News of the School Summer 2016 Park Tudor School
• Two PT teams competed in the Indiana Regional Science Bowl on Saturday, March 5. Park Tudor team #1 won the competition and advanced to the National Science Bowl in Washington DC. Park Tudor #1 team: Andrew Wu (Captain), Alex Gu, Michelle Shen, Allen Zhao. Park Tudor #2 team: Mark Rook (Captain), Adam Shafique, Siddhu Peri, and Max Bott. The National Science Bowl is a highly competitive science education and academic event among teams of high school students who compete in a fast-paced verbal forum to solve technical problems and answer questions in all branches of science and math. • Dario Untama’s AP Physics class competed in the Bridge Bust at Purdue on Friday, February 26. The Bridge Bust is a contest where students from different schools in the region (some even came from Illinois) compete to design and built a balsa wood bridge that will hold the most load for its own weight. Participating students: Kendall Garner (11th grade) Margaret Kosten (12th grade) Rhodes Lacy (12th grade) Angela Li (12th grade) Joe Lybik (12th grade)
Rhodes Lacy at the Bridge Bust Competition.
Nikko Mack (12th grade) Colin Oberthur (12th grade) Anish Thyagarajan (12th grade) • Sophomore Natalie Eriksen, a ballerina with the Central Indiana Academy of Dance, danced in the Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) ballet competition March 4-6 at The Tarkington Theater in Carmel. YAGP is the world’s largest global network of dance. • Sophomore Jonathan Moore was designated as Eagle Scout in February. To become an Eagle Scout, the highest rank in the Boy Scouts, one must obtain a minimum of 21 merit badges, hold leadership positions and engage in community service. Jonathan earned 33 merit badges and exceeded the other requirements. Jonathan’s Eagle service project served his school by planning, leading and carrying out the drainage and re-mulching of a portion of Park Tudor’s cross country trail. • On Saturday, March 12, three Park Tudor Speech Team members competed at the State Speech meet at Fishers High School. Freshman Gary Zhang competed in humorous interpretation by performing “Dennis Moore” by Monty Python. Sophomore Beatrice Bowlby advanced to the quar-
terfinals with her original oratory entitled “Steps to Creating the Perfect Jack o’ Lantern.” Freshman Matt Fu also advanced to the quarterfinals in United States Extemporaneous speaking. Head Speech Coach is Tamara Tudor. • The Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA) Bicentennial exhibition, 19 Stars of Indiana Art: A Bicentennial Celebration, celebrates the art of various artists who were born, raised or worked in Indiana in the past 200 years. The IMA invited students and faculty of area schools to create artwork in response to four of Indiana’s nature artists: T.C. Steele, David Smith, Frank Hohenberger, and George Winter. The work of Park Tudor students Clare Chandler, April Hamilton, Margaret Johnston, Benton Wiegel, and faculty Kathy Campbell and Laura Schroeder will be on display in the Inspired by Indiana Nature Artists gallery from May 15, 2016 to January 8, 2017. A tour and student recognition for the winning artists was held on Sunday, June 12. • This January, students across the country submitted nearly 320,000 works of art and writing to the 2016 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Nearly 18,000 works across the country earned regional Gold Keys and
Natalie Eriksen with her parents.
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