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Type
  
Independent private

Head
  
Tim Bazemore

Student to teacher ratio
  
6.3:1

Mascot
  
Catlin Gabel Eagle

Founded
  
1957

Opened
  
1957

Grades
  
Preschool-12

Phone
  
+1 503-297-1894

Color
  
Blue

Number of students
  
760

Catlin Gabel School

Campus
  
suburban 67 acres (27 ha)

Address
  
8825 SW Barnes Rd, Portland, OR 97225, USA

Accreditation
  
Northwest Accreditation Commission

Similar
  
Oregon Episcopal School, Jesuit High School, St Mary's Academy, Riverdale High School, Valley Catholic High Sch

Profiles

Catlin Gabel School is an independent preschool through 12th grade private school in West Haven-Sylvan, a census-designated place in Washington County and the Portland metropolitan area, in the U.S. state of Oregon.

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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 for its art school.

In 2005, the Malone Family Foundation endowed Catlin Gabel with a $2 million 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: Upper School (grades 9-12), Middle School (grades 6-8), Lower 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 since 2005, called "The Flaming Chickens." The team has consistently qualified for the First World Championships competition almost every year.

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 Upper School competes in soccer, cross-country, basketball, baseball, track, golf, swimming, women's volleyball, and tennis.

Notable alumni

  • David Bragdon, 1977, former president of Metro (regional government)
  • Gretchen Corbett, 1963, actress
  • Winslow Corbett, film and stage actress
  • Roger Gantz, Portland Timbers midfielder
  • Max Handelman, 1991, film producer and author
  • Margaux Hemingway, model and actress, granddaughter of novelist Ernest Hemingway
  • Mayo Methot, 1919, actress and ex-wife of Humphrey Bogart
  • Nadya Okamoto, 2016, founder of nonprofit Camions of Care
  • 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
  • J. Mary Taylor, 1948, science educator
  • Gus Van Sant, 1971, film director
  • Charis Wilson, 1932, writer, model for and wife of photographer Edward Weston
  • References

    Catlin Gabel School Wikipedia