DateIssue
Calendar
(Athletics Schedule Available Here)
April
Directors' Festival of One-Acts
Friday, April 30, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 1, 7:30 p.m.
May
Spring Festival
Sunday, May 2nd, Noon-4 p.m.
Creative Writing Assembly
Thursday, May 6th, 10:40-11:40 a.m.
Senior Projects Begin
Friday, May 7th
Homework-Free Weekend
Friday, May 7th - Sunday, May 9th
Prom
Saturday, May 8th
And just a reminder for all days of the week ~ please feel free to leave messages, day or night, about your child's attendance. Contact Molly Grove, Upper School Administrative Assistant, 503-297-1894, ext. 315. Thanks
Michael Heath
Cuddly pranks and conga lines
Dear Families
This past Thursday, as we left assembly, we were greeted by the unexpected sound of goat bleats. As students rounded the corner on the Upper School quad, they were astonished to see a petting zoo had sprung up in the previous hour. An alpaca named Humphrey quietly munched hay while rabbits, chickens, and baby goats cavorted under a tent, all organized and set up by our soon-to-graduate senior class. Once the animals were situated, our seniors travelled to the Beginning and Lower schools to invite their preschool, kindergarten, and first-grade friends to come visit the newly created zoo. Here was their senior prank—setting a new standard for the tradition. In planning their prank, our soon-to-depart seniors asked themselves: How could we take the convention of a senior prank and turn it into an exercise in community-building? How could we take desire for mischief and channel it toward a gift of generosity? The entire school was charmed and impressed by their thoughtfulness, and it really highlighted the mixture of sadness and excitement we feel as this class moves towards their off-campus senior projects and graduation. Read a full report from the seniors and see a slideshow of their “prank” here.
There have been so many events in the past few weeks that it is hard to highlight just one. Last Friday’s Diversity Conference was an incredible success. The conference featured performances from the Botswanan Maru-a-Pula marimba band, the Jefferson Dancers, and workshops as diverse as “Homeless Youth & Education” and “Comparative Fairy Tales and Mythology.” A highlight of the day for many was the enormous potluck in the Barn when students and faculty came together around hundreds of homemade dishes highlighting the diversity of cultures in our community. Later that evening, 90 people came to campus for the penultimate Viewfinder Global Film Series and take in a performance from MAP marimba band. See the conga line in action and consider coming to the last Viewfinders next Friday as they wrap up this wildly successful film series for the year.
We are lucky to have such a rich calendar of events, continuing tonight with the Director’s Festival of One-Acts and the Spring Festival on Sunday, we hope to see you there.
With kind regards,
Michael
Time Sensitive Graduation Information for Senior Parents
We are ready to formally put out the good word about graduation. Here is everything you need to know for your Class of 2010 graduation invitations and announcements!
Invitations
As you are probably aware, the number of people able to attend each graduation is necessarily limited by the capacity of the Cabell Center. Each senior may have 6 guests attend the ceremony. In other words, 6 invitations or seats are allotted to each graduating student. Invitations are cream colored with black ink and the cover will display a piece of student art selected by the Senior Art Seminar. There is no charge for these. Invitations will be ready for pick-up Friday, May 7 beginning at 12:30 pm.
What to do if you hope to include more than 6 guests at graduation? Please go to the ticket exchange forum on the Catlin website
: http://www.catlin.edu/forums/ticket-exchange. Some families will not have 6 guests attending and can allocate those extra seats to a family needing more than 6 seats at the ceremony. Year-in and year-out this informal trade system has worked and we count on the good support and communication among our seniors’ families to ensure everyone ends up with the invitations they need for graduation attendees.
Announcements - Order Deadline this Monday
You may order as many announcements as you would like. Announcements share the news of graduation to family and friends who will not attend the graduation ceremony. Announcements, also cream colored with black ink, cost $1 each and are charged directly to a student’s CG account. The cover of the announcement will display the school logo. The inside of the card will read: “The Catlin Gabel Class of 2010 proudly announces its graduation from high school June 12, 2010.” There will be two small cuts into which a card with your student’s name can be placed.
In order for you to receive enough announcements to meet your needs, please:
- decide exactly how you would like your senior’s name to appear on the name card to be enclosed with each announcement.
- decide how many announcements you would like to buy at $1 each. Please note: due to printing processes, we are only able to order name plates in blocks of ten. We will round up orders that are not in multiples of ten.
If you wish to order announcements, please email
Molly Grove with:
- the number of announcements (and name cards) you would like to order (remember, multiples of ten, please!) and
- the spelling of your senior’s name exactly as you would like it to appear on the name card.
For example: “We’d like to order 40 announcements for Molly and we’d like her name to read “Margaret Grove.”
Both invitations and announcements come with envelopes.
The printer needs our completed announcements order by next Monday, May 3, at 5 pm. Therefore, if you are ordering announcements, you must email your order by Monday at 3:00 pm. Orders placed after that may not be filled. Announcement cards and the student name inserts will also be ready for pick-up Friday, May 7, beginning at 12:30 pm.
Directors' Festival of One-Acts
Friday and Saturday in Cabell Center at 7:30pm
Come see student-produced shows directed by Michelle Peretz, MK Otlhogile, Josh Langfus, Julianne Johnson, Ilana Cohen, and Maggie McCarron as well as the work of Acting and Stagecraft classes!
The one-acts include 'dentity Crisis, The Big Black Box, Sorry, Auditions for God, A Night on the Town with Jerry and Louise, Overheard, and II Fornicazione.
The shows are most appropriate for ages 12 and up, but the first half of the evening is accessible to younger audiences.
Students $5. Adults $7.
Catlin Green Gabels Spring Festival 2010
Sunday, May 2nd, Noon – 4 p.m.
This year we are in for a treat! You won’t want to miss this exciting carnival that honors Catlin Gabel’s emphasis on sustainability. The Beehive parade kicks off the event, followed by the traditional first grade maypole dance, and Lower School musical performances in the Barn.
•Dunk tank • inflatable slide and bounce house •obstacle course • Upper School Jazz Band • new carnival games • Honey Hollow plant exchange and seed-planting garden • arts and crafts • Balloonist • Farmer’s Market (new this year) • Cooking demos.
Food selections and Upper School fundraisers include a fantastic barbecue hosted by Catlin’s Barbeque Society, Pizza Schmizza pizza, Pepino’s burritos, cotton candy, Hawaiian shaved ice, Italian sodas, coffee, bottled drinks and other treats. Vegetarian options will be available.
Honey Hollow Horticulture Plant Exchange
Are you digging and dividing? Bring your extra plants in pots or containers to school the week before Spring Festival for exchange at the Honey Hollow plant tent at the event. Drop off your contributions in front of the Cabell Center Theater. Please label all plants.
New this year — Hen’s Farmers’ Market –
Come and pick up some yummy produce to take home with you. Meet some of the farmers that supply Catlin with healthy veggies. Cooking demos and samples will be offered.
Upper School Art Show
May 5th, 5 - 6 p.m. in Cabell
Please join the Upper School Art Department for an exciting review of student work from the year. The show features work from Draw/Paint, Honors Art Seminar, Ceramics, Woodshop, Graphic Design, Media Arts, and Genres classes and is a truly exceptional display of the creativity and talent of the US student body.
Upper School Baking Club Cookbook Available
If you like dessert, then rejoice! The Baking Club will be selling a cookbook with all the recipes we have made this year. Remember the Fudgy Oat Squares, the S’mores Bars, or those excellent brownies? With our cookbook, you can make them all yourself! Additionally, the book will feature many of the recipes from the All-School Pie-Off, including Sylvia Stater’s winning French Apple Tart! Books will cost $7.50. To order a copy, please send an email to Margaret Clement at
clementm@catlin.edu. Please email us as soon as possible so we know how many books to order. Thank you! ~The Baking Club
Viewfinder Global Film Series
Global Education through film continues with a focus on the Middle East and Nepal
Friday, May 7, 6:30 p.m.
Children of Jerusalem (young audience)
This collection of films profiles the daily lives of five children living in Jerusalem.
Promises
Several Jewish and Palestinian children are followed for three years and put in touch with each other.
Ujeli: Child Bride in Nepal
Against the advice of her teacher and doctor, who warn of the dangers of early child bearing, Ujeli's parents arrange for her to be married.
Hosts: Paul Andrichuk, David Ellenberg, Mark Lawton, Paul Monheimer, Laurie Carlyon-Ward
Garden Club Seeks Volunteers
Help expand the Middle School garden!
The Catlin Gabel School community garden behind the Middle School is expanding by eleven more raised beds this spring and summer. This will bring our total up to seventeen beds. In preparation for this expansion, the Garden Club is earnestly seeking volunteers to help them for an hour with the following tasks: stripping sod, digging in drainage and irrigation, and laying drain rock, cloth barrier, and cedar chips. Let’s channel some of that Rummage Volunteer spirit! Together we can do this. The finished product will be a beautiful educational, community space. Students, teachers, staff, and Catlin Gabel community members will visit the garden to raise food for the Barn, to learn art and science, and to enjoy a place of peace and relaxation. Please volunteer an hour of your time to help make our dream a reality. We need your help between May 6 – May 15.
Sign up for volunteer shifts here. You will find hour-long volunteer shifts on different days. Thank you very much!
Thursday, May 6, 3:00 – 7:00 PM Cut & Stack Sod
Monday, May 10, 3:00 – 7:00 PM Drainage & Irrigation
Tuesday, May 11, 3:00 – 7:00 PM Drainage & Irrigation
Thursday, May 13, 3:00 – 7:00 PM Spreading Drain Rock
Friday, May 14, 3:00 – 7:00 PM Spreading Drain Rock
Saturday, May 15, 9:00 - Noon Cloth Barrier & Cedar Chips
