By: Mrs. Sarah Connelly, School Librarian We are very pleased to let you know that we have published a book written by the Kindergarten Class under the guidance of Ms. Kate Beck! The students titled the book, Ella from Paris,…
The three and four year old students of Villa Maria Academy's Early Learning Center ended their "Giants/Dinosaur" theme week with the letter "Dd" and our Dinosaur Day Celebration! The four-year old students created fossils that they made from pretend dinosaur…
Villa's First grade is learning how to navigate through Power Point. They learned how to insert text; insert, resize and color shapes; add slides; and change backgrounds. Here is a short video of their Snowman Slideshow: https://youtu.be/YXsqQI8oDkg
In culmination of their World War I Unit, the 8th grade girls created different projects related to what they learned throughout the unit. They had the option to re-create U.S. propaganda posters, create medical reports for wounded soldiers, make radio…
The sixth grade has been preparing for their field trip to the Franklin Institute to view the "Vatican Treasures" exhibit in Art Class. Although there are a multitude of paintings, tapestries and sculptures housed in the Vatican, they focused on…
Congratulations to seventh grader, Mary C., on her achievement in the Patriot’s Pen Writing Contest. Mary was awarded a certification of merit for placing in the top three out 107 essayists in the Patriot's Pen "What Freedom Means to Me"…
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…
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…