Catlin Gabel School

Catlin Gabel School
Address
8825 SW Barnes Road Portland, Oregon 97225 United States
Coordinates
Information
Type	Independent private
Opened	1957
Head	Tim Bazemore
Grades	Pre K-12
Number of students	760
Student to teacher ratio	6.3:1
Campus	suburban 63 acres (25 ha)
Color(s)	Royal blue and white
Athletics conference	OSAA Lewis & Clark League 3A-1
Mascot	Eagles
Rival	Oregon Episcopal School
Accreditation	NAAS
Newspaper	speak.catlin.edu/
Website	www.catlin.edu
300px School barn in the fall
300px The commons during a snowfall

Catlin Gabel School is an independent pre-K to 12 private school in West Haven-Syvlan, a census-designated place in Washington County and the Portland metropolitan area, in the U.S. state of Oregon.

History

With roots that go back to 1859, 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 (originating as the Portland Academy, 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 two million dollar grant for financial aid under its Malone Scholars Program.

Students

As of the 2014-15 school year, there were 760 students. The student body is divided into four groups: high school (grades 9-12), middle school (grades 6-8), elementary school (grades 1-5), and beginning school (preschool through kindergarten).

Academics

Catlin Gabel is accredited by the Northwest Association of Independent Schools (NWAIS)].

Science Research

Catlin Gabel has a long history of science research competition success. Over the years, many students have placed highly in prestigious competitions such as the Intel Science Talent Search, the Siemens Competition, the Davidson Fellows Scholarship, and the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.

Activities

Catlin Gabel has operated a team in the FIRST Robotics Competition competition since 2005, called "The Flaming Chickens."

Catlin Gabel has been a successful participant in the Oregon Mock Trial competition, and has often gone to the national competition.

Sports

Catlin Gabel's traditional rival in athletics is the Oregon Episcopal School. The middle school fields teams of soccer, volleyball, cross-country, basketball, and track. The high school competes in soccer, cross-country, basketball, baseball, track, golf, swimming, women's volleyball, and tennis.

Notable alumni

• Megan Amram, 2006, comedian and writer for Parks and Recreation
• David Bragdon, 1977, former president of Metro (regional government)
• Winslow Corbett, film and stage actress
• Roger Gantz, Portland Timbers midfielder
• Max Handelman, 1991, film producer and author
• Mayo Methot, 1919, actress and ex-wife of Humphrey Bogart
• Sadako Ogata, 1946, former United Nations high commissioner for refugees
• David Shipley, 1981, deputy editorial page editor and Op-Ed editor The New York Times
• Olaniyi Sobomehin, NFL football player
• Gus Van Sant, 1971, film director
• Charis Wilson, 1932, writer, model for and wife of photographer Edward Weston

External links

• Charity Navigator data on Catlin Gabel School

• http://www.osaa.org/schools.aspx/CatlinGabel/
• http://www.northwestaccreditation.org/schools/Oregon.pdf
• http://team1540.org
• http://highschoolsports.oregonlive.com/news/article/1448101161544288784/oes-edges-rival-catlin-gabel-for-fourth-title-in-five-seasons/