Dress for Weather: Please help your child dress for the weather each day. Students go outside for recess unless it is raining. Phy. Ed. classes will also be outside on occasion. A jacket or sweatshirt might be needed for morning classes. Please continue to send your child with socks and tennis shoes, even on Music or STEM days. Flip-flops, crocs, or other loose-fitting/open shoes are not safe on the playground. Upcoming events:

Thursday, May 19 - 5:00-6:30 - Castle School Family Fun Night! Help bridge your child's school year learning to summer learning! Visit fun learning stations throughout school and learn fun ways to help stop the summer learning slump! There will be a free dinner of beef hot dogs and fun 'freebies'. If you haven't RSVP'd yet, please call us at 651-748-6700 to let us know you are coming! See the attached information sheet.

Friday, May 20 - Hat Day! Castle School will be supporting Tartan High School's Relay for Life

event. Students and staff are invited to wear a hat to school on Friday, May 20th. In return, we are asking students and staff to donate $1.00 which will support the American Cancer Society. Students can still wear a hat to school even if they don't bring a donation.

Friday, June 3 - Castle School Fun Run! Last week, your child brought home a collection envelope

to collect donations for the First Castle Fun Run! This fund-raiser will be used to support the purchase of new gym equipment, replace the basketball backboards on our playground and other recess equipment. There will be prizes and other fun events. See the attached information sheet with all the details!

Monday, May 30 - No School; Memorial Day

Thursday, June 9 - Last Day of School!

Lost & Found: There are several student sweatshirts, jackets, hats, mittens, in our Lost & Found. Please remind your child to check for any lost items by June 9th. All left-over items will be donated. Library Books Please help your child return any library books to school by Friday, May 27th. If your child is missing a book, your child will receive a note with the title of the missing book. Moving?? New Email Address?? New Phone Number?? Is your family moving this summer? Have you recently switched phone numbers or changed your email

address, please let us know by calling the main office at 651-748-6700 . Having accurate contact information is important since the information is used to notify families of our Open House in August. Do You Have an Incoming Kindergarten Student? If you have a student starting Kindergarten in September 2016, please be sure to go to the District Education Centeras soon as possible to complete the Registration Paperwork. We are in the process of finalizing our class sizes for fall and want to be sure we have accurate numbers. The Enrollment Center is located at 2520 -

12th Ave. E., North St. Paul. Their phone number is 651-748-7550 . Swim Lessons: ISD 622 Community Education offers aquatic programs for the whole family. We offer parent/child, toddler, preschool and youth swim lessons, open swim, and Girls Swim Night Out a unique swim program just for girls and women. Registration is now open for summer lessons starting the week of June 13. Community Education Programs:

For a list and registration information for all the fun Summer Community Education Events and Programs, visit the e-flyers site by going to www.isd622.org/e-flyers and click on Elementary Schools.