Castle Bridge School
560 West 169 Street, New York, NY 10032
Castle Bridge is a K-5th grade dual-language progressive elementary school. Students learn English and Spanish. The school’s mission is to provide each student with a high-quality, arts-infused, project-based experience that will develop the skills and passions for inquiry and engagement in support of their growth as scholars, workers, and citizens.
Facilitators
Margaret Blachly, MSEd, is the director and a psycho-educational specialist at the Center for Emotionally Responsive Practice at Bank Street College. She spent 11 years teaching pre-K and kindergarten in dual language and inclusion settings. Margaret is a presenter and consultant to schools in New York City; Providence, RI; and beyond in the areas of social studies, curriculum, and social-emotional practice. She holds a master’s degree from Bank Street’s Early Childhood Bilingual General and Special Education Program.
Carmen Colón, MSEd, is an advisor and instructor at Bank Street Graduate School of Education. Her current research includes progressive education practices in integrated, dual language classrooms in a New York City public school. She has been an educational consultant in curriculum development in dual language, general, and special education practice and previously taught pre-K. She also taught Spanish to children in pre-K through first grade in after-school programs. She earned an MS in Dual Language/Bilingual Early Childhood Special & General Education from Bank Street Graduate School of Education. She holds a BA in Management Information Systems from Pace University.
Emily Linsay is the Lower School Coordinator at Bank Street School for Children. She supports second grade (7/8s) – fourth grade (9/10s) classrooms as well as specialist teachers, children, and families. Her 30+ years of classroom teaching include pre-K, kindergarten, and first grade in the School for Children and at other public and private schools. She eared a BA in English from Georgetown University and an MA in Early Childhood Education from Bank Street Graduate School of Education.
Elizabeth Jarvis is the Lower School Associate Division Head at Bank Street School for Children. She has worked with preschool- to high school-aged children and their families. She believes in creating space for communities to engage in the work of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging as they intersect with race and social justice. She earned her BA in English from Fordham University, Lincoln Center, and her MS in Leadership in Technology and the Arts from Bank Street Graduate School of Education and Sarah Lawrence College.