“I went from L.A. Unified, which is a huge district, to Castaic, which is much smaller, and I wasn’t just an employee number anymore. I’d walk in the district office and they’d know my name,” said Huffman.

The Castaic Union School District awarded Castaic Middle School teacher Karla de Lemos with the District Teacher of the Year Award this week.

Castaic Union School District, in partnership with the Castaic Elementary School Parent Teacher Association, will be hosting a “Be Kind to Your Community” event at Castaic Lake (lower lake), Saturday, Jan. 25, and the entire community is invited.

CALLING ALL KINDERGARTNERS! Online enrollment for the 2020-2021 school year is now available! Please schedule your tour of our beautiful campuses today! We are so excited to meet our newest students!

As children sang their favorite Christmas carols at the Castaic Animal Shelter Thursday, animals joined in with their own chorus of barks and howls.

For the second time this school year, the Kids Loving Animals Within Shelters (KLAWS) club visited the northern Santa Clarita Valley shelter to socialize and engage with the animals held there.

While the previous event featured the children reading books to the animals, the event held within a week of Christmas had them singing songs with one another.

The Castaic Union School District board of trustees has selected Fred Malcomb as its president for the 2020 school year.

Castaic School Board members held their annual organizational meeting on December 12 and elected officers and representatives for 2020.

Castaic Middle School KLAWS clubs in partnership with West Ranch High School and DFYinSCV will carol to the adoptable pets at the Castaic Animal Care & Control Center on Thursday, December 19, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

The event is designed to help create awareness of their availability for adoption and, of course, to show these ready-to-adopt animals some love.

Castaic Union School District and Castaic Middle School are proud to announce the upcoming Winter Concert Series with performances on Thursday, Dec. 5, at 6:00 p.m. and Thursday, Dec. 12, at 6:00 p.m.