Beginning School News
Graduation 2012 Photo Gallery
After a week of steady – sometimes torrential – rain, the weather brightened on the class of 2012. The sun came out just in time to catch photos of a great group of seniors just before they became alumni.
Click on any thumbnail to start the slide show, and see larger and downloadable images.
Video: We Love You, Seniors
Video produced by junior Cody Hoyt. Props also to Jesse Kimsey-Bennett '11, who filmed many of the interviews. Jesse is a film major at USC.
Lifers 2012 photo gallery
Twenty-one members of the class of 2012 have attended Catlin Gabel since preschool, kindergarten, or first grade. They joined Beginning School students, teachers, and family members for a special Friday Sing. The seniors shared memories, gave advice, and sang along to favorite Beehive songs such as "Old Dan Tucker," "The Itsy Bitsy Spider," and our favorite tear-jerker "So Long, It's Been Good to Know You."
Thank you, Sara Dier, for taking pictures.
Click on any image to enlarge it, download it, and start the slideshow.
Video: Senior lifers' advice to Beehive students
Graduating seniors who had been at Catlin Gabel since 1st grade or before give advice to preschoolers and kindergarteners at the June 2012 Lifers Celebration.
Time to update family records
» Link to updates page
Lark Palma sent the following letter on May 23.
Dear Catlin Gabel families:
As we approach the end of the school year, we are already preparing for next year.
Whether you are a new family joining us in the fall or a returning family, we have a very important homework assignment for all parents and guardians.
Completing four online forms will ensure that your student’s medical records are up to date, your family’s directory listing is accurate, and student security is assured.
First, you need to log on to the Catlin Gabel website. Recently admitted families can use the same user names and passwords used during the application process.
Review and make appropriate changes to the following REQUIRED online forms.
There are four separate tabs on the update web page, and each tab contains one form. You must complete all four forms.
Form One: Your family’s contact details for our records and your directory listing
Form Two: Your family’s emergency contacts and emergency care authorization for your child/ren
Form Three: Your child/ren’s medical history and authorization to dispense medications
Form Four: Photo ID denial and external website permission
Please complete your homework assignment as soon as possible and no later than Monday, August 1. We will send reminders during the summer to families who have not completed the forms.
You will find the forms on our website at http://www.catlin.edu/parents/update/contact-details
If you have any technical questions about the forms, please do not hesitate to get in touch with Mike Maynard in the IT office, maynardmi@catlin.edu. For other questions, please get in touch with a division administrative assistant.
Enjoy these last exciting weeks of the school year.
Sincerely yours,
Lark P. Palma, Ph.D.
Head of School
P.S. I have another bit of optional homework if you would like to join the Upper School students and teachers in reading this summer’s assigned book. We are all reading Mink River by Portland writer Brian Doyle. The award-winning author will visit classes and give a talk next year under the auspices of our Jean Vollum Distinguished Writers Series.
Senior Mariah Morton wins long and triple jump championships, girls 4x400 team wins at state
In addition to winning two state championships as an individual competitor, Mariah was also a member of the championship 4x400m relay team along with freshman Adele English, senior Cammy Edwards, junior Fiona Noonan, and sophomore Gabby Bishop.
The girls 4x100m relay team took 2nd place with runners Mariah Morton, Adele English, Cammy Edwards, junior Audrey Davis, and freshman Talia Quatraro.
Cammy Edwards placed 2nd in both the 300m hurdles and the high hurdles.
Junior Hannah Jaquiss placed 3rd in the 3000m and 7th in the 1500.
Junior Mckenzie Spooner placed 6th in the 3000.
Junior Hannah Rotwein placed 6th in the 1500.
The girls track team came in 2nd at state.
Senior Parris Joyce took 3rd place in the boys 800.
Senior Eli Wilson Pelton placed 6th in the high hurdles and 7th in the 300 hurdles.
Junior David Lovitz took 8th in the high jump.
Sophomore Ian Smith, Eli Wilson Pelton, Parris Joyce, David Lovitz, sophomore Chris Belluschi, and junior Cody Hoyt placed 7th in the 4x100 relay.
Senior Kate Rubinstein took 2nd place at the state tennis tournament.
Senior Andrew Salvador took 2nd place in tennis.
The doubles tennis team of junior Evan Hallmark and senior Sammy Lubitz finished 3rd at state.
The boys tennis team took 2nd place at state.
Video: Senior panel
Seven seniors spoke at the May 17 parent community meeting. It was great to hear them talk about what they loved about Catlin Gabel (relationships with teachers!) and what they would change, their paths to college, what was fun during their years at the school, and more.
The video runs for one hour.
Junior Terrance Sun and freshman Valerie Ding were finalists at the Intel International Science Fair in Pittsburgh
Terrance entered a project titled "Improvements to Automatic Translation of Legal Text" in the computer science category.
Valerie entered a project titled "Shining Like the Sun: A Novel Quantum Mechanical Approach to Property Analysis and Energy Efficiency Algorithm for White-Light LEDs" in the physics and astronomy category.
Valerie's project won a Fourth Award. In addition, Valerie was one of only 12 students (from over 1,500) to win an all-expenses-paid trip this summer to CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Geneva, where the students will meet with researchers and see the experiments they are working on.
Congratulations to Valerie and Terrance!
Class of 2012 college plans
» Video: seniors talk about
their college choices
Members of the class of 2012 were accepted to the following colleges and universities.
Unless otherwise noted, one student is attending each of the bolded colleges or universities.
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Agnes Scott College |
Loyola University New Orleans |
Class of 2012 college destinations
| Talbot Andrews Neil Badawi Jade Bath Chloe Bergstrand Annika Berry Yelena Blackburn Cameron Boyd Schuyler Brevig Amanda Cahn Rachel Caron Jade Chen Ilana Cohen Alex Compton Gus Crowley Emrys Dennison Brooke Edelson Cameron Edwards Devin Ellis Lauren Ellis Zoë Frank Graham Fuller James Furnary Genevieve Gideonse Qiddist Hammerly Andrew Hungate Julianne Johnson Parris Joyce Thalia Kelly Holly Kim Diana Ko Sarah Koe Alex Liem Chloe Loduca Sammy Lubitz Esichang McGautha Grace McMurchie Lizzie Medford Walker Michaels Andrea Michalowsky Anaka Morris Mariah Morton Tapiwa Nkhisang Nathan Norris Koichi Omara Grant Phillips Jemma Pritchard Ramtin Rahmani Kate Rubinstein Divesh Sachdev Andrew Salvador Danielle Shapira Dylan Shields Henry Shulevitz Emily Siegel Logan Smesrud Cydney Smith Taylor Smith Lauren Spiegel Megan Stater Mint Tienpasertkij Katy Wiita Cole Williamson Eli Wilson Pelton Brandon Wilson Will Wilson Jeremy Wood Jared Woods Kenny Yu |
University of Portland University of Southern California Bryn Mawr College Carleton College Rhode Island School of Design University of Oregon Colorado College Hampshire College Colorado College Barnard College New York University Pomona College Evergreen State College University of Vermont Whitman College University of Denver University of Rochester Gonzaga University Duke University Swarthmore College Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dartmouth College Beloit College Northwestern University University of Chicago Vassar College Willamette University Rhode Island School of Design Cornell University University of Oregon Bates College Montana State University, Bozeman University of San Francisco Bates College University of Southern California Whitman College Scripps College University of Denver Johns Hopkins University University of Southern California Emory University Smith College California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo University of Oregon Washington University in St. Louis Sarah Lawrence College Dartmouth College Whitman College University of Southern California Bates College University of Colorado at Boulder Worcester Polytechnic Institute Oberlin College Bryn Mawr College Oregon State University (Honors College) Rice University Georgetown University Scripps College Columbia University Rochester Institute of Technology University of the Incarnate Word (Honors College) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Harvard University Trinity University University of Vermont Stanford University Chapman University Northeastern University |
Video: seniors talk about their college choices
Catlin Gabel seniors are excited to be off to college! Several students talk a bit about where they're going, and why their college choice is a good one for them.
» Link to class of 2012 list of college acceptances
Eli's going to Harvard!
Megan's going to Columbia!
Ramtin's going to Dartmouth!
Logan's going to Oregon State University Honors College!
Grace is going to Whitman College!
PLACE program featured in Oregonian article
Chris Skrapits named district coach of the year
In his first season as head track and field coach, Chris was selected tops in the district.
Girls track team wins district championship
The district meet saw standout performances and personal records for a number of students. The boys placed 3rd – their best showing in years – and 17 students are advancing to state.
Emily Chamberlin Douglas '00, UC Berkeley grad student, featured in Wall St. Journal
Preschool circus photo gallery
It's Not As Easy As It Looks!
Thank you, Sue Spooner, for the photos.
Sophomore Lawrence Sun selected for U.S. physics team
Lawrence is one of 20 finalists selected for the U.S. Physics Olympiad team. Each year, the American Association of Physics Teachers and the American Institute of Physics sponsor a competition for high school students to represent the United States at the International Physics Olympiad Competition.
The selection process began in early January when Lawrence took the F=ma exam. Approximately 400 top scorers on this first test advance to the semi-final round of competition.
The semi-final exam is used as the basis for selection of the 20 members of the U.S. Physics Team. These students, from schools all over the United States, travel to the University of Maryland-College Park at the end of May for the annual U.S. Physics Team Training Camp. There they engage in ten days of intense studying, testing, and problem solving.
At the end of that training camp, five students will be selected for the "Traveling Team." The Traveling Team will return for three additional days of intense laboratory work before they are ready for the International Event.
Read the Oregonian article.
Spring Festival photo gallery
Thank you, Ingeborg Holliday, for coordinating our annual community celebration.
Thank you, Sue Spooner, for these amazing photos.
Thank you, Mother Nature, for perfect weather.
Read the latest edition of CatlinSpeak, our award-winning student newspaper
» Read CatlinSpeak online
Or download the print edition, posted below as a PDF, for a more complete version of the May edition.
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