Catholic Schools Week January 30 - February 5
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 (159 reads)
Around the nation schools are celebrating Catholic Schools Week, with the theme "Catholic Schools: A+ for America." Villa Madonna Academy students are enjoying a number of activities based on this theme. One of them is an “A” scavenger hunt, in which students match photos of the letter A from hallway decorations with their locations throughout the school. Sophomore Marius van Melle and freshman Mackie Stoll match the A from the fire alarm to a picture on the clue sheet. 
Villa Madonna second graders chose famous people, and decorated cereal boxes to represent them. After preparing biographical studies about their subjects, the students presented their reports before classmates. 
During Catholic Schools Week, Villa Madonna students challenged teachers to a Wii “Smarty Pants” game conducted in the school cafeteria following lunch. Junior Sarah Mustian worked the controller for the students, and math teacher Catherine Kennedy did the honors for the faculty. The teachers got off to a slow start in the rock bands category, but emerged victorious after the literature section. 
Fourth graders model their footware on "Silly Socks Day."
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AP Latin Students Visit University
Friday, February 25, 2011 (210 reads)
February 24, 2011 
AP Latin students from Villa Madonna Academy visited the University of Cincinnati for a presentation entitled “Digging Up Homer: The Archaeology of the Trojan War.” Shannon LaFayette, a PhD candidate specializing in Aegean Prehistory, spoke to the students and allowed them to handle artifacts from ancient Greece. L to R: VMA Latin teacher Mark Atwood, Shannon LaFayette, Kimberly Yocom, Jessa Plattner, Remy Brundage. Students also toured the world-renowned John Miller Burnham Classics Library in U.C.'s Blegan Library building.
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High School Open House Sunday March 6
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 (228 reads)
Noon to 2 PM 
Prospective high school students are invited to an open house at Villa Madonna Academy on Sunday, March 6, 2011 from noon to 2 PM. Above: Certified Zumba instructor Amparo Reger helps students fine-tune a Latin dance number for Villa's upcoming production of the classic musical Guys and Dolls. (Students in the photo are Ben Conniff, Gabrielle Notorgiacomo, Zach Kenney, Megan Barton, Radek Lord, Kelsey McQueen, Daniel Hillenmeyer, and Melissa Han.) Guys and Dolls will be presented March 17 - 20 in the school theatre. For tickets, see www.villamadonna.net Go to High School>Fine Arts Events.
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Guys and Dolls - VMA Theatre
Monday, February 21, 2011 (218 reads)
March 17 - 20
Venezuelan native and certified Zumba instructor Amparo Reger helps students fine-tune a Latin dance number for Villa's upcoming production of the classic musical Guys and Dolls. (Students in the photo are Megan Barton, Zach Kenney, Melissa Han, Daniel Hillenmeyer, Katie Miller, and Brent Lamping.) Guys and Dolls will be presented March 17 - 20 in the school theatre. For tickets, see www.villamadonna.net Go to High School>Fine Arts Events.
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Chinese New Year
Thursday, February 17, 2011 (216 reads)
2011 is the year of the rabbit! 
Villa Madonna students staged a Lantern festival parade to celebrate the 15th day of the Chinese New Year. 4th graders operated the dragon, 2nd graders hopped behind the dragon holding rabbit masks they had made, and kindergarten classes followed, shaking their rabbit noise-makers. Other students lined the hallways to cheer them on. 
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