Beginning School News
Rising sophomore Anirudh Jain wins national Stockholm Junior Water Prize
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.
Logan Smesrud '12 receives outstanding student award at OSU
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
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
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
Many thanks to Tom Wynne for the photos!
Senior Terrance Sun profiled in the Oregonian
Announcing 2013-14 PFA leadership
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 Lower School Coordinator Middle School Coordinator Upper School Coordinator |
Pam Lloyd Liz McClanan Adrienne Hill Kayla Reich Ingeborg Holliday Marjorie Dial Scott Cooley Maya Wells ‘89 Sarah Stascausky Kirsten Brady Azin van Alebeek |
San Juan newspaper publicizes 8th grade musical
Freshman Lara Rakocevic wins state tennis championship
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."
Preschool circus photo gallery
Thank you, Sue Spooner, for taking these gorgeous photos!
Oregon MathCounts team, including 8th grader Andrew Park, places 4th in nation
Eighth grader Andrew Park made the four-member Oregon MathCounts team after his excellent finish at the state competition. The Oregon team came in 4th out of 56 teams competing at the national contest in Washington, D.C. Andrew was the third highest Oregon finisher at the national competition.
In addition to Andrew, the Catlin Gabel team members included 7th grader Sarah Daniels, and 6th graders Avi Gupta and Alexander Yu. They were coached by sophomore Valerie Ding, and juniors Joseph Hungate and Lawrence Sun. Math teachers Lauren Shareshian, Carol Ponganis, and Lynda Douglas served as faculty managers.
Student-produced math video in Dartmouth contest
Sophomore Valerie Ding, junior Joseph Hungage, and seniors Casey Currey-Wilson and Lianne Siegel are finalists in Dartmouth's Math-O-Vision video contest with their video, "Math Addiction." You can view the video under FINALISTS at the Math-O-Vision website.
Winning videos are selected by a combination of votes and judging. The panel of judges includes actor and director Alan Alda!
Caution: Voting requires sharing Facebook information.
Oregonian story about alumnus Cole Perkinson '09's Watson Fellowship
Four student films named finalists
Four student films made it to the finals in the International Youth Silent Film Festival. Three cheers for the filmmakers!
You can see the films at the Hollywood Theatre
Wednesday, May 22, at 7 pm
Tucker Gordon '13 (Fetch)
Sadie Yudkin '14 (Picnic)
Tapwe Sandaine '14 (Jealousy)
Thursday, May 23, at 7 p.m.
Casey Currey-Wilson '13 & Terrance Sun '13 (Top Secret)
Sophomore Elli Wiita earns spot on junior national synchro swim team
Elli is one of 12 synchronized swimmers in the country who qualified for the 2013 U.S. Junior (13-15) National Team following the final stage of trials.
Seniors Marina Dimitrov, Ella Bohn and Casey Currey-Wilson win National Merit Scholarships
The primary determining factor for winning the $2,500 scholarships was scoring very high on the PSAT, which they took in the fall of their junior year.
Governor appoints alumna Rukaiyah Adams '91 to Oregon Investment Council
The Senate confirmed the appointment on April 30. Rukaiyah manages the capital markets investment group at The Standard. Formerly, she was the chief operating officer and director of investments at IAM Asset Management. Rukaiyah was involved in the 2008 presidential election as a voter rights lawyer for Counsel for Change, the Obama campaign's legal team. She serves on the board of Portland Center Stage and the finance committee of Planned Parenthood, Columbia-Willamette Valley. Rukaiyah holds a BA from Carleton College, a JD from Stanford University, and an MBA from Stanford University.
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