The past few weeks have been buzzing with excitement and anticipation all around the school. We had 22 candidates run for Student Council. It was a very close race for 8th grade class president. Ms. Best and Ms. Muto are Student Council Advisors, and they are looking forward to working with this amazing group of young leaders!
There will be a pizza party today during lunch to celebrate their hard work and courage to campaign. #MTA #StudentCouncil 🔵🟠⚪
To close out their Real Number System unit, eighth grade created clocks using fractions, decimals, exponents, square roots, and cube roots. When solved or simplified, each of their numbers are equivalent to the standard 1-12 numbers. #MTA #MathFun 🕗
Our fantastic teachers and staff joined in the fun of Mrs. Rodgers pumpkin decorating contest this year! Each teacher designed their own pumpkin, and students played Kahoot to guess who each pumpkin belonged to. The kids loved seeing the artistic talents of their teachers and had so much fun trying to put their clues together that were hidden in the pumpkins. Thank you for joining in on the fun everyone! Student pumpkin judging will be next week! #MTA #FallFun 🎃
Students who attended the 13th Annual Nurturing Hearts, Inc Beautiful Girls Workshop last week participated in affirmation paintings, self-esteem makeovers by Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy, face cleansing, and eyelash tutorials on day two. Cleveland Cavaliers Announcer Sean Peebles also facilitated a “Girl Dad” panel. #MTA
Middle school science students were learning about simple and complex machines this week in class. Today, they put that knowledge to work building movable fans out of K’nex! #MTA #Science 🛠️
Twenty students attended the 13th Annual Nurturing Hearts, Inc. Beautiful Girls Workshop yesterday at Gannon University. Founded by Shawntá Pulliam Brown, Nurturing Hearts, Inc. is a self-esteem and self-development non-profit organization for girls. Their mission is to provide supportive leadership and life skills that will prepare girls 8-18 for a bright and positive future. The Beautiful Girls workshop is an annual event for girls that focuses on positive self-esteem, positive relationships, and healthy lifestyle choices. It included speakers, interactive workshops, workout sessions, prizes, makeovers, and other fun activities! #MTA
Third and fourth grade had a field trip at Port Farms! The classes enjoyed the beautiful sunny weather. They were able to pick their own pumpkins, go on a hayride, ride the go-carts, and play in the corn pit! #MTA #FallFun 🎃🍂
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
Fifth grade hard at work in their STEM class. They are designing, printing, and painting their own favorite movie prop or character. #MTA #STEM
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!! 💙🧡
