Beginning School
Parents, we need you! Even if you didn't sign up, come help with Rummage set-up and sale
Honeybee Howler, 3/16/10
Calendar
March
20 - 28 NO SCHOOL - Spring Break
29 Classes Resume
April
7 Dr. Viola Vaughn, 12:45 - 1:30pm, MS Commons
15 PFA Meeting, 8:15 - Coffee, 8:30 Meeting, Gerlinger
16 Viewfinder Global Film Series
30 Spring Parade
May
2 Spring Festival, (Beehivers lead off the festivities with a parade.)
14 Preschool Circus
20 Preschool Parent - Teacher Conferences (classes in session)
PFA Meeting, 8:15 - Coffee, 8:30 Meeting, Gerlinger
24-26 Preschool Parent Teacher Conferences (classes in session)
28 *No BS or LS Classes - Report writing day
31 No School - Memorial Day
June
11 Preschool Family Potluck, 11:45 am
*Prearranged childcare available as space permits
View as a Webpage
Beginning School Art Show
February 22 - March 29
Please stop by the Cabell Center to see the wonderful art display created by the preschool and kindergarten students.
Dear Honeybee Families and Friends,
Button Project
This week the Honeybees began the famous "button project." Each Bee has chosen their pieces of fabric and begun choosing and sewing on their buttons. These are beautiful works of art that can be cherished along with the fact that your Bee will now know how to sew.
Honeybee Study
Invention Center
Friday Sing
Books
This week we read The Button Box, by Margarette S. Reid. In this story a young boy shares the pleasure of his grandmother’s box full of buttons. A pleasure the Honeybees are also experiencing as they begin
sewing their buttons. As we continue to enjoy cat stories we read Cross-Country Cat, about brave cat named Henry who must ski to reach his family.Birthdays
Have a great week!
Allen, Chenoa, and Rebecca
Bus Alert!
Parent - Faculty Association Accepting Nominations
- Grade representatives (preschool through twelfth)
- Volunteer coordinator
- Spring Festival
- Advisor to Council
- Beginning School coordinator
- Lower School coordinator
- Communications coordinator
- Treasurer
- Vice president
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Portrait Pro ject - Post Office - Take-Aparts - Bijou and Bosco’s Nesting Box - Journal Writing - Red Wooden Fire Truck - Winter Parade - And More! These superb Beginning School resources are supported by the Annual Fund.
Make your donation and participate today.
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Catlin Gabel Summer Programs
We are pleased to announce the launching of Summer Programs 2010! We have numerous programs available for students preschool through high school and even some adult offerings. Please peruse our online catalog and registration material. We have a number of wonderful new creative classes as well as the return of many favorites. Remember, Summer Programs are open not just to Catlin Gabel families, but to the entire community - please pass the word to friends, relatives and neighbors. Summer Programs - Our Difference Is Learning!
Portrait Project - Post Office - Take-Aparts - Bijou and Bosco’s Nesting Box - Journal Writing - Red Wooden Fire Truck - Winter Parade - And More!
Make your donation and participate today.
Students, teachers, and staffers blog about their work and travels
Classes, groups traveling near and far, and individuals are publishing on the website to share their work with the Catlin Gabel community or other specific audiences.
Any student, teacher, or staff member can maintain an individual blog or contribute to a group blog on the Catlin Gabel website. Some blogs are open to everyone visiting our website. Most blogs require login.
You can always find blogs from the Quick Links menu. Happy reading!
» Link to all blogs
Links to specific blogs
Nepal 2010
Japan 2010
Cuba 2010
Senior Projects
Urban Studies
Honors Art Seminar
Science Projects
Spanish V Honors
French 2
External blogs
Paul Monheimer in Israel
The Catlin Coverslip
Richard Kassissieh, for the education technology community
Classroom pages
Middle and Lower School teachers use classroom pages more often than student blogs. The function is similar.
Second grade
Fourth grade
Fifth grade
Sixth grade
Lower School French
Seventh grade
Eagle News, 3/15/10
Calendar
March
20 - 28 No School - Spring Break
29 Classes Resume
April
7 Dr. Viola Vaughn, 12:45 - 1:30pm, MS Commons
8 First Grade Parent Orientation Meeting, (for parents of current kindergarten students) 6:30 - 7:30pm, LS first grade classroom
15 PFA Meeting, 8:15 - Coffee, 8:30 Meeting, Gerlinger
16 Viewfinder Global Film Series
30 Spring Parade
May
2 Spring Festival, (Beehivers lead off the festivities with a parade.)
20 PFA Meeting, 8:15 - Coffee, 8:30 Meeting, Gerlinger
25-26 Kindergarten Parent - Teacher Conferences (optional)
28 *No BS or LS Classes - Report writing day
31 No School - Memorial Day
June
10 Kindergarten Olympics, 10:00 a.m., Track
11 Kindergarten Boat Trip
Last Day of Classes
*Prearranged childcare available as space permits
View as a Webpage
Beginning School Art Show
February 22 - March 29
Please stop by the Cabell Center to see the wonderful art display created by the preschool and kindergarten students.
Heads-up!
•Star words this week are "go" and "going."
•Leprechaun lunch on Wednesday. Lunch will be provided. Please pack a snack for your child. More details below.
•Please check your email for a homework assignment.
Leprechaun Lunch on Wednesday.
Dear Parents,
Leprechauns
Thank you for all the branches! We're watching them blossom.
The Eagles are Coming!
Extra Clothes for Emergencies
Happy Spring Vacation
Bus Alert!
Parent - Faculty Association Accepting Nominations
- Grade representatives (preschool through twelfth)
- Volunteer coordinator
- Spring Festival
- Advisor to Council
- Beginning School coordinator
- Lower School coordinator
- Communications coordinator
- Treasurer
- Vice president
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Portrait Pro ject - Post Office – Take-Aparts - Bijou and Bosco’s Nesting Box – Journal Writing - Red Wooden Fire Truck - Winter Parade – And More! These superb Beginning School resources are supported by the Annual Fund.
Make your donation and participate today.
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Catlin Gabel Summer Programs
We are pleased to announce the launching of Summer Programs 2010! We have numerous programs available for students preschool through high school and even some adult offerings. Please peruse our online catalog and registration material. We have a number of wonderful new creative classes as well as the return of many favorites. Remember, Summer Programs are open not just to Catlin Gabel families, but to the entire community - please pass the word to friends, relatives and neighbors. Summer Programs - Our Difference Is Learning!
Honeybee Howler, 3/10/10
Calendar
March
13 GAMBOL
20 - 28 NO SCHOOL - Spring Break
29 Classes Resume
April
7 Dr. Viola Vaughn, 12:45 - 1:30pm, MS Commons
15 PFA Meeting, 8:15 - Coffee, 8:30 Meeting, Gerlinger
16 Viewfinder Global Film Series
30 Spring Parade
May
2 Spring Festival, (Beehivers lead off the festivities with a parade.)
14 Preschool Circus
20 Preschool Parent - Teacher Conferences (classes in session)
PFA Meeting, 8:15 - Coffee, 8:30 Meeting, Gerlinger
24-26 Preschool Parent Teacher Conferences (classes in session)
28 *No BS or LS Classes - Report writing day
31 No School - Memorial Day
June
11 Preschool Family Potluck, 11:45 am
*Prearranged childcare available as space permits
View as a Webpage
Beginning School Art Show
February 22 - March 29
Please stop by the Cabell Center to see the wonderful art display created by the preschool and kindergarten students.
Hello Honeybee Families and Friends!
Thank you so much for sharing your time with us for conferences last week. The Honeybees are growing in leaps and bounds, and it was such a pleasure to celebrate their accomplishments with you. A big thank you to everyone who provided a dish for our lunches on Thursday and Friday, as well. Everything was delicious!
Cat Stories
Last week Allen shared two more cat stories with the Honeybees, both of them true classics. The first wasMillions of Cats by Wanda Gag, a book originally published in 1928. In the story, an old couple decides that they would like to have a cat to love and care for. The old man searches far and wide, and comes across a hillside covered in cats! ASK YOUR HONEYBEE how the old man chose a cat?
The second story Allen read was Puss in Boots, a story written by Charles Perrault over 300 years ago. This version is a translation by Malcolm Arthur and is beautifully illustrated by Fred Marcellino. Puss is a character that is clever and crafty beyond all expectations, a miller’s cat who helps his master become the Marquis of Carabas. ASK YOUR HONEYBEE, "Was Puss’s owner really a rich man? How did Puss convince the king that he was?"
Honey
Chocolate Cake
Ghost-Pleasing Chocolate Cake
Easy Frosting
We could use a few more glass jars!!
We hope you have a wonderful week!
Allen, Rebecca, and Chenoa
Gambol Auction News
Go to www.catlin.edu/giving/gambol to purchase admittance and tuition raffle tickets. The Gambol auction catalog is online! Check it out and start making plans to bid on fantastic items. Go to http://www.catlin.edu/giving/gambol/catalog.
See you on March 13 at the Nines!
Class Art Projects for the Gambol
Click here to view the AMAZING class art projects that will be auctioned off at the Gambol.
Bus Alert!
Catlin Gabel’s AM and PM route bus service will not run during Experiential Days, Breakaway or Winterim, Tuesday, March 16 through Friday, March 19.
Parent - Faculty Association Accepting Nominations
- Grade representatives (preschool through twelfth)
- Volunteer coordinator
- Spring Festival coordinator
- Advisor to Council
- Beginning School coordinator
- Lower School coordinator
- Communications coordinator
- Treasurer
- Vice president
Dr. Viola Vaughn to Speak at Catlin Gabel School
Please gather in the Middle School Commons at 12:45-1:30 pm, on Wednesday, April 7th to hear Dr. Viola Vaughn, founder and Executive Director of the non-profit, 10,000 Girls in Kaolack, Sénégal, West Africa. She will speak at Catlin Gabel about her work educating girls. Dr. Vaughn is an American with an Ed.D. from Columbia University who received a CNN “Hero” award in 2008. She is a social entrepreneur who has built 10,000 Girls from an idea to a vibrant program currently serving 2,567 girls in 10 towns and villages in rural Sénégal. Veronique de la Poterie, French teacher in the US, is creating ties between Senegalese and CG French language students.
Viola Vaughn clips:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIvdwUKDTxA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyOWV3VlnEY
Catlin Gabel Summer Programs
We are pleased to announce the launching of Summer Programs 2010! We have numerous programs available for students preschool through high school and even some adult offerings. Please peruse our online catalog and registration material. We have a number of wonderful new creative classes as well as the return of many favorites. Remember, Summer Programs are open not just to Catlin Gabel families, but to the entire community - please pass the word to friends, relatives and neighbors. Summer Programs - Our Difference Is Learning!
Interests, Passions, Magnificent Obsessions
From the Winter 2010 Caller
Catlin Gabel students are a fascinating and inspiring group of young people who manifest their engagement with the world in equally fascinating ways. We spoke to students from 2nd to 12th grade about the pursuits they really, really love—and here are excerpts from what they said about where their interests take them, and how Catlin Gabel teachers support those interests and help feed their curiosity. Explore their stories below.
Singer-songwriter, artist, senior
Scout, community enthusiast, 10th grade
Tango & aerial dancer, 10th grade
Chess player & chicken steward, 2nd grade
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Math & puzzle problem solver, 5th grade
Soccer player & scientist, 5th grade
Dedicated to community service, 10th grade
Photographer & scientist, senior
Eagle News, 3/8/10
Calendar
March
13 GAMBOL
20 - 28 No School - Spring Break
29 Classes Resume
April
7 Dr. Viola Vaughn, 12:45 - 1:30pm, MS Commons
8 First Grade Parent Orientation Meeting, (for parents of current kindergarten students) 6:30 - 7:30pm, LS first grade classroom
15 PFA Meeting, 8:15 - Coffee, 8:30 Meeting, Gerlinger
16 Viewfinder Global Film Series
30 Spring Parade
May
2 Spring Festival, (Beehivers lead off the festivities with a parade.)
20 PFA Meeting, 8:15 - Coffee, 8:30 Meeting, Gerlinger
25-26 Kindergarten Parent - Teacher Conferences (optional)
28 *No BS or LS Classes - Report writing day
31 No School - Memorial Day
June
10 Kindergarten Olympics, 10:00 a.m., Track
11 Kindergarten Boat Trip
Last Day of Classes
*Prearranged childcare available as space permits
View as a Webpage
Beginning School Art Show
February 22 - March 29
Please stop by the Cabell Center to see the wonderful art display created by the preschool and kindergarten students.
Heads-up!
•Star words this week are: "on" and "am."
•Look for these coming home today:
*100 number chart
*Lower case letter chart
•Check-out the "Spring homework assignment" below!
Dear Parents,

The Week Ahead...
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Spring Homework
Have a great week,
The Kindergarten Team
Gambol Auction News
Go to www.catlin.edu/giving/gambol to purchase admittance and tuition raffle tickets. The Gambol auction catalog is online! Check it out and start making plans to bid on fantastic items. Go to http://www.catlin.edu/giving/gambol/catalog.
See you on March 13 at the Nines!
Class Art Projects for the Gambol
Click here to view the AMAZING class art projects that will be auctioned off at the Gambol.
Bus Alert!
Catlin Gabel’s AM and PM route bus service will not run during Experiential Days, Breakaway or Winterim, Tuesday, March 16 through Friday, March 19.
Parent - Faculty Association Accepting Nominations
- Grade representatives (preschool through twelfth)
- Volunteer coordinator
- Spring Festival
- Advisor to Council
- Beginning School coordinator
- Lower School coordinator
- Communications coordinator
- Treasurer
- Vice president
Dr. Viola Vaughn to Speak at Catlin Gabel School
Please gather in the Middle School Commons at 12:45-1:30 pm, on Wednesday, April 7th to hear Dr. Viola Vaughn, founder and Executive Director of the non-profit, 10,000 Girls in Kaolack, Sénégal, West Africa. She will speak at Catlin Gabel about her work educating girls. Dr. Vaughn is an American with an Ed.D. from Columbia University who received a CNN “Hero” award in 2008. She is a social entrepreneur who has built 10,000 Girls from an idea to a vibrant program currently serving 2,567 girls in 10 towns and villages in rural Sénégal. Veronique de la Poterie, French teacher in the US, is creating ties between Senegalese and CG French language students.
Viola Vaughn clips:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIvdwUKDTxA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyOWV3VlnEY
Catlin Gabel Summer Programs
We are pleased to announce the launching of Summer Programs 2010! We have numerous programs available for students preschool through high school and even some adult offerings. Please peruse our online catalog and registration material. We have a number of wonderful new creative classes as well as the return of many favorites. Remember, Summer Programs are open not just to Catlin Gabel families, but to the entire community - please pass the word to friends, relatives and neighbors. Summer Programs - Our Difference Is Learning!
Follow Your Passions!
By Lark P. Palma, PhD, Head of School
From the Winter 2010 Caller


Animals were my first great passion—and my parents allowed me to have them if I cared for them well and showed responsibility. I was filled with the same passion when I first played school in my room, lining up all of my stuffed animals and dolls, assigning arbitrary grades from A to F and relegating some to smart status, some not so smart. At school I watched with rapt attention how my teachers would teach us. At home I would either try to do it the same way or try to modify the techniques that didn’t work for my little class.
It was not until I became a teacher myself that I understood that, as someone with a passion for teaching, I could go beyond what’s expected and work with students to realize their own personal goals and passions. I finally saw that the very best model for teaching and learning centers on the relationship between the student and the teacher. What happens collectively as a class is important, but the one-on-one time a student and teacher have together is the most critical element.
It was a breakthrough for me when I realized that and learned—thanks to Roland Barthes, John Dewey, and others—that children are not receptacles for knowledge from adults, but teeming petri dishes of their own ideas and imaginations. How little my teachers in the fifties and sixties understood that—although teachers in Ruth Catlin and Priscilla Gabel’s schools certainly did get it.
Catlin Gabel is a school where teachers are drawn to teach, and we select them to do so, because they understand how children’s minds work, and they want to be surrounded by colleagues who feel the same.
This Caller is filled with stories of alumni and students who have pursued interests, passions, and yes, even obsessions. Graduates who fall into this category are legion, and the students and alumni represented here are just a small sample. Why would a school of this size produce so many people who lead with their passions and know themselves well enough to do that?
For one, Catlin Gabel provides an unfettered, free-ranging approach to solving problems, approaching assignments, and celebrating process over product. I learned to be a good rider because I studied my horse, paying heed to her temperament and the look in her eye, and treating her in a way that reflects that knowledge. In the same way, the students profiled here, whether involved in a sport, an academic pursuit, or an art, learn the value of deep concentration and focused attention. For example, visual artists, like the ones you’ll read about, see relationships among all disciplines, in color and in shapes, and takes those elements to create an original. But mostly, we at Catlin Gabel encourage students fully and unabashedly to follow their passions. And of course, there is the child herself, who has the gift inside. Parents, teachers, and the overarching ethos of the school only undergird those passions.
Alumnus, alumna, or current student, their uniqueness binds us all together and makes for a very, very interesting place to teach. Enjoy these stories.
Viola Vaughn from Sénégal to speak at Catlin Gabel on April 7
Viola Vaughn, founder and executive director of the nonprofit 10,000 Girls (http://10000girls.org) in Kaolack, Sénégal, West Africa, will speak at Catlin Gabel on Wednesday, April 7, at 12:45 p.m. in the Middle School Commons during her tour of the United States.
Vaughn is an American with an Ed.D. from Columbia University who received a CNN “Hero” award in 2008. She is a social entrepreneur who has built 10,000 Girls from an idea to a vibrant program currently serving 2,567 girls in 10 towns and villages in rural Sénégal. She periodically tours the U.S., speaking and participating in conferences to raise awareness of her organization's success in helping West African girls succeed as students and entrepreneurs. During her time in Portland Vaughn will also speak at Portland State University.
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10,000 Girls has two primary programs: after-school education and skill-building, helping girls stay in school and complete their educations; and entrepreneurship, teaching a craft or trade and business basics to older girls who have already left school and need life skills to become self-reliant. The educational component provides tutoring and resources to help girls succeed in school. Older girls, who are no longer in school, learn sewing, baking, and other marketable skills, creating products such as dolls and table linens, which they sell locally and online. The girls also grow, harvest, and produce hibiscus, which they transform into tea and hope to export to the U.S. as Certified Organic. The girls in the entrepreneurial program have decided to donate nearly 50% of their earnings to the program, making 10,000 Girls entirely self-sustainable. In Sénégal – where 54% of the citizens live below poverty and 48% are unemployed – 10,000 Girls transforms the lives of participating girls and their families.
The dynamic Viola Vaughn, a long-time resident of Sénégal, dramatically describes the challenges and joys of running 10,000 Girls and speaks with passion about her organization's mission. She can relay fascinating stories, including how she convinced banks to open accounts for young girls, a first in Sénégal; why the girls chose to bake and sell cookies to raise money (like America's Girl Scouts); and the what poignant questions the girls pose at summer Democracy Camps in Sénégal.
In Portland, Violla Vaughn hopes to connect with individuals and organizations interested in the education of girls, as well as with businesses that might want to sell 10,000 Girls' products. She will also encourage individuals intending to volunteer for 10,000 Girls in Senegal.
Honeybee Howler, 3/1/10
Calendar
March
4-5 *NO BS/LS CLASSES - Parent - Teacher Conferences
5 Viewfinder Global Film Series
13 GAMBOL
20 - 28 NO SCHOOL - Spring Break
29 Classes Resume
April
15 PFA Meeting, 8:15 - Coffee, 8:30 Meeting, Gerlinger
16 Viewfinder Global Film Series
30 Spring Parade
May
2 Spring Festival, (Beehivers lead off the festivities with a parade.)
14 Preschool Circus
20 Preschool Parent - Teacher Conferences (classes in session)
PFA Meeting, 8:15 - Coffee, 8:30 Meeting, Gerlinger
24-26 Preschool Parent Teacher Conferences (classes in session)
28 *No BS or LS Classes - Report writing day
31 No School - Memorial Day
June
11 Preschool Family Potluck, 11:45 am
*Prearranged childcare available as space permit
View as a Webpage
Beginning School Art Show
February 22 - March 29
Please stop by the Cabell Center to see the wonderful art display created by the preschool and kindergarten students.

Books
We did some fun reading this week. One Mitten Lewis by Helen Kay with cute illustrations by Kurt Werth, is a great story about a little boy who just cannot manage to keep a pair of mittens. ASK YOUR HONEYBEE about Lewis and the different ways his mommy tried to solve the problem of so many missing mittens. What happened to the new red mittens that his mommy knit for him? What happened to the leftover mittens? What happened when a new girl moved in across the street—how did she and Lewis make friends?
We are beginning to read a series of stories about cats (there are some great ones out there, including those of T.S. Elliot). Last week we shared two with the Honeybees. Galumph, by Brenda Lansdown, with illustrations by Ernest Crichlow is a neat story about a cat who is named by each of her presumed owners. ASK YOUR HONEYBEE to tell you about Tony (who named the cat Galumph), Mr. Romano (who named the cat Gattina), Maria (who named the cat Mimita), and Patricia (who named the cat Sunset). What did the cat do for each of the people she visited and what did they do for her? How did Tony, Mr. Romano, Maria, and Patricia all discover that all of their cats were the same cat? What was the exciting surprise at the end of the story?

Does your Honeybee have an Ample Supply of Dry Clothes at School?
Conference Forms
Have a great week. We are looking forward to conferences on Thursday and Friday.
Allen, Rebecca, & Chenoa
Bus Alert!
Catlin Gabel’s AM and PM route bus service will not run during Experiential Days, Breakaway or Winterim, Tuesday, March 16 through Friday, March 19.
Parent - Faculty Association Accepting Nominations
- Grade representatives (preschool through twelfth)
- Volunteer coordinator
- Advisor to Council
- Beginning School coordinator
- Lower School coordinator
- Communications coordinator
- Treasurer
- Vice president
Donate Humanitarian Supplies for Cuba Trip

Gambol Auction News
Cupcake Brunch – Parent Dancy Jubb hosts 40 families for a Sunday champagne brunch and cupcake party
Mock trial team advances to state
Both the blue and white mock trial teams had a great day at the 2010 regional trial. The Blue Team advances to state to compete against the best teams in Oregon. This year’s case, State v. Lane, is a criminal case where the defendant, a rap artist, is charged with inciting a riot and arson.
Congratulations to Catlin Blue team members Talbot Andrews, Conor Carlton, Becky Coulterpark, Eli Coon, Nina Greenebaum, Andrew Hungate, Grace McMurchie, Kate McMurchie, Megan Stater, and Leah Thompson.
Catlin White team members include Rohisha Adke, Amanda Cahn, Rachel Caron, Audrey Davis, Layla Entrikin, Brian Farci, James Furnary, Mira Hayward, Thalia Kelly, Jackson Morawski, Grant Phillips, Charlie Shoemaker, Henry Shulevitz, Curtis Stahl, Lynne Stracovsky, Terrance Sun, Karuna Tirumala, and Michael Zhu.
Students lead CG response to Haiti earthquake, community raises $28,000
The world looked on in horror when the January 12 earthquake rocked Haiti. Immediately, Catlin Gabel students of all ages got to work organizing fundraisers to help the devastated island. Alumna Caitlin Carlson ’00, communications officer for Mercy Corps, came to campus to talk to about the essential need for cash in the coming months. We set up a web page aimed at inspiring students and consolidating our community efforts. Student-led bake sales and the Lower School read-a-thon raised $28,000 for Haitian earthquake relief. Our contributions will make a difference in Haiti: $16 provides a child’s "comfort kit” that includes a blanket, sketchpad, crayons and toys, $43 buys 110 pounds of rice, and $75 equips a Port-au-Prince resident for two weeks of recovery work.

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