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Upcoming Events
Chicago-Area Alumni Reception
Thursday, January 28, 2016
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Amli River North
12th Floor - Club Level
71 West Hubbard St.
Chicago, IL 60654
Indianapolis-Area Alumni Event: Tequila Tasting at Sangrita  Thursday, February 4 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Sangrita Saloon 834 East 64th St. Indianapolis, IN 46220 Join us at this Broad Ripple hotspot - Chris Chabenne '03 and TK Mercho '98 are associated with this new establishment. Enjoy a private tequila tasting led by a professional tequila aficionado and catch up with fellow alums! Cost: $15, payable at the door (includes tequila and snacks: chips, guacamole, salsa and cowboy caviar).
Seating is LIMITED (spouses and guests are welcome); RSVP to katie.e.feldman@gmail.com by January 29. Stay and enjoy dinner, drinks and live music on your own after the event!
Park Tudor Speaker Series Presented by The National Bank of  Indianapolis: Catherine Steiner-Adair, Ed.D. Thursday, February 11 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.; Reception to follow Wood Room Park Tudor Upper School 7200 N. College Ave. Indianapolis, IN 46240
As the focus of family has turned to the glow of the screen - children constantly texting their friends, parents working online around the clock - everyday life is undergoing a massive transformation. The digital world is here to stay, but what are families losing with technology's gain?
Drawing on real-life stories from her clinical work with children and parents, and her consulting work with educators and experts across the country, clinical psychologist Catherine Steiner-Adair offers insights and advice that can help parents achieve greater understanding, authority, and confidence as they come up against the tech revolution unfolding in their living rooms. RSVP here.
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. |
Looking for a New Job in the New Year? Network with Alums via the PT Alumni App
Park Tudor offers a way for you to connect
with fellow Park Tudor alumni with an
app called Evertrue. You can identify alums in your profession, and even find alumni located nearby. The app includes a secure, searchable directory, so you can reconnect with friends and keep your contacts up-to-date. 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.
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Your Opinion Counts! PT Begins the ISACS Accreditation Process
Every seven years, member schools in the Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS) undergo an accreditation evaluation. This is an extensive process that requires each ISACS school to conduct a self-study one year before the visit of an evaluation team of educators. The self-study involves the entire school community and begins with the conduct of the ISACS School Community Survey. For Park Tudor this will occur in February, 2016. Parents, Students, Alumni, Faculty and Board will all participate in the ISACS School Community Survey. It is important that every alumnus/a have an opportunity to provide opinions on aspects of the school's operation, program and culture.
When you receive the survey email next month, please take a few minutes to answer the questions from the perspective of a Park Tudor alumnus/a. Your ideas and reflections are important to the school as we evaluate what we do and how we do it.
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Check Out the New Park Tudor Website
Park Tudor has launched a new-and-improved parktudor.org website. The new website is fully responsive so you can view it on any device.
The portals for parents, students, faculty/staff and alumni continue to be located at the top right of the page. These portals contain important links for each group, including upcoming events and more. We hope you enjoy the new site!
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First Social Courage Award Presented During Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Assembly
Following the annual Upper School program honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s legacy, the inaugural Social Courage Award was presented to senior Pavani Peri. This award was initiated by Park Tudor parents Scott '81 and Mary Catherine Brown.
The Social Courage Award recognizes that student or students whose actions during the past year have demonstrated a commitment to honoring and upholding the fundamental equality, dignity, and humanity of others in the school and/or the broader local community. This award seeks to reinforce the vision we have for our students to be compassionate and courageous, as well as to uphold our core values of integrity, intellectual engagement, respect, responsibility, and resourcefulness, which emanate from our vision and acknowledge the essence of being a conscientious member of a community. Pavani was nominated by her fellow students, and eventually chosen as the winner by a joint student-faculty committee. In her nomination statement, Pavani was recognized for her efforts to uphold the "fundamental equality, dignity, and humanity of others," illustrated by Pavani's compassion for her fellow students. Congratulations to Pavani on this well-deserved honor!
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| Dr. Sven Dubie, Scott Brown '81, Mary Catherine Brown,
Pavani Peri, and Chris Johnson. |
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20 World Diplomats in Training Attend The Hague International Model United Nations Conference January 22-30, 2016
 Park Tudor Model United Nations turns 40 this year. Park Tudor's Model United Nations program was initiated by widely respected history teacher Mr. Lew Berkeley in 1975 and continued by Bill Browning, David Kivela, Dr. Eileen Janzen (1981-2007) and most recently Peter Smith. On Friday, January 22, another strong delegation of 20 students heads to The Netherlands, where they represent the Asian Republic of Kyrgyzstan, as well as four special conference positions by individual appointment. The topic of this year's conference is "Sustainable Urbanization." Among the 3500-4000 delegates from every continent and 192 schools, Mark Rook will serve as Managing Editor for MUNITY (the conference official newspaper) responsible for producing one pre-conference and 5 daily conference issue daily newspapers, aided by Isabel Keller (illustrator) and Tala Ali-Hasan (conference reporter); while Bobby Crossin will serve on the Advisory Panel as the voice of the Economic & Social Committee for West Asia. Our delegation ambassador, Alex Bowlby (GA3) will carry the flag of Kyrgyzstan in both the opening and closing ceremonies with the Corps Diplomatique, and he will make an opening speech in the World Forum Theater on behalf of Kyrgyzstan. Our delegates representing Kyrgyzstan include: Jonathan Young (GA1), Sam Beck (GA2), Alex Bowlby (GA3), Lizzy Polak (GA4), Kendall Garner (GA5), Cameron Sumner (GA6), Ryan Hupfer (Disarmament Commission 1), Carter Fite (Disarmament Commission 2), Annabella Helman (Environmental Commission 1), Kristina Altman (Environmental Commission 2), Megan Buckley (Human Rights Commission 1), Grace Spoerner (Human Rights Commission 2), Noelle Enkema (Special Conference 1: Sustainable Urbanization, Baxter Rogers (Special Conference 2: Sustainable Urbanization, Pavani Peri (Economic & Social Council), Beatrice Phillips (Economic & Social Council). Attending Faculty include: Deb Tompkins (Upper School Math Coordinator and Math Instructor), Cory Scott (Upper School English Instructor and MUN Assistant & Peter Smith (Upper School Social Studies Instructor and MUN Convener). Additionally, the group will tour in Amsterdam and The Hague. Hague experiences will be posted on the Model UN blog on the school website. In addition, 36 sophomores will attend the University of Chicago conference (February 4-7) in Chicago and 27 juniors will attend the University of Georgetown Conference (February 11-14) in Washington D.C. Gabotse" (Go well).
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Adult Trip to Normandy Coming in 2017
Kathryn Lerch and Gary Bender will be chaperones for an adult "History of WWII England-Normandy-Paris" trip in July 2017. We welcome alumni (also graduates class of 2017), parents, and friends. The WWII Normandy trip will travel from London to Normandy and Paris. To receive the lowest price (through January 31, 2016), enrollments are being accepted at this link.
Enrollment is possible after February 1st, but the cost of trip will increase. Contact Kathryn Lerch for additional information, klerch@parktudor.org or 317-415-2880 (office).
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Applications Being Accepted for the Innovators Institute and EY Integrated Business Program
This summer, Park Tudor will once again offer the Innovators Institute and EYIntegrated Business Program.
The Park Tudor Innovators Institute Summer Program (July 5 - 22) is a unique opportunity for students entering grades 9-12 to learn the skills needed to be successful in college and beyond, while becoming leaders in their fields of interest. Students will learn how to think and act like innovators by developing skills in critical thinking, problem-solving, creativity, communication, and collaboration while gaining hands-on experience in cutting edge courses. Students will be given three days of innovation skills training followed by more than two weeks of instruction by Park Tudor faculty in a field of the student's choosing, including: - iDesign - Design Thinking: iDesign is a hands-on, collaborative class that teaches students how to solve real-world problems. It is an experiential course designed to engage students with the needs of their greater community. iDesign is based on the Design Thinking method, developed by David and Tim Kelley at Stanford University and IDEO. In this course, students understand and experience the ways in which empathy, brainstorming, prototyping and iteration can produce truly innovate products. Students are not taught about design thinking; they are doing design thinking by tackling authentic, community-based challenges.
- PT School of Enterprise: The School of Enterprise will both expose students to the world of businesses/start-ups and also give them experience of what it is like to start a business themselves. Through time, talking with leading business owners and through hands-on challenges, students will experience first-hand what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur. They will run a 'business-in-a-day' as well as perform live market research with the Indianapolis public. The module culminates in a competition where students get to pitch their business ideas to a panel of leading business owners for a chance to be mentored in the following months. From start to finish this is about giving young people the tools to help their innovative ideas flourish.
- Social Entrepreneurship: Social entrepreneurship is more than just community service, more than just leadership, more than just ideas. It combines the skills of a visionary leader with the heart of a servant to create a lasting impact in the local area. Social entrepreneurship uses one's innovative thinking and pairs that his / her passion to serve others to help meet a community need. In this program, students will research, carry out and present a service learning project in our community. Ultimately, through active, hands-on learning, students will become contributing citizens who exhibit strong character, integrity and purpose.
The cost of the program is $1200. One of the goals of the Innovators Institute is to make it accessible to all, so financial assistance is available for students who would benefit from the program. Contact Peter Kraft (pkraft@parktudor.org) for more information, or click here for more information and to apply. There is also a Junior Innovators Institute focused on computer science for students entering grades 6 through 8. The first session (July 11-14) will be an Introduction to Python Programming, and the second session (July 18-21) will focus on Innovation with Raspberry Pi. Click here for more information. The EY Integrated Business Program,  taught by Ernst & Young partner Jeffrey Aldridge, is designed for highly motivated students entering grades 10-12 who are interested in a career or future study in business, finance and/or economics. Grounded in the case study method used at top programs like Indiana University's Kelley School of Business and Harvard University, the program will also include presentations from prominent Indianapolis-area business people and a visit to a local Fortune 500 company. The weeklong program is designed to introduce students to critical aspects of business, including: - The history of business in America and an introduction to business functions
- Business strategy and finance
- Sales and marketing
- Operations and supply chain management
The cost of the program is $400; click here for more information and to apply |
Students in the news
* Last week, two representatives from the Indiana Canine Assistance Network stopped by with Tuck the dog to congratulate senior Margaret Kosten on her acceptance to MIT. Margaret has been a longtime volunteer with ICAN. Around Valentine's Day and other special occasions, ICAN dogs and puppies will be delivering goodie bags all over the city through their "Puppy Love" program; orders can be placed on icandog.org.
* Nineteen schools brought more than 300 participants to the Cathedral speech and debate meet on Saturday, January 16th. The meet was dedicated to the speaking legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Our Middle School team performed very well in its third meet of the season. We had several rookie speakers competing against students who had been practicing since October, so we are particularly proud of them. Jack Button (grade 7) placed 1st and Carly Wiegel (7) placed 4th in Radio Broadcasting. Stella Friskney (6) and Adelaide Benoit (6) placed 3rd in Scripted Duo Interpretation. Madeleine Loewen (8) placed 4th in Dramatic Interpretation. Andrés de Dios (7) placed 6th and Arjun Kubal (7) placed 7th in Roundtable Discussion. Jaden Seymour (8) placed 6th in Declamation. Celina Kaur (6) placed 7th in Extemporaneous Speaking. Henry Wolfla (7) placed 10th in Impromptu. Grayson Miller (7), Nandini Mathavan (6), and Jarod Lau (7) participated in Impromptu and Discussion. These speakers contributed to a 10th place overall trophy for our school. The Middle School speech and debate team is coached by Liz Odmark. * In Sweet Sixteen competition at WTHR studios, Park Tudor's Brain Game team lost at the buzzer 37-36 to Anderson in the highest scoring game so far this year. Both teams came from behind multiple times during the contest, which will be aired on WTHR Channel 13 on January 30 at 7:00 p.m. Senior captain Joe Lybik retires with two Sweet Sixteen and two Final Four appearances to his credit, along with three ICC Conference championships. * The Park Tudor Latin Club/Junior Classical League certamen teams (a Jeopardy-like competition) competed at the Hoosier Certamen Invitational at Herron High School in Indianapolis, IN, on Saturday, January 9. Seven schools from around the state brought 24 teams to compete in this event. Park Tudor entered three teams in the competition: one at the novice level, one at the intermediate level, and one at the advanced level. Each team advanced to the final round with all three teams returning home with awards. In the novice division (left), the team of freshman Cy Orentlicher (captain) and junior Aidan Wiesinger (not pictured) placed first and earned a trophy. In the intermediate division (top right), the team of sophomores Michelle Shen, Rohith Yeleti, Tori Dakich (captain), and Graham Fisher placed third. In the advanced division (bottom right), juniors Fariya Shamrin and Hannah Resnick along with senior Pavani Peri (captain) and sophomore Victor Xiao placed second. This was the first competition for all of these students against veteran teams with prior experience. The Latin Club is looking forward to the next competition, which will be the Notre Dame Winter Certamen Invitational in South Bend, IN, on January 30. Latin Club and JCL sponsor is Sarah McDaniels. * The Park Tudor Speech and Debate Team competed Saturday, January 9, 2016 at the Fishers Forensics Festival. More than 750 students and 27 schools competed at this meet which offered speech, debate, and congress. The competition included 3 rounds of preliminary competition and a final round of the top 12. Highlights include: - Beatrice Bowlby placed third in Original Oratory - Matt Fu placed 4th in United States Extemporaneous Speaking - Sammy Walkley placed 5th in Congress - Priya Moorthy placed 8th in Congress - Gary Zhang placed 11th in Humorous Interpretation - Arunabh Sinha placed 11th in Congress Also participating were Julia Waddles in Lincoln-Douglas Debate and Arya Bolla in Congress. Coaches and judges for this meet were Tamara Tudor and Jonathan Polak. * Upper School Social Studies teacher Jeff Johnson and Middle School French & Spanish teacher Laura Nagle have been awarded Lilly Endowment Teacher Creativity Fellowships. Each of them will receive a $12,000 grant to support a project of personally and professionally fulfilling activities. The Endowment's Teacher Creativity Fellowship Program, now in its 29th year, gives Indiana teachers, principals, guidance counselors and school media specialists the financial support and encouragement to renew their commitment to the profession of education. Congratulations to Jeff and Laura! * On Saturday, January 9, Panther Robotics (Team 6842 and Team 6723) hosted their first Vex Robotics Tournament. The event included between 250 and 300 people and featured 27 teams from around Indiana. Park Tudor continued to do well and Park Tudor Team 6842 got second place (again) to Cornerstone Robotics. Thanks to the excellent work of many parents, students, teachers and administration volunteers the event went very well, and Park Tudor hospitality was evident everywhere. On January 23-24, three Park Tudor Teams - 6842, 6842A and 6723 - will compete in the City of Indianapolis tournament against 60 other Indianapolis teams. This event will be at the Convention Center and is open to everyone. Additional details are available here. |
Sports news
Hockey
The Central Indiana Knights hockey club, which is Park Tudor's high school hockey team, went 2-0 on the weekend. On Friday evening, the Knights got the better of Bloomington in a 6-3 win on Senior Night, with Knights' goalie Panther Adam Gottwald earning the win. The Knights also beat HSE on Sunday, earning a 4-1 win that was much tighter than the final score indicates. Check out the Knights online calendar for more details about all games.
Coed Swimming The girls swim team is the ICC conference champion for the third year in a row beating runner-up Beech Grove by 61 points (122-107). This meet was a culmination of the season and a textbook example of teamwork as the lady Panthers walked away with first place finishes in all three relay events. There were numerous season-best times and lifetime-best times by all. Vee Edwards had a great meet and started showing signs of a repeat of last year as she went under 25-seconds for the first time since last year at the state competition. In her 100 free she was 2-seconds under a minute which also marks a first for the season. The boys swim team came in third place getting edged out by Beech Grove and Cardinal Ritter. Lifetime-best times were led by Peter LaBarge who went under :53 seconds for the first time. Alex Gregory had a superior finish to his 100 fly and had a lifetime-best time, cutting one second from the last meet with a :58. Riley Aquilano also dropped approximately 10-seconds from his last meet in the 100 breast to mark another lifetime-best time. Click here for full meet results.
Relay highlights: 200 medley-1st: Clare Chandler, Jillian Miller, Veeanna Edwards, Bosi Mosongo 200 free-1st: Erin Beesley, Clare Chandler, Maya Voelkel, Lily Erickson 400 free-1st: Veeanna Edwards, Maya Voelkel, Noelle Enkema, Selene Lam 200 medley-3rd: Peter Labarge, Ian Wallentine, Alex Gregory, Alex Stout 200 free-2nd: Alex Gregory, Peter Labarge, Alex Stout, Christian Amstutz
Individual highlights - girls (top three finishes): Erin Beesley: 200 free & 100 breast, 2nd & 1st Lily Erickson: 100 fly & 100 back, 2nd and 2nd Clare Chandler: 200 IM & 100 back, 1st & 1st Veeanna Edwards: 100 free & 50 free, 1st & 1st Noelle Enkema: 100 free, 3rd Jillian Miller: 500 free & 100 breast, 3rd & 2nd
Individual highlights - boys (top three finishes): Peter LaBarge: 200 free & 100 free, 3rd & 2nd Alex Gregory: 50 free & 100 fly, 2nd & 2nd Girls Basketball The girls basketball team won big this on Saturday, January 9 vs. Horizon Christian School, 53-26. The Lady Panthers were led by TyraRose Nibbs with 19 points and Taylee Nibbs with 13 points. Boys Basketball The boys basketball team was defeated in the Marion County tournament by Franklin Central on Tuesday evening, 67-58. Congratulations to Jaren Jackson Jr. who was named to the Graber Post All-Tournament team.
Watch the PT Panthers take on Cardinal Ritter at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, and enjoy a Pacers game! Your $15 ticket (advance sale) includes the PT vs. Ritter game on Wednesday, January 27 at 7:30 p.m., as well as a reserved ticket to the Pacers/New Orleans game on March 24 and a food voucher for the Pacers game (hot dog, chips, soft drink, Pacers hat). Tickets are now on sale in the Park Tudor Athletic Office from 9:00 - 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. up until game day. |
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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
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