Castleton Elementary

A record $5,672.83 was raised @ this year's Hoops Against Hunger charity basketball game, breaking the one set in 2025 ($5,527.23). All proceeds from this event benefit The Anchor Food Pantry in Schodack. Pics & more @ schodack.k12.ny.us/2026/03/hoops-…

Schodack 2026–27 Pre-K Registration is open! Please share info about this FREE program with district families. Full info @ schodack.k12.ny.us/district/unive… 🏠For Schodack CSD residents 🎂Must be age 4 by 12/01/26 🗓️Lottery Deadline: April 10 📞Call (518) 477-7103 for an appointment

Lots of smiles @ our 2nd Annual Family Skate Day @ Guptill's! Thank you to all who came out & to the always amazing Castleton Elementary PTO for organizing another great event for school families!

Recent @SpecialOlympics programming, coinciding w/ Feb's Winter Olympics! As the real Olympics took place, students participated in PE class versions of bobsledding, ice skating, curling & skiing. In their classrooms, they watched Olympic events & did Olympic-themed activities.

Our CES school community crushed this year's Super Bowl Push-up Challenge! With 160 students & 110 adults participating, they flew past the goal of 10,000 to hit 16,219 push-ups! The reward was a well-deserved free day in PE class! Plus, congrats to this year's T-shirt winners!

Hoops Against Hunger returns March 13 @ 7 PM in the @MapleHill_HS Gym! Watch Schodack faculty & staff face off in a charity basketball game benefitting Anchor Food Pantry! See who's playing this year @ schodack.k12.ny.us/2026/02/hoops-…

Schodack Schools will operate on a 2-hour delay today (Wednesday, March 4) due to the road conditions. Please drive carefully on your way in this morning.

CES Family Skate Day @ Guptill's is Saturday, March 7, but $5 pre-sale tickets are due next Wednesday, March 4! Tickets WON'T be sold @ the door, so order them soon here: tinyurl.com/CESSkateDay2026

Schodack Schools will be closed today (Monday, February 23) due to the weather conditions. Please drive carefully if planning to go out.

CES 1st graders @ @MapleHill_HS Ceramics students teamed up for a special project. After the 1st graders drew monsters based on Anna Llenas’ "The Color Monster," the older students transformed those sketches into sculptures & gifted them to their original creators.

Due to a water main break in the village, Castleton Elementary will be closed today (Monday, February 9). Maple Hill is NOT impacted and will be open for a regular school day.

Dress Like a Teacher Day at @CastletonES . Toby was rocking his @Maphillbaseball gear! @SchodackCSD

All week (Feb. 2–6), the CES Kiwanis Kids (K-Kids) are collecting canned soup for The Anchor Food Pantry. Your cans = your votes for who'll win Super Bowl LX (@Seahawks or @Patriots?)! Drop your donations in your team's donation box during school hours!

Schodack Schools will operate on a 2-hour delay on Tuesday, January 27. Please drive carefully tomorrow morning on your way to school.

Schodack Schools will be closed on Monday, January 26, due to the ongoing weather. Please drive carefully if planning to go out.

CES 5th graders participated in their annual Newbery Debates! Students made cases for books they believe deserve the 2026 John Newbery Medal. Great work by all the debaters for their hard work & thanks to CES Librarian Ms. Rattner for helping them prepare!

Schodack CSD Winter/Spring Continuing Education registration is open for: 🚗DMV 5 Hour Pre-Licensing Course with Mackay Driving School 🧘Evening Yoga Flow & Tone 🏐Co-Ed Volleyball 🚶Hall Walkers Register by Feb. 20 on the district website @ schodack.k12.ny.us/continuing-edu…

Registration is open for Schodack families with children starting kindergarten @ Castleton Elementary in September 2026! Don't miss out on our incoming kindergarten spring events! See how to register @ tinyurl.com/tucmrusr

If it didn't make its way to you in the mail, you can find Schodack CSD's Fall/Winter Newsletter online here: tinyurl.com/3tftywen In it you'll find: ~District Introduces First Dedicated Robotics Course ~Q&A With Student Member of the Board Addison Loszynski ~And More!

Right before holiday break, CES students Lilly & Jonathan used their winning CES Community Fair raffle tickets to be CES PE Teachers! For one PE period, they taught kindergartners, prepped equipment, tied some shoes & got high fives @ the end of class!