Today, we celebrated the graduation of our kindergarteners, Aloha-style! Students received a special award and gifts from Mrs. Vella and Mrs. Noble and celebrated their memorable first year at Mother Teresa Academy with their families! They also joined Mrs. Jauss and sang a few songs to their parents, including our very own MTA theme song! We are so proud of them and cannot wait to see what they accomplish during their time as Saints! We would also like to extend a special thank you to Valerios for providing the food for the event and to the Rosado Family for the centerpieces and cookies! #MTA #KindergartenGraduation #Luau 🌸🎓
This morning, Mrs. Noble and Ms. Szoszorek organized a surprise baby shower for Mrs. Vella! A thank you to Mrs. Piecuch for being our distraction and taking Mrs. Vella away for a couple of minutes so it could be set up. Mrs. Vella was surprised when she returned to her class! To add to Kindergarten’s “B” Day celebration, they ate bagels and brownies, played baby bingo, and Mrs. Vella opened her gifts. We are so excited for baby Vella! #MTA #Family 🍼
We held our Spring Pops Concert last night! The First Grade Chorus brought beach vibes, singing several songs including one they even created themselves with Mrs. Jauss! The Second,Third and Fourth Grade Chorale then hit the stage singing “Al Tambor” in Spanish, and singing a medley from the musical “Annie!” After a short break, the Fifth Grade Bucket Band drummed up a few numbers. Sixth Grade Strumming Saints played Bruno Mars’ “Count on Me” and Shakira’s “Waka Waka” on their ukuleles. The Seventh Grade Band hit the feels with their rendition of Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’”, before The Little Rascals Band closed the night with an amazing instrumental of The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights.” Congratulations to everyone on a great concert! #MTA #SpringPopsConcert 🎶🎹🎸
Kindergarten celebrated We Love Erie, or “E”, Day today! They had so much fun exploring and experiencing Erie!! They saw the lake, went to the top of the Bicentennial Tower, got their picture in front of the ERIE sign, and finished their trip at Liberty Park!! They went back to school and enjoyed some pepperoni balls since they're a delicious Erie treat! #MTA
Kindergarten was surprised with a Fluorescent Day today! They've found a new favorite day!! They wish the room would stay this way until the end of the year! They had a blast playing with balloons, tic-tac-toe, Jenga, connect four, painting, chalk, body paint, bowling, and building necklaces! They even took a test, which was AWESOME. Everything is better when you're glowing! #Prep #FluorescentDay 🔆
Yesterday was fun-filled Sports Day for our students!
Our Middle School students kicked off the day at the Hagerty Events Center to compete in field sports against one another. Each middle school homeroom teacher had a team! Mr. Conley was black, Ms. Rohm was red, Ms. Nolan was orange, and Mr. Cox was grey. Students competed in soccer, ultimate frisbee, and other sports.
Later on in the day, Elementary School students joined in on the fun at HFEC, while Middle School headed back to school. They played dodgeball, soccer, limbo, and had several relay races!
We were so blessed to have such a beautiful day to spend with our students having fun! #MTA #SportsDay⚽🏀👟
Our fifth graders were selected to participate in WQLN’s second annual Buckethead KIDZ bucket drumming program. They completed a curriculum to learn specific rhythm figures and patterns, how to read and write them on the musical staff, and how to improvise upon them. Last Tuesday, they gathered with hundreds of other aspiring student musicians on the pavilion grounds of WQLN to tap out the beat of the street! A professional band was on hand providing live music for the students to play along to. #MTA #BucketheadKIDZ 🥁
Kindergarten had a fabulous “M” day yesterday! First, they made their own masks. Then, they watched Minnie's Masquerade and read “Marcello Mouse and the Masked Ball.” They learned what a masquerade was and had their own!! They enjoyed M&Ms, marshmallows, Munchies and moon pies! They also learned about the miracles of Jesus and closed the day learning about moose! #MTA #Kindergarten #MDay 🎭
Happy Mother's Day!! 💙🧡💐
“P” Day was a SUCCESS!! Kindergarten had such a great time at the park yesterday! They enjoyed playing in their play clothes, having a picnic and having a blast on the playground. They went on a hike to a HUGE maple tree and we found a HUGE teepee! They went back to school to learn about Percy Peacock, how to draw a peacock and ate some pretzels! #MTA 🦚🥨🏞
Garden Club took advantage of the beautiful weather and planted geraniums today. They have been taking care of these same geraniums for the past three years in our greenhouse. #MTA #GardenClub 🌷
Over the past couple of months, first grade has spent time creating their published book, “All About MTA.” This idea and content came from the students! They learned how to interview, continue a conversation, and form questions. After interviewing each other, students interviewed MTA teachers. Once the interviews were complete, they had to use their best writing to complete the final copy. They sent it out, and finally got the hardcover book back! Everyone was very excited to see their hard work! #MTA 📚
As an exciting way to review for MAP assessments, middle school students participated in a Math Glow Day yesterday. During math class, students rotated between four stations, including tic-tac-toe, Connect Four, Jenga, and mystery cup. As students answered review questions correctly, they were able to take a turn of their game. They loved all the neon and glow throughout the room and were so engaged in the math questions! #MTA #MathGlowDay 🌟
This week is Teacher Appreciation Week! Today, we want to take some time to thank our amazing faculty & staff for their hard work and commitment to the education of our students and dedication to our school! We appreciate you all! THANK YOU! #MTA #TeacherAppreciation 🍎
It's UNANIMOUS! Kindergarten’s “U” day wins! They first made unicorn hats! Then, just when they thought they we were about to take a boring math test, a UNICORN CAME TO CLASS! They couldn’t believe it was Ms. Nolan! They absolutely loved the unicorn! They also read the book “Unicorn Day” and wrote how they were UNIQUE (their new vocabulary word) like a unicorn. They enjoyed unicorn cupcakes and had a directed draw of a unicorn. Thank you everyone who helped make their day special! MTA #Kindergarten #Uday 🦄
Today was the last cross-curriculum day of the year at MTA and theme was the beach! Middle school science students learned how to make kinetic sand. Students then sculpted out some masterpieces! 🏖🐢🐟
Kindergarten had a WONDERFUL Western Day yesterday! First, they went to art where a surprise a cowgirl was waiting for them: Ms. Nordlund! She's a real-life cowgirl! She taught them all about her horses and how to draw a horse. Then, in math, they all had silly “W” team names for their review game! For reading, they listened to “The Cowboy Gingerbread Man!” It was like The Gingerbread Man, but also different…so they compared and contrasted the two. Then, they colored their own Cowboy Gingerbread Man! They enjoyed several “W” treats. Ms. Nordlund then came back to their class to teach them about the saddle and how to put it on and off the horse. They also learned how to get on and off the horse! #MTA #BackwardsBootcamp 🐴
Sixth and seventh grade students used VR headsets for the first time in class today. Sixth grade explored a colonial American village, while seventh grade was able to explore Machu Picchu in Peru. #MTA #VirtualReality
Yesterday was National School Principals’ Day! Some of our students channeled their inner Mr. L and dressed up for the occasion! #MTA #NationalSchoolPrincipalsDay 👔
Middle school science students learned about the history of magnets and the many different uses of them. They also learned magnets have two poles and participated in various experiments to see how magnets work. #MTA #Science 🧲
