Park Tudor School

Park Tudor School is a school where boys and girls can learn together. It started in 1902 and has classes for children from a very young age all the way through high school. The school is in a neighborhood called Meridian Hills in a city named Indianapolis, in the state of Indiana in the United States. The school came to be in 1970 when two older schools, one for girls and one for boys, joined together.

History

Park Tudor School started as two separate schools that later joined together. One school, Tudor Hall School for Girls, was created in 1902 by Fredonia Allen and James Cumming Smith. It was named after Allen’s mother, Ann Tudor Allen, and was first located at 16th and Meridian streets in Indianapolis. Later, it moved to a campus at 32nd and Meridian streets and then to a new location next to Park School.

In 1970, Tudor Hall School for Girls merged with Park School, which was for boys, to become the current Park Tudor School. The school now uses the College Avenue campus, which includes many important buildings like Foster Hall, named after composer Stephen Foster by Eli Lilly Jr., and the Ruth Lilly Science Center.

Athletics

Park Tudor is part of the Pioneer Conference. Students can join teams for baseball, basketball, cheerleading, crew, cross country, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track & field, wrestling, and volleyball.

The boys' basketball team won big school games in 2011, 2012, and 2014. The girls' soccer team won their first big school game in November 2019.

State Championships

Taken from IHSAA State Championship History

Notable alumni

Some well-known people who went to Park Tudor School have done great things in different areas.

Athletics

• Trevon Bluiett, professional basketball player
• Ed Carpenter, auto racing driver
• Kevin "Yogi" Ferrell, professional basketball player
• Neil Funk, professional sport commentator; NBA
• Jaren Jackson Jr., professional basketball player
• Micah Johnson, professional baseball player, artist

Arts

• Lucy Bowen McCauley, choreographer, dancer, teacher and Artistic Director of Bowen McCauley Dance Company
• Drew Elliott, creative director, fashion and judge
• Bertina Foltz, associate editor of Vogue
• Janet "Genêt" Flanner, writer and journalist
• Jake Lloyd, actor
• J. B. Rogers, film director and producer
• Edgar Sarratt, musician

Business

• Carlie Irsay-Gordon, principal owner, executive and CEO of Indianapolis Colts
• David McLane, television producer, wrestling promoter and ESPN series creator
• Eli Simon, CEO of Simon Property Group

Philanthropy

• Anne Hendricks Bass, documentary filmmaker and philanthropist
• Thomas W. Binford, entrepreneur and philanthropist
• Ruth Lilly, philanthropist

Politics

• John C. Ruckelshaus, American lawyer and politician

STEM

• Bernard Vonnegut, atmospheric scientist
• Melanie Wood, mathematician