Can you describe the appearance of various organs found in an earthworm? Our 7th graders can! This morning the girls were engaged in their first-ever living organism dissection. Students learned to identify the organs and compare them to human organs.…
The Villa Maria Academy Quiz Team ended their season at the Great Valley "Ichabod Invitational" tournament on Saturday, March 10. The girls fielded a team in the open division and one in a novice division. Both teams had a strong…
The 8th Grade Student Leadership Team partnered with Nutritional Development Services and the Archdiocese of Philadelphia to sponsor a canned food drive for Lent. Nutritional Development Services will distribute the donated food to area community centers in Philadelphia and more…
PreK students celebrated 100 days of school last Friday! Students made 100th Day headband strips that included stickers and jewels and other fun things, had a parade around school to show the Sisters and “big school” teachers their newly learned…
On February 26, the sixth grade girls participated in their annual Heritage Day. Each of the girls researched the country of their heritage and created a display representing different cultural elements, such as holidays, sports, government, religion, and food. Students…
Congratulations to Maura N., Jordi D. and Alexandra B. who after auditioning have earned the opportunity to play in the All-Catholic Archdiocesan String Festival Concert at Cardinal O'Hara High School on March 18. These students will also be performing at…
On Friday February 16th, the Villa Maria Forensics team competed at the Archbishop Wood Grade School Speech Tournament. In the duo competition, Jordi D. and Makenna W. won 1st place. Gianna C. took 3rd place in the poetry competition. And…
Eight girls from seventh and eighth grade represented Villa Maria at the Pennsylvania Education Technology Expo and Conference at their Student Showcase last week. The girls, along with Instructional Technology Coach Mrs. Lisa Callan and S.T.E.M. Teacher Mrs. Katie Bellopede,…
Congratulations to seventh graders Lisa E. and Alexandra S. for their winning entries in the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Essay Contest. Lisa was the first place winner, and Alexandra won second place for her essay. Both girls attended the chapter…
Congratulations to seventh grader, Makenna W. on winning the gold medal award for a short story in the Scholastic Art and Writing Competition. A panel of teachers, writers, literary professionals, and Penn graduate students selected Makenna's work among the many…