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.

Saint Ann School 3rd-grade students unleashed their imagination when our Music teacher, Mrs. Moya asked them to build an instrument for one of their assignments. All instruments had to be eco-friendly and made with recyclable material. The instruments are on display on a table outside the 3rd-grade classroom for SAS staff and students to admire.

Meet our marvelous Miss Meagher! Miss Elizabeth Meagher is our 7th-grade homeroom teacher and middle school Math teacher. If you walk by her classroom you might hear her sing math formulas to her students. Odd? Not at all! Music is another one of her talents. She is the director of the school choir, which accompanies our students and faculty during our monthly school liturgies, and the leader of the Chess club. Thank you, Miss Meagher, for your dedication to our students!

On November 2nd we celebrate All Souls and what a better way to do so than to prepare an "Ofrenda". Modeling the Mexican "Dia De Los Muertos" tradition, Mrs. Laccetti set up a table outside her classroom to honor the lives of those who passed. Saint Ann School faculty and students are invited to bring a picture of their deceased loved ones and to write some of the things most remembered about them and display it on the Ofrenda.

Saint Ann School students had a "spooktacular" time celebrating Halloween with a big parade and class parties full of treats and fun games! Happy Halloween from SAS!!

Meet Mrs. Colette "Teddy" Meagher! Part of our Saint Ann family for 13 years, she spent the last 5 years teaching 2nd grade and she is very dedicated to her students. Her favorite thing about Saint Ann School? The Christian spirit that brings us all together! Check out her web page to know more about her!

Te presento a la senora Laccetti! Ameriquin Dalmasy-Laccetti is our spectacular Spanish teacher. The goal of her program is to introduce our students PreK-8 to the Spanish language and culture and to enable communication at the beginner level of the language. To learn more about Mrs. Laccetti visit her web page under the "Teachers Corner" tab.

Dr. Coppola, a hydrologist, and Alumnus of Saint Ann came to speak to our 7th and 8th graders about water resources and the effects of both human activities and climate change on their abundance and quality. He presented case studies for water-related problems in areas where he has worked, including North America, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and Europe. At the conclusion of his talk, he offered ways in which we can all help to reduce some common water problems.

The Diocese of Trenton is now accepting submissions for its 2018-19 Respect Life Poster, Essay and Photo-Meme Contest, open to students in kindergarten through eighth grade. This year’s respect life theme is, "Every Life: Cherished, Chosen, Sent." All submissions must be received no later than Dec. 21. For more information visit https://dioceseoftrenton.org/respect-life-contest

The Class of 2019 said farewell last week to one of their own. We wish you well Guarav on your next journey. Enjoy Qatar!

Meet our exceptional Mrs. Ervine! Nurturing some of our youngest students for over 20 years, Mrs. Ervine is our Pre-K Learning Assistant. We are very lucky to have her!

On Thursday, Oct. 11 Saint Ann students were among the 700 who gather with Bishop O'Connell at St. Robert Bellarmine Co-Cathedral in Freehold to celebrate the Diocese annual Catholic School Mass.

As a lifelong scientist and learner, Mrs. Daniel is the science coordinator and science teacher for our students in grades 5-8. She provides our students with real-world applications of the science they learn in her classes. To learn more about Mrs. Daniel check out her web page and her blog https://stannscience.weebly.com/

Meet Watson, the Green Cheek Conure . Students in 5th grade are learning about vertebrates, invertebrates, and how scientists classify organisms, so what better way to get students interested in Kingdom Animalia than in interacting with vertebrates (other than humans) at school!

Meet Mrs. Bickham! Jennifer Bickham has been teaching Kindergarten at Saint Ann's for 8 years. She is certified in Responsive Classroom system of positive classroom management & she is currently working on gaining a new certification through the Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators, an approach to reading that meets the needs of many different kinds of learners. "I love working with my students everyday and feel blessed to be a part of the school community at Saint Ann's!" To learn more about Mrs. Bickham visit her page listed under Teachers Corner.