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Upcoming Events
Basketball Party for Alumni from 2012-2015
Wednesday, November 25
7:30 p.m.
Panther Room (Entrance near the Hungry Panther, outside of the Varsity Gym)
Park Tudor
Alums from the classes of 2012-2015 are invited to return to Park Tudor to watch the Panthers take on University High School. Food and refreshments and complimentary admission to the game will be provided courtesy of Park Tudor and the Park Tudor Alumni Association. RSVP here.
 Park Tudor Speaker Series Welcomes Emily BazelonPresented by: The National Bank of Indianapolis
Wednesday, December 2
6:30 p.m.: Talk
Reception to follow
Wood Room
Park Tudor Upper School
Emily Bazelon is the author of Sticks and Stones, a major new contribution to the national conversation on bullying. Clear-eyed and accessible, Stones was hailed in the New York Times as an "authoritative and important book [that] should not only be read by educators and parents alike, but should also be taught in law schools and journalism schools." Bazelon is a staff writer at the New York Times Magazine, the Truman Capote Fellow for Creative Writing and Law at Yale Law School, and a former senior editor at Slate. Her ground-breaking investigative journalism (and knack for storytelling), coupled with her extensive legal knowledge, makes her one of the leading authorities on the shifting landscape of bullying in the cyber age: What constitutes bullying? What can parents, teachers, and educators do about it? What are the roles of personality traits, such as "grit," character, and empathy, to overcome childhood trauma and find social success? RSVP here.
 Holiday Handmade MartFriday, December 4 8:00-10:00 a.m. and 2:30-5:30 p.m. Foster Hall Park Tudor Shop for holiday gifts among handmade items made by Park Tudor faculty, students, and parents. Vendors will include our own talented Fine Arts faculty, Middle and Upper School students, and current and former parents, with something for everyone on your list including ceramics, painting, jewelry, and textiles.
Save the Date: Alumni Weekend 2016
Friday, April 29 - Distinguished Alumni Dinner, 6:00 p.m., Woodstock Club Saturday, April 30 - Join us for various events including the 50-year Reunion Luncheon at Woodstock, the 5K Scholarship Run at Park Tudor, PT Archives Tours, and the induction of John Wiliams into the "Distinguished Friends of the Arts." More information with specific times and registration information will be available in the spring. Questions? Contact Gretchen Hueni, ghueni@parktudor.org or 317-415-2766. |
Park Tudor Hosts Alumni at IU Reception
Alumni attending IU got together at Mother Bear's in Bloomington on November 10 to catch up with each other and visit with PT faculty.
Front row (L-R): Vanessa Gehring '13, Madeline Heberden '14, Margaret House '14, Sarah Cohn '12, Izzy Angelicchio '13, Autumn Brown '13, Asia Jernigan '12, Second row: Shari Sutton, Pam Fischer, John Talbert, Stuart Summerville '14, Austin Shelton '14, Joe Fumusa, Ian Fry '11, Lauren Lowry '13
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Network with Alumni Near You
Did you know that 70% of jobs are found through networking? EverTrue, Park Tudor's mobile app for alumni, can help you connect with other Park Tudor people in your area. EverTrue is the easiest way to find fellow alums from your class year, industry, or location - and it's available for both Android and iOS. Download the EverTrue app from the Apple App Store or Google Play. Search for "Park Tudor School" to find our community, and then log in with your email or LinkedIn profile to get started. Check it out and see who's living or working in your neighborhood!
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Park Tudor Co-Hosts Innovation Event with the Speak Easy
A major theme of our PT2020 Strategic Plan is "Connecting Classroom, Campus, and Community." An important part of that connection is developing partnerships with other organizations in the city that can help our students and other members of our community learn from local business leaders.
On Thursday, November 12, approximately 70 people attended "Homegrown: Fostering an Innovative Mindset in our Schools and City," an event co-hosted by Park Tudor and the Speak Easy, a nonprofit dedicated to assisting entrepreneurs through providing working space and networking opportunities. The event featured Park Tudor alumni Prahasith Veluvolu '13, founder of Mimir with fellow PT alums Jacob Petrucciani '12 and Colton Voege '13, and Lauren George '09, who is directing social media and community outreach leading up to the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500, along with entrepreneurs Ryan Pfenninger, chief technology officer at 250ok; Kendrea Williams, founder of Ethos Marketing and Technology; and Jason Williams, founder of competitive intelligence firm SPYCOMPS. All of the speakers addressed how their educational experience did - and in some cases, did not - arm them with the necessary skills to become successful entrepreneurs. They agreed that perhaps the most important skill that schools can foster is the ability to think critically and creatively, to identify real problems and issues and develop solutions. The program helped to kick off year two of the Park Tudor Innovators Institute, which will run from July 5 - 22, 2016. The Innovators Institute offers students entering grades 9-12 a unique opportunity to learn the skills needed to be successful in college and beyond, while becoming leaders in their fields of interest. The program starts with three days of innovation skills training followed by more than two weeks of instruction in a field of the student's choosing, including Design Thinking, Business Creation, or Social Entrepreneurship. There will also be a Junior Innovators Institute for the second year. From July 11-15, students entering grades 6-12 can take an "Introduction to Computer Science." From July 18-22, "Advanced Computer Science: Designing with Raspberry Pi" will be offered. More information about the Innovators Institute and applications for the program will be available by early January. In the meantime, please contact Peter Kraft (pkraft@parktudor.org or 415-2707) for more information.
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Park Tudor Celebrates Diwali
Park Tudor hosted its first-ever Diwali celebration during Upper School assembly on Tuesday, November 10. This festival of lights is celebrated around the world by Hindus, Sikhs and Jains. Diwali is one of the most significant events of the year in Indian culture.
During the assembly, students enjoyed a presentation about the story behind Diwali, as well as Indian music and dance. Sophomore Karnika Mehrotra performed a solo dance, which was introduced by senior Pavani Peri, and freshman Anjali Mirmira and sophomore Matthew Heck offered background on the holiday. The celebration culminated with a large group dance for all faculty and students that wanted to join in.
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Fall Play: Scenes from Metamorphoses
Upper School students undertook a very ambitious performance of "Scenes from Metamorphoses;" the set featured an on-stage pool!
First performed by students at Northwestern University, where playwright Mary Zimmerman is a professor of performance studies (she is also Manilow Resident Director at the Goodman Theater in Chicago), this play opened at Broadway's Circle on the Square Theater in March, 2002. Based on Ovid's transformation myths, the play subtly mixes the ancient stories of pathos and tragedy with contemporary language, humor, and thought, all enacted in and around a large pool of water in the center of the stage. The themes of love, the inevitability of change, and the human ability to adapt to change are timeless, as is amply demonstrated by the sometimes eerie closeness of a vignette to the original lines from Ovid, which still manage to resonate with modern viewers.
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Students and Faculty in the News
* Sophomore Beatrice Bowlby won second place in original oratory at the Noblesville High School Monster Mash Speech Meet on Saturday, October 31. More than 650 students competed at this meet and Beatrice not only made the top 6 for the final round, but placed second among the top six. Also attending the meet were sophomore Graysen Montel in impromptu and freshman Gary Zhang in humorous interpretation. Park Tudor Speech Team coaches are Tamara Tudor and Sarah McDaniels.
* In October, a photograph by senior Annie McCarter was exhibited at the Indianapolis Artsgarden along with other pieces that won regional Scholastic Art and Writing Awards in 2015. This month, senior Clare Chandler will show a painting in the juried exhibition "Electric Light: Fluorescent and Neon in Contemporary Art Practice" at the Garfield Park Arts Center. Work by her teacher, Laura Kivela Schroeder '90, will also be displayed.
* Bassist Mike McGill (senior) was accepted by audition to participate in the Side-by-Side concert with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. The concert, featuring selected students from across Indiana, will be held on March 16 at 7:00 p.m. at the Hilbert Circle Theater.
* Five Park Tudor students placed at the Rose Hulman High School Math Contest on November 14. The contest attracted approximately 450 area students, primarily from Indiana and Illinois. Gary Zhang placed 11th as a freshman; Michelle Shen and Allen Zhao placed first as sophomores; and freshmen Alex Gu and Andrew Wu placed first competing as sophomores. Park Tudor also won the sophomore team competition, posting the only four perfect scores among sophomores. The team was accompanied by Upper School math instructor Dr. Carmen Taylor.
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Hockey: The Central Indiana Knights hockey club, which includes several players from Park Tudor, played 5 games over the weekend of November 14-15. The A team went 2 and 1 on the weekend, with wins against Bloomington and Zionsville. Panther Adam Gottwald secured the winning goal in a tight 2-1 win over Zionsville. The Knights B team split two games, earning a hard fought win over rival Brebeuf, with Park Tudor's Adam Gottwald getting the win in a 5-3 contest.
Girls Basketball: The Lady Panthers are off to a 1-3 start this season. They suffered a tough loss on Friday, November 13 to the Triton Central Tigers, who are currently ranked #1 in the state in class 2A. However, they earned a nice win early in the week against the Trailblazers from University High School.
College Signing: Park Tudor senior Reily Byxbee signed a letter of intent to play volleyball at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. While at PT, she was a 4-year starter and earned the following honors throughout her career: Rookie of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Most Improved, and ICC All-Conference. Congratulations Reily and go Griffins!
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Legacy Initiative Looking for Wartime Correspondence
The annual observance of Veteran's Day reinforces the importance of recognizing our veterans and saving their stories for posterity. Sparked by an article in "Dear Abby," beginning in 1999, Upper School social studies teacher Kathryn Lerch has worked with students to collect and publish collections of wartime stories and letters. From the start, members of the Park Tudor community have loaned letters, diaries and other artifacts to help on this project, which has evolved into the Legacy Initiative Project - a project well-recognized in the PT community and beyond. There have now been six volumes in the Words of War: Wartime Memories anthology series, which also incorporates oral histories from veterans interviewed by Park Tudor students.
Students are currently working on oral history accounts from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and will also add some WWII, Korean and Vietnam war accounts this year. The seventh volume of Words of War will be published during the 2016-2017 school year.
Please consider loaning the Legacy Initiative any letters, photos, or other wartime materials (they may be written in a different language or come from other nations). Ask neighbors, relatives and friends if they have collections or even one item to share. We will keep your precious items safe, we will digitize photos, letters, etc., and even provide CDs of scans to the donor if desired. The opportunity for students to work with such special materials is exceptional and an experience they remember long after they graduate. Please contact Kathryn Lerch (klerch@parktudor.org or 415-2880) if you have materials to loan or suggestions of veterans to interview. All volumes in the Words of War series are available for purchase in the LockerShop.
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Park Tudor School Mission
To create an inspiring college-preparatory learning environment, with exceptional educators and extraordinary opportunities, that prepares and motivates students to become balanced, confident, and resourceful lifelong learners.
Editor: Cathy Yingling Chapelle '87
Editorial Staff: Cassie Dull, Emily Hebert Groves '93
Graphic Design & Layout: Stefanie Dean '05
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