Ketanji Brown Jackson is the first Black woman to be confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court in its 233-year history.
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The day has finally come for the Class of 2022 to say goodbye to Catlin Gabel (CGS). Some of us have attended CGS since preschool, and others joined this very year. Regardless of when the Catlin journey started for each of us, the friends we have made here have become family.
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During the pandemic, many jobs around the country have had to readapt to the Covid lifestyle. And one of the professions most impacted was teaching.
This has led to an increase in teacher departures from their positions, and that movement has come to Catlin Gabel School (CGS) as well. This year, we’ve already seen multiple faculty leave the Upper School, including English teacher Krystal Wu.
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“When you live in a foreign culture you start to understand how your home culture influences everything that you see. I remember being constantly challenged by things that were very new to me, and trying to resist the urge to say that they're bad or that they're not as good.”
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In a world where recipes can span back thousands of years, the mug cake is a very recent invention. Mug cakes are, as the name suggests, miniature cakes constructed, cooked, and eaten from mugs. They first rose to prominence in 2009 in a popular YouTube video, although a recipe in a cooking magazine was already circulating in 2008.
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"I feel like I'm constantly running and running until the weekend. No rest," one Catlin Gabel School (CGS) teenager confided, their schedule crammed every day and bedtime often creeping towards midnight.
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It’s a Drag Show. It’s a Punk Show.
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Looking out the window, it's clear it's spring: plants are green, flowers are growing, and the sun shines. However, there is more behind the change in weather than just environmental changes: spring can also bring a difference in people's moods—one example of this is seasonal affective disorder (SAD), or, more commonly, seasonal depression.
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Our second episode of Artist’s of Catlin Gabel stars senior Zia Ma. She’s a talented cartoonist who often finds inspiration from Studio Ghibli. In this video we learn about how Ma transformed doodles in her notebook to a passion towards the abstract side of the artistic spectrum. The acompanian background music was Over the Rainbow played on the piano by Eva VuStern.
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In our third episode of Artist’s of Catlin Gabel, Teresa Walsh talks about her passion for performing arts. In particular she speaks to music and her past experiences with Pacific Youth Choir and current time with Catlin High school Choir. We also get to learn about how the people in her life have helped her reach her true talent. The accompanying background music is Over the Rainbow played on the piano by Eva VuStern.
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"So I have like 65 or 70 cousins or something, we would go, oftentimes, at my grandparent's house, and there would be upwards of like 30-40 people on the regular basis. We would be there for hours, and there was just a lot of meal sharing and play." When asked about her childhood, Catlin Gabel (CGS) Head of School, Aline Garcia-Rubio, shared.
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From a virtually unknown entity to a rather popular drink available throughout the United States, bubble/boba tea (珍珠奶茶) has taken the West by storm. According to Bubble Tea Supply, the drink originated in Taiwan around 1983. However, this version is not the conventional boba we picture today.
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“It’s not just like add women and stir, it’s like, let’s rethink the recipe of what we put into it.” -Maureen Reed
Women’s voices and stories have been consistently absent from the narrative of the history of humanity, specifically in the curriculum we teach to our youth. While sexism is recognized as a systematic problem globally, we don’t often reflect on how it is represented in our education system.
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In Matt Reeves' 2022 film “The Batman,” the powerful mob boss Carmine Falcone (John Turturro) is apprehended by police in the second act. It’s been established that Gotham, the fictional city "The Batman" is set in, is extremely corrupt. The police commissioner, mayor, and district attorney are all in Falcone’s pocket. He even acknowledges this as he’s put in cuffs, saying to Lieutenant Jim Gordon (Jeffrey Wright), “I’ll see you when I walk.”
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Elden Ring is a surreal action-role playing game (RPG) that features thrilling combat, a gorgeous open world, and a myriad of replay value. This spectacular game, rooted in Dark Souls and Bloodborne-esque fantasy, was released on February 25, 2022.
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As the calendar flips to March, birds begin chirping, flowers start blooming, and spring commences. However, along with the changing of the season, March is also home to arguably the most entertaining sporting event in the country: March Madness.
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