The Fourth Grade recently worked on a project to celebrate the United Nation's Women and Girls in Science Program. Each student prepared a report on a woman scientist and then shared what she learned about that woman. The girls were…
The Fourth grade just began their STEM lesson with LEGO® WeDo robots to build race cars. The girls will also learn programming to make them move: go forward, turn left, turn right, and adjust the speed. In STEM, the girls are discussing…
The Eighth graders recently learned about WWI. During this unit, students were tasked to construct R.A.F.T. Projects that assessed their knowledge of the causes, events, and effects of "The Great War" that they discussed in class. "The main objective of…
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…
Congratulations to Fifth Grade teacher, Mrs. Maureen Wible and 27 of her students that were accepted for publication in Creative Communication's Spring 2016 Poetry Contest. Creative Communication has been working with schools and teachers in promoting writing for over 20…
Congratulations to seventh grader, Mary C. who was one of the top ten winners of the IHM Math Contest! The IHM Math Contest evaluates students’ understanding of complex mathematics concepts and is considered to be one of the most rigorous…
Trish Kyle has joined Villa Maria Academy as our new Director of Advancement. Trish has worked for a number of years in Advancement and Admissions and we are delighted to welcome her to the Villa Maria Academy team of staff. If you see…
In First Grade, the girls are learning to create QR codes so others can view videos that they will create. In Social Studies, the girls have been studing the seven continents. Each student read a self-selected book about an African…
The fourth graders have been studying animals and the different systems of the body: digestive, nervous, circulatory, etc. To help them visualize the different systems, Instructional Technology Coach, Mrs. Callan, and their teacher Miss Behr brought them a very cool…
Villa Maria Academy is proud to announce that Fifth Grade Teacher, Mrs. Maureen Wible, has been nominated for the Citadel Heart of Learning Award. Mrs. Wible has been teaching at Villa for 27 years, and has taught in 1st, and 5th grades.…