The IHM Math Contest Preliminary Round was held on Feb 24. The IHM Math Contest is an annual national contest encompassing 6 states and 63 Catholic schools. Congratulations to the following 8th grade students, who have qualified for the Finals…
Over the past two weeks, the 5th Graders hosted a Chester County SPCA donation drive. For each donation of $5 worth of pet supplies students were put into a raffle to win a Duke the dog Beanie Boo stuffed animal.…
The fifth graders at Villa Maria Academy participated in the Thinking Cap Quiz Bowl on February 27th. This is an online trivia contest. Villa's 5th grade finished 7th among the 55 teams in the Northeast U.S. We are very proud…
Dr. Seuss Day, also known as Read Across America Day, is a nationwide reading celebration that takes place annually on March 2-Dr. Seuss's birthday. Dr. Seuss would have been 111 years old. Today, our kindergarten celebrated this great American writer…
On February 26th, Second Grade students from Villa Maria Academy and their families gathered in the Scared Heart Chapel in the evening for the girls' First Penance. The girls have been preparing for this day with their teachers and classmates…
The 1st grade girls at Villa Maria are working on a Physical Science Unit and observing solids, liquids and gases. They learned all about matter and how scientists observe, compare, and contrast different materials. On February 13th, they went down…
The Third Grade has been studying the arrival of the first colonists in the New World. They have been working on a WebQuest that takes them from the Pilgrims' journey on the Mayflower to their arrival and settlement of Plymouth…
On Thursday and Friday, February 12-13, Villa Maria Academy Early Learning Center students had the pleasure of spending the morning with their special fellas. The students and their Dads shared refreshments and donuts, while the Dads were given the grand…
7th grade is starting a research project in ELA related to a historical fiction book they read. They'll be using Noodle Tools to organize their project. Noodle Tools replaces the index cards that were used in the past when creating…
It is not just the students at Villa, but the teachers as well who are learning about new technologies. The classroom teachers recently took one of their lunch periods to get introduced to the features of a new app that…