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Cate's Centennial year is here, which brings special importance to the traditional Sunset Ceremony, the first end of day that the Cate community shares together at the beginning of each school year.

This month the community is reading The Glass Room by Simon Mawer. We'll meet to discuss the book on Wednesday, September 29th at 7:30 PM.

We're gearing up for Outings Week. Come by and have a look at some photos of trips past.

On Thursday night, August 26, Carpinteria community members, faculty, and new day families gathered on the Cate School campus as part of the annual Chamber of Commerce mixer.

Our new faculty hail from back East and out West, and from various places in between. They bring expertise, energy, and spirit to the Mesa, and are excited to delve into the new school year.

It’s been 100 years since Dohrmann Pischel and Robert Coleman,Cate's first graduates, arrived at Mr. Cate's School in 1910. It is likely that those two would hardly recognize the students of today. Guitar-wielding basketball players? Water polo-playing dancers?

At Cate School in Carpinteria, Tim Fox and his team use organic local produce and grain whenever they can. Cooking for 275 students and 100 or so adults is a challenge in itself, but doing it well is something that head chef at Cate, Tim Fox, takes seriously.

Congratulations to Ugo Nwasike and Coach Richard Alvarado for their participation in this year's 11 Man - Santa Barbara County All Star Football Game, held Friday in Santa Maria.

Cate faculty member Joshua Caditz recently returned to the Mesa after eight days at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which was the conclusion to his 12-week geographic information system (GIS) for environmental science teachers course "Eye in the Sky II."