Fifth grade hard at work in their STEM class. They are designing, printing, and painting their own favorite movie prop or character. #MTA #STEM
Mr. Conley’s Advanced 3D Printing class is working on a full-scale Iron Man statue. They are learning various techniques, such as printing, filling, and sanding. #MTA #3DPrint
Today, we celebrated our “S.A.I.N.T. of the Month” for each grade for the month of September. Students of Mother Teresa Academy will be selected for making positive choices and represent the attributes of a S.A.I.N.T. each month. Saints will receive a certificate, a wristband, and get to be in the lunch line first for the entire month after being nominated!
Students who were recognized for the month of September are as follows:
Kindergarten: Royal Johnson
First Grade: Julian Garnica-Navarrette
Second Grade: Lily Kerns
Third Grade: Irianys "Nani" Montero
Fourth Grade: Arelis Rodriguez
Fifth Grade: Mia Smith
Sixth Grade: Breylynn Gison
Seventh Grade: KyShawn Hill
Eighth Grade: Savanna Bass
Great job Saints and keep up the good work! #Saints #Family 🟠🔵⚪
MTA Garden Club transplanted the summer flowers into the greenhouse for the winter. They also planted fall mums and cleaned up front of school for the winter months! #MTA #GardenClub 🌳
Middle school science students dissected octopus last week. Students learned about different parts of their anatomy and how they work. They were also able to see how they swim and digest food! #MTA #Science 🐙
Yesterday, eighth grade transformed into space explorers and reviewed scientific notation. Students went on a gallery walk around the classroom solving problems using scientific notation to learn fun facts about outer space! #MTA 🚀🌌
Third grade showed off their "smarts" today by using Smarties to build arrays! We love to make multiplication fun! #MTA #Math 🍬✖
Cathedral Prep AFJROTC cadets spent some time with our seventh and eighth graders last week! They talked about ROTC and what it is like being a cadet in the corps. #MTA
First grade worked with partners to create leashes for their dogs as part of their STEAM/Literacy/Classroom Community lesson. They watched the movie “Ozzy” and discussed literary elements, hypothesized on how to create their leashes, and shared stories about their own pets. Their creations will be displayed outside their classroom! #MTA #LearningFun 🐶
Second grade made place value chains in math! Each student was assigned a number and used different color paper strips to represent the 10’s and 1’s place in their numbers. They're now on display in their classroom! #MTA #Math ⛓️🔢
A new season of Erie Knights football is on the horizon! To get your child signed up, visit https://www.leaguelineup.com/erieknights for more information on how to register and the upcoming season. #GoKnights 🏈⚔
We would like to wish everyone a safe and wonderful Fourth of July!! #MTA #HappyFourthofJuly🎇🎆
Happy Father’s Day!! 💙🧡
Even though it was the last week of school, fifth grade was busy at work making some awesome paper tube relief sculptures with Mrs. Rodgers in Art! After assembling their work in the classroom, students took their work outside and got to spray paint them! #MTA #Art 🎨
Sixth grade worked in groups to create a 3D animal of their choice. The students used rectangular prisms to create the animal. Then, students measured each body part’s length, width, and height to calculate the volume and surface area of their animal. Animal choices included a panda bear, turtle, pig, axolotl, pufferfish, and wiener dog! 🐼🐢🐶🐷
Fourth grade had their traditional Fort Day to celebrate all their hard work this year! They had so much fun building forts, watching movies, and eating delicious snacks! #MTA #EndofYearFun
Last Friday, we celebrated the graduation of our kindergarteners, Aloha-style! Students received a special award and gifts from Mrs. Vella and Mrs. Thomas 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 families, 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 Valerio's Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria for providing the food for the event! #MTA #KindergartenGraduation #Luau 🌸🎓
Kindergarten went to a carnival held by our big brothers and sisters at Prep for “C” day yesterday! They loved it! They had water balloons, bubbles, hopscotch, giant Connect 4, a pool duck game, popcorn, and snow cones. It was a great day! #MTA #Family 🍿🍧
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Join us TODAY from 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. in the cafeteria to learn more about the services provided within our community! #MTA #MentalHealthAwareness 💚
Last Friday was a fun-filled Sports Day for our students!
Our Middle School students kicked off the day at the Hagerty Events Center (HFEC) to compete in field sports against one another. Each middle school homeroom teacher had a team! Mr. Conley was grey, Ms. Rohm was blue, Ms. Nolan was red, and Mr. Cox was black. Students competed in volleyball, tug-of-war, and other sports.
Elementary School students joined in on the fun at HFEC. Balloon toss, dodgeball, and sponge relay were just a few highlights from their day! We were so blessed to have such a beautiful day to spend with our students having fun! #MTA #SportsDay🏈🏐👟
