Castlemont Elementary School

School News

Updated Mon, May 18th

Your mission is to complete 1,000 minutes of learning over the summer. That is about 15 minutes per day. Here's how you can do it:

  • Choose an educational activity. We suggest reading daily and choosing a variety of other activities. Ideas include: writing a story, playing a board game, coding, or making a recipe. You can also use our online tools like iReady, Khan Academy, and Struggly.
  • After every 10-minutes of learning, color in a box on your learning log. You can set a timer to keep track of your minutes.
  • Repeat these steps until you've colored in 100 boxes, which equals 1,000 minutes of learning.

When school starts again, turn in your completed learning log to take part in an ice cream celebration!

Updated Tue, May 12th

Here are the flyers for our upcoming Fun Fridays. This Friday is Green and Gold Day.  Participation counts only for students who are on time to class. 

Our Round 1 winner was Mrs. Mirlohi Iwasaka's class. Mrs. Lykam's class is currently in first place for Round 2. 

Fun Fridays for Attendance Flyer (English & Spanish)

Updated Tue, Apr 14th

Our 4th Annual Math Night is next Thursday, April 9th from 6:00-7:30 pm! There will be fun math activities appropriate for all TK-8th grade students and their families. This event is in partnership with Monroe Middle school and will be held in their cafeteria. We can accommodate up to 80 families, so please complete the registration to reserve your spot! Contact eamchan [at] campbellusd.org with any questions.

Updated Thu, Apr 9th
Dear Castlemont Families,
Here is a last minute reminder that you are invited to join Mrs. Bell and I for an informational parent meeting tonight via Zoom. Our topic will be Restorative Practices. We will discuss how we are focusing on accountability and restoration following harm. Here is the link:
https://campbellusd.zoom.us/j/87515042443

What: Decaf with the Principals Parent Meeting
When: Tonight, March 26th @ 6:00pm
Topic: Restorative Practices

We hope to see you online!

Kristen Delarosa
Principal

Updated Wed, Apr 1st

Hello Castlemont Parents,

Get your students smiles ready for our Spring Picture Day! It will be Monday, March 23rd. Generations School Photography will send your child's proof via email 2 weeks after picture day. All ordering is done online only and they will be shipped to your home address. See flyer below for details.

Thank you

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Hola padres de Castlemont,

¡Prepara a tus estudiantes para nuestro Día de Fotos de Primavera! Será el lunes 23 de marzo. Generations School Photography les enviará la prueba de su hijo por correo electrónico dos semanas después del día de las fotos. Todos los pedidos se realizan solo en línea y se enviarán a su domicilio. Consulte el folleto a continuación para obtener más información.

Gracias

Updated Tue, Mar 10th
Dear Families,
We are so excited to see you this Wednesday, February 25th, for our school’s Super Mario's Literacy Night! This is a fantastic opportunity to jump into reading and discover practical, fun ways to support your child’s learning at home.

🗓️ Event Schedule

  • 6:15 PM: MU Doors Open
  • 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM: Literacy Games and Activities

What to Expect

The evening is designed to be hands-on and high-energy. We will be hosting various stations focused on foundational reading skills, where students and parents can play games together. You’ll walk away with simple strategies and activities that make practicing reading at home feel less like homework and more like play.

 

Updated Mon, Mar 9th

Dear Castlemont Families,

We would like to offer an alternate food-free space during lunch for students who are fasting in observance of Ramadan. 

If you would like for your child to use this option, please email me directly with your child(ren)'s name and grade at kdelarosa [at] campbellusd.org .  Thank you!

Kristen Delarosa

Principal

Updated Wed, Mar 4th

Hello Castlemont Families,
I hope you are enjoying this rainy week. I was in my home office yesterday and kept hearing what I thought was the neighbors slamming their front door. Then a huge roll of thunder shook the house, and I realized that no doors were being slammed.

Though your students are out on vacation, I do want to take a moment to share that we have a Coffee with the Principals meeting scheduled for next Thursday, Feb. 26th. We will meet in our library from 8:30-9:30. Our topic will be school and community safety. After sharing our Comprehensive Safety Plan, our guest speaker will share community safety information. 

The meeting will be held in both English and Spanish, and yes, there will be coffee!  I hope you will be able to join us-- we have not had an in-person coffee in a long time. Depending on your feedback, we can schedule our next Coffee in the evening via Zoom. 

Kristen Delarosa
Principal

Updated Tue, Feb 17th

Our Spring Carnival is coming on April 24th. 

Please see the attached flyer.

The flyer includes:

  • Dates and times for our Spring Carnival planning meetings

  • Zoom meeting link and details

  • volunteer interest form for parents who would like to help

All meetings are held at 8:15 PM on the following dates:
2/11, 2/25, 3/11, 3/25, and 4/8

Spring Carnival Planning Meeting (Zoom)
Meeting ID: 813 4166 5896
Passcode: 138641
Zoom Link

Volunteer Sign-Up Form:
https://forms.gle/Y5DsdRA8KdgC5Zfx9

Updated Mon, Jan 26th

We hope you will join us for our enrollment tour for 2026-27 incoming families this Friday, January 16th at 3:00pm.

 

We will start with a presentation at 3:00 in our Multi-Use room (the cafeteria with all the windows). The presentation will be followed by a campus and classroom tour of our TK and kindergartens. 

 

Open enrollment itself is only open to incoming TK families; however, we welcome all new incoming families to join us!

See you soon!