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Submit Your Yearbook Photos

Updated Wed, Feb 1st

Get your photos in the yearbook!

The yearbook staff invites staff, students, and families to submit photos for the yearbook. If you’ve got great photos of school events for the 2022-2023 year - we’d like to see them. Our photographers can’t be everywhere. Help us get as many photos as possible to create a terrific book everyone will want to have!

TO SUBMIT YOUR PHOTOS ONLINE LOG ON TO: images.jostens.com

Enter Login ID: 0ncIY7tKLz_eF4xOxFF2WFw

Or click on this link: https://images.jostens.com/0ncIY7tKLz_eF4xOxFF2WFw

Click on “Select My Images.”

• Browse to select the photo(s) you wish to upload.

• Enter information about the photo (please be as specific as possible) and provide contact information in case the staff needs additional information.

• Click “Upload Chosen Images.”

It’s that easy! Submit your photos today!

**The yearbook staff will review all photos and determine final yearbook content. We cannot guarantee that all submissions will be used. Please only submit pictures taken at the school!

Principal's Message

Updated Mon, Dec 12th

a paper mural of fall pumpkins and a tree

Hello Castlemont Families,

I hope you were all able to enjoy some time with family and friends last week. I love this time of year both at home and at school. With only three weeks until our two-week break, we have full calendars! Please take a look below for information about several school-related items.

DRAGON AWARD ASSEMBLIES

DATE: Thursday, December 1st.

WHERE: Castlemont Multi-Use Room

TIME: Varies by grade level

Your teacher will send you an invitation if your child will be receiving an award this month. The character trait of gratitude will be featured.

SCRIP ORDER FORMS FOR A PAINLESS DONATION TO CASTLEMONT

Check your child's backpack or Monday folder for our Home and School Club SCRIP gift card order form. SCRIP is a great way to donate to our school while shopping! Available gift cards include everything from Safeway to Barnes and Noble to Sephora, and Castlemont receives a donated percentage of each card's value. The order forms are due back quickly-- please return them to us by next Tuesday, December 6th.

CASTLEMONT HOME & SCHOOL CLUB SPRING FESTIVAL PLANNING MEETING

DATE: Thursday, December 8, 7:30 to 8:00 pm via Zoom (details below)

Our Spring Festival is currently planned for Friday, May 19. Come join for a discussion on next steps for a successful event. We have many volunteer opportunities with effort levels ranging from low to high. If you can’t commit to a volunteer task, we’d still love to have you join the discussion and provide your input!

We are urgently looking for:

at least 2-3 people to lead the planning / organization efforts (without these volunteers in place by mid-January, the event will be canceled)
help with meeting translation (English to Spanish)

Questions? Please reach out to Castlemont.HSC.BOD [at] gmail.com

Zoom Log-In Details – Thursday, December 8 at 7:30pm

https://zoom.us/join Meeting ID: 852 6005 0301 Passcode: 929158

hsc_scrip_form_dec_2022.pdf

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Fall Picture Discount

Updated Tue, Nov 22nd

Hello Castlemont Families,

It's not too late to order Fall Pictures from Generations School Photography! Generations School Photography would like to provide all families with a 10% off coupon code on portrait purchases. The 10% coupon code expires on 1/1/2023.

Coupon Code: 10OFF22!

Ordering Link: https://vando.imagequix.com/K9EXQ9Q

Find Your Online Code: https://www.generationsschoolphotography.com/online

Questions? Please contact Generations at orders [at] gsp-photos.com

Thank you

Make-Up Picture Day

Updated Wed, Nov 9th

Picture Makeup day is scheduled on Thursday, November 3rd

Makeup picture day is for:
* Newly enrolled students
* Students who missed picture day
* Students who wish to have a retake picture taken

No new ID cards will be printed.

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El día de retomar fotos está programado para el jueves 3 de noviembre.

El día de retomar fotos es para:
* Estudiantes de nuevo ingreso
* Estudiantes que se perdieron el día de la foto
* Estudiantes que deseen volver a tomarse una foto

No se imprimirán nuevas tarjetas de identificación.

Message from the Fundraising Team

Updated Mon, Nov 7th

Ghost, Jacalanter on school stage with a note. "Thanks for being Spooktacular!"

Hello Castlemont Families,

The Castlemont teachers would like to send out their appreciation to our entire community for supporting our teacher sponsored fundraising event, The Halloween Dance, this past Friday. It was so nice to bring back this school event and to see so many families socializing and having fun together, making our school community a special place to be. We'd also like to recognize the importance of supporting local businesses, and thank the Pizza Guys and Happy Donuts for their generous donations and discounts. Thank you to the families that donated water and soda for our event as well. We raised a profit of a little over $4000 which will all go back directly to classrooms; funding supplies, activities, and resources to support students' academic and social emotional learning.

We realize that there were many students that were not able to attend because of the limited space. We hope to have events such as this in the future so everyone is able to participate.

If you purchased Halloween Dance Photos, they were distributed Monday, Oct. 24th to classroom teachers to send home. If you would like a digital copy of them emailed to you, please reach out to Ms. Chong at jchong [at] campbellusd.org, stating your child's name and teacher's name in your request. Thanks!

Warm Regards,

Fundraising Team

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Hola familias de Castlemont,

Los maestros de Castlemont quisieran enviar su agradecimiento a toda nuestra comunidad por apoyar nuestro evento de recaudación de fondos patrocinado por maestros, The Halloween Dance, el viernes pasado. Fue muy agradable traer de vuelta este evento escolar y ver a tantas familias socializando y divirtiéndose juntas, haciendo de nuestra comunidad escolar un lugar especial para estar. También nos gustaría reconocer la importancia de apoyar a las empresas locales y agradecer a Pizza Guys y Happy Donuts por sus generosas donaciones y descuentos. Gracias también a las familias que donaron agua y refrescos para nuestro evento. Recaudamos una ganancia de un poco más de $4000 que irá directamente a las aulas; suministros de financiación, actividades y recursos para apoyar el aprendizaje académico y socioemocional de los estudiantes.

Sabemos que hubo muchos estudiantes que no pudieron asistir debido al espacio limitado. Esperamos tener eventos como este en el futuro para que todos puedan participar.

Si compró fotos de bailes de Halloween, se distribuyeron el lunes 24 de octubre a los maestros de clase para que las envíen a casa. Si desea que le enviemos una copia digital por correo electrónico, comuníquese con la Sra. Chong en jchong [at] campbellusd.org, indicando el nombre de su hijo y el nombre del maestro en su solicitud. ¡Gracias!

Un cordial saludo,
Equipo de recaudación de fondos

Upcoming Castlemont Community Fun

Updated Wed, Nov 2nd

Hello Castlemont Families,

We will be enjoying a variety of community events and hope that you will join us. This Friday we are holding our extremely popular Halloween Dance Fundraiser. All proceeds will go back into funding classroom materials and activities. Since we have to cap our dance attendance at the capacity of our Multi-Use room, we have families that were not able to buy tickets. I know this is disappointing. Please know that we will be holding an outdoor dance this spring-- outdoor meaning that we will not need to limit attendance.

Coming next Friday, October 28th is the Castlemont Jog-a-thon! Each grade level has a designated participation time between 8:30- 12:30. It is an INCREDIBLY positive, fun day, and we invite you to join us. Many parents have signed up to volunteer, and we still need more volunteers throughout the day, especially for 4th and 5th grade classes. Please respond to your ParentSquare message or contact Emily Ah Sing @ emahsing [at] gmail.com

In addition to the fun of participating in Jog-a-thon with friends, EVERY Castlemont student receives a free Jog-a-thon t-shirt. The shirts are funded by our Home and School Club and through the generosity of family and community sponsors. I will be announcing the student winner of the t-shirt design contest this Friday, Oct. 21 right after the morning announcements and our weekly Name that Tune contest.

In addition to the dance and Jog-a-thon, we also have our Halloween Parade on the 31st. I am excited to share that we can once again invite our parents and families to join us in viewing the parade. The parade starts at approximately 8:40. Teachers lead their classes around the blacktop area of our yard. Stand anywhere in front of a classroom area or at the edge of the field for the best viewing. We will conclude at about 9:00. We will be closing our gates for the day at approximately 9:15. Please-- no costumes with masks, weapons, or gore/blood.

Not every family wants their child to participate in the parade. Students who will not be participating will go to our school library to help prepare for our Autumn-themed door decorating contest next week.

I hope to see you at one or more of our upcoming events!

~Kristen

Jog-a-thon Update

Updated Wed, Nov 2nd

Children walking and running on a grassy field

Coming next Friday, October 28th is the Castlemont Jog-a-thon! Each grade level has a designated participation time between 8:30- 12:30. It is an INCREDIBLY positive, fun day, and we invite you to join us. Many parents have signed up to volunteer, and we still need more volunteers throughout the day, especially for 4th and 5th grade classes. Not everyone is able to come during the actual event, and for you we have volunteer jobs that can be done on evenings or weekends. Please respond to your ParentSquare message or contact Emily Ah Sing @ emahsing [at] gmail.com

Parents and families are welcome to join us on Jog-a-thon day!

Parent Volunteers Prepare our Library for Re-Opening

Updated Wed, Nov 2nd

A group of adults and children sitting in a library

Look at these wonderful people. These are the Castlemont family volunteers who spent last Saturday afternoon cleaning and preparing our library for re-opening. Thanks to the efforts of these volunteers, teachers will be signing up for library time soon. We always welcome parents to volunteer in the library. A special thank you to Barbie Rosato for organizing this effort!

HSC Board/General Meeting

Updated Wed, Nov 2nd

The Home & School Club parent-teacher organization is having our next meeting Thursday October 20th at 7:30 pm via Zoom. Members automatically receive the Zoom link.

Not a member yet? Sign up at at https://forms.gle/po1hHrfAAFhsj9EZ7