News and Announcements

Girls on the run received new shoes this year thanks to their National Sponsor Asics.

Castro Elementary conducted a campus wide spelling bee on Thursday, January 12. The 1st place winner from each classroom spelling bee in grades 1st-5th advanced to the campus wide spelling competition. The top 3 winners will advance to the District wide spelling bee which will be held on February 3rd. Congratulations to all participants!

At the end of the 3rd six weeks, the top class in each grade level for Accelerated Reader points were able to participate in a game day held in the library.

During the month of December, student council took up a collection of new, unwrapped toys to be donated to the Mission Police Department.

The girls volleyball team at Castro Elementary recently went toe-to-toe with staff members and came out victorious for the first game. Students who donated for the canned food drive were able to watch on the sidelines and cheer thier favorite team on.

Students at Castro Elementary and student council members recently gathered together to collect cans which were donated to the Mission Food Pantry which will help local families in need. Thank you to all who donated.

MCISD's Early Childhood/PPCD units recently had a banquet to celebrate uniqueness. Parents were guest speakers and discussed strategies and personal anecdotes for coping and to motivate each other in order to create a strong support system. Thank you to all who were in attendance.

Students in Early Childhood/SpEd and Pre-K were surprised when Santa paid them a visit.