A brief history of Catlin Gabel School and its traditions
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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Out of the classroom and into the kitchen
Have you ever wondered if faculty have talents outside of teaching? Well, it turns out some of them are pretty good home cooks. Below you can enjoy short profiles and signature recipes from Rick White, Kenny Nguyen, Bill Ouellette, and Blythe Butler.
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“The Office” is a shining example of cringe comedy done right
On March 24, 2005, NBC aired the pilot episode to “The Office.” The sitcom would run for nine seasons with the finale airing on May 16, 2013.
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A preview of this year’s production of “The Addams Family”
“Aaaaahhhhhh!” shrieks Catlin Gabel School (CGS) ninth grader Dylan Beckett, who plays Pugsley Addams, strapped to a torture device.
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A look into Portland’s house show culture
On Saturday, Jan. 22, 2020, about 30 teenagers huddled in Elsa Norling’s basement in northeast Portland, Ore., awaiting local artists Dial Carlos, Zoid, Paris, and Likethehighway.
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Country music, take me home
In the United States, we have a kind of music that, along with blues and jazz, is uniquely American. In country music, America is a wasteland and a sweet home, and Americans themselves are cowboys, honkey tonk guitar players, lady mule skinners, and families with a fast knowledge of “old world” ballads.
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Reflections on the School Chapter’s relevance today as an evolving tradition
The words passed easily over my lips as I prompted my brother Lucas with another line of 1 Corinthians 13. Like so many Catlin Gabel School (CGS) students before him, he stood before me, nervously practicing his first recitation for his ninth grade English class. He didn’t know that this would be his first and only recitation with a religious context.
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The ups and downs of Portland’s food cart pods
“We got known as a place to go to get incredible food...We created a buzz that literally didn't just happen here; it happened world wide,” said local food cart expert Scott Bachelar, who is known as the “Mayor of Food Cart Town.”
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The evolution of memes
Memes have woven themselves into popular culture, but where did they come from, and what makes a meme a meme?
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The history of the famous red-capped Italian plumber
Nintendo successfully joined the video game world with the creation of the famous red-capped plumber, Mario. Nintendo’s most famous video game character, first appeared in their arcade game Donkey Kong in 1981 as a carpenter named “Jumpman.”
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Dave Whitson walks 7000 miles across the United States
Dave Whitson has taken a yearlong sabbatical from Catlin Gabel School (CGS) to walk the American Discovery Trail (ADT), which was the first coast-to-coast walking route across the United States and spans over 7000 miles.
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Historic Hayward Field’s Remodel
Historic Hayward Field, longtime home of the Oregon Ducks Track and Field program, is currently under construction.
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Yerba Mate potentially linked to cancer
Research has shown that high levels of yerba mate consumption may be linked to cancer, potentially causing concerns for the many Catlin Gabel School students who regularly enjoy Guayaki yerba mate, a specific brand of tea commonly found in the United States.
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Kofi's Wandering Journey Towards Home
“I decided on moving to Portland before I had a job lined up. So it was the place before the job.” Kofi Obeng is Catlin’s Coordinator of Multicultural Programs and Youth Partnerships. He moved to Portland a few years ago, and has since been working with Portland youth through Catlin and the CENTER.
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Zeng Yang’s Journey Through Wushu from Fear to Career
It’s a chilly winter evening in Portland. Zeng Yang half-kneels before a student, no taller than four feet and no older than nine years of age. Inside the warehouse converted gym, the student wears a red belt over the uniform of white pants and a tucked purple t-shirt. Even as he kneels, Zeng is about the same height as the student.
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The Liminality of Home
“I don't think I have a home anymore,” says forty-four-year-old Mini Sharma Ogle who lives in Portland, Oregon with her two young children, husband, and parents.
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Sorting Life Out by Online Quizzes and Major Surgery
He waves his wand and shouts expelliarmus from the top of the stairs as I walk in. I hear a crash as a book goes flying from his mom’s hand through the air. “Mom, be nice to the books!” he reminds her with a tone of excited authority – ironic coming from an eight-year-old to his author mom.
“Woah!” I exclaim with mock amazement.
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The Importance of Dawson Park to the Community
Our goal of going down to Dawson Park was to ask a wide variety of visitors about this park. We asked them, “What does this park mean to you? What memories do you have of this park? What do you think about calling parts of this park ‘kid-friendly’ and ‘sketchy’?”
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