Castle Rock Elementary School

We love it here. The new Principal has been great! We came in mid-year and have been made to feel very welcome by the students and staff. My children are getting challenged academically. They are getting science everyday, as well as all of the other subject areas. The parent community has been wonderful as well. Very down to earth friendly people. I am so glad we made the move to CRE!
--Submitted by a parent

We open enrolled our child into this school because our neighborhood school had such poor reviews. I immediately got a bad vibe from the new principal, Kelly Ursetta. She continued to disappoint when I had emailed her regarding an issue that we had. She has a better than everyone type of attitude that really shines through. We have also noticed a huge lack of parent involvement. The parents don't seem friendly whatsoever & there is no parent support in our child's classroom. We have just been very disappointed in lots of ways, too many to list here. The only good thing about this school is our child's teacher, whom we absolutely adore. I probably would have taken our child to another school midway through the year had it not been for her.
--Submitted by a parent

The school is very advanced and the principal and staff are excellent. I would recommend this school to all. We will continue in this school and tell all our friends with younger children to enroll in Castle Rock Elementary.
--Submitted by a parent

sI moved my kids from another school into CRE last year. I now have 2 kids there, and 1 has gone on to middle school. I love this school, as do my kids. At the other school, my oldest child was so bullied, I feared for his safety. When everything is said and done, I was blessed to be able to get my children into this school. The teachers adore the kids. The office staff knows each kid by name. So far the new principal has been doing a great job. She did have some pretty big shoes to fill. My two kids that are there now are so happy. At the previous school when I picked them up at the end of the day, they were ALWAYS in tears. Now they're laughing, and I have to wait forever for them. I also see all of the teachers hug all their kids on their way home. I am so happy my kids are here. Their grades have gone up, and during summer, and fall break, they spent most of their time reading books. I am so proud to be a part of this school.
--Submitted by a parent

The principal is to "everything is wonderful, there are no problems" when the problem is her. My kids were at the school the first three and first two years of the elementary careers. They had great teachers except for the older child. The final teacher he had allowed movies every Friday in the classroom and one of them being Hannah Montana, PG13! Not appropriate. That teacher was also going through a principal apprenticeship. I was disappointed that the great teachers were not rewarded and two of them moved on due to poor upper leadership.
--Submitted by a parent

When I was in this school, I loved it. The teachers are amazing and the principal was very nice and helped out.

I have two children that attend CRE, a 3rd and 4th grader. My daughter has terrific teachers and is on or above grade level in all areas. My son has had the complete opposite. Poor teacher-parent communication. The only good information we receive is based on our requests. There is one member of the office staff that seems to always answer the phone. He is rude and painful to deal with. We have a 2 year old that will attend one of the charter schools in place of CRE. It's not worth the gamble.
--Submitted by a parent

My kids go to cre for about 4 yrs,they love it,my son got the best teacher in btrack,but my daughter is struggling in math,which my son never had a problem with,ithink it depends on the teacher what method she is using,to teach her kids,but overall i'm happy with this school.
--Submitted by a parent

The teachers make this school. My son has been in this school for 4 years. He has a teacher that I don't love this year, but the past three years have been great. The school has a lot of kids, but they manage it well. I do NOT feel that the school is unsafe. It is bigger than we are use to, but that does not make it unsafe.
--Submitted by a parent

The principal has no control over her staff. We RARELY see her and the office staff is always very luke warm when I go in. The school is really overcrowded and I think that makes it unsafe. My kids are not thriving academically and the teachers seem overworked and worn out.
--Submitted by a parent