Talk:Catlin Gabel School

message: "Catlin possesses a beautiful campus, with a layout, natural environment, and architecture rivalling many college campuses."  Isn't this sentence mostly a value judgement? It seems out of place in an encyclopedia, but I am new here so I'm not sure.  I would think it would be better to say "Catlin Gabel's school grounds have much in common with a typical (non-urban) college campus" or something like that.  
Boris B 12:58, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: They are pretty nice, but I've removed it for now. --Liface 15:09, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Wording

message: There's one weird photo of the campus. I've added the reqphoto tag, as it'd be nice to have a generic shot of the campus, rather than a weird photo showing snowfall. tedder (talk) 06:39, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Photo request

message: *A Donkey, 3 Rocks, and a Bird.
*Elkhorn (sculpture)
---Another Believer (Talk) 21:42, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sculptures 

message: Hello:  I am in a COI/Paid editing relationship with Catlin Gabel School and in compliance with Wikipedia rules, I'm declaring this relationship and proposing edits on the talk page. They have several updates they would like to propose over the next several weeks. My first request is, an update to the rummage sale under the School traditions section. It also includes a better -- third party source. The update is as follows:
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This rummage sale was similar to a large garage sale –– people would donate items that would be sorted and then later sold. The “Rummage Sale” became a school tradition.[24]	The school's Annual Rummage Sale began during World War II and ran for 65 years, with the first event raising over $8,000. The event grew so large it was eventually moved to the Portland Expo Center. The last event was held in 2009.
Thank you! LeepKendall (talk) 20:59, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit Request for School Traditions Section 

message: Hello: I am a COI/paid editor in a working relationship with the Catlin Gabel School. They would like to make several updates to their page and I'm looking for volunteer editors who may wish to help. I see that you are involved in the Wikipedia:WikiProject Oregon page and thought you might consider helping out the school User:Darryl.P.Pike, User:DJ Cane, User:PortlandSaint, and/or User:Lord Bolingbroke. My goal is to improve Wikipedia in a transparent fashion and to follow the rules and guidelines. 
The first update they would like to make is to add content to their introduction, as follows:
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The Catlin Gabel School is an independent preschool through 12th grade institution located on 67 acres in Portland, Oregon 5 miles west of downtown.	The Catlin Gabel School is an independent preschool through 12th grade institution located on 67 acres in Portland, Oregon,  five miles west of downtown. Annual enrollment is approximately 780 students from a wide variety of cultures, backgrounds, and financial abilities across the Portland metro area. The school’s educational philosophy is founded on the four principles of progressive education (inquiry based, educating for democracy, teaching the whole child, and experiential learning).
 You will also see a request I posted on February 23rd updating the information about their annual rummage sale tradition. Thank you for your time and consideration of these requests. Best, LeepKendall (talk) 00:19, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  COI Editor Requesting Assistance with Updates 

message: Hello: Thank you for your help on my request yesterday User:PortlandSaint. I would like to propose two more edits to this page today. 
One is in the history section. Just before the Malone Family Foundation sentence, we'd like to add this about a bequest. These two sentences can be one paragraph when this edit is complete. 
Catlin Gabel received a $3.8 million bequest from Howard Vollum (co-founder of Tektronix) in the late 1980s, growing the school’s endowment.
Then under the traditions section, they would like to clean up and expand on their annual rummage sale with the following:
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This rummage sale was similar to a large garage sale –– people would donate items that would be sorted and then later sold. The “Rummage Sale” became a school tradition.	The school's Annual Rummage Sale began during World War II and ran for 65 years, with the first event raising over $8,000. The event grew so large it was eventually moved to the Portland Expo Center. The last event was held in 2009.
Thank you! LeepKendall (talk) 19:40, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  COI Edit Request  

message: Hello:
Thank you for your previous assistance User:PortlandSaint. Given that I am in a COI/Paid Editing relationship with Catlin Gabel, I would like to propose the following updates to the page - according to Wikipedia guidelines.
I'd like to request that we change the Accreditation header to read Accreditation and rankings. Then add the following after the NWAIS sentence. 
In both 2020 and 2021, Niche, a national school and workplace ranking and review site, ranked Catlin Gabel #1 on Oregon’s 25 Best K-12 Schools list.  So, using the table format, this is how it will look. 
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Catlin Gabel is accredited by the Northwest Association of Independent Schools (NWAIS).	Catlin Gabel is accredited by the Northwest Association of Independent Schools (NWAIS). In both 2020 and 2021, Niche, a national school and workplace ranking and review site, ranked Catlin Gabel #1 on Oregon’s 25 Best K-12 Schools list. In 2020, the school was also ranked as the number one best high school for STEM in the state.
After this addition/edit, this sentence can be deleted as it will be included in my edit above. As of 2020, school review website Niche ranks Catlin Gabel as the number one best overall private high school and number one best high school for STEM in the state of Oregon.
I will be addressing the Science Research content in an upcoming request.
Thank you so much for your review. Best, LeepKendall (talk) 18:55, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  COI Edit Request 

message: I realize I made an error when posting this request by setting up Sustainability with section formatting. This request can now be ignored and I will make the correction in the following section. I would like to request adding a new section to this article entitled Sustainability. I'd like to request that it go between the Sports and School traditions sections unless volunteer editors have another suggestion. I realize the source for the sustainability team bullet is their own website, but am wondering if we can use it even though it is a primary source. I would greatly appreciate your assistance User:Margalob, User:PortlandSaint and that of any other volunteer editors. This new section is as follows:
Thank you LeepKendall (talk) 15:42, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  COI Edit Request for New Section 

message: , I attempted to update citation [4], which is a permanent dead link, but it appears that NWAC has changed to AdvanED, then that changed to Cognia? Could you please verify the accrediting body for Catlin Gabel School? Many thanks. Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 20:37, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi User:Grand'mere Eugene. I've been away, and busy catching up and just realized you sent me this question. I will definitely check and get back with you. Thank you! LeepKendall (talk) 00:23, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi User:Grand'mere Eugene. Can you let me know if this link will work? https://www.nwais.org/page.cfm?p=53&start=1 Thank you! LeepKendall (talk) 15:19, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:   Yes, perfect. You may want to add the school's non-profit status, confirmed by the the charity navigator external link, using it as a citation in the article. The reason that's important has to do with Wikipedia's notability requirement for schools operated for-profi. Non-profits only need to meet WP:GNG, but for-profits have to meet both the ORG and GNG requirements. — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 17:19, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Accreditation question