Middle School News
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
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
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Or download the print edition, posted below as a PDF, for a more complete version of the May edition.
Freshman Valerie Ding wins silver at International Sustainable World Project Olympiad
Valerie won a silver medal in the energy category at ISWEEP-2012 in Houston, Texas. She was one of about 500 students from 68 countries and 44 states who had qualified as finalists in the ISWEEP-2012 Olympiad. Her project was "A Novel Quantum Mechanical Approach to Property Analysis and Energy Efficiency Algorithm for White-Light LEDs".
Junior Marina Dimitrov named Dean's List winner at robotics world championships
Flaming Chickens robotics team co-captain Marina Dimitrov was was one of 10 Dean’s List winners worldwide at the robotics championships in St. Louis. She is the first student from Oregon to win this award for leadership, commitment, technical expertise, and entrepreneurship. The award includes a weeklong trip to a FIRST leadership conference, personally written letters of recommendation to the colleges of her choice, and $1,000 toward the team’s registration fees for next year’s world championships.
Middle School track meet photo gallery
Thank you, Carolyn Heymann, for the photos!
Oregonian article about 7th grader Anna Bishop
8th grader Julien Leitner featured in Oregonian article
Creative writing teacher Carl Adamshick wins Oregon Book Award for poetry
CG named U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School – read the story and watch TV news clip
Scroll down to watch KGW-TV news story featuring Catlin Gabel
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, together with White House Council on Environmental Quality chair Nancy Sutley and Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa Jackson, announced today that Catlin Gabel School, in Portland, Oregon, is among 78 schools named U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools. Oregon is among 29 states and D.C. with schools receiving the first-ever awards.
Four schools in Oregon received the award. In addition to Catlin Gabel, Portland’s Sunnyside Environmental School, Willamina Elementary School, and Gladstone High School were honored.
Catlin Gabel’s focus on sustainability extends from the classroom to its grounds and facilities. The school has had an aim since 2007 of generating zero waste, and every year has brought new initiatives—including a school garden and extensive composting—that has brought it closer to that goal.
“Science and environmental education play a central role in providing children with a well-rounded education that prepares them for the jobs of the future,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. “Green Ribbon Schools demonstrate compelling examples of the ways schools can expand their coursework while also helping children build real world skill sets, cut school costs, and provide healthy learning environments.”
U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools is a federal recognition program that opened in September 2011. Honored schools exercise a comprehensive approach to creating “green” environments through reducing environmental impact, promoting health, and ensuring a high-quality environmental and outdoor education to prepare students with the 21st-century skills and sustainability concepts needed in the growing global economy.
The 78 awarded schools were named winners of this one-year recognition from among nearly 100 nominees submitted by 30 state education agencies, the District of Columbia and the Bureau of Indian Education. More than 350 schools completed applications to their state education agencies. Among the list of winners are 66 public schools including 8 charters, and 12 private schools composed of 43 elementary, 31 middle and 26 high schools with around 50 percent representing high poverty schools.
Chris Skrapits selected assistant coach of the year
The Oregon Athletic Coaches Association has selected eighth grade science teacher and ace cross-country coach Chris Skrapits as the assistant coach of the year in Oregon for all sports categories in the 3A classification.
PE teacher and coach John Hamilton submitted this nomination:
Chris came to Catlin Gabel in 1996. He had been a cross-country runner during high school and college. Not long after starting to work on our campus he connected with me to see if he could participate in our team workouts. He became a frequent participant in many of our on campus sessions, and eventually began to join us for trail runs.
In 2004 we lost our assistant coach, and invited Chris to become an official part of our program. He was more than ready, and eagerly accepted the offer. Having him become a permanent member of our [coaching] staff has proved to be a huge boost to the program on many levels. He helps me organize the overview of the full season training schedule. He in charge of all our team warm-up drills prior to all training and racing sessions. This means his voice is the only one that the racers hear as they enter the chute on race day. He has continued to be an active participant in most of our training sessions and leads all the abdominal work at the end of each training session. I will ask him to step out of a session when I need his help with timing, or watching for form and tactical adjustments we might want to make. The entire team loves the energy, enthusiasm, knowledge, experience, and the joy he brings to the team.
During the eight years Chris has been with the team we have grown from 24 participants to 38, a 55% increase. More than 14% of Upper School students are on the cross-country team. During Chris’ tenure as assistant coach, the program has achieved a level of success that we had never before experienced. The team won seven out of eight district titles. Racing in Eugene at LCC, the Catlin Gabel team has finished in the top two for consecutive years, runners-up four times, and state champions four times.
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