{"id":115515,"date":"2026-01-28T20:38:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T20:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/115515\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T20:38:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T20:38:24","slug":"officials-read-to-nyc-students-at-st-charles-on-staten-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/115515\/","title":{"rendered":"Officials read to NYC students at St. Charles on Staten Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"XSUPTC4UKBG3PNGFXZ25CZZO3Q\">STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2013 For at least one morning in Oakwood, the usual sight of \u201ciPad kids\u201d disappeared. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"KOXCOZSS6ZDNDO2R3YVG4M4YYY\">On Wednesday, St. Charles School welcomed students from St. Teresa\u2013St. Rita STREAM Academy as both schools celebrated \u201cLiteracy Day,\u201d a highlight of Catholic Schools Week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"7BZXLR27HVFTVAYVFTBMMHEDWI\">More than 70 first- and second-grade pupils gathered in the St. Charles gym, dressed as their favorite book characters, to share stories, create crafts, and celebrate their love of reading.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Catholic Schools Week: Literacy Day at St. Charles\" class=\"article__image-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769632704_810_OQDYUVXG7JFFLAX3P2H5BTQGQE.jpg\"  \/>Borough President Vito Fossella and Jann Amato, regional superintendent of the Catholic School Region of Staten Island, celebrate literacy day with first and second graders as part of Catholic Schools Week at the St. Charles School in Oakwood on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026 (Advance\/SILive.com | Jason Paderon)Advance\/SILive.com | Jason Paderon<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"MBKL5HWRRVHUTKBBH77XKX2WBU\">Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella and Regional Superintendent Jann Amato joined the festivities by reading aloud the beloved children\u2019s book \u201cThe Rainbow Fish,\u201d a fitting choice, as its message of kindness and collaboration reflected the spirit of the day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"RN6CWM2ZWZFSNN4G6R7QFKHBRE\">\u201cSTREAM Academy and St. Charles School partner each Catholic Schools Week to celebrate the amazing work of the students and the faculties of two faith-based, academically strong institutions,\u201d said St. Charles Principal J.C. Kiernan. \u201cHaving Mr. Fossella and Ms. Amato join us on this special day exemplifies their dedication to Catholic education on Staten Island.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2013 For at least one morning in Oakwood, the usual sight of \u201ciPad kids\u201d disappeared.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115516,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-115515","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-staten-island","12":"tag-staten-island-headlines","13":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}