Four students had qualified to attend the Intel Northwest Science Expo statewide science fair based on their results from earlier regional science fairs. Senior Vighnesh Shiv entered a project titled "Novel Algorithms for Automatic Music Transcription." He won first place in the Computer Science category and was selected to represent Oregon at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Los Angeles in May. Vighnesh also won the Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award and a special award from the IEEE. Senior Rohan Jhunjhunwala entered a project titled "Road Detection via Computer Vision and Laser Scanning." He won second place in the Engineering: Electrical and Mechanical category, and in addition won the Outstanding Project award from the U.S. Air Force and won a special award from the IEEE. Sophomore Terrance Sun and freshman Lawrence Sun entered a team project titled "Using Formal Verification Techniques to Find Contradictions in Laws Concerning Police Use of Force." Terrance and Lawrence won third place in the Computer Science category.

Senior Chase Bennink graduated from the Portland Police Cadet Program in April. He has performed more than 100 hours of service with the police department. Chase plans to continue his work in the cadet program when he goes to college next year.

Junior Rachel Caron received the Rabbi Joshua Stampfer Community Enrichment Award, youth category, in recognition of her exceptional devotion to Tikkum Olam, social justice. Rachel is the vice president, social action director for Portland's chapter of United Synagogue Youth, and is on the boards of the Portland Jewish Youth Initiative and the Oregon Jewish Community Youth Foundation. She has organized many community service projects, including a community garden in North Portland, a potluck in the park, and J service day.

Junior basketball powerhouse Esichang McGautha was elected Second Team All-State.

Freshman Lawrence Sun qualified to take the national USAMO Math Olympics exam. He'll join 270 students from across the nation for this two-day exam. The winners will fly to the Netherlands to compete for the U.S.

Freshman Jonathan Yau won first place in the advanced high school division of the Oregon Scholastic Chess Federation’s state championship competition.

Seventh grade cellist David Kim was a first-prize winner in the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s 17th annual competition for young artists. As a result, he appeared as a soloist with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra playing the third movement of Saint-Saëns’ “First Cello Concerto.”

The Middle School Science Olympiad team finished in 2nd place at the statewide competition. Congratulations to team members 8th grader Claire FitzGerald; 7th graders Evelyne Maquelin, Iman Wahle, and Parsa Farhang; and 6th graders Adolfo Apolloni, Andrew Park, Ian Hoyt, Liam Wynne, Lila Reich, Maria Chang, Sahil Nerurkar, and Vikram Nallakrishnan. First place team Franklin School in Corvallis is unable to participate at the national competition, so Catlin Gabel will represent Oregon in Madison, Wisconsin, on May 21.

In addition to individual and team achievements at the Chess for Success regional and state tournaments previously reported, Lower School chess instructor and coach Douglas Bayern reports the following good news: third grader Ezra Polesky won four out of five games in his section, earning third place at the Oregon Junior Open. First grader Arlo Maslen won second place at the annual Oregon Scholastic Chess Federation statewide finals. Third grader Lauren Mei Calora played in the all-girl Girls Play Chess tournament and earned second place in a field of more than 60 players.

Stanford University’s school of engineering presents the Frederick Emmons Terman Engineering Scholastic Award to the students that rank academically in the top 5 percent of the graduating senior class. Each recipient nominates a high school teacher who has been most influential in the student's academic career. Catlin Gabel graduate Lucas Baker ’07 nominated Upper School Japanese language teacher Yoko Iwasaki for her contributions to the education of high school students in general, and in particular for exceptional influence on Lucas’s engineering career.

Playing against type, drama teacher Deirdre Atkinson has been cast as the evil queen in the Northwest Children’s Theatre’s new adaptation of Snow White. The show runs May 6 – 29.

Outdoor education teacher Erin Goodling '99 has been admitted to the Portland State University urban studies doctoral program for next year. She has decided to enroll in the program and hopes to continue tutoring Catlin Gabel students if time allows.

Lower School woodshop teacher Michael de Forest is one of five artists selected for the 2011 International Turning Exchange Residency Program. Sponsored by the Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, and hosted by partner the University for the Arts, the residency will focus on research, discussions, studio work, experiments, and collaborations.