On Saturday, March 5, students from Villa Maria Academy participated in the Chester County MathCounts- Sixth Grade Competition at Great Valley High School. Villa Maria Academy was one of about 10 participating schools from around the county (public, private, charter). …
The 5th Grade boys from St. Aloysius Academy came to Villa Maria on February 22 to begin their Fourth Annual Reading Olympics. Teams were set up and assigned to read nine books before the final competition in May. Lunch was served…
Last week, the Wilmington Blue Rocks Mascot, Rocky, along with his "manager" (Mr. Kevin Linton, who serves as the director of community affairs for the Blue Rocks), visited Villa Maria and held an assembly for grades K-3 to promote reading through their…
Last week, the Sixth and Second Grade prayer partners collaborated for World Read Aloud Day. The girls took turns reading to each other and the sixth graders also gave the 2nd graders cards to celebrate their 1st Penance and they sang…
Congratulations to our GCAL Varsity & JV Basketball teams, who finished their regular season in first place, as co-champions!! The past four months have been filled with hard work, determined spirits, and amazing basketball. The Varsity team is now headed…
On February 29, the PreK had a wonderful trip over to the Mother House to share with them their 100th Day celebration of PreK! The students shared their counting by 10 abilities with all the Sisters, and even got to…
We are so proud of our Third Grade Teacher, Miss Kristin Thomas, who was one of six members inducted into the University of Scranton athletics department Wall of Fame February 6th! You can read more about her achievement in the…
On February 11, the 5th Grade participated in the Thinking Cap Quiz Bowl. This is a trivia contest done online where you compete against other schools in PA. Areas covered include math, geography, government, sports, spelling, science, literature, English, history,…
As a culminating activity for a unit on earthquakes and in conjunction with learning about the design and engineering process, sixth grade students were charged with creating an earthquake-proof structure. After researching the qualities that allow buildings to withstand earthquakes,…