A Sixth Grade Year Like No Other

The CEE Class of 2021 created self-portraits to commemorate their unusual sixth grade year at The Center under the direction of Penny Landreth. We are so proud of the graduating class and their strength, leadership, and resilience in a challenging year.

ATHLETICS

Sixth graders were able to participate in after-school athletics starting in the spring as they returned to campus. Ultimate Frisbee, which has become a popular activity at CEE, took over the field two afternoons a week!

Sixth grade teams also played outdoor girls’ volleyball and outdoor boys’ basketball in the Pacific Basin League, practicing twice a week after school on our outdoor rooftop courts and playing handful of games against other schools as protocols allowed.

SWEATSHIRT

The Class of 2021 received a special CEE sweatshirt which they enjoyed wearing at home and then back on campus when students returned to school!

DEBATE

CEE’s Debate Team spent the year preparing for 4 league tournaments. The debaters researched, wrote arguments for both sides of 12 topics, practiced speaking, and participated in the virtual tournaments. Two of our six teams went to the Nationals Tournament where they debated Middle School teams! Three students received speaker awards. Many thanks are due to the parents who trained to serve as tournament judges.

SCHOOL PLACEMENT

After a year of virtual tours and Zoom interviews, the CEE Class of 2021 is on its way to secondary schools following the most unusual admissions process yet! Gabby McHale, CEE’s Director of Student Placement, provided this update on the Class of 2021: “The first completely virtual CEE secondary school admissions season yielded impressive results with 94% of the Class of 2021 earning acceptances to their first-choice schools!” Congratulations to the graduates and their families as they embark on their next steps.

PIZZA NIGHT

Sixth grade students celebrated CEE’s Pizza Friday tradition with take-home DIY pizza kits on a Friday night this spring!

STOCK MARKET GAME

Sixth graders spent the duration of the school year making mock stock market investments in small groups, competing against 251 other groups in The Stock Market Game. This program helps students build a fundamental understanding of investing while providing them with real-world practice in math, economics, social studies, and other subjects. The CEE group called “BAMNJ” ultimately won the middle school division competition in a landslide!

PAJAMA DAY, MOVIE NIGHT, AND GRADUATION

To commemorate the close of their time at CEE, the Class of 2021 enjoyed a weekend of festivities in June. At school on Friday, June 4, the class wore their new Class of 2021 Pajama bottoms as a celebration of their last day on campus. That evening, the students enjoyed a Movie Night celebration featuring the new release film In the Heights. On Sunday, June 6, graduates and their immediate households enjoyed a commencement ceremony and picnic lunch, physically distanced, on the field.