It's happening! This week our eighth graders started tracing out their class mural and put the first paint on the wall! Our mural program is something that our students get to look forward to taking part in as a special eighth grade project with Ms. Nordlund. This year's design was inspired by many of the things this class enjoys drawing and painting in art class: sunsets, clouds, flowers, and all things Erie, PA! We are so excited to see these students move forward with the painting progress when they return from break! #MTA #Art 🌻🌞☁
It was a beautiful day to be on the playground yesterday! Eight grade and their kindergarten buddies spent some fun time together. Our eighth graders were awesome role models and had a blast playing with their little kindergarten buddies! #MTA
Third and fourth grade had the chance to visit the Prep Jazz Band today! They were able to listen to some songs and ask questions about instruments! #MTA 🎺🎷🎹🎸
Garden Club was busy yesterday in the greenhouse getting a jump on spring. They were planting beans, zucchini and lettuce. They were also planting day lilies and marigolds to spruce up the grounds! #MTA #GardenClub 🥬🌼
Second grade had a wonderful day celebrating St. Patrick's Day last Friday! They created "Pot of Gold" personality art and completed a STEM Activity where they designed rainbows using fruit loops, pipe cleaners and play doh. #MTA 🍀🌈
The silly leprechaun tricked kindergarten again! He trashed their room with streamers and rainbows and shamrocks! The hallways were streamed! Even Papaya, the class guinea pig, was green! We think he tried to pignap him! But, he also made a special visit to Mrs. Noble’s house this morning to drop off green donuts for the class! They were so good! #MTA #StPatricksDay 🍀
Kindergarten read “How to Catch a Leprechaun” today! It challenged them to be the kid that creates the trap that catches the leprechaun. So, they accepted the challenge and created their own traps! #MTA #HowtoCatchaLeprechaun 🍀🌈
Yesterday, we celebrated Pi Day! Students read the story Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi, measuring the circumference and diameter of objects to calculate pi, and creating Pi skylines! Students enjoyed JJ’s Bakery pies donated by JTM Foods! #PiDay 🥧
Today, kindergarten listened to the story “The Leprechaun Who Lost His Rainbow!” The leprechaun’s name was Roy G. Biv, which they found out was a secret message reminding them the order of the colors in the rainbow! They then created rainbow chains and made sure to practice their counting! #MTA 🌈
Yesterday, first grade used macaroni as commas! Ms. Szoszorek has been teaching them how to use commas when listing things and writing dates. Everyone was very excited to see how macaroni can be used other than making mac and cheese! #MTA
ATHLETICS NEWS! We are currently looking for a track coach. If you are interested, please contact Dan Ek, Athletic Director, at dan.ek@cathedralprep.com. Also, it’s the last call for anyone interested in playing soccer! If you would like to play, please sign up in the main office #GoSaints 👟⚽
We love reading at MTA! Our kindergarteners received a big surprise yesterday. Third grade took some time to read to their kindergarten buddies! #MTA #ReadingFun 📚
First grade has been researching an animal of their choice. They searched for their diet, habitat, predators/protection, and body parts. After they completed their book, they read it to the class and answered questions about the animal! #MTA 🦏🐘🐅
Seventh grade put their measurement and proportion skills to work to create enlarged scale drawings of candy wrappers. After enjoying the candy, students recorded the original height, length, and other parts of their wrappers. Students were then allowed to decide how much of an enlargement they wanted, ranging from two times up to five times the original size. Students worked hard and Ms. Nolan is so proud of the completed projects! #MTA #Math 🍫🍬
Last week, our Saints took part in Celebrate Reading Week! Students were able to participate in various activities, dress downs, and hear several friends of MTA read our favorite stories! Thank you to everyone who stopped by our campus to read to our students! It was a great week of fun and learning! #SaintsCelebrateReading 📚
Mrs. Vella created a periodic table of black history! The table contained different artists, authors, activists, musicians, famous firsts, scientists, actors/actresses, athletes, politicians and entrepreneurs. The table was up through the month of February and had a QR code that contained a YouTube video on each individual. Eighth grade took the opportunity to research individuals on the periodic table and share their information with kindergarten, while also showing them how to use the iPads and scan the QR codes. #MTA #BlackHistoryMonth
Middle school science used microscopes to conduct a criminal investigation in class today. They were given various slides from the scene to examine. They looked at cellular characteristics and organelles to make their verdicts. #MTA #Science 🔬
Fourth grade has been hard at work researching and creating PowerPoints that celebrate Black History Month. Students chose influential activists, artists and athletes that they wanted to research, and then created a presentation to help teach their peers more about them. Third grade was even able to join in on the fun as audience members during the presentations! #MTA #BlackHistoryMonth
The Season of Lent has begun! We celebrated our weekly mass yesterday in observance of Ash Wednesday with Fr. Jason Feigh in the Cathedral! The ashes come from blessed palms from Palm Sunday of the previous year to symbolize penance and repentance. Many people will undertake various practices, prayers and disciplines during Lent in order to grow in holiness. May everyone have a blessed Lenten season! #MTA #Lent ✝
We would like to send a very special thank you to everyone who attended our Open House + Expo last Thursday! Artwork from K-8 was spread across the building. Our Boomwhacker Crew performed for our guests. If that wasn’t all, our fifth graders got to show off their science fair projects in our STEM Lab! We are all so proud of our students here at MTA! If you missed our Open House and want to learn more about MTA, please visit our website at www.mtasaints.com or call the school at (814) 455-0580 for additional information. #MTA #Family 🟠🔵⚪
