One of my fond memories of teaching is of my experience at the Catlin Gabel school, a special private school in Portland. This was in the 1980s.

Catlin Gabel serves Portland and the world as an educational catalyst, drawing together dedicated educators, motivated students, superb curricular resources, and thoughtfully applied technology, in a beautiful and functional setting, all for the purpose of forming bold learners who become responsible action-takers for life. Catlin Gabel is an independent, non-sectarian, progressive coeducational day school.

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One of the things Catlin Gabel School students hope to accomplish during an almost two-week trip to Cuba is connecting with the people and trying to get an unvarnished look of what life is like in one of the few insular Communist countries left in the world. What they aren't trying to do is ...

School's out for the summer, but PolitiCorps?a national political leadership training program, or "political bootcamp," based here in Portland?is now in session. I'm on the campus of the Catlin Gabel School, just over the West Hills, where 24 college-aged future political leaders are listening to the Bus Project's Emily Kintzer, as she gives an overview of the program.

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As the world watches the political affairs of Cuba from afar, 25 Portland high school students will get to see the country's historic transition of power firsthand. On a spring break trip of a lifetime, a group of juniors and seniors from Southwest Portland's private Catlin Gabel School ...

As the world watches the political affairs of Cuba from afar, 25 Portland high school students will get to see the country's historic transition of power firsthand. On a spring break trip of a lifetime, a group of juniors and seniors from Southwest Portland's private Catlin Gabel School ...

Public toilets have become a pressing issue in downtown Portland, as restroom proponents ? and their foes ? wrestle with how to provide relief at popular gathering places such as the Skidmore Fountain without exacerbating public-safety problems. They should talk to Catlin Gabel School ...

The Sidney Lezak Project & Co-sponsors present America: a Country of Greed or Greatness? a lecture by Andy Stern, President of SEIU Date: Monday, January 28, 2008 Time: 7:30 p.m. Place: First Congregational Church - 1126 SW Park Avenue, Portland, Oregon Admission: Tickets are $5.15 (federal minimum wage for a decade) or free with your union card, student ID or non-profit business card. RSVP recommended: Call (503) 227-8925 or email lezakproject@pdx.edu Click here for more information (PDF). Co-Sponsors: Bus Project -- Catlin Gabel School -- Coalition for a Livable Future -- Ecumenical Ministeries of Oregon -- First Congregational Church --...

Next week I will be meeting with a group of summer-school students from Catlin Gabel school in Southwest Portland to tour downtown's significant architecture. The teacher, Peter Schulman, has asked that we survey some different historical periods to give them...