February Upcoming Events:
Please note that the following events are scheduled as listed, however, are subject to change.
- Monday, 2/3: Basketball vs. Dunsmuir in Dunsmuir at 5:00 PM (Boys ONLY)
- Tuesday, 2/5: Basketball vs. Golden Eagle N in Gazelle at 5:00 PM
- Friday, 2/7: Monthly Awards Assembly @ 9:15 AM in the Cafeteria
- Monday, 2/10-Friday, 2/14: Kindness & Valentine's Day Spirit Week (See Flyer Below for Details)
- Wednesday, 2/12:
- Minimum Day- Dismissal @ 1:00 PM
- Basketball vs. Shasta Valley in Montague @ 6:00 PM
- Friday, 2/14 & Saturday, 2/15: MVL Tournament @ Dunsmuir (Times to be determined)
- Monday, 2/17: Holiday- No School
- Tuesday, 2/18: LCAP/Parent Advisory Committee/SSC Meeting @ 3:00 PM
- Friday, 2/21: Parent LCAP Annual Survey Due Today (See Survey Link Below)
- Wednesday, 2/26: Minimum Day- Dismissal @ 1:00 PM
IMPORTANT DATES: Our 3rd-8th grade students will be taking CAASPP (Smarter Balanced Assessment) from May 5th-May 16th. It is very important that students attend everyday and are on time during these two weeks. We wanted to share the dates now so that parents and guardians can do their best to schedule appointments and other absences (other than sickness) outside the testing window.
All Fridays are Spirit Days- Wear your Castle Rock Elementary Spirit Shirts!
Here is a link to our February Breakfast and Lunch Menus: https://5il.co/36ddj
Other events may occur that are not yet scheduled, but we will keep you posted.
Kindness & Valentine's Spirit Week
LCAP/PAC/SSC Meeting Calendar
Parent's Please Attend- Snacks and Child Care Provided
Virtual Attendance Optional: https://meet.google.com/mmn-tcbs-ucw?authuser=0&hs=122
Monthly Awards Assembly Information
Our next Monthly Awards Assembly will be held on Friday, February 7th at 9:15 AM in our school cafeteria. A parent invitation letter was sent home to the parents of the students that will be receiving awards the week prior.
Student of the Month Awards
One student from each class is chosen by their teacher as Student of the Month for working hard on exhibiting both the Monthly Value and our Positive Behavior Expectations. Student of the Month Award winners will receive a certificate, a small trophy, and a book of their choice at the assembly.
Our Student of the Month Winners for the month of January that will receive their award on February 7th are:
TK-K: Skarlett Parham
1st-2nd Grade: Axel Bruce
3rd-5th Grade: Koltyn Ghiotto
6th-8th Grade: Cloie Swartz
Pictured below are the Student of the Month Award Winners from November that received their awards on January 10th.
Perfect Attendance Awards
Monthly Perfect Attendance Awards are given to students that were able to attend school every day for the entire month. These students will receive a certificate, pencil, and a perfect attendance brag tag. We encourage perfect attendance on a regular basis as "the more students are here, the more they will learn".
Our December Perfect Attendance Award Winners that will receive their award on Friday, February 7th are:
Pictured below are the students that had Perfect Attendance for the month of December that received their award in January:
i-Ready Mid Year Achievement Awards
All of our K-8th grade students take an i-Ready diagnostic 3 times a year (Beginning, middle, and end of the year) to assess their academic achievement in both reading and math. The diagnostic provides teacher's with specific areas of growth and need for each student. Based on the beginning of the year diagnostic students are provided with an annual growth target to reach by the end of the school year. They then receive instruction within their classrooms on their grade level standards, as well as small group instruction and/or online instruction in i-Ready to meet their individual needs with the goal of reaching their annual growth target.
Our students completed the middle of the year diagnostic the last few weeks of January. The diagnostic shows that most of our students are not only on target to meet their annual growth rate by the end of the year, but have already met or surpassed their annual growth target. All students that have shown any growth will be receiving an award at the Monthly Awards Assembly on February 7th. Those that are on target for achieving their annual growth rate and/or have surpassed (** below) in either or both Reading and/or Math will be receiving an additional reward and will be going on a reward field trip.
i-Ready READING Achievement Award Winners are listed below:
The following students have met or surpassed their Annual Growth Target in Reading: Keanan Ball, Ducatti Ponce-Winters, Axel Bruce, Koltyn Ghiotto, Pierce Roberts, Noah Gonzalez, Jesse Perry, Wesley Poole, Kaylee Hernandez, Chris Bonifield, Navara Gonzalez, Kenzie Johnson, Jace Poole, Raelynn Berrigan, Bella Canfield, and Paityn Mellon. **
The following students are on target to meet their Annual Growth Target in Reading: Elijah Kulak, Emery Poole, Kai Ghiotto, Edward Windus, Orion Riddle, and Cloie Swartz. **
The following students showed some growth towards their Annual Growth Target in Reading: Aspen Holland-Damitz, Hunter Borba, Muira Nicora, Elijah Smith, and Kayson Stout.
i-Ready MATH Achievement Award Winners are listed below:
The following students have met or surpassed their Annual Growth Target in Math: Keanan Ball, Eleanor Windus, Elijah Kulak, Ella Johnson, Axel Bruce, Pierce Roberts, Edward Windus, Noah Gonzalez, Wesley Poole, Kaylee Hernandez, Jacob Pudwill, Navara Gonzalez, Kenzie Johnson, Jace Poole, Raelynn Berrigan, and Cloie Swartz. **
The following students are on target to meet their Annual Growth Target in Math: Aspen Holland-Damitz, Skarlett Parham, and Ezra Smith. **
The following students showed some growth towards their Annual Growth Target in Math: Hunter Borba, Ducatti Ponce-Winters, Muira Nicora, Emery Poole, Elijah Smith, Kayson Stout, Kai Ghiotto, Koltyn Ghiotto, Orion Riddle, Aiden Stout, Chris Bonifield, Madison Goodrich, Bella Canfield, and Paityn Mellon
CONGRATULATIONS i-Ready AWARD WINNERS!
Every Day is a Great Day to Learn!
Teachers plan learning opportunities for every school day, and while completing work missed during absences is important, it is no substitute for the activities, interactions and rich conversations that occur during learning in the classroom.
Please keep in mind that if your student(s) is sick we ask that you keep him/her/them home to rest and get better. This will help your student get better more quickly, as well as limit the spread of illness.
Here is a great video regarding the importance of school attendance from the Shasta County Office of Education/Reach Higher Shasta: https://youtu.be/6Iq_OiQ8B4c
Message from Leslie Rames
Our K-8th grade students have completed their mid-year i-Ready Assessments in both Reading and Math. It has been exciting to see all of the growth that our students have made so far this school year. We will be honoring all of our students K-8 that have shown growth on their Reading and/or Math i-Ready Mid-Year Assessment at our monthly awards assembly on Friday, February 7th. Family Invites to the awards assembly were sent home to all of our K-8th grade parents whose students showed growth on one or both of the assessments. We hope that all of our families of these students will be able to attend to show support of our students amazing growth so far this year. Also, please keep a look out as we will be sending home all of our student's i-Ready Assessment scores along with a flyer that provides information for parents about understanding their students assessment results.
At the top of the newsletter there is a flyer about the Great Kindness Challenge & Valentine's Spirit Week. The official national Great Kindness Challenge was held January 27-31, 2025. We at Castle Rock will be holding our Great Kindness Challenge on February 10-14, 2025. The Great Kindness Challenge provides a powerful tool that actively engages students, teachers, administrators, families, and communities in creating a culture of compassion, acceptance, unity, and respect. During the week our students will be given a checklist of kind actions and activities to do throughout the week at school and at home. In classrooms teachers will be teaching lessons on kindness and its impact on students themselves and others. Our hope is that the positive message students receive during the week will have an impact not just during the week, but long term. Please make sure to ask your students questions about the kindness activities that their class has done throughout the Great Kindness Challenge week. Also, it would be amazing if all of our students were able to participate in the Great Kindness Week Spirit Day wear given in the flyer.
Wishing everyone a kind and wonderful Valentine's Day!