Spring All-League Honors
Spring sports are just about wrapped up, and the Gators competed very well this season! Each team had at least one athlete receive all-league honors. GO GATORS!!
View ArticleStudents Animated by Special Presentation
Pixar producer and Casti parent Brad Lewis visited Castilleja to share his experiences producing animated features such as Antz, Ratatouille, Cars 2, and upcoming September release Storks with excited...
View ArticleMiddle Schoolers Celebrate Science at 21st Annual Explo
The 21st Annual Explo has concluded! Sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students picked a topic of interest and worked rigorously until they were able to present their results to the Castilleja community.
View Article109th Commencement focuses on leadership, gratitude, and friendship
Castilleja's commencement ceremony for the Class of 2016 was covered by the Palo Alto Weekly. Click through to read the article 'Castilleja School celebrates students who lead' by reporter Avi Salem...
View ArticleElijah Docter Thornburg '16 featured in Palo Alto Weekly
Congratulations, Elijah Docter Thornburg '16, for publishing this beautifully written article in the Palo Alto Weekly about your experience as the first Castilleja student to graduate as a young man.
View ArticleSupport Castilleja in our application for a new CUP!
June 30th marked a milestone for Castilleja School, as it is the day we submitted to the City of Palo Alto our application for a new Conditional Use Permit (CUP.)
View ArticleMusic for the Community Supports Music Education Through Impressive Donation
Through community performances, bake sales, and a school wide silent auction, Music for the Community student ACE Organization raised $3,228.63, enough money to fund one year of music classes for 43...
View ArticleWelcome back to school!
The first week of school is August 22-August 26. Click through to learn more about what's happening each day. You'll also find an Opening Day schedule for Thursday, August 25.
View ArticleSetting Course for a Successful Year
This week, on and off campus, students are participating in grade-level orientations, retreats, athletics, and special break-out trainings of all sorts in preparation for the upcoming school year.
View ArticleSixth Grade Orientation in the Library
The new sixth grade class came to the library for orientation last week! They had a lot of fun browsing our books.
View ArticleAfghan Women's Soccer Team
The Afghanistan National Women's soccer team will be competing at Cubberly tonight (Aug. 31st, 5:30 pm) against a local club soccer team. Casti senior, Amanda McMaster, will be playing goalie in this...
View ArticleEmployees Celebrate National Stripes Day
Last Friday Castilleja employees celebrated National Stripes Day by dressing up and embracing our silly sides.
View ArticleScenes from summer reading
The sixth graders learned about the ancient world through narrating, directing, and acting in silly yet creative scenes that brought the Persian Wars to life.
View ArticleAnnouncing this year's Arrillaga Family Speaker: Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy...
Castilleja School is delighted to welcome Pulitzer Prize winning poet, author, and educator Tracy K. Smith as this year's Arrillaga Family Speaker.
View ArticleAthletes of the Week!
Two Castilleja athletes have been awarded Palo Alto Weekly's Athlete of the Week recognition for two weeks in a row - Georgia Lewis, varsity water polo & Simran Sandhu, varsity tennis! GO GATORS!!
View ArticleVolleyball Team Wins Spike of Thrones Tournament!
The Castilleja varsity volleyball team competed in a tournament on Saturday at Skyline College. After going undefeated in five games, the Gators finished in 1st place! GO GATORS!!
View ArticleFun with Citations in the Library
Last Thursday the seventh grade came to the library to learn about our new citation tool, Noodletools.
View ArticleVisiting Professor Leads Vocal Masterclass
Emily Sinclair, Head of the Voice Department at UC Santa Cruz, recently led a Masterclass on vocal technique with Castilleja's Upper School Vocal Ensemble.
View ArticleSpirit Week
It's Spirit Week! Kicking off 3 days of crazy costumes and fun was Workout Wednesday. Tomorrow is TV Thursday, and Friday is the day to rep your class color.
View ArticleLearn More About Arrillaga Speaker Tracy K. Smith!
Arushi G. '18 wrote an l article about this year's Arrillaga Speaker, poet Tracy K. Smith for the library website. Click through to read it!
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