Staten Island School Saluted for Serving, Supporting Veterans

Students at St. Adalbert’s School do all they can to support and honor our nation’s military veterans. And while the school doesn’t do it for glory, honors are coming just the same. The Staten Island school was recently named a recipient of the Innovations in Education Award by Today’s Catholic Teacher magazine.

Twelve Catholic schools nationwide were selected to receive the annual award, which was to be presented March 30 in San Diego. St. Adalbert’s was the only winner from the archdiocese.

“It means so much because it’s for our work with veterans and that is where our heart is,” said principal Diane Hesterhagen in an interview with Catholic New York. > Read More

Shown in picture: St. Adalbert students Victoria Walter, Ariel Gonzalez, Musa Donzo and Seth Wiltshire hold a photo of Father Vincent Capodanno, M.M., a Navy chaplain and Staten Island native who was killed during the Vietnam War, before the morning bell earlier this school year. The children pray each morning for his sainthood cause.