Education

Local Schools

Dunsmuir Elementary School
4760 Siskiyou Ave.
Dunsmuir, CA 96025
(530) 235-4828

Dunsmuir Elementary School is located among evergreen trees on a hillside above the Sacramento River and Interstate 5. We serve the small community of Dunsmuir, which is located on the southern end of Siskiyou County in rural northern California.

Our mission statement at Dunsmuir Elementary School is: "to empower our children to discover and develop their gifts and talents, to achieve their potential, to make positive life choices and contribute to society."

Parent and community involvement is very important to Dunsmuir Elementary School. Parents are encouraged to participate in the decision-making process through membership and attendance at GATE and SITE council meetings. Parents visit and volunteer regularly in our classrooms, chaperone field trips, athletic events, and band and music trips. An annual recognition "tea" is held each spring to honor our many volunteers.

Communication with our parents and community is done through weekly notes home, a weekly local newspaper column, school web page, and local access television. We have a Back to School barbeque in the fall and Open House in the spring and have a large turnout at both events. Parent nights throughout the school year offer informative speakers, craft projects, games, computer fun nights, and student presentations.

The school's involvement in Watershed Education is felt throughout our curriculum and culminates in the annual River Festival where Dunsmuir Elementary School and the city of Dunsmuir celebrate the opening of fishing season. There are many community activities at the event, and parents are very involved with all aspects of this program.

Parents also complete the annual "Needs Assessment" where they are encouraged to evaluate all areas of their children's experience and education at Dunsmuir Elementary School. A raffle is held to reward returned surveys and a large percentage of our parents participate. Survey responses are evaluated by SITE council to drive changes for the following school year.

Dunsmuir High School
High School Way
Dunsmuir, CA 96025
(530) 235-4835

Despite an enrollment of 110 students Dunsmuir High School, "Home of Scholars and Champions", is known throughout northern California for it's progressive college preparatory curriculum. Dunsmuir High grads are currently enrolled in the University of San Francisco, University of California Berkeley and Irvine, St. Mary's College, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, the United States Air Force Academy, as well as the California State University system. Over the past three years DHS students have received over $1,000,000 in scholarships and grants. Because of its small size, and excellent academic achievement, DHS can be thought of as a public school in a private setting.

The Dunsmuir Tigers are also a perennial athletic power in the Evergreen League and the Northern Section of the California Interscholastic Federation. Over the past five years the Tigers have won tournament and section championships in football, volleyball, basketball, softball, tennis and track.

Castle Rock School District
29373 Main Street
Castella, CA 96017
(530) 235-0101
Preschool: (530) 235-0244

Castle Rock School was established in 1887 in the small mountain community of Castella. Castle Rock School is safely nestled between Castle Crags State Park and the Upper Sacramento River. The school is beautifully maintained and is in the most ideal location for nature walks, field trips and hands-on science projects. The school consists of multi-age classrooms with fully credentialed, highly qualified teachers ALL holding Masters degrees.

Castle Rock School has a Montessori Preschool for children 3-5 years old with a highly experienced Montessori teacher. It also has a full-day Montessori Kindergarten.

Castle Rock School provides Free breakfast and lunch prepared fresh daily, including a salad bar, to all students. Castle Rock School also offers transportation from Mt. Shasta to Lakehead, state of the art computers, athletics, music, art, and after school child care.

Castle Rock School will provide a safe and positive learning environment for all students. We emphasize academics and citizenship through State standards, technology, and co-curricular programs.

College

College of the Siskiyous
800 College Avenue, Weed, CA 96094
Phone: (530) 938-5200

College of the Siskiyous, one of the most beautiful community colleges campuses in California, is located at the base of majestic Mount Shasta. This 250-acre campus is easily accessible off both Interstate 5 and Highway 97 in the town of Weed. The College is widely recognized for its excellent programs in the humanities and arts, sciences and technology, and in athletics. The setting, a natural environment of mountains, forests, lakes, and streams, serves as an outdoor workshop for many classes such as art, geology, the life sciences, and physical and recreational education.

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