School Profile

Casterlin School serves an area of approximately sixty square miles. The K-8 students are transported to and from school on school buses. Students who miss the bus often have a difficult time getting to school.

In addition to rough, windy roads, transporting students to and from school is often hampered by relatively severe weather. Although snow is rarely a problem, we experience annual rainfall that varies from fifty to seventy inches. Some students living on the fringes of the school attendance area do live at higher elevations where snow becomes an issue. Staff who travel to work from the Garberville or Bridgeville areas have to pass over elevations where snow and ice can prevent them from arriving at work.

Local industires include logging, wood harvesting for firewood, animal husbandry - raising goats, cattle and sheep. A grocery store is located in Alderpoint. Many people are self-employed, drive out of the area for work, or live on some form of public assistance.

School Vision and Mission

Our Mission is to produce students who are:

• Proficient in reading comprehension, communication, computation, reasoning and problem solving.
  
  
• Aware of the many cultures which contribute to and make up our world.
  
  
• Enriched in the field of fine arts and humanities.
  
  
• Capable of problem solving in a variety of real life situations.
  
  
• Committed to good health and physical fitness.
  
  
• Willing to assume resonsibility for their own actions.
  
  
• Positive about their self-worth and abilities.
  
  
• Respectful of the rights and feelings of others.
  
  

We will involve staff, students, family, and the community in the process of providing students with the knowledge, skills and experiences they will need to contribute to and participate in our society.