Middle School Basketball

7^th & 8^th grade basketball is just around the corner. Please note that the entire basketball practice schedule is posted on the school’s website on the Middle School page. Games do not begin until January. The game schedule is located on the main home page – go to Quick Links and scroll to Team Schedules, then locate your team.

 

Tryouts will start on Monday, December 5. To this end, we will be creating two teams for boys and girls. A Blue and a White. The Blue team will be open to more experienced and skilled players. The White team will be for the less experienced players. Teams will practice together and be placed appropriately into league play.

 

 

Girls White – Jessica McGrory

Girls Blue – Carrie Blank

 

Boys White – David Long

Boys Blue – Deonte Huff

 

Remember, 6^th grade basketball is a late season commencing in February.

 

Please feel free to contact Len Carr should you have any questions at Carrl@catlin.edu

 

 

The Middle School Rock Climbing Club is coming back in the New Year! The club will head to the Circuit Bouldering Gym on SW Macadam on Thursday afternoons. The bus will leave directly after school and will return by 6pm. The first session will be on Jan. 5^th and the club will run every Thursday until Feb. 16^th.  The estimated cost of participating is $90, which includes shoe rentals. 

 

Climbing is a fun physical and mental challenge.  This program is an after-school club designed to help students learn about the technique, movement, and fun of the sport of rock climbing. This course is open to all MS students, regardless of experience level.  The club will be limited to the first 18 students who sign up! Although the sport encourages individual efforts, students will support and encourage each other in a team environment. Catlin Gabel, under the leadership of David Reich will provide transportation, instruction, logistics, and inspiration. Other adult chaperones will accompany the group each session. Please email David Reich (reichd@catlin.edu) to sign up for this great experience.

 

 

 

Head of school Lark Palma and student body president James Furnary ’12 talk about the importance of supporting our school. Check out the video conversation at http://www.catlin.edu/news/upper-school/catlin-gabel-video-conversations-2

 

I write with a special opportunity to host Catlin Gabel's Costa Rican exchange student, Nimsi.

 

Nimsi is here as a 10th grader for the 2011-2012 academic year from the Cloud Forest School in Monteverde, Costa Rica.  She is bilingual in English and Spanish, and loves spending time with other kids – especially helping with Spanish. She is a 15–year old dynamo, who is soaking up every moment of her year so far.  She's just finished a great fall soccer season and will likely not participate in winter sports.

 

Please, contact Spencer White directly if you are interested in inviting Nimsi into your home.  

 

 

What better way to ring in the holiday season than to snuggle around and watch menacing 120-pound student-built robots fling and shove defenseless stuffed bunnies? The FIRST robotics game this year is a demented mash-up of capture the flag and Nerf dart tag. Fun for the whole family. 

 

The BunnyBot scrimmage offers an opportunity for Oregon teams to bring new members up to speed before the intensity of the January and February build season sets in. The BunnyBot event is open to the public from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 17, in covered tennis courts 1 and 2.

 

The rules and video from last year are at http://www.oregonfirst.org/events/bunnybot/bunnybot-2011/.

 

Photos from last year are at http://picasaweb.google.com/106999374581443680286/2010BunnyBot?gsessionid=bacaDNm_ZOnP4m7cx5Ri7A

 

Bunnies needed

The Upper School robotics team seeks stuffed bunnies for the BunnyBot competition. The bunnies need to measure between 9 and 12 inches tall (ears not included). Bring your donation to the Nutshell or Outback robotics labs after school. If you have any questions, please email Dale Yocum, Robotics Program Director.

The mountain snow is flying and that means the Catlin Gabel Ski Program is starting to crank up. The Ski Program has been running for well over 40 years and this season looks like another great one. Catlin Gabel’s Ski program is now ready for sign-ups online through Mt. Hood Meadows - the 6-week package would make a great holiday gift! Catlin Gabel faculty and staff will drive Catlin Gabel buses to the mountain and chaperone student participants while on the mountain for a fee paid directly to the Catlin Gabel program. This program is available to 5^th through 12^th graders, with grades 5^th through 8^th being required by Mt Hood Meadows to sign up for lessons. The dates for this year include six Saturdays from February 4^th through March 10^th. While Meadow’s fees have gone up, the school’s transportation/chaperone fee remain the same.  Please note that financial aid is available and readily awarded through the ski bus program. Please check the Catlin Gabel website for forms and links, or contact Group Organizer Kathy Sloan (who doubles as a math teacher in the upper school) at sloank@catlin.edu for more information. Middle School participants should feel free to contact Len Carr or Chris Bell with questions, and Peggy McDonnell is the 5^th grade contact. 

 

 

We are pleased to announce that plans for the 2012 Gambol are well under way. This year’s event will be a wonderful blend of philanthropy and party with a new format that reduces seat time and increases FUN.

 

Inspired by community feedback from auctions past, the 2012 event has been re-imagined as an evening that supports Catlin Gabel’s innovative faculty and remarkable financial aid program, while also celebrating the vibrant community that makes the school unique.

 

We hope you join us on Saturday, March 3, for the main event, and participate in the process. We welcome and appreciate your contribution in any form. If you are interested in donating an auction item please see our wish list for ideas, or go freestyle and come up with your own (visit http://www.catlin.edu/giving/gambol). Please contact Kecia Welt (weltk@catlin.edu) to volunteer or find out about advertising and sponsorship opportunities.

 

We look forward to working with all of you in the coming months to create a festive evening of celebration and community.

 

Join us on Saturday, March 3, at the Governor Hotel for a new kind of Gambol.

 

When school does not open in the morning or opens late due to inclement weather, we notify the media before 6:45 a.m. and the School website is updated. 

 

We do not notify the media when school runs on a normal schedule.

 

We will post a newsflash on the website alerting families that we are open when conditions are uncertain.

 

The School avoids mid-day weather closures whenever possible.

 

Catlin Gabel does not necessarily follow the decisions made by Portland Public or Beaverton schools because our students come from a wide geographic area.

 

Eric Shawn, plant manager, and Lark make the decision to close school or delay opening based on conditions on campus and throughout the Metro area.

 

Personal decisions
The safety of students is our primary concern. Parents should make personal weather-related safety decisions for their families. If it does not seem safe where you are, keep your children at home. If conditions deteriorate in your neighborhood during the day, you may pick up your children early (making sure to notify the division administrative assistant).

 

Snow day Bus service
Sometimes school is in session, but bus service is canceled because of inclement weather. A message is posted on the website as early as the decision is made. If buses are canceled in the morning, they are also canceled for the afternoon regardless of weather conditions.