The Dolphin Whistle

Dear Parents,

Thank you to everyone for coming to the school to pick up your child's workbooks! We had 99% of our families pick up their materials.

Distance Learning began this week and students are expected to complete the assignments posted, watch the recorded lessons, and participate in the live Zoom lessons and class meetings.

The weekly schedule is posted by Monday morning each week. There are 3 ways to access this weekly schedule of assignments:

1. Each teacher posts the weekly schedule in Google Classroom.

2. The weekly schedules are also posted on the Castro website. On the main page of the website there is a Distance Learning icon and the Dashboard with a link to each class's weekly schedule can be found there.

3. In addition, each Monday I will send the link to the Dashboard of weekly schedules to you via School Messenger. Check your email each Monday morning.

These are 3 ways to access the same important information of the assignments and lessons that are expected for your child each week.

We all miss the children and families! Check out the video below of some of the teachers and staff from Castro.

As always, please contact me via email, phone, or text if you have any questions or need anything. (831) 206-9522.

Warm Regards,

Theresa Lambert

Principal Mariano Castro Elementary

Here's a video of some of the Castro teachers and staff, missing your from our homes.

Castro

If you need assistance getting your child into the Zoom lessons:

Call Ms. Calderon or Mr. Alcazar.
Kristen Calderon (408) 404-8166 Roberto Alcazar (408) 780-8615

Friday, May 1, 2020 - Show your Dolphin Spirit for Hat Day! Make a flipgrid of you and your favorite hat or a funny hat and post it on Friday.

https://flipgrid.com/eb03a1e6

Check out the dates and times for this assembly students can watch from home!

EarthCapades

Virtual Assembly Program

www.crowdcast.io/e/earthcapades-menlopark-mountainview/1

If you are having issues with Chromebooks issued by the school district, please contact Technology at 650-526-3252 or support@mvwsd.org.

If your personal device breaks and you are unable to get another, please contact Ms. Lambert, Mrs. Calderon, Mr. Alcazar, or your teacher and we will do our best to get a device to you.

Beginning next week, teachers from the Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA) will begin providing the music and art lessons that were scheduled for the remainder of this school year. If your child’s class had lessons planned for March, April and May, your teacher will schedule these with their CSMA teacher. Lessons will be delivered in real time through Zoom and also be posted in teachers’ Google Classrooms.

For those who have no internet or internet difficulties at home, there is a WiFi access point available in the parking lot in front of Mistral so students can access their assignments. While using the parking lot wifi, you must remain in your car in order to practice social distancing. Students must have an adult accompanying them.

Use your PowerSchool Parent Portal Access to select Electives for 2020-21

Beginning April 29, 2020, parents will be able to log on to the PowerSchool Parent Portal to select their fifth- to seventh-graders’ elective choices for 2020-21. You will receive an email when the course catalogs are posted on April 24.

Please make sure you have access to the PowerSchool Parent Portal now by logging on to https://ps.mvwsd.org/public/. You will use the PowerSchool Parent Portal for elective selection, grades, assignments and attendance monitoring, and for downloading state test results.

If you have difficulty signing in, please contact your school office.

If you’re among the 70+ million households who have already responded to the 2020 Census, thank you! If you haven’t completed it yet, paper questionnaires are in the mail headed your way. Households receiving the paper questionnaire can still respond online or by phone, or they can return it by mail in the enclosed envelope. When you respond online, use the Census ID from the letter or provide your address. To respond now, go to https://go.usa.gov/xdKjk.

Please encourage your family, friends, and neighbors to complete it too. It’s something everyone can do while practicing social distancing at home to make a difference today, tomorrow and the next 10 years.