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Dr. Andrew, became CUSD’s Superintendent on February 1, 2010. Previously, he was the Assistant Superintendent for Educational Services in the Glendora Unified School District since 2003. Before that, he was Director of Student Services in Redlands Unified and a Principal in Claremont Unified. He began his education career in 1979 as a teacher in Claremont.

Dr. Andrew was introduced to the Castlemont community at our February HSC Meeting by outgoing superintendent Dr. Johanna VanderMolen.

Dr. Andrew holds a master’s in education from Cal Poly Pomona, an administrative credential from Cal State San Bernardino and a doctorate in education management from the University of Laverne. He is married and has two grown children.

He replaces Dr. Johanna VanderMolen, who retired at the end of January 2010.

Campbell Union School District educates more than 7,300 students from preschool through eighth grade. Its 12 schools serve the communities of Campbell, Los Gatos, Monte Sereno, San Jose, Santa Clara and Saratoga.

Castlemont Families, join us at our next HSC meeting on Tuesday, March 2nd at 7:00 pm in the school Staff Room.  In addition to hearing updates on upcoming HSC activities, we will be hosting 4th Grade teacher Maggie Spehar who will be talking to us about the PBIS (Positive Behavior Intervention and Support) program at Castlemont.

We will also get an update from Principal Ivy Sarratt on the latest Benchmark scores and how we are tracking against past years.

Child care will be provided by TGIF so feel free to bring your kids along.  They will be well taken care of during the meeting by a group of teens who will ensure that they have fun and stay active.

The latest edition of the Castlemont Courier is online on the Resources Page.  Download it now.

We are working in partnership with HP Pavilion Events to provide our community with discount tickets to family shows at HP Pavilion in San Jose. Click on the link below (and on the Resource Page) for information on the upcoming Disney On Ice show including the ticket order form.

Our contact is Mike Nieves and he can provide information about other upcoming events including:

AP Open Tennis Tournament – Februrary 8-14
Disney On Ice: Worlds of Fantasy – Februrary 24-28
NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship – March 18 & 20
Smuckers Stars On Ice – May 23
US Figure Skating Championship – January 22-29, 2012

Disney On Ice Order Form

Make your plans to attend Monroe Middle School’s Valentine’s Day Concert at the Heritage Theater in downtown Campbell.  Hearing young musicians play in a beautiful theater setting is an event to share!  Make it an exciting night out for family and friends.  The event takes place on Thursday, February 11^th at 7:00 pm.  Tickets are $6 for adults and $3 for children 2-10 (little ones under 2 are free) and can be purchased at the door or by filling out a ticket order form available below.

Monroe Middle School Band Ticket Order Form

Head on over to the Photos Page to see a few photos from our recent Spirit Assembly in honor of our January Dynamite Dragons.  each month, the teachers will choose students who consistently demonstrate great character traits and who live out the 3 R’s and we reward them in front of the school.

Please join us next Tuesday, February 2nd at 7:00 pm in the Castlemont cafeteria for our monthly HSC meeting.  We will be joined by CUSD Superintendent Dr. Johanna VanderMolen.  Dr. VanderMolen will be at our school to introduce the new Superintendent, Dr. Eric Andrew.

To read a recent Mercury News article on the change in leadership click here.

We expect a large showing at this meeting so we have arranged for child care to be provided by TGIF (Teens Giving Back…Finally).  TGIF provides free workshops in dancing, singing, acting, nutrition and individual and group fitness for children in Kinder through Fifth grade.  They promote the awareness and importance of these areas in nurturing the whole child.  They have generously offered to work with the HSC to provide high quality care during our meetings to ensure that parents can participate knowing their children are being supervised and  taken care of.

A guest post by Castlemont Principal, Ivy Sarratt

Congratulations to last year’s 2^nd – 5^th grade STAR testers! According to our 2008-2009 STAR results, Castlemont students met all of the 21 AYP subgroup goals with remarkable gains.

For example, the district Hispanic subgroup goal was 17% points.  Castlemont’s Hispanic subgroup surpassed that goal with an increase of 62% points.  The district Socio-Economically Disadvantaged (SED) subgroup goal was 18% points.  Castlemont’s SED subgroup increased by 62% points. The district English Learners (EL) goal was also 18% points and Castlemont’s EL subgroup increased by a remarkable 64% points.

Again, congratulations to all of our Castlemont students and parents for making school and learning a priority and to all of our Castlemont teachers and staff for making learning fun, interesting, challenging, and meaningful for students to succeed.

Many of you have noticed that missing from your Monday envelopes this week was a copy of the Castlemont Courier school newsletter. As of the beginning of this year, we will no longer be printing the Courier for inclusion in the Monday envelopes. The latest version of the Courier will be posted on this site on the Resources Page. It is also posted at the official Castlemont School website. If you would like to subscribe to the Courier so that the newsletter is delivered to your e-mail inbox when it is published, you can sign up here.