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PT Dinner Theatre and Upper School Musical Performance:
The Addams Family
Friday, March 11
5:30 p.m.: Dinner and Silent Auction in Clowes Commons
8:00 p.m.: Musical performance in Ayres Auditorium.
All are invited to join The Addams Family for the annual Dinner Theatre presentation. Join us for a dinner featuring a variety of food stations along with signature drinks including a "Morticia Martini" and a "Pugsleys Punch" for kids. A silent auction and live auction will keep you engaged, along with a popular wine pull and a gift card pull. "Thing" may even make an appearance! Middle School students will perform a short "teaser" from the musical "Seussical Jr." and Lower School students will also perform for the crowd.
Women's Networking Event at Traders Point Creamery
Tuesday, April 12
Traders Point Creamery
9101 Moore Road
Zionsville, IN 46077
Join Tudor Hall and Park Tudor alums, moms, faculty and wives as the Park Tudor Women's Network gets together for fun and networking. Look for an invitation to come in March for this event.
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, a tribute to Jim Foxlow, and the induction of John Williams 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.
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Alumni Gather in Chicago and Indianapolis
A group of about 25 Chicago-area alums got together on Thursday, January 28 at Amli River North. Pictured left-to-right are Lee Keller '09, Erica Diaz '09, Grace Kennedy '11, Samantha Tambunan '11, DJ Diaz '11, Ben Herst (Sam Tambunan's guest). A small gathering took place after Mr. Foxlow's memorial service in the home of Carol Cummings Rogers '59 and her husband, C. Davies Reed in Indianapolis. Pictured left-right back row: Gordon Wishard '62, Bill Sadlier '58, Courtenay Weldon '56, and Mark Campaigne '59. Front row left-right: Jock Fortune '58, David Spring '59, and David Chambers '58. |
Network with Alums via the PT Alumni App
Park Tudor offers a way for you to connect - and network - 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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March Madness Young Alumni Challenge Kicks Off February 29!
Park Tudor's March Madness Young Alumni Challenge is about to begin! This friendly competition among the classes of 1995-2015 is your chance to show that your class tops the list.
Gifts from all eligible alumni between July 1, 2015 and March 25, 2016 count toward your class's participation. Throughout March, we will provide routine updates on current standings in the competition via email and Park Tudor's Facebook page.
Every contribution, regardless of size, impacts students and faculty, keeping Park Tudor's legacy strong, vibrant and timeless.
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2016 Commencement Speakers Announced
We are pleased to announce the speakers for Park Tudor's 113th Commencement Exercises, to be held at 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 22 at St. Luke's United Methodist Church (100 West 86th Street).
Commencement Speaker:  Commander Aaron Dimmock '92Commander Aaron Dimmock '92 has had a remarkable career of service. Currently serving as the Navy Representative to the Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Defense for Military Professionalism, Commander Dimmock will retire from the Navy this spring. A decorated Navy man who has actively served overseas, Commander Dimmock also has been a flight instructor, commanded a post in Virginia and is completing his naval career with his post at the Pentagon. With advanced degrees in national security and public policy, Commander Dimmock is pursuing doctoral studies at Virginia Commonwealth University where his research interests include leadership, trust, candor, ethics, judgment, conflict resolution, human behavior, and organizational performance - areas that speak to his principles. It is an honor to welcome one of our alumni as the featured Commencement speaker. Faculty Speaker: Carol Cummings Rogers '59 Carol Cummings Rogers '59, who will retire at the end of this year, joined the faculty in 1976. A legacy graduate of Tudor Hall, (her mother is the Tudor Class of 1931), Carol dated and married a Park boy, Baxter Rogers '59, and together they watched their children, J. B. and Anne, grow up at Park Tudor. As an educator she has taught in all three school divisions and served as Middle School Director. Carol was the chief cheerleader and architect for building our Middle School and creating a dedicated learning space for 'her' students. Carol, along with the entire Rogers family, were named Distinguished Alumni of Park Tudor in 1997. Today, she has the joy of seeing her grandchildren grow up at Park Tudor and of watching her oldest grandchild, Baxter, graduate this year. Carol's unique connection to Park Tudor and its students provides the ideal platform from which to bring greetings from the faculty. Alumni Speaker: Ashley Tambunan '09 Ashley Tambunan '09 is a recent graduate of DePaul University. Not only has she just begun her career as an analyst at Goldman Sachs, but she also has begun lending herself to the PT alumni program in Chicago. Earlier this fall, she hosted a young alumni gathering for Chicago area alumni. This January, she hosted yet another Chicago alumni gathering, which brought 20+ alumni together from all class years. She is one of our biggest supporters in the 'real world', and she has been a friend and mentor to many in this senior class, of which her sister, Ali, is a member. Ashley will reflect on her Park Tudor experience and bring greetings from the Alumni. All members of the Park Tudor community are invited to attend Commencement on May 22.
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Musical Theatre Students Welcome Shannon Forsell from the Cabaret; Travel to NYC
On Wednesday, January 27, Park Tudor's new Upper School Musical Theatre class welcomed Shannon Forsell, Artistic Director of The Cabaret. Shannon explained to the class the differences between cabaret-style singing vs. musical theater performance, and worked with students. She finished her visit by performing a song from her repertoire. Park Tudor alums Kelly Lamm Teller '87, managing director for the Cabaret, and Kirstin Brueckmann '11, marketing and production associate for the Cabaret, joined Shannon during her visit.
Over President's Day weekend, the students traveled with Fine Arts faculty and parents to New York City for an immersive experience on Broadway. Over the course of three days, the group attended four Broadway musicals, two Broadway workshops with teaching artists and working Broadway professionals and explored Times Square.
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Park Tudor Speech and Debate Team Competes at 42nd Annual Harvard Forensics Festival
Thirteen students from Park Tudor traveled to Cambridge, Massachusetts to compete in the 42nd Annual Harvard Speech and Debate Tournament over President's Day weekend, February 12-15, 2016. The competition featured 4,000 competitors from 35 states and 15 countries. Our students competed in Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Congress, Original Oratory, Humorous Interpretation, and United States Extemporaneous Speaking. Park Tudor alumnus (2015) Nick Hornedo, a Harvard freshman, met the team in Harvard Yard and served as both a host and a judge at the tournament. Anjali Mirmira and Niam Malkani both competed in the Novice Lincoln-Douglas Debate Octo-finals and won trophies for being in the top 36 novice competitors, out of 300.
The Harvard Tournament attracts teams who wish to gain experience at the national level of competition. Students are allowed and encouraged to watch the those who have high enough scores to enter final rounds. Our students were inspired by observing the finals in Lincoln/Douglas debate, Congress, Original Oratory, Humorous Interpretation, and US Extemporaneous speaking and seeing excellence in action. Judges write detailed critique sheets for each entered contestant and these critique sheets are given to coaches to share with students so next season the students can improve skills. Traveling with our students as coaches and judges were parent debate coach, Jonathan Polak, and speech coaches Tamara Tudor and Sarah McDaniels. The Park Tudor Harvard Speech and Debate Team 2016 includes: Arya Bolla Beatrice Bowlby Aaron Chai Matt Fu Anjali Mirmira Niam Malkani Priya Moorthy Caroline Polak Pavani Peri Rachel Thomas Julia Waddles Sammy Walkley Gary Zhang
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New Classes Available for Summer 2016
Registration is now open for The Summer Experience at Park Tudor! Visit the website for more information on all classes and to register.
 New classes for 2016 include: The Summer Reading Clinic: Park Tudor's Summer Reading Clinic is designed to provide individualized support and enrichment for children struggling with foundational reading skills. This specialized three-week course will consist of both small group instruction and one-on-one tutoring sessions customized for the specific learning needs of each child. Elements of the Orton-Gillingham and Lindamood-Bell approaches will be used for direct instruction, with an emphasis on phonemic awareness, decoding skills, basic spelling rules, sight words, reading comprehension, and written and oral expression. The Amazing Race: Students will explore different countries by competing in Park Tudor's version of the Amazing Race. Students will work together in groups to follow clues to arrive at a variety of destinations. At each destination, students will perform tasks that showcase these destinations. The Summer Olympics: Light the Olympic torch and attend the opening ceremony! Children will learn about the Olympics by exploring the history and events that athletes compete in every four years. Make the Olympic torch, wreaths and medals during this week of celebration. Children will use teamwork to create their own versions of the Olympic events and hold their own competition at the end of the week. Don't miss your chance to win gold! Space Exploration: 3...2...1...Blast off! Become an astronaut for a week and explore the amazing Solar System. Children will learn all about the Sun, Moon, stars and planets. They will explore by reading books and doing a variety of hands-on activities. Children will make the moon phases out of Oreo cookies, make their own constellations and create their own planet. You will not want to miss this galactic experience! Summer Boot Camp: Join us for our youth strength training program, designed to help students develop muscular strength and endurance through a variety of fun, functional movement patterns and games. Fundamental skills in all sports start with a balanced mind and body. Our strength and conditioning program will teach students how to perform movements correctly in a safe and encouraging environment. Our focus on teamwork and self-regulation tools while incorporating flexibility, speed and agility training will prepare your young athletes for any sporting endeavor and assist in their growth and overall physical development.
Applications for the Innovators Institute (grades 9-12), Junior Innovators Institute (grades 6-8) and Ernst & Young Integrated Business Program (grades 10-12) are also being accepted now. Click here for more information on the Innovators Institute, and click here for more on the EY Integrated Business Program.
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* Congratulations to the 18 Upper School students who received 37 awards in the 2015-2016 Scholastic Art & Writing Competition. Students received Gold Key, Silver Key and Honorable Mention awards for their work in Drawing, Design, Digital Art, Painting, Photography and Printmaking created in courses taught by Ms. Laura Schroeder, Ms. Stefanie Dean and Mrs. Heather Teets. Gold Key art is forwarded to New York City for National Adjudication. Congratulations, as well, to Middle School students Freddie Hoskins, Hudson Reamer and Lily Sumner who received awards in the 2015-2016 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Students received Gold Key, Silver Key and Honorable Mention awards for their work in ceramics, drawing and photography created in Ms. Campbell's Middle School Art classes. Gold Key art is forwarded to New York City for National Adjudication A special art exhibition is being held at Clowes Memorial Hall on the campus of Butler University from February 3, through February 28, 2016 . See the full list of art award winners here.
* Several Upper School students also won Scholastic Writing awards. Congratulations to: Elizabeth Dassow (Gold Key, Short Story and Silver Key, Poetry); Beatrice Bowlby (Silver Key, Flash Fiction and Silver Key, Poetry); Julia King (Silver Key, Poetry and two Honorable Mentions, Science Fiction/Fantasy); Maya Mishra (Honorable Mention, Short Story); and Caroline Polak (Honorable Mention, Poetry).
* The 2015 issue of the Artisan was awarded a Superior ranking and a nomination for the Highest Award by the National Council of Teachers of English's Program to Recognize Excellence in Student Literary Magazines contest. This issue was also awarded First Place with Special Merit and Most Outstanding Private School Literary-Art Magazine by the American Scholastic Press Association. Upper School English teacher Laura Gellin is the advisor for the Artisan, and Angela Li was the editor of the 2015 issue.
* The Park Tudor Jazz Band recently participated in two major jazz festivals: The Bloomington Jazz Festival on December 12 and the Purdue Jazz Festival on January 23. At both of these events Parker Reiselman (guitar) and Jonathan Moore (flute) received Outstanding Soloist awards from the judges. Additionally, Evan Clark won an Outstanding Musician award at the Bloomington Jazz Festival. The band received a Superior Rating at the Purdue Jazz Festival. The students got to hear concerts and clinics by outstanding musicians such as Conrad Herwig, Rob Parton, Luke Gillespie, the Buselli Wallarab Jazz Orchestra and the Purdue Jazz Band.
* Park Tudor students from all divisions made an excellent showing at the Indiana State School Music Association Solo and Ensemble competition earlier in February. In total, Park Tudor had 32 soloists and 30 ensembles involving 162 musicians competing. Nine of our soloists will be going on to the state competition, along with four ensembles involving 27 members. The full list of participants is available here.
* Upper School ceramic students participated in a national K-12 project, Across the Table, Across the Land hosted by the National Council on Education for Ceramic Arts this past fall. Across the Table, Across the Land is an initiative that encourages students to explore how ceramic art and food create a sense of community and meaning in everyday life. Two students, Katie Ito and Talli Wallin, have been selected to display their ceramic art in an exhibition at Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, in conjunction with NCECA's 50th Annual Conference in March. Mrs. Koonce will be attending and representing Park Tudor at the conference. The exhibition will include work from nine out of the 31 schools that participated. All students that participated in the project will have their work represented digitally. Congratulations to our talented ceramic artists!
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Students and Faculty in the News
* The Lower School Spelling Bee on January 28 brought 20 students, 18 rounds, 137 words, 70 minutes, and one eventual winner. Two students per homeroom in grades 3-5 competed in the annual Lower School Scripps Spelling Bee. Students spelled words like pathogen, quid pro quo, gargantuan, and jackanapes and needed to know the definitions for words like fondant, yurt, winsome, and umbrage as part of this year's competition. The final two spellers were both grade 4 students, Sragvee Altur and Neha Kodali, who competed for three rounds before Sragvee accurately spelled censure ("the act of blaming, finding fault with or condemning sternly") to win this year's bee. He proceeded to the Northern Marion County Bee at St. Richard's School. Congratulations to all the spellers in this year's competition!
* Following an intense on-stage interview, a most creative round of on-screen PT Jeopardy, and great fashion competition by his fellow candidates, senior Bobby Crossin was voted Mr Park Tudor by about 200 attendees at the Raise the Roof fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity event on Friday, February 25.
* Park Tudor had four NCWIT Indiana Affiliate Aspirations award winners this year: Zeba Kokan, Amanda Li, Angi Li and Michelle Zhu. Amanda Li was also recognized as a National Runner-Up award winner. The NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing honors young women at the high-school level for their computer science achievements and interests. Award recipients are selected based on their aptitude and aspirations in technology and computing; leadership ability; academic history; and plans for post-secondary education. Congratulations to Zeba, Amanda, Angi and Michelle on this wonderful recognition.
* The Park Tudor Latin Club/Junior Classical League certamen teams competed at the Indiana Certamen Invitational (Jeopardy-like competition) at Guerin Catholic High School in Noblesville, IN, on Saturday, February 20. Seven schools from around the state brought 29 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. Both the novice and advanced teams proceeded to the final round with all three teams returning home with awards. In the novice division, Cy Orentlicher (captain) placed first against nine other teams and earned a trophy. In the intermediate division, the team of senior Kristina Altman (captain) and sophomores Naomi Jackson and Tori Dakich (not pictured) placed fifth. In the advanced division, seniors Mark Rook (captain) and Pavani Peri along with junior Hannah Resnick (not pictured) placed third. The Latin Club is looking forward to the next competition, which will be part of the Indiana Junior Classical League State Convention in Bloomington, IN, on March 11-12. Latin Club and JCL sponsor is Sarah McDaniels.
* Students in Caroline Lee-Thompson's Chinese classes enjoyed a lesson in the Lion Dance from the Indiana Association of Chinese Americans (IACA). The Lion Dance is a form of traditional dance in the Chinese culture. According to traditional Chinese belief, the lion represents courage, stability and superiority. Thus, it is believed that it is an auspicious animal. The Lion Dance is performed to chase away ghosts and evil spirits. Clashing cymbals, a gong and drums usually accompany the lion movements. Nowadays, the Lion Dance is performed during the Chinese New Year, during other special celebrations (e.g., business opening events) or religious festivals to pray for good luck, safety and happiness. Thank you to the IACA Lion Dance team, including Kwan Hui, Lawrence Casey-Allen and Janet Casey-Allen (parents of PT graduate Hope Casey-Allen) for visiting our school to bring this lesson in Chinese art and culture to our students.  * Upper School Spanish teacher Francisco Hidalgo has earned his Ph.D. - Cum Laude (Europe's highest grade) in Medieval History and Literature from the Universidad de Valladolid. He successfully defended his dissertation, "Water and War in the Castile of the Catholic Kings Through the Chronicles of the Wars of Portugal and Granada (1475-1492)," in late January in Spain. Congratulations to Francisco on this remarkable achievement!
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Hockey: The Central Indiana Knights hockey club, which is Park Tudor's high school hockey team, played in the Hoosier League tournament this past weekend, winning games against Westfield and Perry, yet coming up just short in a tight contest against Carmel, losing 4-3.
Come out and cheer on the Knights as they play their last local game of the season on Saturday, Feb. 27, against HSE at 4:50 pm at the Fuel Tank at Fishers. Then it's on to the Indiana State tournament the weekend of March 4 - 6 in Fort Wayne. Go Knights!
Boys Basketball: The boys basketball team earned a big win against the 2A #3 ranked Bulldogs from Lapel High School 67-41. They were led by Jaren Jackson Jr. who posted a double-double with 26 points and 13 rebounds. The Panthers were also supported by Isiah Moore who had 12 points, along with Kobe Webster with 9 and Isaiah Rice with 8. The Panthers are beginning to gather quite a bit of momentum heading into their final regular season game versus Monrovia tomorrow at home, which will also be senior night for the cheerleaders, managers, and players. They will begin 3A sectional play next week at Beech Grove High School. The IHSAA draw was completed this past Sunday and the Panthers will be matched up against the Raiders from Cardinal Ritter High School in game number two. This game will be played next Wednesday (3/2), at 6:00. If they are victorious, they will advance to the semi-final game versus either Indianapolis Washington/Beech Grove on Friday evening (3/4), 7:30 game time. The sectional championship is set for Saturday evening (3/5) at 7:30. Check out all IHSAA brackets here.
Swimming: The boys swim team wrapped up their season last weekend in the IHSAA sectional meet at Brownsburg High School. In the preliminaries everyone swam a great race and either dropped time or placed higher than they were originally seated. Unfortunately, no swimmer was able to advance out of the sectional finals on Saturday; however, the boys were still able to place 8th out of 12 teams. Highlights from the finals are listed below. Park Tudor and the coaching staff is extremely proud of the work and effort that the swim team put forth this season. They have great potential for the future and are on the rise.
Ian Wallentine - 200 IM - 16th
Alex Stout - 50 free - 16th
Alex Gregory - 50 free - 4th
Alex Gregory - 100 fly - 4th
Peter LeBarge - 100 free - 3rd
Peter LeBarge - 100 back - 10th
Ian Wallentine - 100 breast - 14th
200 medley relay - 5th - (three second drop from prelims)
(Peter LeBarge, Ian Wallentine, Alex Gregory, Alex Stout)
200 free relay- 4th - (four second drop from prelims)
(Peter LeBarge, Jack Enkema, Alex Gregory, Alex Stout)
400 free relay- 9th - (twenty-one second drop from prelims)
(Benton Wiegel, Ian Wallentine, Jack Enkema, Christian Amstutz)
Girls Swimming: With only seven swimmers returning to finals, the Park Tudor girls swim team tied for 5th place out of 12 schools at 2016 ISHAA swimming sectionals. Highlights are listed below. Erin Beesley - 200 free - 10th Clare Chandler - 200 IM - 5th Vee Edwards - 50 free - 2nd Noelle Enkema - 50 free - 15th Vee Edwards - 100 free - 2nd Erin Beesley - 100 free - 12th Clare Chandler - 100 back - 6th Jillian Miller - 100 breast - 6th Margherita Firenze - 100 breast - 8th 200 medley relay - 4th - (one second drop from prelims) (Clare Chandler, Jillian Miller, Veeanna Edwards, Bosi Mosongo) 200 free relay- 3rd - (six second drop from prelims) (Erin Beesley, Veeanna Edwards, Bosi Mosongo, Clare Chandler) Girls Basketball: The Lady Panthers had a strong and exciting finish to their season. After defeating Shortridge in the opening game of IHSAA sectional #43, the Lady Panthers had to take on the Crusaders from Scecina Memorial High School in sectional semi-final matchup. In a hard-fought game that went into overtime, the Lady Panthers were victorious 69-66 and advanced to the sectional finals. They were led by Taylee Nibbs with 28 points, Kamryn Sarratt with 21 points, and TyraRose Nibbs with 15 points. The Lady Panthers then had to take on #3-ranked Covenant Christian. It was another hard-fought game and the girls played their hearts out; however, they eventually fell to the Warriors in the sectional championship which ended their season.
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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 Chapelle '87
Editorial Staff: Cassie Dull
Graphic Design & Layout: Stefanie Dean '05
The deadline for submissions to the Times is Monday at 9 a.m. for publication on Thursday. Because of the volume of submissions, we cannot guarantee publication in the same week, but date-sensitive information will receive priority.
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