Welcome to Helping Hands School & Academy Nursery School!

                 Helping Hands School:

Established in 1981, Helping Hands School is a nonprofit preschool program for children from age three through age five. We provide services to children of all abilities. Helping Hands currently provides special education preschool services to children from Saratoga, Rensselaer, Washington and Albany counties.

The goal of Helping Hands School is to meet the individual needs of each child and to foster readiness skills to maximize success in public school. Helping Hands recognizes that parents and families are the most important people in the lives of their children and works closely with them throughout their early years.

    Academy Nursery School:

As a program, the Academy Nursery School has a strong focus on the development of the "whole child" including: socialization, communication, preacademics, preliteracy, self-help and motor development.  In cooperation with Helping Hands School we offer a language rich learning environment and highly skilled staff. Our classes are integrated with a curriculum designed to facilitate development in children of all abilities.

The goal of Academy Nursery School is to provide an enriched learning environment for two, three and four year old children from the local community. We strive to help children develop confidence, independence, creativity and a love for learning in preparation for maximum success in public school.