news of the school
A salute to our departing faculty members Nancy Canull
Lori Honer
After spending this summer teaching at Culver Summer Camps, as she has done for many years, Nancy Canull will head to Taipei, Taiwan, on August 17 to spend a year tutoring students in English. She also hopes to spend time traveling in Europe next year. Nancy joined Park Tudor in 1980 as a junior kindergarten assistant, then taught second grade and later senior kindergarten. She then taught half time and worked half time as counselor for students in kindergarten through grade six. In 1993 she assumed the role of full-time counselor. She also took a yearlong sabbatical to teach in Thailand during the 2002-2003 school year. Nancy wants everyone to know that the Tibetan peace flags the second graders made on Lower School
Co-director of the Upper School Orchestra and Lower/Middle School String Program assistant since 2003, Lori is moving on to continue her musical education. She has been admitted to the doctoral program at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
Mothers’ Morning soon will be flying high at a school in Taipei.
Carol Shumate
Dr. Jeff Mitchell
Carol Shumate joined the Park Tudor faculty in 1979 to teach Advanced
Lower School Director Dr. Jeff Mitchell has accepted the position of head
Placement art history and assist in the Upper School library. She then
of school at Tuscaloosa Academy, an independent college preparatory
moved to the Middle School to teach both French and Spanish. In addition
school for 400 students (prekindergarten through high school) in Tusca-
to serving on the Personnel Practices and the Professional Development
loosa, Alabama. Dr. Mitchell joined Park Tudor as Lower School Director
committees, she helped to initiate the Senior Projects program, the Santa
in 2005 after serving as the deputy principal of the Junior School at St.
Fe field trip, Fine Arts assemblies, and the Middle School foreign-language
George’s School in British Columbia. Next year at Park Tudor the two posi-
fair. No doubt that in her retirement Carol will be spending more time in
tions of Hilbert Early Education Center Director and Lower School Director
Santa Fe, where she and her husband David own a lovely “retreat.”
will be combined, and current Hilbert Center Director Debbie Dominguez will assume that new role.
20 park tudor phoenix SUMMER 2009