From teaching high school math to taking weekly ceramics classes, Beth Gilmartin’s life is all about education.
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Boys volleyball may become an official Oregon sport in the next coming years, and some Oregon high schools have already implemented a boys team.
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Seniors on their last day of Dialogue for Democracy, photo by Mrinalini Keskar.
“Don’t be afraid to throw Secretary Aidan Sheeran-Hahnel under the bus,” she laughed.
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Over the last few weeks, the Catlin Gabel Upper School students elected members of the 2022-23 Catlin Gabel Student Association. There were elections for five positions, and each candidate gave an in person or virtual speech vying for the spot.
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The college admissions process for the class of 2022 has been monumental in several ways. Many of the decision letters I received - whether they were acceptances, waitlist offers, or rejections - contained a sentence about the record-breaking number of applications they had received this year.
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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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"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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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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This spring, Catlin Gabel’s very own theater group, which comprises a cast of 31 actors, will be producing “A Chorus Line,” a 1975 musical with music by Marvin Hamlisch lyrics by Edward Kleban. The exhilarating show is set on the bare stage of a Broadway theater. The musical is centered on seventeen Broadway dancers auditioning for spots on a chorus line. “A Chorus Line” provides a glimpse into the personalities of the performers and the choreographer, and describes the events that have shaped their lives and their decisions to become dancers. But only a select few can make the final cut.
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“I’m an only child. I’m the only, only child in my family.” Enrique Escalona, Catlin Gabel School (CGS) Upper School Spanish teacher, shares with a smile I can see through his eyes.
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You can find him perched on a shaded bench in Catlin’s Vollum courtyard drinking out of his Contigo mug, wind at his back, gazing wistfully into the distance. Upper School History Teacher Peter Shulman is consistently himself. CatlinSpeak’s exclusive interview with him gives a look into what makes him such an icon of casual style.
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Catlin Gabel School (CGS) prides itself on being a progressive school community. It was a wake-up call, then, when a racial slur was carved into an Upper School bathroom wall. Whether it was an isolated act of aggression or an example of systemic hate, the event revealed the ugly truth of racism at CGS, and more broadly, the history of racism and exclusion at private schools.
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Micah Powch is an iconic Junior at the Catlin Gabel School (CGS). His amiable personality allows for him to connect with a spectrum of students and teachers who view his charisma and creativity with endearment, but what really goes on inside his head?
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Overlooking the Davis-Gant soccer field, a bed of overturned soil ringed in flags and potted plants about the size of a tennis court awaits further development. In just a few years, this area will become a dense forest of native plants, a natural habitat for the local fauna and a sanctuary conducive for reflection and meditation for all.
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The Catlin Gabel School (CGS) was founded on the principles of progressive education. One aspect of this approach to education includes a de-emphasis on grades. Students are urged to focus on their progress, skill-building, and the process of learning instead of grades or GPAs.
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