October 2009 Edition  Dear Cate Alumni,   This fall, our School hosted receptions in Los Angeles, New York, Boston, and Washington D.C. Thank you to all those who attended. It has been wonderful to meet so many energetic and enthusiastic Caties!   Alumni have also been a strong presence on the Mesa lately. Your Alumni Council President Lisa Browne Stanson '92 and Vice President Casey McCann '97 are frequent visitors, and many other alums have dropped by as their travels bring them through Carpinteria.   Please don't hesitate to give us a call when you're in the area. If you're lucky, you might even score lunch in the Dining Hall! Finally, on Friday, October 16th, the Cate community gathered together for a groundbreaking ceremony of the new Emmett-Horowitz Aquatic Center. Watch a short video of the event here; you can see the new regulation-sized, double-deep competition pool outlined on the ground. Thank you for reading. Keep in touch. Hallie Preston Director of Alumni Relations hallie_preston@cate.org (805) 684-4127 ext.286 On the Mesa Sports Update The 2009 fall sports season is underway. With the highest level of participation in school history, each team is at near record size. To read more about how the Rams are doing this fall read Athletic Director Wade Ransom's Sports Update. To see team schedules and results visit our Athletics Page. Cate students make top five percent in national academic competition Cate School announced today that Mackenzie Bohannon, David Crandell, Marina Gutierrez-Jones, Janet Kim, Nathan Li, Stephanie Ruys de Perez, and Harley Sugarman have been named Commended Students in the 2010 National Merit Scholarship Program. A Letter of Commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), which conducts the program, will be presented to these scholastically talented seniors. Read the full article. Fifty-seven students at Cate School have earned AP Scholar Awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement on AP Exams. The College Board's Advanced Placement Program® (AP®) provides motivated and academically prepared students with the opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses while still in high school, and to earn college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful performance on the AP Exams. About 18 percent of the nearly 1.7 million students worldwide who took AP Exams performed at a sufficiently high level to also earn an AP Scholar Award. Read the full article. New Website If you haven't already, please take a moment to visit the updated Cate website at http://www.cate.org Cate's Centennial This fall, Cate Faculty member Eric Swain spoke about Cate's First 50 years. This marks a series of special presentations leading up to Cate's Centennial Celebration in October of 2010! Make your plans now to come back to the Mesa October 7-10, 2010!   WATCH THE CENTENNIAL VIDEO!   Schedule of Events October 7, 2010 All-community Centennial Celebration Kickoff Dinner Centennial Art Show and Revue October 8, 2010 Master classes, visiting with past and present Cate faculty, and meeting current Cate students and their families October 9, 2010 Centennial 5-10K Mesa Race Alumni Panels Keynote Speaker Parade of Classes Home sports contests & tailgate party. See the newly refurbished Stables and visit the new Emmett-Horowitz Athletic Center! Centennial Gala Dinner October 10, 2010 Centennial Chapel Service Pancake Breakfast Centennial Concert and Farewell Also ... Historical Art Tour, archival displays, oral histories booth, Cate author book signings, Cate cargo shopping, and more!    CHECK OUT WWW.CATE100.ORG FOR MORE INFORMATION!   Cate Fund  "100 x 100" In celebration of our 100th Anniversary, we hope to achieve 100% participation from all Cate alumni! If you have yet to give for the 2009-2010 year, please help us by donating now! Every little bit counts.  Alumni Corner Alumni Spotlight  Brad Roberts '72 was appointed the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence (Nuclear & Missile Defense Policy) under the Department of Defense. Read more.   and then revise Challenge September Winner: Congratulations to Becky Fogel '03 who rewrote the following sentence correctly. Original: She did not win because she played well but because her opponent choked.  Becky's sentence: She won, not because she played well, but because her opponent choked.   October and then revise Challenge:  Make the elements parallel in comparisons and expressions of alternatives.   Bob Bonning wanted to eat at Cate rather than going out to The Spot.   Please email me your responses!  Circumspice The average percent grade of Cate Mesa Road is 4% and heartbreak hill is 16% - if you ever found yourself panting up heartbreak hill as a student, you were not alone!   No one answered this trivia challenge correctly.     October Circumspice Trivia Challenge:  What year did Mr. Cate retire?   Please email me your responses! As always, the first alumni to respond receives free Cate cargo! Mike's Tech Corner Online Groups Want to keep in touch with classmates in your area or those who share similar interests? We can help! Go to www.catealumni.org, and check out the groups feature at 'My Profile' and then 'My Groups'. Class groups supply you with the easiest way to stay in touch with classmates, allowing an easy and secure way of communicating. Once you are a member of a group you can set your preferences ('My Profile' then 'My Preferences') to: Receive an email when a member of the group updates their profile (address change, phone number change, etc.). Receive an email when a member of the group uploads a photo. And finally, receive an email when a new member joins the group. Please let us know if there are any special interest groups would you like to have on the website by emailing Hallie Preston. Calendar November 7 Cate vs Thacher Football & Alumni BBQ November 18 Greater Boston Food Bank - Alumni Servons   November 17 Denver Alumni Happy Hour   December 1 San Francisco Alumni Council Meeting December 1 San Francisco Food Bank - Alumni Servons December 5 Los Angeles Food Bank - Alumni Servons December 6 Martha's Table - Washington D.C. - Alumni Servons January 21 San Francisco Reception June 11, 2010 Camp Cate Jane & George Barrett '45 at the LA Reception  Sophomore Bowen Baker takes a moment between classes to study outside. Christian Lowe '10 helps classmate Stephanie Ruys de Perez '10 in math class. Kathleen Dowling '01 & Uche Kanu '01 at the NYC Reception Eliza Giles '13 and Parker Gribb '13 pose during one of their hikes from Pyles Camp. An evening view of the newly renovated and relocated barns. Boyden Rohner '95 & Athena Jones '94 at the Washington D.C. Reception   Kate Donahue '11 and Madeline Robison '10 pose together in the library.