Beginning School Buzz
Calendar
February
17 Re-enrollment contracts due
20 No classes, President's Day
21 Creativity Panel - Cabell Center, 7:00-9:00 pm
24 Student only Friday Sing
* 24 - No Preschool classes- Admissions Day (Kindergarten in session)
24 Viewfinder Global Film Series 6:30 Vollum Humanities Bldg.
March
3 - Gambol auction at the Governor Hotel
* 8-9 - No classes, Parent-Teacher conferences
26-30 - Spring Break - no classes
April
2 - Classes resume
Hannah's Headline
Why should you attend the creativity panel discussion?
Our children’s futures depend on creativity. New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman writes, “Creativity is as important in education as literacy and we should treat it with the same status.”
Join Lark Palma and our distinguished guests for the “Let Creativity Bloom” panel discussion presented by the Esther Dayman Strong Lectureship in the Humanities. Tuesday, February 21, 7:00 p.m., Cabell Center Theater.
http://www.catlin.edu/event/let-creativity-bloom-panel-discussion
News from Jonathan
Dear Parents:
“In life, a person will come and go from many homes. We may leave a house, a town, a room, but that does not mean those places leave us. Once entered, we never entirely depart the homes we make for ourselves in the world. They follow us, like shadows, until we come upon them again, waiting for us in the mist.” – Ari Berk
It is with heavy heart that I say goodbye to the Catlin Gabel community following the completion of this year. I have had such a wonderful experience here and continue to be amazed at the sense of passion, joy of learning, and love in this community. Everyone has been warm and accepting, and I will always be grateful for the experiences I have had here. I want to thank you for your support, love, and willingness to allow me to be a part of your children’s lives and the wonderful work happening here at Catlin Gabel.
I am looking forward to the next chapter of my career as I enter into private practice full time working with children and adults. I am also looking forward to the flexibility of a new schedule where I can walk my own children to school and pick them up when the day is done. These are important times in their development and I find it essential to be available for them. I look forward to when we meet again.
Sincerely,
Jonathan K. Weedman
Parents invited to Diversity Conference keynote speech by Derrick Gay
All Catlin Gabel parents are encouraged to attend the Upper School Diversity Conference keynote speech by Derrick Gay on Thursday, February 23. The PFA is hosting a parent coffee from 8 to 9 a.m. in the Cabell Center lobby, and Gay will speak from 9 to 10 a.m. on “Altogether Different: Leveraging Difference as a Source of Strength.” A day of diversity workshops for students will follow the lecture.
You don’t want to miss this...
Buy your tickets by Friday and SAVE… Ticket prices increase by $25 per ticket on Saturday, February 18.
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Tickets are available online at www.catlin.edu
We gratefully acknowledge our presenting sponsor - Sondland Durant Foundation
Viewfinder next Friday, 2/24 at 6:30 pm
Great films on the topic of Sustainability.
US and MS students will love I Am, a documentary attempting to address the question: what is wrong with our world and what can we do about it? from director Tom Shadyac (Ace Ventura, The Nutty Professor and Bruce Almighty)
Outdoor enthusiasts will love Man vs Volcano, a documentary about the volatile interface of politics and environmental science.
Linguists and cultural anthropologists will appreciate Everlasting Moments, a documentary filmed in Taiwan and the first known film produced in the indigenous Atyal language.
Most films are suitable for children 10 and up. There is not a film title for our youngest audience group this month, but we will have childcare as usual with a repeat of a young audience title from previous Viewfinders to enjoy.
Trailers here:
http://www.catlin.edu/global-education/viewfinder-global-film-series/2011-12-films
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