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February 19, 2026
Community Engagement Day 2026
By: Will Holmes, Director of Community Engagement Cate’s long standing tradition of Community Engagement Days continued this week. In lieu of academic classes, students and faculty traveled off campus grouped by advisories to partner with 28 different local organizations. For five advisories, the morning started on the Rincon Bluffs Preserve where a City of Carpinteria …
February 19, 2026
This Week in Athletics
Cate Athletics Winter Recap Cate had another tremendous winter sports season. To start, the girls’ soccer team is still making a run at a CIF-SS D7 championship. After finishing the regular season 6-5-3, they hosted a first-round matchup against Pioneer High School and won 4-0. That set up another home game in the second round …
February 19, 2026
Cate GVS Rolls On
Wednesday, 18-Feb-26 Cate GVS 5 – 1 Santa Rosa Academy (Menifee) Saves: Mimi Power (6) Assists: Claire Bianchi, Nika Iverson, Fiona Pan, Harper Bishop Goals: Harper Bishop (3rd min, 7th, 30th), Fiona Pan (14th), Precious Adjei (16th) Well, that was a delightful opening 16 minutes: Harper with the hat trick, Fiona with the Olimpico*, and …
February 18, 2026
Reflections on Los Niños
By: David Alvarez ’27 On February 5th, 2026, a sunny Thursday morning, a group of Cate students gathered to endure a five and a half-hour drive to Mexicali. Before arriving in Mexicali, we found ourselves stuck in what seemed to be a never-ending line in Calexico, where the SUVs the group was traveling in were …
February 16, 2026
GVBB fall 37-35 to La Sierra
Cate: 12+9+8+6 = 35 La Sierra: 12+8+5+12= 37 The Cate girls varsity basketball team returned to the CIF-SS playoffs for the first time since 2023, hosting La Sierra High School in a hard-fought home matchup. We played our hearts out. From the opening tip, this was a battle between two evenly matched, determined teams. La …
February 16, 2026
GVS Advance to Quarterfinals
Saturday, 14-Feb-26 Cate GVS 3 – 0 Desert Christian Academy (Bermuda Dunes) Saves: Mimi Power (10) Assists: Violet Guilbert-Neal, Fiona Pan, Nika Iverson Goals: Harper Bishop (7th min), Violet Guilbert-Neal (11th), Precious Adjei (35th) After a team breakfast, a commute of 2 minutes to our home turf, and a routine warm up, we were ready …
February 13, 2026
GVS Beats Pioneer To Advance
Thursday, 12-Feb-26 Cate GVS 4 – 0 Pioneer High School (Whittier) Saves: Mimi Power (4) Assists: Claire Chan, Violet Guilbert-Neal, Alaia Muller, Analise Gomez (DK) Goals: Precious Adjei (3), Alaia Muller Good news: It sure feels nice to get this playoff win. Great news: We get to host on Saturday (and not travel to Palm …
February 13, 2026
Round One Playoff Win
Your Cate Rams traveled to San Bernardino earlier today to play in the 1st round of the CIF SS D6 Playoffs against the Colton Yellow Jackets. It was a long drive but we were able to avoid traffic and arrived with plenty of time to unwind and have a proper stretch and warm up prior to the match. …
February 6, 2026
Inquiry in Action: Civic Engagement & Learning on the Mesa
Last week, Cate students moved from questions to action as they explored their civic responsibility amid nationwide ICE protests. On Tuesday, during Assembly, Director of Libraries Carolyn LaMontagne shared an important and necessary announcement about the role of misinformation in shaping public opinion. Using real-world examples from both sides of the political aisle, Carloyn challenged …