On Thursday, January 14, Villa Maria Academy held the final round of the Spelling Bee. Fifth grader, Jordi D. was the spelling champion, after correctly spelling "constellation" in the final round of the school spelling bee. Jordi will now represent VMA in…
Villa Maria Academy has been selected to showcase our student's work with robotics and 3D printing at the 2016 PETE&C, the Pennsylvania Educational Technology Expo & Conference. This event will take place on February 23 in Hershey. Eight girls will…
Over the weekend, members of our GCAL Varsity basketball team headed to Gettysburg College to be a part of the 22nd Annual St. Francis Xavier Invitational Tournament. There, along with some parish teams from our area as well as from…
CONGRATULATIONS to our Mathcounts team for their awesome performance at the competition on Saturday, January 9. The following girls competed: Grade 8 Caitlin D. Emily S. Grade 7 Caroline B. Mary C. Anna H. Alexis O. Grade 6 Katrina…
On December 16, Fourth Grade teachers Miss Devine and Miss Behr challenged their girls to design a Christmas tree using toothpicks and gumdrops and the goal was for it to be the tallest and be able to stand on its own.…
The seventh grade recently did a cross-curricular holiday-themed program, where the girls learned about Dickens and A Christmas Carol. They used the script from their Literature anthology to bring the drama to life. They then reflected on the themes by…
Last week, students in Mrs. Klinger's sixth grade class were asked to pretend to be booksellers from Barnes & Noble bookstores and report on their favorite book that they thought "should be on everyone's Christmas list this year!" Dressed the part…
Family, friends, and Sisters from the Motherhouse gathered together in the Projection Room this morning, as the 3 year-old and PreK classes of Villa's Early Learning Center put on a wonderful Christmas sing-along performance. There were lots of smiles and…
For Villa's Christmas Pageant this year, we have focused on the Alphonsian tradition of the Court of the Infant King. Saint Alphonsus developed a spirituality that focused on four themes: the Christmas crib, the cross of Calvary, the Blessed Sacrament, and…
For the second year in a row, students in grades K-8 completed the Hour of Code in celebration of Computer Science Education Week (December 7-13). The Hour of Code is a one-hour introduction to computer science that was created to…