February 10, 2012Volume 3, Issue 11
Calendar
Wednesday, February 15
PFA parent meeting
8:30 to 10:00 am
Gerlinger
Friday, February 17
Re-enrollment contracts due
Admissons Office
Friday, February 17
Saturday, February 18
US winter play
Cabell Center Theater
Monday, February 20
Presidents' Day -- no classes & offices closed
Tuesday, February 21
Let Creativity Bloom panel discussion
7:00 pm
Cabell Center Theater
Thursday, February 23
Upper School Diversity Conference
8:00 to 3:00 pm
Friday, February 24
Viewfinder Film Series
6:30 to 9:30 pm
Friday, February 24
Saturday, February 25
US winter play (second showing)
7:30 pm (updated time)
Cabell Center Theater
Saturday, March 3
Gambol auction
5:00 pm -- silent auction items
5:30 pm -- general admission
Governor Hotel
Tuesday, March 13
US spring concert
7:30 pm
Cabell Center Theater
March 19 to March 22
US Winterim week
Bus service Monday only
Friday, March 23
Faculty planning day -- no classes
March 24 to April 1
Spring break
View as a Web page
Winterim placements announced
All Upper School students received e-mails today, sharing their Winterim assignments. Everybody was placed in one of his or her top five choices. Please understand that we will not be able to make any changes to student placements, unless they are due to family emergencies or other exceptional circumstances.
If you have any questions about Winterim, please contact Jessica Marlitt or Dan Griffiths.
Gambol 2012
February parent community meeting
Wednesday, February 15
8:30 - 10:00 am
Gerlinger
The February community meeting for parents has been moved from Thursday to Wednesday because the Middle School does not have classes on Thursday.
Knight Family Scholars Program director Chad Faber and PLACE director George Zaninovich will present. Chad will outline his vision for the Knight program and talk about this year’s recruitment efforts. George will discuss Catlin Gabel’s urban studies program and other student projects.
This meeting is sponsored by the PFA.
Let Creativity Bloom: Panel discussion
Tuesday, February 21
7:00 pm
Cabell Center Theater
Seven panelists whose careers have been enhanced by their creative powers will discuss the central role of creativity on Tuesday, February 21. The event, this year’s Esther Dayman Strong Lecture, is free and open to the public. The panel discussion honors the late Joan Shipley, a former Catlin Gabel staff member and parent of alumni, who was an ardent supporter of the arts.
THE PANEL
The Esther Dayman Strong Lectureship in the Humanities was created in 1987 by the Catlin Gabel School board of trustees to honor Strong, who was principal of the Catlin-Hillside School from 1944 to 1958. The board wished to establish a living memorial to the human and academic values Esther Dayman Strong nurtured throughout her life, as well as her legacy of lifelong learning.
Submit a senior page to the yearbook!
All submissions due Saturday, March 31
As you may know, the Catlin Gabel yearbook offers parents the chance to make "senior pages" dedicated to individual seniors and/or the graduating class. Proceeds go to yearbook publication. The prices for senior dedication pages this year are as follows:
Full page (8 x 11 inches): $ 225
Half page (8 x 5 inches): $ 125
If you would like to contribute a senior page, please save your file as a TIFF, JPEG, or PDF document and upload it here, with your student's first and last name as the file name. Alternately, you may save your file to a CD (clearly marked "Student Name -- Senior Page") and leave it at the Upper School office.
If you prefer to create your page by hand, you may mail it to us for scanning -- but please do this early. All senior pages are due Saturday, March 31, but earlier submissions are appreciated.
Please contact Glenn Burnett with questions.
2012-13 calendar highlights
Upper School orientations, book pickup, etc.
(specific grade-level dates and times to follow)
Tuesday, September 4, and Wednesday, September 5
Upper School classes begin
Thursday, September 6
Thanksgiving break
Wednesday, November 21 - Sunday, November 25
Winter break
Saturday, December 15 - Tuesday, January 1
Classes resume
Wednesday, January 2
Martin Luther King Jr. Day - no classes
Monday, January 21
Presidents' Day - no classes
Monday, February 18
Spring break
Friday, March 22 – Sunday, March 31
Memorial Day – no classes
Monday, May 27
Last day of classes
Friday, June 14
Graduation
Saturday, June 15
Reserved days for closure make-up (if we have three or more unplanned closures)
June 17 – 19
Digital equipment drive
Support media arts in Nepal!
Have you upgraded your digital still or video camera recently? Do you have weird cables lying around that you can't identify?
The Upper School Nepal trip group is doing an electronics drive to bring media production supplies to a not-for-profit media arts center in Nepal. We will be collaborating with Sattya Media Arts Collective to produce films with area youth in Kathmandu and helping Sattya develop a mobile outreach media production kit to bring their services youth in remote locations. Our hope is that we can help Sattya advance their outreach and establish a deeper partnership for future Catlin Gabel global studies programs.
Please consider donating your secondhand electronics to the Nepal group. Donations can be left with Nance Leonhardt in the lower level of the Upper School Library. A collection box will be placed outside her door. Please bring all donations by March 1, 2012.
Wishlist:
DSLR cameras & lenses
Flip video cameras
External microphones
Zoom H4N audio data recorder
Final Cut Express Software (for Mac)
Adobe Premiere Software (for Mac)
Video Lunchbox
SD cards (8 GB or higher)
USB cables
Firewire cables
Camera bags
Portable/hotshoe lights
Reminders
Outdoor trip signups are open!
Attendance
Please email or call Mary Yacob at 503-297-1894, ext. 315, if your student will be absent or late. Students are responsible for completing forms for pre-planned absences for trips or sporting events. These forms are available in the Upper School office.
Assembly
Please join us in the Cabell Center for US Assembly on Thursdays from 10:40 to 11:40. Here is an update on what is coming up:
- February 16: Media Arts
- March 1: 100 Days for Seniors!
- March 8: Service Learning
- March 15: U.S. Congressman Earl Blumenauer
