Meet our loving Mrs. Lestician! Nicole Lestician has been teaching at Saint Ann School for 5 years, alternating between First grade and Kindergarten. Teaching young children has always been her passion and she considers herself very fortunate to be able to do exactly what she loves each day! Her enthusiasm is contagious and shows her love of teaching and nurturing the academic, spiritual, personal, and physical growth of each of her students. To read more about Mrs. Lestician visit her webpage under the Teachers Corner tab on our website.

SAS students in grades preschool to 4 enjoyed a morning of arts and crafts, delicious refreshments, and a visit from Santa himself! A big thank you to our PTA for organizing such a wonderful holiday event! Check out the pictures on our Photo Gallery webpage.

"Oh come let us adore him!" Saint Ann School students performed for families and friends last night reminding the audience what Christmas is truly about. The annual SAS Christmas Pageant included many beautiful Christmas themed songs, combining the classics with traditional carols from around the world. More about this story on our News webpage. Visit the Photo Gallery webpage for pictures of the performance.

Last week was Computer Science Education Week, and to celebrate it, our 6th graders met with their prayer buddies to teach our 3rd graders how to code using block-based coding. They used code.org's Dance Party Hour of Code to create a dance character and to program that character to dance along to a song of their choosing. Fun was had by all!

On Wednesday, Dec. 5, SAS students, staff and families had the chance to experience "Christmas Around the World". This project is part of the Spanish curriculum for students in 4th and 5th grade at Saint Ann School. Coordinated by Spanish teacher Mrs. Laccetti, the students were divided into small groups and researched an assigned Country and its Christmas traditions. They then presented their project to the rest of the school and their families, who walked around the gymnasium learning about Christmas around the world and tasting traditional Christmas food from the Countries that were represented.

Saint Ann School and Parish children in 7th and 8th grade volunteered their time on Saturday, Dec. 8 during the Advent Day of Giving event. This annual service project is sponsored by the SAS PTA and offers a chance to all Confirmation candidates in the Saint Ann community to donate their time and share the Christmas spirit with those less privileged. Read more about this event in the Events & News page of our website.

Meet our very talented Mrs. Moya! Mrs. Cheryl Moya is our Music teacher and Music program coordinator. Mrs. Moya has been sharing her musical talent at Saint Ann School for a long time! All students, from preschool to 8th-grade attend her music class once a week and many take part in her after-school clubs "Ringing & Singing" and "Experience Choir Chime Ringing". Read more about Mrs. Moya's clubs on our webpage under Academics/Clubs & Activities

Meet our gifted Art teacher, Mrs. Gladwell! Mrs. Brenda Gladwell has been teaching students from PreK to 8th grade at Saint Ann School for many years. Hers is one of our students' favorite classes. Mrs. Gladwell helps the children express themselves through many artworks and projects, not only in class but also through a series of sessions held during her afterschool Art Club. Visit Mrs. Gladwell room at the FDC and see for yourself how talented she is!

When Preschool students in Mrs. Juliano's class wondered about pine cones and their different shapes, Mrs. Juliano put together an experiment to see why some pine cones are open and some are closed. Mrs. Juliano demonstrated to her class last Monday that if you put pine cones in cold and warm water you can figure it out. Find out more by clicking on this story.

In preparation for the Insight Landing expected to occur on Mars, Monday, Nov. 26 Saint Ann's science teacher, Mrs. Daniel taught Saint Ann Students a mini-lesson about the spacecraft in her science classes. She started streaming the live video in PM homeroom, and students watched history in the making as the Insight made a successful landing on Mars!

Students at Saint Ann have been getting very creative in decorating the "Show-Off Shelf" at our Library. The theme of this month has been "Wonders of Harry Potter", compliments of Jacob MacKinnon, 4th grade

Meet Mrs. Catherine Smith, our savant Advanced-Math teacher! Mrs. Smith teaches students from 5th to 8th grade Math topics covered in middle school, with an in-depth course in pre-algebra. Though only selected students attend her classes, Mrs. Smith knows and cares for all of our students. Walking the hallways at Saint Ann's, she always has a smile and a kind word for everyone she encounters.

5th graders from Saint Ann School carry the torch of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the opening procession of the school liturgy on Wed., 11/21/18.

Our preschool classes celebrated Thanksgiving at Saint Ann School with families and friends. After a delightful performance, everybody gathered in the cafeteria for a Thanksgiving feast!

Meet our resourceful 4-grade teacher, Mrs. Kathleen Ritchey! Mrs. Ritchey has been teaching 4th grade at Saint Ann School for 16 years and she is still loving it! She lives right across the river in Pensylvania but she is a Jersey girl at heart. Her curriculum for Social Study focuses on everything New Jersey with a lot of fun hands-on projects for her students and a very anticipated class trip to the Jersey Shore at the end of the school year. To know more about Mrs. Ritchey visit her web page under the "Teachers Corner" tab.

The Saint Ann School Drama Club delighted friends and families with their performance of The North Pole's Got Talent on Saturday night. As the audience crowded the gymnasium, the students showed off their talents and spread Holiday cheer all around. Hats off to cast, producers, and everybody who volunteered their time to make this show a success!

So many things students at Saint Ann School are thankful for this Thanksgiving! Visit our website Photo Gallery and zoom in on the pictures to get the scoop!

Happy Principal Appreciation Day to our very own Mr. Chiaravalloti! We are thankful for your leadership and support!

Meet Mrs. Schiariti, our spectacular first-grade teacher! This is the 14th year for Mrs. Schiariti teaching first graders in 1A at Saint Ann School. Mixing learning with fun, her class has been hard at work writing sentences and learning about numbers and other interesting subjects. To know more about Mrs. Schiariti, check out her web page in the Teachers Corner of our website.

Mrs. Daniel and 8th-grade students experiment with Litmus paper in the science lab to determine whether common household items are acids, bases, or neutrals, using safe, non-toxic materials like milk and orange juice.