Staten Island middle school students at Father Vincent Capodanno Catholic Academy are getting hands-on experience when it comes to caring for animals through a new partnership with the Staten Island Zoo, West Brighton.

The Zoo and Father Vincent Capodanno Catholic Academy, South Beach, partnered to create the Father Capodanno Animal Studies Program earlier this year, funded by Catapult Learning. The school was formed in 2020 when the former St. Adalbert’s School in Elm Park merged with Holy Rosary School in South Beach.

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Photo: the Father Capodanno Animal Studies Program is a partnership between the Staten Island Zoo, West Brighton, and Father Vincent Capodanno Catholic Academy, South Beach, to help students learn to care for animals. (Courtesy/Staten Island Zoo).