On January 27, Sinead O’Grady, Au Pair to the Meriwether family, visited the Second Grade to talk about all that is unique to her, her cultural exchange experience and share her Welsh culture with the girls. Sinead shared some basic…
On Tuesday, January 31, Villa Maria Academy celebrated the achievements of eighteen talented young ladies in sixth, seventh and eighth grade who placed in the following categories for the school Science Fair: Earth, Physical, Life, Computer Science and Engineering. Ten…
On Monday, January 23, the Annual National Geographic Geography Bee School Competition was held for contestants in grades 4 through 8. Prior to the school wide competition, a preliminary round was held within the 4th through 8th grade classrooms to determine the…
On Tuesday, January 31, Villa Maria Academy Lower School students celebrated the theme of Service for National Catholic Schools Week. January 31 has been designated as the ‘Service’ day of Catholic Schools Week at Villa Maria Academy. Villa teachers came…
The 7th grade ended their Poetry unit today with a Poetry Café in Mrs. Buck's room. The room was transformed with table cloths, candles, flowers, and "cafe" goodies. The girls wore their best “Beatnik” clothing for the day, as they…
As a STEM extension, Fourth Graders were challenged to design the ultimate “tiny” dream house. Given an area of only 240 square feet, girls considered how to make their house both practical and fun to include all they required for…
The Seventh Grade undertook another project in Religion class for Operation Gratitude. The girls recently made Paracord "Survival" Bracelets to be put in care packages for deployed troops and first responders. Paracord, or parachute chord, can hold up to 550…
Today, local author Jen Bryant, visited Villa Maria Academy. Bryant is the author of more than 31 books including "The Trial"and "Kaleidoscope Eyes." She spoke to middle school students about her books, her passion for writing, what inspires her, her…
Last week, the Third Grade learned that by making mistakes, they can have the opportunity to learn from it, to become problem solvers, and to be creative. They read the poem "Mistakes are Great," and discussed how frustrated they get…
Villa Maria Academy's First Grader, Kaitlyn A.'s design was recently chosen as an honorable mention to appear on the Wilmington Blue Rocks holiday card! Kaitlyn, along with Villa's many other students in Kindergarten through 5th grade submitted their designs after creating…