| Catlin Gabel School | |
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| Address | |
| 8825 SW Barnes Road Portland, Oregon, Washington County, 97225 United States |
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| Information | |
| 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 |
| School barn in the fall | |
| The commons during a snowfall | |
Catlin Gabel School is an independent pre-K to 12 private school in Portland, Oregon, United States.
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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.
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).
Catlin Gabel has been accredited through Northwest Association of Accredited Schools since 1935.[4]
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.
Catlin Gabel's traditional rival in athletics is the Oregon Episcopal School.. 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.