China-based app TikTok has been under national security review concerning Chinese intelligence abroad. Security experts say that the app could be storing data on millions of American citizens.
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Food can hold both positive and negative associations. Food can be both affirming and constraining, especially for people from immigrant families. CGS social studies teacher Maureen Reed teaches a class called “American Identity, Culture, and Food” and explores topics of food in the context of culture.
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On Oct. 8, 2019, the American College Testing (ACT) announced that it would allow a new option for students who plan to take the ACT from September 2020 onwards. Some of these new changes will allow for section retesting, super scoring, and faster results with online testing.
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“Where do you go to school?”
“Catlin Gabel.”
“Catlin Gabel?! Really? What’s going on up there? Are you okay?”
“I’m fine. Why are you freaking out?”
“Well, the headlines…”
These are the types of conversations many Catlin Gabel School (CGS) students have encountered with people outside of the school community since the Oregonian’s reporting of the findings of the sexual misconduct investigation.
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From building forts in the library as a first grader to leading students through the basics of cooking as a junior, Experiential Days, Breakaway, and Winterim have always been a bright light in my experience at Catlin Gabel School (CGS).
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“I believe you.” It is a powerful phrase tied to the #MeToo movement often criticized for an instant condemnation of alleged perpetrators of sexual violence and harassment. However, the system in which we hold those who perpetrate these crimes is set up against the very people who come forward. Saying “I believe you” doesn’t mean that we disapprove of healthy skepticism or that we condone the instant condemnation of perpetrators, but with a history of denying survivors the right to tell their stories, empowering them is a step towards justice.
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It's commonly known that the Upper School (US) at Catlin Gabel School (CGS) is stressful. But more importantly, CGS is a stress-inducing environment. When I walk on campus, I often can feel a change in the energy; the stress is palatable. My heart rate will start to rise, I notice myself fidgeting, and a restless feeling is inescapable.
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At a school where the academic workload is heavy and days can go on forever, some students take on the additional challenge of working a job. While this endeavor presents unique opportunities to enter the workforce and develop connections, it can put a lot of strain on students who must also keep up with schoolwork.
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There are no football teams for Catlin Gabel School (CGS) students to cheer on, no graduations with students wearing matching cap and gowns, and no homecoming kings and queens. Instead, CGS students do things in their own unique way. They square dance with their entire grade, play paintball with their teachers, and take an entire day off from classes to clean up their campus. Current students and alumni partake in some of the same traditions that many of their parents and relatives partook in during their time at CGS.
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Nationwide, most private schools are in agreement that community engagement should be a part of the high school experience. A community engagement program can result in many benefits to students, including the following: cultivating compassion, developing a sense of social justice, self-discovery, encouraging civic and social responsibility, and learning about challenges facing local communities such as poverty, hunger, lack of quality education, and homelessness, among others.
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Twice a year at Catlin Gabel School [CGS], students receive narrative reports with an overview of their progress in each class. At the end of each overview, students can find the grade achieved in the course. Instead of a traditional letter grade, CGS utilizes alternative grading methods, opting for verbal equivalents.
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The Diversity Summit is an annual conference that takes place here at Catlin Gabel School (CGS). At this conference, CGS hosts around 150 students from other schools in addition to their current student bodies to alk about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. The summit usually includes keynote speakers, workshops, affinity groups, and performances. I wanted to look further into what students think of the summit, and more importantly what critiques they have of it.
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“Aaaaahhhhhh!” shrieks Catlin Gabel School (CGS) ninth grader Dylan Beckett, who plays Pugsley Addams, strapped to a torture device.
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I am quiet. I like to think before I speak. I prefer having few but strong friendships. I start to feel drained in a crowded, noisy room. I love to hang out with my friends, but I need to take some time alone to recharge.
I am an introvert.
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Age demographics are often seen in nationwide polls: 18 to 29-year-olds, 30 to 49-year-olds, 50 to 64-year-olds, and 65 years and above. But getting a grasp on what high schoolers think is a far more difficult and subjective process. They aren’t included in these polls.
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Most Catlin Gabel School (CGS) students benefit from systems of power, and students could leave the institution furthering social inequities without proper education about their privilege.
Read MoreFreedom of speech is something hotly debated and contested in today’s socialsphere. However, not many people have talked about how school administrations limit freedom of speech for their students.
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The 17 steps up to Dant 10 proved to be a Herculean task as I tried to crutch my way into the classroom before Dave Whitson, the Palma Scholars Program Director, could spew his infamous line: “You’re 15 seconds late.”
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