School News

Updated Fri, Apr 8th

You are invited to our virtual school tour! Families of incoming kindergarteners or older students who will be new to Castlemont are encouraged to attend. We are holding two tour times-- 9:00 am and 6:00 pm on Thursday, January 21st. Please open the link below in order to register and receive your invitation with the meeting's Zoom link. The link will be emailed the evening of January 20th.

Click here to register for one of our tours!

CUSD enrollment begins on January 19th. Follow this link for more details.

CUSD Enrollment Information

Updated Fri, Apr 8th

Campbell Union School District Governing Board President Richard Nguyen made a virtual visit to Mrs. Norman's 2nd grade classroom earlier this week.  Mr. Nguyen is one of Mrs. Norman's former fifth grade students! During the visit, he read My Lucky Day to the class. Thank you, Mr. Nguyen, for taking the time to visit your former teacher and her class.

Updated Fri, Apr 8th

Please read this thankful letter from Stand Up for Kids Silicon Valley. Great job Student Leadership Team!

Updated Fri, Apr 8th

We are offering virtual school tours to the families of  incoming kindergarteners and families of older children who will be new to Castlemont in the 2021-2022 school year.  We are looking forward to meeting you and sharing information about our outstanding school! If you know of a family in our neighborhood who might like to attend Castlemont, please share our website address with them.

The tour will be via Zoom.  Please complete the following Google Form by 6:00 pm on January 20th in order to register. We will send you a link to the meeting the evening before the events.   Click here to register.

Updated Fri, Apr 8th

Hello Castlemont Families,

Incredibly, we are already in mid-December and while we are all in various states of isolation, there seems to be hope of normalcy on the horizon. We do not yet have a solid date for reopening in Phase 2, but we are ready for when the day comes.  If you have not already looked at our Parent/Student Reopening Handbook, please do.  It will answer many of the questions you may have.  

This evening we are having a virtual Coffee with the Principals. There will be two sections: the presentation in English will be at 6:00pm, and the presentation in Spanish will be at 7:00pm. A Google Form was sent out via our school messenger system last Friday.  The due date for responses was last night; however, if you did not respond and would like to attend, please email me by noon today at kprindle [at] campbellusd.org and I will send you the Zoom link.  All respondents to the Google Form invitation will receive their link to the Zoom today. 

I wish you all a restful break and a happy holiday.  I hope to see you tonight, and if not, we will meet in the new year! Please remember, distance learning resumes on January 4th. 

~Kristen

Updated Fri, Apr 8th
The Castlemont Student Leadership Team would like to thank everyone in the community for their generous snack donations to support StandUp for Kids Silicon Valley.  Your thoughtfulness and kindness helps to end the cycle of youth homelessness in the Bay Area.  We cannot wait to deliver the donations to the center over the winter break and we are inspired by how our community came together to do something positive in a challenging time.  Thanks for supporting the #seasonofgiving!
Updated Fri, Apr 8th
Thank you so much for the snack donations that were brought this past Saturday.  If you didn't get a chance to swing by with donations, we will be collecting snacks on the following two dates this week.  The Student Leadership Team appreciates your kindness and generosity to support StandUp for Kids Silicon Valley! Every little bit helps to end the cycle of homelessness!
 
Drive Thru Donation Dates in front of Castlemont School by the MU Room.  
  • Wednesday, Dec. 9th 2-4 pm
  • Saturday, Dec. 12th 10am-1pm
Updated Fri, Apr 8th

The Technology Department has opened TechHelp for all CampbellUSD students. 

TechHelp is an online portal that allows your student to connect directly with one of CampbellUSD's six Instructional Technology staff. The portal ensures that the entire IT team can see the problem you are reporting, and allows them to assign, solve or escalate accordingly. 

To begin using TechHelp, visit https://techhelp.campbellusd.org in a web browser and sign in with your student's full CampbellUSD email address and password. From there, you can choose a ticket category, write a helpful description of the problem you're facing, and someone from the IT team will receive the ticket and get to work. Based on the question, the team may refer tickets back to your site or individual teachers for school or classroom-specific issues.

If you do not know your [student’s email address  or password, you can look them up in the PowerSchool parent portal. Watch this PowerSchool parent portal tutorial video for more information on creating a PowerSchool Parent Portal account.

Updated Fri, Apr 8th
Thank you to all of the students who participated in the Castlemont Book Fair's virtual scavenger hunt! One winner was selected from grades K-2 and 3-5. And the winners are.....
K-2: Suanne Li
3-5: Shawn Wang
Updated Fri, Apr 8th
FILL THE TRUCK with donated toys for kids. Help the Campbell Community Toy Program make the holiday season brighter for Campbell students. The Castlemont Student Leadership Team will also be collecting snacks for StandUP for Kids Silicon Valley at the same time. Thanks for your support and we appreciate your donations!
When: Saturday, December 5th 10a-2p
Where:  Castlemont Elementary School Drive Thru by the MU Room