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Rising sophomore Anirudh Jain wins national Stockholm Junior Water Prize

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We are proud!

Anirudh received a $10,000 college scholarship and an all-expense paid trip to Stockholm, Sweden, in September to represent the United States and compete with students from around the globe for the international Junior Stockholm Water Prize.

He was selected for the prize based on his science project “Sulfidation as a Novel Method for Reducing Toxicity of Silver Nanoparticle Pollution.”

The Stockholm Junior Water Prize is the world's most prestigious youth award for a water-related science project. The prize taps into the potential of today's high school students as they seek to address current and future water challenges. 

» Link to Wall Street Journal article about Anirudh

Logan Smesrud '12 receives outstanding student award at OSU

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Congratulations, Logan!

Logan Smesrud '12 was one of six freshmen at Oregon State University to receive the Waldo Cummings Freshman Outstanding Student Award. She is a pre-environmental engineering major.

BS and LS no-school day changed to February 13, 2014

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We have made a change to the calendar for next year.

Thursday, February 13, is the no-school day for the Beginning and Lower Schools instead of February 18.

This does not affect the Middle and Upper School calendars.

Sophomore Valerie Ding a finalist in Google Science Fair

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Congratulations, Valerie! We are so proud of you.

Valerie Ding is among the 90 regional finalists for the 2013 Google Science Fair for her project Rapid Quantum Dot Solar Cell Optimization: Integrating Quantum Mechanical Modeling and Novel Solar Absorption Algorithm. As a finalist, she is also in the running for the Scientific American Science in Action Award, which honors a student whose project makes a practical difference in the world by addressing an environmental, health, or resources problem.

Google will announce the 15 global winners and Science in Action award winner later this month. 

Valerie wrote, "This is a huge honor for me, and I really want to thank the entire Catlin community for its constant support and incredibly nurturing and encouraging environment. Genuine interest from faculty members and fellow students has not only bolstered confidence in my own work, but also has reminded me of how instrumental Catlin, its science, math, and computer science departments, and especially its science research program have been these last two years. I’m really looking forward to another two."

Iolanthe photo gallery

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The class of 2017 performed Gilbert and Sullivan's "Iolanthe"

Many thanks to Tom Wynne for the photos!

Announcing 2013-14 PFA leadership

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Thank you, volunteers!

These are the PFA officers, division coordinators, and grade representatives for the 2013-14 school year.

Special thanks to Kayla Reich for her stellar leadership of the PFA for the past three years.

President
Vice President
Treasurer
Advisor to the Council
Communications Coordinator
Family Integration Coordinator
Spring Festival Coordinator

Beginning School Coordinator
Preschool
Preschool
Kindergarten
Kindergarten

Lower School Coordinator
1st grade
1st grade
2nd grade
2nd grade
3rd grade
3rd grade
4th grade
4th grade
5th grade
5th grade 

Middle School Coordinator
6th grade
6th grade
7th grade
7th grade
8th grade
8th grade

Upper School Coordinator
9th grade
9th grade
10th grade
10th grade
11th grade
11th grade
12th grade
12th grade
 

Pam Lloyd
Liz McClanan
Adrienne Hill
Kayla Reich
Ingeborg Holliday
Marjorie Dial
Scott Cooley

Maya Wells ‘89
Arah Erickson ‘87
Joanie Wardwell
Nicole Lee
Jen Yoken

Sarah Stascausky
Alayna Luria
Stacey Misakian
Adam Pushkas
Glenn Levy
Stacie Beckerman
Jill Eberwein
Colleen Maslen ‘88
Heather Renjen
Spitzi Barnicle
Alex Druker

Kirsten Brady
Melissa Naito
Courtenay Thompson
Scott Pozzi
Maria Hall
Bleu Blakeslee
Cath Swanston

Azin van Alebeek
Christine Carr
Zoë Edelen Hare
Laura Bueermann
Melissa Salvador
Betsy Natter
Elizabeth English
Wendy Whitsell
Meg Bishop
 

Freshman Lara Rakocevic wins state tennis championship

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Way to go, Lara!

From the Oregonian: "With the past three girls singles champions from the Class 4A/3A/2A/1A tennis state tournament in this year’s field, it could have been a daunting situation for a freshman.

"But Catlin Gabel freshman Lara Rakocevic showed uncommon cool for someone of her age, easily winning the girls singles title Saturday with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Valley Catholic’s Kaitlyn Lomartire at the University of Oregon.

"Rakocevic didn’t lose a set in four matches during a tournament that included two-time defending champion Rachael Nedrow of Oregon Episcopal and Lomartire, the 2010 winner."

» Link to the Oregonian's full coverage of the tournament
 

Preschool circus photo gallery

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It's Not As Easy As It Looks

Thank you, Sue Spooner, for taking these gorgeous photos!