Catlin Gabel School
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| Catlin Gabel School | |
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| 8825 SW Barnes Road Portland, Oregon, Washington County, 97225  United States |
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| Coordinates | 45°30′35″N 122°46′03″W / 45.509819°N 122.767373°WCoordinates: 45°30′35″N 122°46′03″W / 45.509819°N 122.767373°W |
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| Type | Independent private |
| Opened | 1957 |
| Head | Lark Palma[1] |
| Grades | Pre K-12[2] |
| Number of students | 729[3] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 8.3:1[3] |
| Campus | Suburban, 54 acres (22 ha) |
| Color(s) | Royal blue and white [1] |
| Athletics conference | OSAA Lewis & Clark League 3A-1[1] |
| Mascot | Eagles[1] |
| Accreditation(s) | NAAS[4] |
| Website | www.catlin.edu |
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Catlin Gabel School is an independent pre-K to 12 private school in Portland, Oregon, United States.
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[edit] History
The school was founded in 1957 as a result of merger between the Catlin Hillside School (founded 1911 as Miss Catlin's School, named after the founder Ruth Catlin) and the Gabel Country Day School (with roots back to 1859, named after founder Priscilla Gabel). The school had initially hoped to expand onto the Gabel school property, but lost it to eminent domain. Since the Catlin property was too small to support the school, Catlin Gabel purchased the Honey Hollow Farm in 1958, relocating the upper school there in the fall. Nine years later, the middle school relocated there, followed by the lower school a year later, in 1968. The school sold the Catlin Hillside buildings to the Portland Art Museum.
In 2005, the Malone Family Foundation endowed Catlin Gabel with a 2-million-dollar grant for financial aid under its Malone Scholars Program.[citation needed]
[edit] Students
As of the 2010-11 school year, there were 738 students.[4][3] The student body is divided into four groups: Upper School (grades 9-12), Middle School (grades 6-8), Lower School (grades 1-5), and Beginning School (pre-school through kindergarten).
[edit] Academics
Catlin Gabel has been accredited through Northwest Association of Accredited Schools since 1935.[4]
[edit] Activities
Catlin Gabel has operated a team in the FIRST Robotics Competition competition since 2005, called "The Flaming Chickens."[5]
Catlin Gabel has participated in the Oregon Mock Trial competition for the last 24 years, going to the National Competition for four of those years.[citation needed]
[edit] Sports
Catlin Gabel's traditional rival in athletics is the Oregon Episcopal School.[citation needed]. From Middle School and up, seasonal sports include soccer, cross-country, and volleyball in the fall; basketball and racquetball in the winter; and baseball, track, golf, and tennis in the spring.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Charis Wilson, 1932, writer, model for and wife of photographer Edward Weston
- Sadako Ogata, 1946, former United Nations high commissioner for refugees
- Gus Van Sant, 1971, film director
- David Bragdon, 1977, former president of Metro (regional government)
- David Shipley, 1981, deputy editorial page editor and Op-Ed editor of The New York Times
- Eric Edwards, 1971, cinematographer
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d http://www.osaa.org/schools.aspx/CatlinGabel/
- ^ "Oregon School Directory 2008-09". Oregon Department of Education. pp. 139. http://www.ode.state.or.us/pubs/directory/school-directory-september-2008.pdf. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
- ^ a b c http://nces.ed.gov/globallocator/sch_info_popup.asp?Type=Private&ID=02162831
- ^ a b c http://www.northwestaccreditation.org/schools/Oregon.pdf
- ^ http://team1540.org
