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The Castlewood School

General Information

School Hours 8:00AM - 2:20PM

All students must arrive wearing a proper fitting face mask and have a completed daily health screening.

ARRIVAL

Pre-K: Castle Playground

Kindergarten & Grade 1: Main Lobby Entrance

Grades 2 - 5: Entrance 8

DISMISSAL

Pre-K: Castle Playground

Kindergarten: 2:15PM at Main Lobby Entrance

Grades 1 & 3: 2:20PM at Exit 2A (ramp)

Grade 2: 2:20PM Exit 8

Grades 4 & 5: 2:20PM at Exit 2

student Council

Friday, May 20th

Sports day!

Digital Accessibility

The DOE is committed to creating and supporting learning environments that reflect the diversity of New York City. To ensure that our website serves the needs of everyone, it follows the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0, Level AA. That means the sites work for people with disabilities, including those who are blind and partially sighted.

We are committed to creating accessible digital experiences for all website visitors. If you need assistance with a particular page or document on our current site, please email jcosentino5@schools.nyc.gov for assistance.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) OverviewIntroduces the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) international standard, including WCAG 2.0 and WCAG 2.1. WCAG documents explain how to make web content more accessible to people with disabilities.

Vision Statement

Castlewood is dedicated to helping students grow into culturally responsive, emotionally stable, academically proficient citizens as they engage in rigorous learning opportunities.

Mission Statement

In order to support all students, Castlewood will bolster instruction in all classrooms and ensure that every student acquires, and every parent/guardian understands, advanced literacy skills by creating equitable learning opportunities for culturally and linguistically diverse students. We will provide a welcoming and affirming environment, high expectations, rigorous instruction, inclusive curricula, and assessments through ongoing professional learning and support as well as family engagement opportunities.