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January 13, 2024

Resilient Cate Girls Secure First League Win in Overtime Nail-Biter

Van Lynde’s 5-goal performance propels the team to a thrilling win Yesterday, our Cate girl’s water polo team hosted its first league match of the season versus Foothill Tech High School. Our squad jumped out to an impressive start to the game leading 3-0 after the first period, and 5-2 at halftime. Our ability to …


January 12, 2024

Cate GVS Triumphs 4-2 Against Bishop Diego HS

Josie Frazer’s Hat Trick Steals the Show Friday, 12-January-24 Cate GVS 4 – 2 Bishop Diego HS Saves: Jeeyou Jung ’25 (1) Assists: Nika Iverson ’26, Addie Bracher ’25 Goals: Precious Adjei ’27, Josie Frazer ’24 (3 ) There are a few good stories to tell about today’s game against Bishop Diego.  The first is …


January 7, 2024

Balanced Scoring and Tenacious Defense Lead Cate Girls Basketball

Cate Rams Dominate with 20-point First Quarter Despite a scoreless first few minutes on Friday (12/8), the Rams got hot offensively after initiating a full-court press that led to a 20-point first quarter! Cate got balanced scoring from Sania Edwards ’25, Sam Jimenez ’25, Sophia Ospina ’25, and Ada Hansen ’24 to take a 20 …


December 29, 2023

Comeback Victory: Cate Girls Varsity Soccer Tops Thacher 3-2

Cate GVS 3 – 2 Thacher Saves: Jeeyou Jung (8) Assists: Fiona Pan ’27, Nika Iverson ’26, Precious Adjei ’27 Goals: Addie Bracher ’26, Tania Molina ’26, Precious Adjei ’27 Momentum Swing: How Cate GVS Reclaimed the Game It’s been a while since we beat Thacher, and it took us time to beat them today …


December 27, 2023

Cate’s Soccer Dominates Home Opener 3-0

Young Talents Shine as Academy Players Step Up Your Cate Boy’s Varsity soccer team played their first home game of the season when they hosted the Nordhoff Rangers on a chilly evening on the lower field—playing short-handed due to a combination of players going to Los Ninos and some injuries.  We had to summon some …


December 8, 2023

Head of School’s Notebook: Love & Perspective

This fall, I was invited to join The 1911 Group established one year after the founding of Cate. I recently attended the annual conference at Princeton and as the newest and youngest member of the group, I had the opportunity to listen and learn from an incredibly impressive array of school leaders. As part of …


December 7, 2023

The Cate Way

Athletic Director Wade Ransom’s Cate Take on Athletics My version of the Cate Way has its roots in what I consider the ethos of the school….giving students the opportunity to try and experience so many different things during their high school years in the hopes they take whatever brings them joy once they leave the …


November 30, 2023

Fastest in Cate History: Boys’ Cross Country Triumphs

   Record-Breaking Times, Notable Rankings, and Unmatched Achievements The boys finished 11th overall, and we were the second Southern Section team behind Viewpoint School. Viewpoint is the same school that beat us by one point for the CIF-SS D5 Championship. (see write-up here if you missed it.) The boys’ accomplishments were very significant this fall; …


November 10, 2023

Head of School’s Notebook

On the eve of Veterans Day, I feel compelled to reflect on the members of our Cate community who have devoted their lives to serving the United States Armed Forces. One alumna in particular, Boyden Rohner ’95, will be receiving the Cate Distinguished Alumni Award tomorrow in recognition of her service in the US Navy …