CATS Bi-Visibility Day: Made with Love, Support, and A Lot of Sugar

By Claire Luong (Reporter) On September 23, 2019, the CATS community celebrated Bi-Visibility Day. Members of the LGBTQ+ Diversity Alliance handed out pink and purple colored ribbons in the morning to celebrate, raise awareness for, and show their support of the bisexual community.  During lunch, the Club ran a bake sale. They baked over 150 cupcakes and raised over $350 to donate to the LGBTQ+ … Continue reading CATS Bi-Visibility Day: Made with Love, Support, and A Lot of Sugar

CATS Students Place First and Second at Youth CITIES

CATS students joined other Boston-area students this fall in the Youth CITIES tech program competition, the L3 Innovation Challenge.  Meeting for seven weeks at MIT and LabCentral in Cambridge, they formed four teams to find products to help children with extreme vision problems.  Under the guidance of professional mentors and presenters who work in the fields of technology and health care, the L3 students did … Continue reading CATS Students Place First and Second at Youth CITIES

Salem Witch Museum Trip 2019

By Jenn Lee (Lead Reporter) This fall, some of our history classes including World History and AP World History visited the Salem Witch Museum. This museum, located north of Boston, presents the history of a famous event in American History, in which more than 200 people in Salem were accused of witchcraft. They were tried, and 19 were eventually put to death by hanging after … Continue reading Salem Witch Museum Trip 2019

CATS Cross Country

By Nihat Hajiyev (Reporter) Cross Country is one of the competitive, semester-long sports offered at CATS Academy Boston. For those who have never heard of it before, Cross Country is a sport in which teams and individuals run long-distance races on natural terrain.  This year, 3 girls and 6 boys joined the CATS Cross Country team. They practice every weekday after school. As a result … Continue reading CATS Cross Country

“I want to be a Princess!”

By Alex Shevtsova (Lead Reporter) How many of you have ever looked up to someone? Wanted to be like someone else? Or just admired another person and wished you had some of their qualities? Even if you are struggling to answer these questions, I think that all of us have role models–from our own parents to celebrities and film characters. We are constantly looking to … Continue reading “I want to be a Princess!”

Scholars Trip to Harvard University: A Nocturnal Symphony

By DoHa Nguyen (Lead Reporter) On the evening of October 5th, the powerful yet nostalgic melodies of Gustav Mahler’s last symphony resounded inside the 147-year-old Sanders Theatre at Harvard University. Conducted by the renowned musician Federico Cortese, the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra (HRO) was performing their flagship Visitas Concert. The CATS Scholars Program traveled to Cambridge to see this amazing orchestra. Although it was the third time … Continue reading Scholars Trip to Harvard University: A Nocturnal Symphony

Book Review: Everyone Should Read John Green’s Turtles All The Way Down

By Sophia Eckardt (Contributor) Turtles All The Way Down is a thought-provoking narrative about a young girl named Aza Holmes. Aza Holmes is a sixteen-year-old student who spends her days doing schoolwork, hanging out with her best friend Daisy, and worrying about whether or not she exists. Aza struggles deeply with anxiety and what seems to be a level of obsessive compulsivity. Amidst Aza’s everyday … Continue reading Book Review: Everyone Should Read John Green’s Turtles All The Way Down