CREATING YOUR FUTURE AT VILLA MARIA WELCOME!
We are pleased that you are considering Villa Maria Academy High School. We invite you to visit our beautiful campus so that you can experience our loving faith community, meet our outstanding faculty and staff, and feel the energy of our all-girls environment.
Choosing the right high school is a major decision. It is not just about finding a vibrant learning community that nurtures success; it is about discovering an environment where a young woman can truly be herself.
We know that the students who grace our school have a once-in-a lifetime experience, one that includes true sister- hood and opportunities for each young woman to discover her own God-given gifts. Villa Maria provides every girl with the opportunity to showcase her emerging intellect and talents, preparing her for leadership in our global world.
At Villa Maria Academy High School, we graduate women who change the world!
Sister Regina J. Ryan, I.H.M., Ed.D. Principal
In the two short years that my daughter has been part of ‘‘ the Villa Maria community, she has come to realize the only boundaries are those that she places upon herself. Villa has given her the vehicle to learn more about herself, her community, and the world in which‘‘ she lives. The teachers and counselors have opened doors that she may not have known existed for her future. Ann Marie Carpenter ’89, P ’21 ’23
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EXPLORATION Education LEADERSHIP There are INTELLECT Students interested extends beyond the classroom as our opportunities for every girl to lead. in writing can join Villa Maria’s award- students are encouraged to develop Villa Maria’s 35+ student-operated clubs winning yearbook, newspaper, and their talents and discover their passions ensure that every girl can step forward literary magazine. Other opportunities in every area of their lives. Whether they and discover her leadership abilities. to broaden your thinking include Mock are playing a sport, performing in a Student Council offers leadership Trial, PA Mathematics League, Robotics concert, writing an article, creating a positions in every grade. The Student Club, Tech Club, and World Language piece of art, or volunteering their time, Advisory Board brings new ideas to the Clubs. Members of the National Honor our students encounter countless administration for more student Society provide peer tutoring. opportunities for growth. Students activities and involvement. Honor are encouraged to embrace new societies, musical groups, and sports experiences, take some risks, and teams all have leadership roles for discover new passions. students.
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Alivia Orvieto ’20
DRAMA Girls from Villa Maria ATHLETICS Our athletic program ARTS Our fine arts programs impart take part in the theater programs at emphasizes the total education of the lifelong skills by inviting students to neighboring Malvern Preparatory School young woman by fostering team- express themselves, cultivate their and Devon Preparatory School, sharing building, self-discipline, and confidence. imaginations, and find inspiration in the the stage with students from many area Over 65% of our students participate in world around them. Nearly one-third of schools. Open auditions for productions one or more of the 14 sports available. our students study at least one musical are held in the fall and spring. Students The Hurricanes have a long tradition of instrument. We offer music ensembles, also participate in Marian Masques, Villa winning at the league, district, and state art clubs, and other avenues for Maria’s drama club, where they perform levels. Each year, a number of student students to develop their artistic talents. both published and original works. athletes go on to play in college. Musicians perform in a variety of selective ensembles and competitions, and artists display their work at local restaurants and art shows.
Director of College Counseling College of Director
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Villa Maria’s Counseling Program Program Counseling Maria’s Villa Finding Your Path Your Finding Mission and Ministry programs assist each student along Exploring her own personal faith journey and foster a campus community that shares in the mission of the global Catholic Church. Campus Ministry, Outreach, Service Your World Learning, and Social Justice initiatives invite students to deepen and live out their spiritual identity. Villa Maria offers multiple opportunities for Campus Ministry fosters an environment of prayer and students to broaden their horizons through spirituality for the school community through liturgical international travel. Villa Maria students have celebrations, prayer experiences, daily Communion experienced the cultures of: services in chapel, and annual retreats. Outreach, Service Learning, and Social Justice programs lead students to Amsterdam Monaco Pompeii discover and share their God-given gifts. Students reach Assisi Munich Rome outside themselves to others in need and develop as Barcelona Nice Strasbourg leaders, problem solvers, and women of God. Cinque Terre Normandy Venice Lucerne Paris Wengen
Christian service allows our students to expand their worldview, explore their talents, and directly serve others through work that emulates the life and ministry of Jesus Christ. Service Learning at Villa Maria includes education, prayer, action, and reflection. Villa Maria offers local and regional service opportunities as well as service immersion trips nationally and abroad. Expressing Your Faith
Villa has a service and social justice program to broaden the‘‘ horizons of our students and faculty. We learn about our brothers and sisters in need. Villa Maria Academy is the ‘‘We learn about people who may be congregational high school of the very different than ourselves, and we Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate learn how important it is to work with Heart of Mary (IHM). The IHM Sisters have taught at the school them, not for them. and served in the school’s Kara Bielli, leadership since its founding Director of Service and Social Justice in 1872. The school is grounded in and guided by the pillars of the IHM charism: Fidelity, Creative Hope, and Love.
Elizabeth D’Ascenzo ’19 D’Ascenzo Elizabeth
surgery, and then I also had the opportunity to see the patient wake up. wake patient the see to opportunity the had also I then and surgery,
how a patient is put to sleep using various methods depending on the type of of type the on depending methods various using sleep to put is patient a how
of process the see to able was I practices. daily their witnessing nurses, and
In the operating room, I was alongside the anesthesiologists, CRNAs, surgeons, surgeons, CRNAs, anesthesiologists, the alongside was I room, operating the In visit the NICU. the visit
of the removal of a benign tumor, among others. I also had the opportunity to to opportunity the had also I others. among tumor, benign a of removal the of ‘‘
excision surgery, implantations of ear tubes, a tonsillectomy, and the beginning ‘‘ beginning the and tonsillectomy, a tubes, ear of implantations surgery, excision
room and in short procedure rooms, including a scoliosis surgery, a lung mass mass lung a surgery, scoliosis a including rooms, procedure short in and room
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acquired knowledge to life experiences through job shadowing shadowing job through experiences life to knowledge acquired veterinary hospitals, fashion design houses, national national houses, design fashion hospitals, veterinary
concentrate on areas of personal interest. They connect their their connect They interest. personal of areas on concentrate rooms, literacy centers, schools for disabled children, children, disabled for schools centers, literacy rooms,
real-life application of prior and acquired knowledge. Students Students knowledge. acquired and prior of application real-life explored careers in a variety of places, including operating operating including places, of variety a in careers explored
promotes conversation and problem solving, and results in in results and solving, problem and conversation promotes CHOP researcher, and a Nashville song writer. They have have They writer. song Nashville a and researcher, CHOP
learning activity that encourages critical thinking and research, research, and thinking critical encourages that activity learning mentors, including a Newbury Prize winner, a renowned renowned a winner, Prize Newbury a including mentors,
The Senior Capstone Project Capstone Senior The is a culminating culminating a is Our students have been guided by varied professional professional varied by guided been have students Our
Envisioning the Future the Envisioning Our decision to send our daughter to Villa Maria was based on its excellent reputation for academics and athletics.
What we weren’t anticipating is ‘‘how much our daughter would
fall in love with everything Villa has to offer, especially the sisterhood. We have watched our daughter blossom‘‘ here as a student, athlete, and most importantly Christian steeped in the Catholic values of love, service, and charity. We could not feel more blessed with our decision! Maria Yacovelli, P ’20 ’23 Villa Maria Academy High School, a Catholic college preparatory school rooted in the charism of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, empowers young women to lead lives of spiritual growth, intellectual inquiry, and Christian service. A Villa Maria education is built on the core values that all members of our Villa Maria community live by:
COMMIT TO LEARNING
REFLECT EMBRACE THE TRUTH ON EXPERIENCE ACT WITH RESPECT SELF AND CONTRIBUTE INTEGRITY OTHERS
TO COMMUNITY LEAD BY EXAMPLE
ACHIEVE THROUGH COMMITMENT ‘ You should send your daughter to Villa‘ because she will feel at home the moment she steps on this campus. It’s an inclusive space. It’s inviting. It’s warm. She will learn a lot here. She will be welcomed and part of the family. ‘‘Kaira Mack ’20
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