Featured School of the Week: Catlin Gabel School

From our friends at Catlin Gabel School:

Open House at Catlin Gabel School
Sunday, October 27, 2024 – 1pm to 4pm

Families are invited to personally discover the benefits of progressive education for their preschool to high school-aged students. Meet current students, teachers, and administrators. Visit classrooms, libraries, laboratories, art studios, performance spaces, gyms, athletic fields, playgrounds, open meadows, gardens, and more across the 67-acre campus. Learn about academic and co-curricular programs. Get your enrollment and financial assistance questions answered.

With a total enrollment of 780 students, the campus is a close-knit community for students from all parts of the Portland metro area. The campus has unique learning spaces and outdoor areas for each division – Beginning and Lower School (preschool-5th), Middle School (6-8th), and Upper School (9-12th).

Learning Through Experience

Progressive education is founded on the idea that students learn best when they are actively engaged, which is why classes focus on creative thinking, hands-on experimentation, and reflective observation. Students are encouraged to ask questions, explore ideas, and build upon their understandings. All learning is based on four principles: inquiry based, educating for democracy, teaching the whole child, and experiential learning

Connections with Teachers and Specialists

Classes are intentionally smaller to build connections. Dedicated teachers take the time to get to know their students as individuals. It is with their support, enthusiasm, and knowledge that students gain confidence in their unique skills and abilities, helping them become lifelong learners and leaders. Each division has its own library, with dedicated librarians; there are also school counselors, learning specialists, and staff within the Equity and Inclusion office to support student learning.

The Campus

In addition to the main divisional buildings, there are learning spaces for music, theater, art, woodshop and ceramics, world languages, math, science, and engineering and robotics, as well as athletics. The 70-acre campus is also home to a fir grove, playing fields, stream, and trails through the woods.

Co-Curricular Programs

Middle and Upper School students have access to a range of activities that further support their growth and development. There are clubs and affinity groups, Outdoor Education program, Engineering program, Global Educational program, and Athletics program – which is home to 9 Varsity sports, as well as Junior Varsity programs.

See the schedule of events by division and register at catlin.edu/openhouse.