Research has shown that high levels of yerba mate consumption may be linked to cancer, potentially causing concerns for the many Catlin Gabel School students who regularly enjoy Guayaki yerba mate, a specific brand of tea commonly found in the United States.
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The Barn, roofless because of its failure to meet building standards, is planned to reopen as Catlin Gabel School’s dining hall in late October.
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Fires in the Amazon rainforest have become a common occurrence and over the summer, many public figures took to social media to show their concern over what this could mean for the planet.
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The American Dream is something we have all heard of: a high-paying job, a family, a good life for your children. But who is entitled to this dream? It isn’t the everyday American, and it may not even be for native-born Americans at all.
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Mary Medley knows where the bodies are buried on the Catlin Gabel campus. Within minutes of our interview out on the benches in front of the Creative Arts Center, I could have given you a list: dogs Columbine and Medea in the woods by the track, cats Willy, Casey, and Barnes on the hill overlooking the track, and even her two children’s placentas in the apple orchard.
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Cindy Murray doesn’t shy away from failure. In fact, she sees it as a critical part of the Catlin Gabel (CGS) experience. “When high school students struggle, they gain resilience and grit,” Murray says.
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Following an election marked by a lockdown and accusations of voter fraud, the student body could use a more in-depth introduction to next year’s Catlin Gabel Student Association (CGSA) President and Vice President. The winners answered two questions: “If you were given complete control over the school, what is the one issue you would like to change?” and “By the time you hand on your rings to your successors, what would you like to walk away from this school having accomplished?”
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The “rebuilding year” has been a major theme for most of the sports teams at Catlin Gabel, following the exit of an extremely athletically gifted Class of 2018. Despite this, our Eagles have still had success across the board the 2018-19 academic year. Here are some highlights:
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As Grab n’ Go is dying down at the end of the day, Hen Troung is wrapping up his final remarks to Catlin Speak. He’s been the leader of food service in the Barn for 13 years: a whole generation of CGS lifers have known Hen’s legacy of banh mi sandwiches, a streamlined Grab n’ Go, and a dedication to locally sourced vegetables in the Barn.
As Grab n’ Go is dying down at the end of the day, Hen Troung is wrapping up his final remarks to Catlin Speak. He’s been the leader of food service in the Barn for 13 years: a whole generation of CGS lifers have known Hen’s legacy of banh mi sandwiches, a streamlined Grab n’ Go, and a dedication to locally sourced vegetables in the Barn.
“I decided on moving to Portland before I had a job lined up. So it was the place before the job.” Kofi Obeng is Catlin’s Coordinator of Multicultural Programs and Youth Partnerships. He moved to Portland a few years ago, and has since been working with Portland youth through Catlin and the CENTER.
It’s a chilly winter evening in Portland. Zeng Yang half-kneels before a student, no taller than four feet and no older than nine years of age. Inside the warehouse converted gym, the student wears a red belt over the uniform of white pants and a tucked purple t-shirt. Even as he kneels, Zeng is about the same height as the student.
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When someone asks me where I’m from, I wonder how much they mean it. Do you want to know where I was born? Where I was raised? Where I’m loyal to? What I love?
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“I don't think I have a home anymore,” says forty-four-year-old Mini Sharma Ogle who lives in Portland, Oregon with her two young children, husband, and parents.
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Everyday household items made out of repurposed materials.
“We make flower pots out of clamshells and different materials, we make recycling bins out of plastic bottles, we make jump ropes out of plastic bags, pillows out of donated fabric and scraps...pretty much anything you can think of, we’ll go for it”.
He waves his wand and shouts expelliarmus from the top of the stairs as I walk in. I hear a crash as a book goes flying from his mom’s hand through the air. “Mom, be nice to the books!” he reminds her with a tone of excited authority – ironic coming from an eight-year-old to his author mom.
“Woah!” I exclaim with mock amazement.
Our goal of going down to Dawson Park was to ask a wide variety of visitors about this park. We asked them, “What does this park mean to you? What memories do you have of this park? What do you think about calling parts of this park ‘kid-friendly’ and ‘sketchy’?”
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“It used to be that when I lived in Illinois, I would return to Spain to visit my family. I told my friends there I was ‘going home.’ Spain was my home. Once I moved to Portland and bought a house, this city became our home. Now, I visit my family in Murcia, but I do not ‘go home’.”
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