of normalcy and routine into our lives amidst the chaos. The boys will have continuing medical needs and follow up care, but we are so grateful that they are home with us.” The Petrucelli family extends their deepest gratitude for the overwhelming outpouring of support and love. For updated information on the children’s status and to find out how you can help, please go to www.petrucellirelieffund.com.

Mr. Michael Petrucelli and Ms. Ami Susan Edds-Petrucelli ‘84 139 Hesketh Street Chevy Chase, MD 20815 301/229-9866; asp@partnersplus.net 1989 Class of 1989: Your 20th reunion is May 2, 2009!

Reunion Class Representative: Erin Riley Leraris 317/723-3124 eleraris@yahoo.com Mimi Black Rassi 616/246-7913 drewandmimi@comcast.net

1993 • Emily Hebert married Jason Grove at the University Club in Chicago on December 6, 2008. A number of Park Tudor alumni and faculty members attended the wedding and reception. Emily is a senior account executive for Clear Channel Broadcasting in Chicago. Jason is a senior sales consultant for Oracle.

Both are graduates of Miami University (Ohio).

1994 Class of 1994: Your 15th reunion is May 2, 2009!

Reunion Class Representative: Emily Ristine Holloway 317/925-9553 holloway220@yahoo.com 1995 • Kelly Anne Sheridan married Kevin G. Kenny on August 8, 2008 in Fishers, IN. Those in attendance included PT classmates Ashley Collins Black, Kelli Ruth Blankenbaker, Katie Shoopman Smith and Lindsay Elder Thornton. Kelly Sheridan Kenny can be reached at kellyannesilver@hotmail.com.

1997 • Hannah Kaufman Joseph writes via e-mail, “We are thrilled to announce the birth of our twin sons, Oscar William and Judah Harris. They

Emily Hebert ’93 married Jason Grove at Chicago’s University Club on December 6, 2008. Left to right: Sarah Neighbours Alshouse, former PT French teacher Denise Cordingley, Amy Hebert Evans ’02, Molly Fogelsong Sturman ’93, Jason Sturman ’93, Mary Elliott Smith ’93, Katy Hebert ’98, Laura Lowe, PT math teacher Emily Moore Sturman ’66, Libby Knall Ornani ’94, Jason Grove and Emily Hebert Grove ’93.

Gwyneth Sutherlin ’97 presented an exhibition of her paintings at Park Tudor’s Leffler Gallery in November.

were born on November 18, 2008, weighing in at 6 pounds 4 ounces and 6 pounds 5 ounces, respectively.

Both boys are doing great and we are all having a fantastic time!”

• Indianapolis artist Gwyneth Sutherlin presented an exhibition of her paintings in Park Tudor’s Leffler Gallery in late November.

1998 • Minju Choi has moved back to Indianapolis after living in New York City for the past several years. She is currently completing her doctoral studies in piano performance at Stony Brook University. She has a number of upcoming concerts planned, including performing Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” in April with the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic and a concert in Paris, France in July. She plans to teach piano students privately in Indianapolis.

• Anne Hankey married Randy Forman on September 20, 2008. The ceremony and reception took place at the historic Greenbrier resort in White Sulphur Springs, WV. The bridal party included Emily Hankey ’03 and Mallory Reider Inselberg ’98. Anne and Randy met six years ago in Chicago, where they continue to live. Anne owns a stationery and textile company called Anink Designs; she also teaches fashion history courses at the Illinois Institute of Art. She is active in the Junior League of Chicago and was

the illustrator of its recent awardwinning cookbook, “Peeling the Wild Onion.” Randy is a strategic accounts manager with the medical division of NDS. • Julia Failey has created a series of eco-friendly jewelry collections featured at her online boutique, www. juliafailey.com. Inspired by intricate details and movements in nature, these unique pieces are both fashionably fresh and eco-friendly. Her “Little Rose Diamond Vine Bangles with glittering diamonds set among softened thorns” were recently featured in “Michigan Avenue” magazine’s Holiday Guide. Julia lives in Chicago and can be reached at juliafailey@mac.com.

Anne Hankey ’98 married Randy Forman on September 20, 2008.

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CLASS NOTES

2004 Class of 2004: Your 5th reunion is May 2, 2009!

Reunion Class Representatives: Emily Hrisomalos 317/844-6998 ehrisma@indiana.edu

Jennifer Beck ’97 married Jose Herrero on March 29, 2008.

2005 • Katie Busch has been awarded an American Society for Microbiology undergraduate research fellowship for her studies at Davidson College.

The fellowship is awarded to five highly motivated and competitive students with an interest in teaching science in elementary or secondary school. Fellows receive a $2,500 stipend to develop a project for science instruction at a local school, and up to $500 for supplies and instruc-

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Marriages • Emily Hebert ’93 to Jason Grove on December 6, 2008.

• Kelly Anne Sheridan ’95 to Kevin G. Kenny on August 8, 2008.

• Jennifer Beck ’97 to Jose Herrero on March 29, 2008.

• Anne Hankey ’98 to Randy Forman on September 20, 2008.

• Megan Lennon ’00 to Duane Haring on October 25, 2008.

Congratulations • To Brent and Hannah Kaufman Joseph ’97 on the birth of twin sons, Oscar William and Judah Harris, on November 18, 2008.

• To Katie and Chip ’96 Maxwell and Assistant Head of School for Development and Alumni Relations Susie Maxwell and her husband Howard on the birth of daughter and granddaughter Parker Allison Maxwell on December 12, 2008.

• To Zach and Abby Ford, Annual Fund Coordinator, on the birth of a son, Bennett Wilson Ford, on November 6, 2008.

• To Park Tudor Director of Operations Bill Bishop on the birth of his first granddaughter, Isabelle Marie, on January 25, 2009.

1999 Class of 1999: Your 10th reunion is May 2, 2009!

Reunion Class Representatives: Drew Elliott 212/226-4405 x314 drewe@papermag.com Suzann Johnson Hummer 773/343-5626 suzannmuskie@hotmail.com 2000 • Megan Lennon married Duane Haring on October 25, 2008 at Roberts Park United Methodist Church in Indianapolis. Megan is a 2004 graduate of Miami (OH) University, where she received a B.S. degree in social work. Duane, a 2001 graduate of North Central High School, received his B.S. degree in sports management from Indiana University in 2005. Megan’s matron of honor and maid of honor included her two sisters, Alyssa ’95 and Emily, who is currently a junior at Xavier University in Cincinnati, OH. Abigail Lynn ’00 served as a bridesmaid.

The Harings reside in Phoenix, AZ, where Megan works as a family support specialist with Southwest Human Development Corporation.

Duane is a top account sales executive with major league baseball’s Arizona Diamondbacks. The Haring’s mailing address is 13601 S. 44th Street, Apt. 3099, Phoenix, AZ 85044. Megan’s e-mail address is lennon_megan@yahoo.com.

2008 • Elizabeth Emhardt has been awarded a Paschal Carter scholarship at Denison University. The scholarship, which approximates full tuition, is competition-based and open only to National Merit semifinalists.

Megan Lennon ’00 married Duane Haring on October 25, 2008.

2003 • Casey Cherry competed in the North American Cycle Courier Championship in September 2008, along with cyclists from the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe. This road course mimicked a bike courier’s workload with challenging deliveries, traffic and routes. His performance in this international competition placed him in the top 25% of all cyclists worldwide. Although Casey no longer works as a courier, he has the right to compete.

tional material. Katie plans to teach second- and third-grade students at Davidson Elementary School about microbiology and personal hygiene.

Last year, Katie worked at Davidson Day School’s after-school program.

She also has volunteered at Hinds Feet Farm acclimating horses to mentally handicapped riders and worked as a chef at Davidson’s student-run restaurant.

Deaths • Elizabeth Hall Perkins ’35 on November 9, 2008.

• Judge Paul H. Buchanan Jr. ’35 on November 6, 2008.

• Herb Wilson ’50 on January 4, 2009.

• Lucinda B. Lanman ’57 on November 28, 2008.

• Rod Selmier ’76 on October 22, 2008.

• John Brumbaugh ’03 on January 11, 2009.

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Honor and Memorial Gifts October 6, 2008February 2, 2009

Gifts in honor of…

Andrew Bain Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Korb Mr. Lewis Berkeley Mr. Douglas Hill ’58 and Ms. Sandy Newton The Bir Family Mr. and Mrs. Paul Becher Mrs. Anne Bishop ’43 Ms. Suzanne Bishop Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Bishop Mr. Joseph and Mrs. Kim Bishop Bruton McGurie and Maxwell Brown Anonymous - 1 Molly and Kendall Brunner Mrs. Denise Brunner Abigail and Olivia Buroker Susan and Andy Buroker (Susan Novak ’84)

Casey Cherry ’03 competed in the North American Cycle Courier Championship in September 2008.

Condolences • To Priscilla Brown Ruddell ’55 on the death of her sister Lucinda B. Lanman ’57 on November 28, 2008.

• To Judy Birge ’60, Jim Kothe ’64, Alison Kothe ’68, Jennifer Kothe ’64 and Barbara Smith ’63 on the death of their mother and aunt, Barbara R. Kothe, on November 13, 2008.

• To Mary Bookwalter McInteer ’66 and Robert McInteer ’07 on the death of her husband and his father, Col. Robert McInteer, on February 20, 2009.

• To former Park Tudor dance teacher Susie Selmier, Travis Selmier ’74 and Lisa Selmier Cunningham ’81 on the death of her son and their brother, Rod Selmier ’76, on October 22, 2008.

• To Stephan Hodge and Liz Elliott Hodge ’81 and Brigitte ’15 and Elliott ’18 Hodge on the death of Stephan’s father in December 2008.

• To Kelly Lamm Teller ’87 on the death of her grandfather, William E. McAnulty, on October 20, 2008.

• To Stephanie Goodrid Lawson ‘00 on the death of her grandmother Edna Bryant Schmaltz Schoch on November 12, 2008.

• To Margaret Brumbaugh ’05 on the death of her brother, John Brumbaugh ’03, on January 11, 2009.

• To Richard Joseph Stuart III ‘07 on the death of his grandfather Richard Stuart Sr. on November 28, 2008.

• To Elliott Suggs ’06 on the death of his mother, Ella Suggs, on January 27, 2009.

• To Park Tudor dance teacher Laurie Cutsinger and Caitlin ’16 and Kateri ’19 Cutsinger on the death of her father and their grandfather, Dr. Juan Young, on December 24, 2008.

Mr. John R. Caldow Ms. Suzanne Bishop Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Bishop Mr. Joseph and Mrs. Kim Bishop Bruton Rae Fagin Mr. and Mrs. Michael Fagin Mr. Tyler J. Ferrara ’95 Dr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Ferrara Mr. Jim Foxlow David ’55 and Susan Wishard ’56 Poston Colin, Ian and Sean Fry Drs. Michael and Shirley Fry Rosalind F. Kelcourse Mr. Paul and Rev. Dr. Felicity Brock Kelcourse Lauren and Katy Math Mrs. Norma Math Amanda Miller ’09 Mrs. Amy S. Miller Mrs. Kathryn Miller Mrs. Amy S. Miller Park School Class of 1946 Mr. Thomas H. Bernatz ’46 Christina ’99 and Danielle ’04 Wade Mr. and Mrs. John Wade

Mrs. Amanda Wilson ’57 Mrs. Amy S. Miller

Gifts in memory of…

Mrs. Annette Carr Anonymous - 1 Mr. and Mrs. Lucien Dunbar Mr. Eduardo C. Ciannelli and Ms. Sandra M. Paul ’54 Mrs. Susan Mary Leach Finney ’22 Mr. John Rodman Finney Mr. David Fisch ’98 Mr. and Mrs. Ronald M. Beck Ms. Kate Broyles ’98 Ms. Min Ju Choi ’98 Mr. Cliff Cislak ’98 Ms. Emily Comer Miss Adrianne E. Glidewell ’98 Ms. Kathryn T. Hebert ’98 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Inselberg (Mallory Reider ’98) Ms. Alisa Judy ’98 Ms. Margaret Kirlin ’98 Mr. Michael Morton ’98 Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell C. Smith (Max ’98) Mr. and Mrs. Kyle Vititoe (Sloane Ringo ’98) Mrs. Helen Leach Fulkerson ’27 Mr. John Rodman Finney Mrs. Barbara Kroeger Gamble ’36 Mrs. Judith Preston Davis ’36 Miss Marjorie Kroeger ’44 Sara Lois Haber Mrs. Mary Eleanor Fenstermaker Stuart ’39 Mrs. Virginia Ruddell Herman ’50 Mr. and Mrs. John J. Kennedy (Jack ’47; Patricia Smith ’49) Mr. Dennis T. Hollings ’83 Catherine Nelson Hollings Simmons ’47 Mr. Christopher D. Jones ’90 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew L. Rassi (Melissa Black ’89) Penny Krodel Howard and Susie* Maxwell Mrs. Lucinda Brown Lanman ’57 Ms. Penny Savage Landrigan ’57 Miss Hallie Caroline Leach ’27 Mr. John Rodman Finney Raymond and Sandra Lee Mr. and Mrs. Pat McGarrah (Juli Lee ’77) Continued on page 30

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Samantha and Eli Levine Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Levine (Mr. ’90) Fred and Mary Jane Lorenz Lorenz Family Charitable Trust

Mr. J. Michael Ayres Dr. and Mrs. Terry Mandel Mr. Stephen Curry Mr. and Mrs. Michael Stewart

Mrs. Justine Leach Meddaugh ’30 Mr. John Rodman Finney

Mrs. Deborah M. Dominguez Anonymous - 1

Mr. John Megenhardt ’65 Ms. Patricia A. Moore ’65

Mr. Larry Eckel Dr. and Mrs. Terry Mandel

Mr. Dave Miyamoto Dr. and Mrs. Richard T. Miyamoto

Mrs. Deborah Stuart Everett ’69 Anonymous - 1

Mrs. Elizabeth Hall Perkins ’32 Ms. Wendy Fortune Dr. and Mrs. Ronald E. Steele (Kate Lee ’62)

Dr. Jan Guffin Bill Johnson and Karen NapierJohnson

Doris Purucker William and Susan Powers

Mrs. Kathleen G. Hutchinson The Holle Family Dr. and Mrs. David Isaacs

Mr. Frederick W. Schmid Mrs. Barbara Schmid Drake

Mr. Doug S. Jennings Anonymous - 1

Ms. Lynn Thomsen Mr. Clifford A. Hull* Ms. Robbie McConnell Mr. and Mrs. Juan C. Morales (Lori*)

Mr. Jeffrey R. Johnson Dr. and Mrs. Terry Mandel

Mrs. Laura I. Lowe Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Soukup (Jessica*)

Mr. John van der Burgh Dr. and Mrs. Richard T. Miyamoto

Mrs. Cynthia Mallinger The Holle Family

Mrs. Robert F. Walbridge (Joyce Amling ’52) Mr. and Mrs. L. Bond Sandoe (Valri Philpott ’52)

Ms. Margo McAlear Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Penny

Thank a teacher All 6th Grade Teachers Mr. and Mrs. Michael Stewart 30 PARK TUDOR PHOENIX Spring 2009

White children’s story “Charlotte’s Web” in November. Here, Charlotte the spider, played by Marissa Braun ’10, warns Wilbur the Pig (played by Tom Galstian ’10) of his impending doom.

Mr. David A. Kivela Bill Johnson and Karen NapierJohnson

Ms. Suzy Tomlinson Mr. and Mrs. James A. James (Jim ’53) Howard and Susie* Maxwell

Mr. Herbert A. Wilson ’50 Anonymous - 2 Mrs. Katherine Koons Bartlett ’51 Mr. and Mrs. James L. Beattey (Mr. ’50) Dr. and Mrs. David Bogan Mr. and Mrs. William B. Clark (Bill ’42; Carol Lynn Blackburn ’49) Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Enkema Mr. and Mrs. Russell Fortune (Mr. ’58) Mr. and Mrs. James A. James (Jim ’53) William V. and Catherine W. Lawson (Cathy Wood ’72) Howard and Susie* Maxwell Mr. and Mrs. John C. Ruckelshaus (John ’48; Patricia Carter ’48)

The Upper School presented the theatrical version of the classic E.B.

Ms. Evelyn McClain Mr. and Mrs. Michael Stewart Mrs. Michele A. Modglin Mr. and Mrs. Fritz French Mr. Paul D. Nordby Mr. and Mrs. Fritz French Mrs. Angela Overpeck Anonymous - 1 Mr. and Mrs. Michael Stewart Mr. and Mrs. Jose Caceres Dr. Mary Ann Scott Ms. Cheri DeBerry Mitchell Mrs. Carole R. Simmons Mr. and Mrs. Fritz French Ms. Cheri DeBerry Mitchell * = faculty/staff member Costumer Jeannie Roberts teases up a “rat’s nest” for Joseph Scales ’09, who portrayed Templeton the rat in “Charlotte’s Web.”

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Below: Middle School student Olivia Huntley ’14 plays a piano solo during the annual Middle School Heritage Day program on November 25.

Above: The annual Lower and Middle School Grandparents’ Day brought more than 200 grandparents and special friends to campus to spend part of the day at Park Tudor. Here, fourth-graders Christian Greenwalt and Sami Hogshire show their grandparents how to have fun while learning with an interactive board game.

At left: Lower School students Kristina Altman ’16, Annie Hicks ’17, Jack Enkema ’16 amd Johnny Plewes ’16 learned to make traditional Uruguayan empanadas during an exchange trip to Scuola Italiana di Montevideo in Montevideo, Uruguay in November.

Above: Senior kindergartners Kaitlyn Maier and Olivia Pulfer learned carpentry skills in October. The SK students practiced safety while using saws and hammers to make birdhouses, dollhouses and other creations.

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Address Service Requested Upper School French teacher Janice Vote caught a photo of this beautiful sunrise over the Park Tudor campus in January.

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