Our School

Castle Rock Middle School is a neighborhood school offering 7th and 8th grades. We take great pride in our school, our community and the education offered to all those that walk through our doors.

We offer a well-rounded education that not only focuses on our core classes of Language Arts, Math, Science and Social Studies, but we also offer a robust selection of elective opportunities. Students are able to explore the Arts, several different languages as well as many different practical art and technology pathways.

Throughout this section of the website, you will find information on our instructional practices, philosophy as well as school activity and club offerings for our students.

Mission Statement

Our mission at Castle Rock Middle School is to provide a nurturing community grounded in kindness and high expectations. We empower students to grow academically, socially, and emotionally, preparing them to meet challenges with confidence and purpose.

Vision Statement

At Castle Rock Middle School, we envision a community that supports the whole student, preparing them to meet the challenges of tomorrow with resilience, integrity, and purpose.

Middle School Philosophy

Teaming

Students are placed on one of four academic teams for their core classes.  (Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies)  This team of 5-7 teachers (see our teams pages for the teachers) have the same students for all of these core classes.  This allows this one team of teachers to get to know these students very well, both educationally and personally.  Teams meet on a weekly basis with our counseling and administrative team to discuss supports to students, making sure they are getting exactly what they need for both their educational and social emotional needs.  

The layout of the school supports this same philosophy.  There is one team in each 'pod' of the school, allowing most of the core classes to be in the immediate vicinity of each other in the pod.  Students travel outside of the pod primarily for lunch and their elective opportunities.  Each team becomes a very close-knit community, essentially creating a school within a school.  

Counseling and Administrative Support

We have counselors and administrators assigned to each team.  These are adults for both students and parents to reach out to whenever they need anything for their student.  All of these assignments are on the team pages.  This provides great continuity for both the students as well as the parents.