In culmination of their World War I Unit, the 8th grade girls created different projects related to what they learned throughout the unit. They had the option to re-create U.S. propaganda posters, create medical reports for wounded soldiers, make radio…
On Friday, January 22, 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…
Villa Maria Academy and St. Aloysius Academy celebrated their IHM Charism and the beginning of Catholic School's Week with a Mass at the IHM Motherhouse Sacred Heart Chapel. Members of both schools' Student Leadership Team, instrumentalists, choir, teachers, and families participated in…
The sixth grade has been preparing for their field trip to the Franklin Institute to view the "Vatican Treasures" exhibit in Art Class. Although there are a multitude of paintings, tapestries and sculptures housed in the Vatican, they focused on…
Congratulations to seventh grader, Mary C., on her achievement in the Patriot’s Pen Writing Contest. Mary was awarded a certification of merit for placing in the top three out 107 essayists in the Patriot's Pen "What Freedom Means to Me"…
As a Keystone Teacher in the Keystone Technology Innovator Program, Villa’s Kindergarten Teacher, Miss Kate Beck, enjoys incorporating technology as a transformative tool for her students. “Friday afternoons is STEM Friday,” says Miss Beck. “Friday afternoons the girls are usually…
On Thursday, January 14, Villa Maria Academy held the final round of the Spelling Bee. Fifth grader, Jordi D. was the spelling champion, after correctly spelling "constellation" in the final round of the school spelling bee. Jordi will now represent VMA in…
Villa Maria Academy has been selected to showcase our student's work with robotics and 3D printing at the 2016 PETE&C, the Pennsylvania Educational Technology Expo & Conference. This event will take place on February 23 in Hershey. Eight girls will…
Over the weekend, members of our GCAL Varsity basketball team headed to Gettysburg College to be a part of the 22nd Annual St. Francis Xavier Invitational Tournament. There, along with some parish teams from our area as well as from…
CONGRATULATIONS to our Mathcounts team for their awesome performance at the competition on Saturday, January 9. The following girls competed: Grade 8 Caitlin D. Emily S. Grade 7 Caroline B. Mary C. Anna H. Alexis O. Grade 6 Katrina…