Last week, teachers and students in Kindergarten through Second Grade got together to begin their Leadership Workshop. The program is based on Sean Covey's book, The 7 Habits of Happy Kids. Sean Covey believes that the 7 Habits are leadership…
Earlier this spring, Fifth Grade ELA Teacher, Mrs. Maureen Wible, was notified that students in the then Fifth Grade (current Sixth Grade) students were going to have their poems published in Creative Communication's anthology A Celebration of Poets. At that time,…
Have you heard the story of the Brooklyn Bridge? The book, Twenty One Elephants and Still Standing, tells the tale of the construction of the famous landmark, and inspired a fun engineering activity for our First Graders. The story goes that…
Lights, Camera, Lego! In addition to preparing for Confirmation, the sixth grade focused on studying the Old Testament this year. As a culminating project, the girls worked together to produce stop animation Lego movies using the Lego Movie Maker app. The movies…
On June 9, the Eighth Grade students of Villa Maria Academy celebrated their Baccalaureate Mass and Graduation in the Villa Maria House of Studies' Sacred Heart Chapel. Rev. John Joseph Novielli, O. Praem, of Daylesford Abbey was the celebrant of…
On June 7, the Kindergarten class of Villa Maria Academy celebrated their accomplishments of the past year with a graduation ceremony. There is something special about a kindergarten graduation ceremony - innocence retained, journeys begun and dreams waiting to be…
Villa Maria Academy, built upon a heritage of faithfulness and commitment to excellence, incorporates over a century of extraordinary contributions to the education of young women. On June 6, the Villa Maria Academy community gathered for our traditional Passing of…
For a culminating project, the Eighth grade girls created roller coasters out of pipe insulation and duct tape in Science Lab. "The roller coasters had to include a hill, a loop, a turn and a thrill factor, such as a…
As part of their service learning in Religion class, through the Unbound program, the seventh grade adopted Holga. Holga is a 10-year old girl living in Guatemala. Because of an illness, Holga spends her life in a wheelchair. She lives…
In Mrs. A's Religion class, her Eighth graders are creating Infographics for selected topics in Catholic Social Teaching. There are seven themes of Catholic Social Teaching: Life and Dignity of the Human Person, Call to Family, Community, and Participation Rights and Responsibilities, Option…