NEW SCHOOL FACILITY!
We are in our new home:
602 Broadway
Albany NY 12207
Preparations for the "Outdoor Classroom" is underway:
Located next to the beautiful Hudson River -
the very location that was the genesis of our school's name.
Enrolling children ages 3 through 12, we provide a beautiful natural setting for learning within a caring and stimulating child-led atmosphere.
About half of Castle Island families live in the City of Albany,
and about half live in surrounding areas of New York’s Capital Region including:
Amsterdam
Ballston Lake
Ballston Spa
(East) Chatham
Clifton Park
Cobleskill
Cohoes
Colonie
Delanson
Delmar
Duanesburg
East Greenbush
Eastport
Feura Bush
Guilderland
Howes Cave
Hudson Falls
Latham
Loundonville
Schenectady
Selkirk
Slingerlands
Stuyvesent
Troy
Voorheesville
Parents are pleased with the natural wood furniture, classic artwork, and clean, safe classroom spaces filled with self-correcting, hands-on learning materials.
Register your child for the Enrollment Waitlist today!
OUR NAME
Castle Island was the name that French traders of beaver fur gave to a piece of land on the Hudson River where they built a stone chateau in 1540, one of the earliest European built edifices in North America.
Through the years, this island was renamed several times: Fort Nassau, Fort Orange, Martin Gerritse’s Island, Patroon’s Island, Van Rensselaer Island and, since the late 19th century, Westerlo Island.
Westerlo was connected to the mainland ending its time as an island in 1932, and the island’s original location was developed as the Port of Albany. We are pleased to represent our city’s history as the oldest chartered city in the US, and our school honors the name from its origin as Castle Island.
