A Message from the Principal Mr. Eric Brown 8/31/16

<p>Castlemont is off to a great start for 2016-17 and we want every child to have a great year.&nbsp; One component to your child’s success is to be in school every day.</p><p>Research shows that children who are in school every day do better in school.&nbsp; The reason?&nbsp; When students miss a day of school, it actually puts them two days behind their classmates.&nbsp; Students who are absent an average of 15 days a year, miss a year’s worth of school by their senior year of high school.&nbsp; Student who are 10 minutes late every day, miss 30 hours of instruction in just one school year.</p><p>Additionally, schools are responsible for teaching your child, but we need your child at school in order to teach him/her.&nbsp; Every day counts, every minute counts and, again, we want you child here, at Castlemont, to learn!</p>

<p>Castlemont is off to a great start for 2016-17 and we want every child to have a great year.  One component to your child’s success is to be in school every day.</p> <p>Research shows that children who are in school every day do better in school.  The reason?  When students miss a day of school, it actually puts them two days behind their classmates.  Students who are absent an average of 15 days a year, miss a year’s worth of school by their senior year of high school.  Student who are 10 minutes late every day, miss 30 hours of instruction in just one school year.</p> <p>Additionally, schools are responsible for teaching your child, but we need your child at school in order to teach him/her.  Every day counts, every minute counts and, again, we want you child here, at Castlemont, to learn!</p>