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February 13, 2018
Convocation | Harriet Washington
Accurate history will not be spoon-fed to you. You have to go look for it. Harriet Washington’s talk on Monday night in the Hitchcock Theatre was a call to action. Dr. Washington is a well-known medical ethicist who is currently a fellow at the University of Nevada’s Black Mountain Institute. She has been a research …
December 4, 2017
Why Cate? | Ari ’18
Ari is a senior from Santa Clara, CA Before Cate, I didn’t know what boarding school was. I always identified school as the place you went to study during the day, where teachers taught, and only students who really cared about their education learned in class. At Cate the word ‘school’ has a different connotation …
October 24, 2017
Why Cate? | Biba ’19
Biba ’19 Santa Barbara, CA From an early age I had heard amazing stories about Cate. When I arrived to attend the school I got to learn for myself that all of the stories of community, safety, beauty and a general tone of happiness were in fact true. Entering my junior year, Cate has only …
May 28, 2017
Cate’s 104th Commencement
| Cate celebrates 103rd Commencement. |
May 1, 2017
Ellis Jones ’72 Headmaster’s Chair
On April 26, 2017, a newly endowed faculty chair, the Ellis Jones ’72 Headmaster’s Chair was awarded to Paul Denison ’79. Read the transcript from Head of School Ben Williams’s presentation below. We have the great good fortune at Cate to have alumni who long after their experience on the Mesa choose to invest in …