News of the School Summer 2011 Park Tudor School
• The fourth annual “Fashion for Food” fashion show and inaugural “Mr. Park Tudor Pageant” brought the Park Tudor community together to support Gleaners Food Bank on February 11. Coordinated by seniors Rina Yadav, Samantha Tambunan and Emily Massel, the event featured 70 Upper School models and six senior-class men vying for the title of “Mr. Park Tudor.” Families, teachers and students filled Gleaners Food Bank barrels to overflowing while enjoying a fashion show with Upper School students modeling clothing from local stores and boutiques. Audience members evaluated the six “Mr. Park Tudor” candidates in four areas of competition– personal statement, casual attire, talent and an on-stage interview–and texted their votes, ultimately choosing senior Preston Hill for the title. • Chris Eckersley ’12 represented Park Tudor at the Indiana Association of Student Council’s Representative Assembly in March. In his position as IASC Executive Board member, Chris serves on the planning committee for the IASC’s upcoming State Convention to be held in Indianapolis. • Judith Finn ’11 was selected as Park Tudor’s DAR Good Citizen. She has entered her patriotic-themed essay into the state competition for this Daughters of the American Revolution event, and was honored along with her parents and Upper School Counselor Joan Grinkmeyer and Dean of Students Joseph Fumusa at a luncheon on March 24.
Children award winner, to participate in the daylong symposium sponsored by the Starbucks Foundation. The Symposium was designed to encourage students who are philanthropically minded to pursue projects to benefit others and to educate them on ways Power of Children recipients have implemented projects. Participants were awarded $100 grants to complete their own projects. In recognition of his philanthropic efforts, Baldwin also was recently awarded a certificate of excellence in the 2011 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards and a President’s Volunteer Service Award. Both awards honor outstanding community service by young Americans. • Christine Lucas ’12 was one of 12 Indianapolis area students selected for a Youth Leadership Development trip to Chulaimbo, Kenya in June. The “Ken-Ya Help Us” student leaders from seven area schools met Kenyan high-school students whose tuition has been provided by the Kenya Carnival, an Indianapolis fundraising effort. Upon her return, Christine will present her observations from the trip to various groups, comparing the life in Chulaimbo and the life in Indiana and bringing attention to issues faced by the Kenyan students.
Preston Hill ’11 was named “Mr. Park Tudor” at the Upper School “Fashion for Food” event in February that collected funds and cannedgood donations for Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana.
• Nick Tannenbaum ’14 has been selected to run the statewide Birthday Card Initiative for Down Syndrome Indiana. For the past three years he has been a volunteer with this non-profit organization that provides programs, education, support and influences public policy for the betterment of individuals with Down Syndrome. Nick will develop and sustain this program for hundreds of members annually. • Jacob Baldwin ’12 was a facilitator at the Indianapolis Children’s Museum’s Power of Children Symposium in February. Joining him were sophomores Chris Morgan and Caroline Tucker, who were nominated by Baldwin, a 2009 Power of
Lower Schoolers get pumped up during their Diabetes Walk in May. The students raised funds to support juvenile diabetes research.
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