Reported by Annalise Knudsen, SI Live on October 6, 2020. As the 2020-2021 academic year gets underway amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in New York City, Catholic and private schools on Staten Island say they are seeing an uptick in inquiries and enrollment. Parents who are making the switch out of the city’s public school [...]
Catholic Schools in the New York City welcomed back students on September 9. All students will receive five days of classroom instruction with live streaming of lessons to provide synchronous learning. Classrooms and buildings will be outfitted with several new safety protocols as well as technology to allow for accommodations for both in-person and remote [...]
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Minty Organization for the Performing Arts, the non-profit which oversees The Minty Awards, has announced honorees for the Seventh annual Minty Awards Dinner Gala set for Thursday, Jan. 16 at 7 p.m. in Nicotra’s Ballroom, at the Hilton Garden Inn. To be honored during the festive event will be Andrew [...]
Moore Catholic High School on Staten Island is one of our schools to perform at Radio City Music Hall for the Christmas Spectacular. Classic holiday songs are sung a capella by this talented high school chorus. The Staten Island Advance went to the school to capture the choir's rehearsal and to showcase these dedicated young [...]
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 [...]
