The Catholic schools on Staten Island hosted their Annual Regional Spelling Bee on Thursday, Dec. 12. All participants were in grades 5 through 8, and qualified for the competition by out-spelling their classmates. The winner, Charlotte Tama of St. Joseph Hill Academy, felt like she made her school proud when she won the competition by [...]
The Moore Catholic High School choir will be opening for the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular on Dec. 19. These 32 Staten Island high school students will be singing an a capella version of “Hallelujah” and “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” on the world-famous New York City stage. The choir’s fellow [...]
Students at St. Adalbert School in Staten Island hosted their Annual pre-Veterans Day breakfast and assembly for over 100 veterans and their families last Wednesday. The students gifted handmade cards and hearts to the veterans, performed patriotic songs, and took part in the White Table Ceremony -- a remembrance of Veterans who are missing in [...]
Staten Island's Holy Rosary School has implemented a new sensory path, providing a creative way to give students a “brain break” throughout the school day, and helping children increase their cognition and retention. The sensory path is aimed at aiding children with attention deficit issues, but Holy Rosary has found that this special education innovation [...]
The Staten Island Advance interviews Sacred Heart students on their first day of school, asking “What makes your teacher great?” Click here to view the video!
St. Clare School in Staten Island’s 12th Annual Summer STEM & Robotics Adventure Program hosted some visitors this July. Four children from Xiamen, China joined the camp as part of a five-day cultural exchange program. The visiting students demonstrated origami and got to interact with students and faculty on the campus. > Click here to [...]
The Ferrante Quintuplets -- the only set of five children born in one delivery in Staten Island University Hospital history -- are all playing basketball for Saint Christopher’s School in Grant City. Smallest born, Amanda is positioning to be center as now tallest of the five. > Read more: https://www.silive.com/news/2019/04/where-are-the-ferrante-quintuplets-10-years-later.html > Read more: Tiny miracles: [...]
By Annalise Knudson, SILive.com Students at Our Lady Star of the Sea, Huguenot, dressed in jeans and purple to help support two students who have rare diseases. Gabriella DiSalvo, an eighth-grader, was joined by her classmates of the National Junior Honor Society, who helped her raise awareness and money for Global Genes. The students raised [...]
By Claire M. Regan, SILive.com Wearing disposable gloves and safety goggles, James Profeta plunked the specimen into a clear plastic cup. He was one of 21 students in Molly Davies' science class at St. Joseph-St. Thomas School in Pleasant Plains who were dissecting sterilized barn-owl pellets to learn about the food chain. ... Down the [...]
By Dr. Gracelyn Santos, SILive.com St. Joseph by-the-Sea High School is recognizing 30 "Students of Excellence" for 2018. The winners were chosen by school faculty and administration based on academics, sports, extra-curricular activities and more. Click here for full article and to scroll through the photos to meet the standout students to be honored April [...]
