Thomas A. Kardish, President Lauren Carr '00, Principal
April 23, 2021
Scroll down below the Calendar updates for a quick peek at some great things that have happened at Villa recently.
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23 FRI
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Day 2, Students wear uniforms
- No school for Seniors and Juniors
- 12:30 dismissal for Sophomores and Freshmen
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All school districts will provide AM transportation.
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The following districts WILL provide 12:30 transportation today: Centennial, Central Bucks, Council Rock, Lower Moreland, Neshaminy, New Hope, Pennsbury, Philadelphia, Upper Moreland
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Bensalem and Bristol will NOT provide early dismissal transportation today.
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- Senior Prom: 7:00–10:00 p.m.
24 SAT
- Junior Prom: 7:00–10:00 p.m.
- ROWING at Lake Luxembourg - HOME
- Freshman/Sophomore Races 9:00 a.m.
25 SUN
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ROWING - 4th Flick - Schuykill River - AWAY
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TBD
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26 MON
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Day 3, Students wear uniforms
- LACROSSE vs. St. Basil - AWAY (Depart 2:00 p.m.)
- Varsity 3:30 p.m.
- Junior Varsity 4:45 p.m.
- SOFTBALL vs. St. Hubert - HOME
- Varsity 3:45 p.m. Postponed
27 TUE
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Day 4, Non-uniform day
- Campus Store hours: 10:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
- Student Council Induction Ceremony
- SOFTBALL vs. Mount St. Joseph - HOME
- Varsity 3:45 p.m.
- LACROSSE vs. Mount St. Joseph - AWAY (Depart 2:15 p.m.)
- Varsity 4:00 p.m.
- Junior Varsity 5:15 p.m.
- SPRING TRACK - AACA Meet at Gwynedd Mercy - AWAY (Depart 2:15 p.m.)
- Varsity 4:00 p.m.
28 WED
- Day 5, Students wear uniforms
29 THU
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Day 6-2, Non-uniform Day
- Campus Store hours: 10:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
- SOFTBALL vs. Villa Maria - AWAY (Depart 2:00 p.m.)
- Varsity 3:45 p.m.
- Junior Varsity 5:15 p.m.
- LACROSSE vs. Villa Maria - AWAY (Depart 2:00 p.m.)
- Varsity 4:00 p.m.
30 FRI
- Day 1, Students wear uniforms
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Athlete Media Day
- College T-Shirt Day
- LACROSSE vs. Council Rock South - HOME
- Varsity 3:30 p.m.
- Junior Varsity 4:45 p.m.
1 SAT
- Nominations for the 2021 Wall of Fame are due today! Visit www.vjmhs.org/walloffame for more information about the Wall of Fame and to submit your nominations.
- ROWING - City Championships - Schuykill River - AWAY
- TBD
- SOFTBALL vs. Conwell Egan Catholic - AWAY
- Varsity 10:00 a.m.
2 SUN
- ROWING - City Championships - Schuykill River - AWAY
- TBD
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DATES TO REMEMBER and where to find more info about them!
The full school calendar is live on Villa's website.
Seniors Only:
- Guardian Gala: May 8, 6:00 p.m. www.vjmhs.org/gala
- "Be the Light" Car Parade": May 24, 8:21 p.m.
- Baccalaureate: May 26, 7:00 p.m. www.vjmhs.org/parents/parentsguild/baccalaureate
- Graduation: June 5, 8:30 a.m., Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul
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WHAT'S HAPPENING AT VILLA?
www.vjmhs.org/aboutvilla/publications
Did you know that you can view Villa's most recent edition of our Profiler magazine online? Past editions of the "Profiler," as well as our most recent Annual Report and weekly school Calendar emails, are available online too. Unfortunately, despite our Winter 2021 "Profiler" being mailed 7 weeks ago, it's been brought to our attention that many of our constituents haven't received it due to ongoing delivery delays with USPS. We are hopeful that those on our mailing list will eventually receive a printed copy at your home, but we're happy to share a digital version with you now!
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The 98 students in Villa's Class of 2021 have already earned 450 scholarships, totaling $23,006,616. Keep an eye on the Class of 2021's scholarship/acceptance growing tally now on Villa's website homepage.
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Congratulations to the students named to the All-Catholic Band, especially the two amazing musicians from Villa — Dakota McNally, Bari-Sax, and Hannah Buckleman, Trumpet. They performed in an outdoor concert at Cardinal O'Hara on April 10.
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Villa is proud to announce that 4 of our students were selected as Diocesan Scholars for the 2021-2022 school year: Elizabeth Bowe, Allison DeFriece, Emily Montemuro, and Ashley Rosica. These 4 members of our Class of 2022 will attend classes at Gwynedd Mercy University and Villanova University in the fall. Congratulations!
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In the Softball team's home opener, the Jems defeated Villa Maria 10-0. Junior Maria Gordon pitched a no-hitter with the defensive help of her teammates. Way to go, Jems!
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Congratulations to Mary Frances McNulty on receiving the Widener High School Leadership Award. The awards, founded in partnership with NBC10, recognize the region's high school students who embody Widener's commitment to develop and inspire leaders who affect positive change. During the virtual ceremony, they posed the question, "How do you want to be knownā¦who do you want to be in life?" Chosen as 1 of only 3 to respond from over 300 participants, Mary Frances said, "industrious, hard working, considerate, thoughtful, and helpful." Villa knows that you most certainly emory all of those qualities, Mary Frances. Congratulations!
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www.vjmhs.org/musical Congratulations goes out to the entire cast and crew of Mamma Mia! Thank you for your dedication in putting on such amazing performances. And, thank you to everyone that contributed to the FOUR sold out shows. Having you there in the audience truly made a difference. We hope you'll join us again this fall. Stay tuned for more information about our next show!
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Congratulations to Villa's newest Student Council Executive Board for the 2021-2022 school year:
President: Lauren Redican
Vice President: Mya Papouschek
Secretary: Morgan Murphy
Treasurer: Jaclyn McDade
Sergeant-at-arms: Jamie Hannigan
Parliamentarian: Olivia Rueger
Faculty Representative: Julia Cassidy
Publicist: Lauren Abbamont
Representative Mentor: Brianna Durante (St. Basil's Transfer)
Congratulations to Villa's newest Student Council Representatives for the 2021-2022 school year:
Sophomore Homeroom Representatives
1. Erin Butler
2. Abby Gillespie
3. Lizzie Grunwell
4. Mary McAlpin
5. Marygrace Ricci
6. Julia Schuman
7. Abbi Turco
Junior Homeroom Representatives
1. Olivia Burke
2. Meredith Glunz
3. Leah Pagano
4. Helen Raics
5. Paige Veneziale
6. Nicole Wiser
Senior Homeroom Representatives:
1. Maddy Crozier
2. Sammy Froman
3. Catherine Lambert
4. Julia Noone
5. Grace Profy
6. Isabella Spera
7. Madeline Usonis
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AHA Club News: In March, AHA members collected candy, fun spring outdoor activities, baskets, and all the trimmings. The club members also created personalized cards for their 10 buddies. On Palm Sunday, 12 members distributed the Easter baskets to their buddies in a drive through event.
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Did you miss Villa's Virtual Coffeehouse? Click the link above for a celebration of all things artistic at Villa! Each year, the highlight of Fine Arts Week is our Coffeehouse, so we couldn't pass up this opportunity to share our students' amazing artistic abilities with you, even though we couldn't be together in person this year. View slideshows of the best work from our art classes, musical performances from our chorale and band, and Shakespeare performances from our English classes, as well as a short highlight from our production of Mamma Mia!, performed April 8-11.
Thank you and congratulations to all of the musicians, artists, poets, and everyone that contributed to this virtual event!
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Congratulations to Erin McFadden, Autumn Andrejczak, Hannah Buckleman and Brenna Czekner, who participated in DeSales University's High School Shakespeare Competition! The students memorized a monologue or scene focusing on the motivations and desires of their respective characters. Though the competition was virtual this year, the students will be able to participate in acting workshops and Shakespearean celebrations the week of April 26th via Zoom. View their performances on our Virtual Coffeehouse website — www.vjmhs.org/coffeehouse.
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Congratulations to the Class of 2021 Valedictorian, Grace Matwijec, and Salutatorian, Alexandra Venth. š In addition to their academic accomplishments, these girls were very involved in all that Villa has to offer. Both girls are active members of Villa's athletic department – Grace with the Golf team and Alex with the tennis team. Neither was a stranger to participation in Villa clubs too! Some of Grace's highlights include being president of Mu Alpha Theta and the National English Honor Society, vice president of the Science National Honor Society and Sociedad Honoraria Hispanica, as well as Editor-In-Chief of "Quintessence" and a member of nine other clubs. Some of Alex's highlights include being president of the Environmental Club, vice president of National Honor Society, secretary of the Science National Honor Society, historian of the Spanish National Honor Society, and co-leader of Mock Trial and the Coding & Engineering club, as well as a member of numerous other clubs. Both girls will attend the University of Pennsylvania this fall.
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On Tuesday, April 13, the Track and Field team competed for the first time in over two years. Many runners on the team never competed before in a high school meet due to the track season being canceled last year. Against Villa Maria, Mount St. Joseph Academy, and Gwynedd Mercy Academy, the Jems had a very successful day with many athletes achieving new personal bests or establishing high school best marks for the first time. The following athletes qualified for the league championship race in May at the very first meet of the season:
- Brianne Smith '22 - 300m hurdles
- Reagan Sharpe '22 - shot put
- Katie Sullivan '21 - 200m and 400m
- Cate Quinn '22 - 1mile and 2mile
- Hailey Monaghan '21 - triple jump
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Congratulations to Villa's Rowing team on an awesome first two weekends of competition! Our 2nd Varsity 8 boat finished as silver medalists at the 2021 Mercer Sprints last Saturday. In the lead with 650 meters to go last Sunday at the 2nd Flick of the season, the crew achieved Villa's first ever Varsity 8 win by 10 seconds over Notre Dame Academy and Mainland. At the 1st Manny Flick regatta since 2019 (two weekends ago), Villa's rowers raced in the Junior 8 event. Villa took the lead from the Mount and Gwynedd Mercy 600 meters into the race and went on to post a gritty hard fought 6-second win. Keep going strong, girls!
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Congratulations to the following VJM Students who won awards this year at the Delaware Valley Regional Science Fair:
- Brianne Smith '22 and Kelley Malone '22 earned an honorable mention award in the team category for their project on Plant Growth hydroponically vs. traditional soil.
- Abbigail Turco '24 earned a 1st place medal in the chemistry category for her project on Types of Vinegar vs. The Molar Concentration of Acetic Acid.
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Senior libero Gabby Lyons reached 1,000 digs this past volleyball season. Earlier this week, the Athletics Department presented her with a souvenir to commemorate the occasion. Way to go, Gabby!
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Ms. May has been named the Pennsylvania State Society Daughters of the American Revolution State Winner for the 2020 Outstanding Teacher of American History Contest. On Friday, April 23, she will be attending the 124th PSSDAR Conference (virtually) to be recognized. Ms. May wants to thank all of the former students and colleagues who wrote on her behalf.
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www.vjmhs.org/hope On Friday, April 16, our students danced for HOPE. They danced for Maria Middleton '21, "Bringing Hope Home," and "Drew's Hope." They danced for unity within our school and for causes greater than themselves. Seven hours of dancing was the culmination of months of fundraising and planning, and Villa is extremely proud of the efforts of our entire student body. At the end of the event, the final Hope-A-Thon tally wasā¦ $95,208.08! (Since then, the total has risen, as people continue to donate throughout the week!) Thank you to all those that donated, danced, and supported this event. 6ABC coverage of our event can be found here.
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www.vjmhs.org/auction Thank you to our parents, business donors, volunteers, faculty, and staff, who supported Villa's online Spring Auction on March 16-20. $109,000 was raised for the girls!
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Students: Since we could not host our in-person Career Day as usual, we had to get creative with Virtual Career Week! Several presenters, including some Villa alumnae, have created videos just for you which include information and advice related to their careers. Feel free to view these videos at your convenience to learn about these fields.
The list of presenters, as well as the links to view their videos, was shared in a Canvas announcement on Monday. Go check them out if you weren't able to already! We're grateful to these presenters for taking the time to create these videos and we're hopeful to host our in-person event next year.
If you have any questions, please reach out to Mrs. Walinskas as mwalinskas@vjmhs.org. In addition, the presenters have included their email addresses if you are interested in contacting them directly with questions about their careers. Happy Career Week!
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Each year, Villa students in World History and American Civilization I courses create research projects as part of the National History Day Research Competition. The best projects are then selected to compete in the Bucks-Mont Regional contest, with the winners advancing to the PA State Competition, and, hopefully, even the National Contest. This year, Villa will be sending 23 STUDENTS to the PA State Competition! We are extremely proud of our students and our staff that guided them to perform so well in this competition. The 23 winners of the Bucks-Mont Regional contest from Villa areā¦
Research Paper Category:
Sarah Taylor - 2nd Place
Individual Website Category: (We swept it!)
Sophia Werbo - 1st Place
Ellie Einset - 2nd Place
Emma Erikson - 3rd Place
Group Website Category:
Emily Bruni & Hannah Buckleman - 1st Place
Individual Documentary Category:
Madeline Sarachman - 1st Place
Group Documentary Category:
Lauren Abbamont & Paige Veneziale - 1st Place
Lana Leiter & Mary McAlpin - 2nd Place
Group Performance Category:
Marygrace Ricci, Julia Schuman, & Abigail Rosenfelt - 1st Place
Individual Exhibit Category: (We swept it!)
Ella Wendel - 1st Place
Brenna Czekner - 2nd Place
Anna Schmidt - 3rd Place
Group Exhibit Category: (We swept it!)
Makenna Buchinski & Julianna Kraft - 1st Place
Kiley Johnson & Alex Kupper - 2nd Place
Jenae Hallett & Isabella Kaness - 3rd Place
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Covid testing is still available for free for any Bucks County students showing symptoms. See this flyer for more information.
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Always more, Always better, Always with love
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Please note that the above calendar is subject to change after this email has been sent. Please confirm with Villa's online calendars for the most up-to-date information. Here are some quick links for your convenience:
- Order Breakfast/Lunch: Beginning at 3:00 p.m. the day before, Due by 9:00 a.m. the day of (More cafeteria info is available here.)
- CARE PLAN: All important school communications organized in one place for your convenience
- Villa Photo Gallery: Smugmug
- Villa on Video: Vimeo and Youtube
- School Calendar
- Athletics Calendar
- Prayer Intention Submission Form
- ShopWithScrip.com *If you have any questions, please contact our Scrip Coordinator, Alyssa Dominique at alyssa.dominique@yahoo.com.
- EITC/OSTC information
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Contact Erica Franzzo '03 at efranzzo@vjmhs.org with questions, feedback, or additions for this weekly email. Thanks for reading! Past editions of Calendar/This Week at Villa can be viewed here. Past editions of the Alumnae Newsletter can be viewed here.
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