Castlen’s Vision: Castlen Elementary students will be career-minded individuals who are proficient in all academic areas and who will graduate from high school fully prepared to enter college or the global workforce. They will use self-discipline and motivation while benefitting from parental and community involvement, with a staff who fosters an enthusiasm for learning.

School Colors: Red, White, & Blue

Mascot: Tiger Cub

Motto: “Teaching Today’s Cubs to be Tomorrow’s Tigers”

Principal: Laura Dickens

Assistant Principal: DeAnna Stevens

Daily Schedule

6:50 a.m. Cafeteria Opens for Breakfast

7:05 a.m. School Begins

7:20 a.m. Tardy Bell

1:45 p.m. Early Dismissals Stop

2:15 p.m. Dismissal of Bus Riders

2:20 p.m. Dismissal of Car Riders

CASTLEN ELEMENTARY9960 School House RoadGrand Bay, Alabama 36541Phone: (251) 865-6733Fax: (251) 221-1099

Cora Castlen Elementary

School

Located in South Mobile County

All of the programs at Castlen require application of content knowledge and skills learned. The innovative programs are tied directly to the content work completed in the classrooms. The depth of knowledge for our students continues to grow exponentially through the use of project-based learning.

Innovative School: Castlen engages students in “Application Alley’s” by providing programs and opportunities for students to use and test their academic skills, in and out of the classroom. Agriculture, science, engineering, technology, and mathematics opportunities guide student engagement in all grades and academic areas. Our goal each year is to provide students with academic skills and application opportunities that will grow their optimism and confidence for success in college and/or the work place.

Castlen offers engineering in every classroom throughout the school year. Problem-solving, working through real-life scenarios with evaluation and redesign components build strong work ethics and application of skills among our students. Students are provided with opportunities to take a crucial look at their work for the purpose of improving their work.

Our innovative school learning environment, combined with the Alabama College and Career Ready Standards, best practices and the current research to raise student content mastery, insures students are prepared for a successful future in the ever-changing global work environment.

Castlen Elementary is recognized as a Mobile Area Education Foundation STEM Leadership School.

Mobile County Public Schools

Castlen Elementary is located in Grand Bay, Alabama. As part of the Mobile County Public School System, we fulfill all requirements of the Alabama State Department of Education. In addition, we have enhanced our curriculum to meet the expectations of our community, and the ever-changing workforce demands in our area.

The curriculum at Castlen includes areas that will assist our students in choosing a path for a successful future. Engineering, agriculture, literacy projects, academic competitions, and community service are all integrated throughout the school day and are all a vital component of the innovative programs we offer at Castlen.

Living in a farming community, Castlen brings a deep understanding of agriculture to the classroom. In an effort to become a true reflection of our community, Castlen has developed outdoor areas for growing food and enhancing instruction in science and math through the use of technology.

Castlen Elementary is recognized as a Mobile County Public School System School of Innovation.

CASTLEN ELEMENTARY

All of the programs at Castlen require application of content knowledge and skills learned. The innovative programs are tied directly to the content work completed in the classrooms. The depth of knowledge for our students continues to grow exponentially through the use of project-based learning.