Castle Rock Elementary School (CRE) is an exciting
place to be! CRE is a community of learners pursuing higher levels of
understanding in order to meet individual and school goals. Our school
supports an imbedded staff development model that provides science and
literacy learning opportunities and support for our teachers within the
context of their classroom environments.
We are proud of our student achievement goals and our progress toward
them. We are also proud of the many other opportunities available for
children at CRE. Our outdoor education programs begin in fourth grade
and continue through sixth grade. We have an outdoor habitat learning
lab that has been recognized by the National Wildlife Federation as an
official schoolyard habitat site. Our students created the site plan,
organized work days, and created this lab on our school grounds.
CRE also works hard to develop a passion for theater, music, art,
technology, and physical education in our students. We celebrate these
avenues of education continually with a variety of productions
throughout the year. This fall, Oliver was a rousing success, and this
spring we will produce The Sound of Music. We encourage students to
participate in video club, chess club, Spanish class, talent shows,
science club, newspaper club, and several other enrichment
opportunities throughout the year.
A primary focus at CRE for more than a decade has been to help all
students improve in reading and writing. CRE was one of the first
schools to be trained in a district initiative called Literacy
Instructional Framework for Teaching (LIFT). This framework reinforces
our understandings about teaching literacy. We are committed to
improving student mastery of reading and writing standards.
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