News of the School Spring 2014 Park Tudor School
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new exchange program recently brought Chinese high-school students to Park Tudor and is sending Park Tudor students to China this summer. In January, five students from Beijing High School #4 International Campus (BHSIC) spent two-and-a-half weeks getting to know their Park Tudor Upper School counterparts. The two girls and three boys were joined by their chaperone, a BHSIC psychology teacher. In addition to attending U.S. history, English, biology and music classes, they toured the city and attended events including a girls basketball game, the Upper School performance of “Dracula,” and a Chinese New Year celebration. Each student stayed with a Park Tudor family. Dr. Caroline Lee-Thompson, director of Park Tudor’s Chinese Studies program, coordinated the exchange. This summer, a small group of Park Tudor students will accompany one or two Park Tudor teachers to Beijing for a similar cultural-immersion program. BHSFIC is widely considered one of China’s finest schools and a pioneer in science and mathematics education. The school recently opened a separate international campus that hosts students from around the world. This is the second new international exchange program introduced at Park Tudor this year. The Upper School also is hosting two Guatemalan students as part of the Faces and our Cultures program. In addition, fourth- and fifth-grade students have the opportunity to travel on a ten-day trip to Valladolid, Spain in March. This will be the fourth trip to Valladolid for Lower School students as part of a partnership with Colegio Internacional de Valladolid. Students will stay in pairs with host families, taking day trips to the historic cities of Segovia and Salamanca and visiting local cultural sites. The Lower School also has an exchange with the Scuola Italiana di Montevideo in Uruguay.
Tudor Golf Outing. This annual fundraiser, which supports Park Tudor and its athletic programs, is scheduled for Monday, June 16 at the Brickyard Crossing Golf Course. Sponsorship opportunities are available for those who would like to support the event but are unable to participate. For more information or to register, contact Julia Sipes in the Park Tudor Development and Alumni Relations Office at jsipes@ parktudor.org or 317/415-2768.
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You also will find the latest news, videos and photos on the Park Tudor website: parktudor.org.
Cealia Tolliver ’18 and her grandmother Deborah Agnew work together on an iPad project during Grandparents and Special Friends’ Day on November 26, 2013.
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ark Tudor’s Summer 2014 program will offer more than 100 classes, camps and workshops for central Indiana students in preschool through high school. The regular summer programming will run from June 9 to August 1. A brochure and class registration are available on the Park Tudor website.
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