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NEWS OF THE SCHOOLPark Tudor completes its fourth Habitat for Humanity housecontinued from page 7the singing of “You Raise MeUp” by our Upper School acappella group; Lower Schoolyoungsters in yellow hard hatssharing bags of householdgoodies they had brought forMs. Carruthers; Middle Schoolstudents presenting supplies,including a computer, for a“study corner”; the donation ofa new vacuum cleaner by theLower School Student Council;and the amazing words ofseveral speakers, all of whomobserved that the house wasbuilt on “a foundation of love”that could be felt in the livingroom in which we stood. Itwas enormously satisfying tohand to Ms. Carruthers the keyto her solid, brand-new house,one made possible by ParkTudor—and to realize that thisis the fourth family that hasreceived a new home as theresult of the generosity of ourschool.Park Tudor’s partnershipwith Habitat for Humanity ofGreater Indianapolis dates backto 1998 when student BrianTolbert ’00 brainstormed theidea of involving the school ina Habitat build as part of hisGlobal Scholars project. As aresult of Brian’s dedication andhard work, Park Tudor becamethe first official high schoolcampus chapter in the stateof Indiana in 1999, and theschool’s first house was builtthat summer. The Tolbert familycontinued its commitmentto the PT/Habitat relationshipwhen Brian’s sister Beth ’03oversaw the fundraising andbuilding of a second housein September of 2002. AnnieKruse ’05 graciously agreedto spearhead the school’s thirdsuccessful build with Habitat;that house was completed inOctober of 2004.Students in the Hilbert Early Education Center made a banner to adorn the house at its dedication.Project co-chair Michael Harris ’07 (left) hands the keys of the house tonew homeowner Tonnie Carruthers (right) at the dedication ceremony asco-chair Emma Lanham ’08 looks on.Because of those energeticand visionary student leaderswho came before us, we haveseen the completion of yetanother Park Tudor Habitatfor Humanity house. I wantto express my sincere thanksto them, as well as to Head ofSchool Doug Jennings, AssistantHead of School for Developmentand Alumni RelationsSusie Maxwell and CommunityService Coordinator MontezCurrin; to our hundredsof donors and volunteers; tothe kind and dedicated peopleat Habitat for Humanity ofGreater Indianapolis; to DavisHomes; to Campus ChapterCo-President Emma Lanham’08; and to Emma’s mom, Sally,and my mom, Laura, for makingthis venture such a success.Our Upper School’s philosophyencourages us to “leadlives of honor, courage, andcompassion.” I believe thatour Park Tudor/Habitat forHumanity house is the perfectembodiment of that philosophyat work.8 PARK TUDOR PHOENIX FALL 2006