Every year, families around the nation celebrate a spooky holiday by carving pumpkins, dressing up in their most terrifying costumes, and trick-or-treating. But with a global pandemic looming overhead, this year's Halloween was more trick than treat.
Read MoreAt Catlin Gabel School (CGS), the student-led Anti Racist Collective (ARC) is the newest facet of the school’s progress towards antiracism.
Read MoreWe’ve all been subject to a three-year-old who believes that they can get away with sneaking a cookie, even when their hands and mouth are littered with crumbs. “I didn’t take the cookie,” they swear. “I was in my room the entire time!” Parents are typically angry and disappointed in their young children, reprimanding them and promising harsher punishment the next time they would dare to lie. However, the majority of kids continue to do so.
Read MoreWith classes functioning completely online since the start of the school year, many students at Catlin Gabel School (CGS) are already experiencing Zoom fatigue or Zoom burnout, that feeling that students can’t possibly continue going about school this way. The symptoms include lack of motivation, headaches, extreme drowsiness, depression, and anxiety or higher levels of stress. All of these symptoms can have a negative on students' overall mental health.
Read MoreSince the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Portland Public Schools (PPS) has worked to find ways to provide meals to those students who need them. Many students who attend public schools rely on the school for meals during the week.
Read MoreOn Sept. 10, in response to our nation's recent and powerful outcry for racial justice, Catlin Gabel School (CGS) Head Tim Bazemore, sent out a schoolwide email containing a statement and draft for potential plans to make CGS an antiracist institution.
Read MoreAs the 2019-20 school year came to a close in early June, the world around us erupted in every way possible. One of the leading forces of this eruption was the resurgence of Black Lives Matter protests due to the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. (May they rest in power.) Determined and concerned Catlin Gabel School (CGS) students joined forces to combat racism and created a new student group called the Anti-Racist Collective, or ARC.
Read MoreAlthough the logistics of getting to and from the mountain might prove troublesome for winter sports athletes during the COVID-19 pandemic, some Catlin Gabel School (CGS) skiers remain optimistic about hitting the slopes this year.
Read MoreGiven the remote shift to the beginning of the school year, ninth graders face new challenges of immersing themselves into a new community.
Read MoreSince the start of remote learning and the COVID-19 pandemic at Catlin Gabel School (CGS), 13 more students have required financial aid for tuition, and 35 students who were already in the financial aid program needed additional help.
Read MoreAs Catlin Gabel School (CGS) endures the struggles of remote learning, work on the newly acquired Oregon College of Art and Craft (OCAC) campus has slowed.
Read MoreCatlin Gabel School’s (CGS) first ever Hispanic Affinity Group for the Upper School (US) will meet this year during the remote learning period.
Read MoreCatlin Gabel School (CGS) seniors describe their unique struggles with Zoom, between applying to college and missing out on senior perks.
Read MoreCOVID-19 has changed many people’s lives. Online learning has been a challenge for everyone involved, for both students and teachers. Lots of focus in the Upper School has been on juniors’ rescheduled SATs and seniors’ changed graduation plans.
Read MoreAfter reflecting on my own experience and interviewing students its clear that many students of color feel dismissed and labeled as "other" in a community that prides itself on inclusion. Stay tuned till the end for a reading of poem "Eggshells! Poster Child?”
Read MoreAt the Catlin Gabel School (CGS), the Jazz Band is offered multiple significant privileges which are not offered to the Rock Band.
Read MoreBrandon Woods, the Dean of Students of the Upper School (US), will be leaving at the end of the school year to return to The Latin School of Chicago as an Upper School English teacher and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Curriculum Coordinator.
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