We’ve all been there. It’s 2 a.m. and you’re scrolling through Netflix, unable to find a movie that perfectly matches your mood. Do you want to laugh? Cry? Swoon?
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This year, Catlin Gabel School (CGS) Upper School students have attended a few virtual assemblies run by CGS’ Anti-Racist Collective (ARC). At 10:40 a.m. on a Wednesday, they open their laptops, and log onto a meeting. Some turn off their screens. A few minutes later, the assembly commences. The student leaders introduce themselves, the topic, and the panelists, who will later share their stories to the student body.
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After a long awaited announcement of Catlin Gabel School’s transition to hybrid learning, many students have been left with questions due to the sheer magnitude of new information that is being shared with families. We sat down with Aline Garcia-Rubio, head of the Upper School (US), to answer a few important questions.
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Since the start of quarantine in 2020, the TikTok app has risen in popularity. There is a wide variety of content on the app including dancing videos, comedy sketches, and even cooking tutorials.
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Many industries have been hit because of COVID-19, including the movie industry. Box office sales plummeted, and many theaters, including global chain Cineworld, which owns Regal Cinemas, were forced to shut their doors in the United States and United Kingdom due to the lack of films being produced and restrictions of people in theaters.
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Local’s Locales is a new CatlinSpeak series highlighting fun locales Portlanders love.
The 56-mile approach on Highway 26 from Portland to Government Camp on Mt. Hood trafficks thousands of skiers, truckers, and commuters daily. These are the four best spots to check on your next drive up.
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Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Oregon Dog Rescue has been uniting COVID-19 weary humans with excited dogs.
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More than a week after President Joe Biden's inauguration as the 46th President of the United States, and we have already seen a fast changing political climate. The country may witness a drastic change in day-to-day activity, the ideological climate, and, with Democratic control of the House, Senate and executive branch, a much bluer government.
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With the fashion industry accounting for 10% of global carbon emissions and 20% of waste water, creating a sustainable and “green” image has become important for fashion companies. Brands like H&M and Zara (including its parent company Inditex) promote their dedication to combating the impact that their products have on climate change, but is any progress being made?
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Twelve weeks into the 2020-2021 school year, Catlin Gabel School (CGS) students found themselves adjusting to a new schedule, with Wednesdays designed to hold no classes except a morning commitment to C&C. While CGS students will now begin their transition to a hybrid model, they will still be guaranteed this “Community Wednesday.”
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As Super Bowl LV approaches, here are some key storylines to watch for as the Kansas City Chiefs look to defend their title against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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As the 2020-2021 school year approached in late August and early September, schools across the country implemented different hybrid learning models to allow students to safely attend in-person classes during the pandemic. Catlin Gabel School (CGS) hopes to soon apply hybrid learning as well.
Book sales for Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s novels “One Hundred Years of Solitude” and “Love in the Time of Cholera” and Sylvia Plaths’s “The Bell Jar” soared in the beginning of the pandemic. All three books focus on how solitude affects us as people. As the pandemic and quarantine has continued past people’s expectations, the selection of books has also changed.
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Everyday, we consume media. This media comes in many different forms such as movies, TV shows, music, images, and videos from social media platforms.
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Less than a month and a half after the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines were approved for emergency use by the FDA, 24.7 million doses have already been administered, with 3.8 million people fully vaccinated. Despite new, more infectious variants, depressing totals of 4,000 deaths on Jan. 26 alone and over 25 million reported cases and 425,000 deaths in the U.S, and a slower-than-expected rollout, the vaccine offers glimmers of hope for life after COVID-19.
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The way people who struggle with addiction are treated needs to change, and HBO’s “Euphoria” might just help push that change.
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While communities throughout the Portland metropolitan area were greeted by accumulating snow the afternoon of Tuesday, Jan. 26, metro area students shared contrasting comments on the concept of virtual “snow days.”
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