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OUR MISSION:
St. Rita School inspires students in Pre-Kindergarten through grade eight to achieve academic excellence in a safe, nurturing and faith-filled Catholic environment.
We prepare students to be morally responsible, innovative thinkers who, in today’s technology-guided global community, live and share the Love of Christ.
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From the desk of Mrs. Tiezzi
Dear SRS Parents,
Once again the generosity of the St. Rita School community has been overwhelming. Your tremendous support was evidenced in the $2300 donation to the NCEA’s Student-Helping -Student initiative for hurricane relief, the walkathon donations of food, drink and money, and also the time and effort put into making our walkathon event so successful. We exceeded our walkathon goal by over $5000. THANK YOU!
Thank you also to all our parents who attended our Peace Day Prayer Service. It was a beautiful way to encourage our students to help spread peace and goodwill throughout our community. I hope their rocks have been shared. I invite you all to join us for First Friday Mass on Friday, October 6 @ 8:45 in St. Rita Church. Our school leaders, the 8
th grade will be in charge of the Mass.
Congratulations to those members of our faculty who were recognized yesterday for their years of service to Catholic education here in the diocese-Joanna Robinson and Kim Lewis (10 years), Linda Doucette and Delores Fortuna (15 years), Nicole Truhart (20 years), Bess McGrath (25 years) and Patty Landino (40 years). These teachers have dedicated their careers nurturing your children and preparing them to live and share the love of Christ to all they encounter. Please be sure to congratulate them.
Beginning this Monday, October 2 students must be wearing the winter uniform. Please refer to the family handbook for specific uniform questions. Next Wednesday, October 4, school is closed so that all teachers can attend the Catholic Educations Faith Formation Conference. Next Wednesday evening we will be hosting the Catholic High School night open to students and parents in grades 6-8 beginning at 6:30. On Thursday, October 5 our students will see a production of St. Therese of Lisieux (the Little Flower) courtesy of Fr. Ed Nadolny’s Good News Fund. We are grateful to Fr. Ed for his kindness.
Thank you for entrusting your child/ren to our care. Enjoy the beautiful summer-like weather for a few more days. Have a great week.
God Bless,
Mrs. Tiezzi
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Stop & Shop A+ Rewards:
Beginning October 6, 2017, St. Rita School has the opportunity to participate in and earn cash from A+ School Rewards, a great fundraising program run through your local Stop & Shop! Please fill out the A+ Rewards form, and your card will be assigned to St. Rita School. Please be sure to share this with your family and friends!
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HELP PAINT HAMDEN PINK by
PAINTING SRS PINK
October 13th
Donate $1 (or more) and wear YOUR
PINK in support of the American Cancer Society, Making Strides Against Breast Cancer.
Please wear pink items along with your school uniform.
All proceeds will go directly to Making Strides Against Breast Cancer- American Cancer Society
Fundraising Walk
Making Strides against Breast Cancer
Fundraising Walk
Sunday Oct. 15th 2017
Lighthouse Point Park
Interested in joining or forming your own
team to walk?
Please contact Nancy Juliano
203-640-2804
Volunteers needed for the Fundraising Walk
Students and/or Parents
RSVP by October 9th
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NEW CRUSADER CLUB
The SRS Crusader Club is designed to help promote and welcome visitors to St. Rita School. Students chosen for The Crusader Club will be trained in becoming Student Ambassadors for various events throughout the school year, including Open Houses, Welcome Days, Shadow Days and outside school events. This club is open to students in grades 6-8.
*Open to all students- no experience needed*
Applications due Sept. 29th
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SAVE THE DATE
St. Rita School
High School Night
Grades 6-8
Wed. Oct. 4th 2017
6:30pm
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FACE PAINTERS WANTED
Interested in face painting
for an event that SRS will be helping with on
Oct. 26th, 6pm
Open to any students in grades 6-8 and/or parents.
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Home and School Association
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Walk-A-Thon Personal Dress Down Day Winners
The final week's winners of a Walk-A-Thon Personal DressDown Day are: Joseph Candido, William Feiler, Nyla Newman, Gianluca Zinn, Shemar Graham, Niko Pellegrino, Zoe Kucera, Braelyn Heusser, Nora McNamara, Emily Kelly, Catherine Grady, Kelsey Cruz, Juliette Bolanos, Tyler Farina, Jack Daley, Justin Currie, Geena Montano, Nolan Cole, Natalia Samsel, Christian Bruno, and David McGroary. Congratulations!
Clothing Drive Success!
Thank you to everyone who donated items to our clothing drive at the Walk-A-Thon. We collected 3,516 pounds and raised $703.20 for our school! Big Brother Big Sisters of Southwestern CT Foundation will receive a matching amount which directly supports the mentoring services provided to children by BBBS of SWCT. Thank you for helping us help others!
Visit our
Facebook
page to view images from our Walk-A-Thon!
Charleston Wrap Fundraiser Announcement
Stay tuned for our exciting fall fundraiser starting next week.
Visit our
website for more information!
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St. Rita Annual Walk-A-Thon
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Walk-A-Thon News and Thanks!
We did it; we passed our fundraising goal! As of last Friday, we raised over $31,000 and we have more money coming in this week! Thank you to everyone who did such a fantastic job raising money for our school!
We had a great event, despite the heat, on Sunday. Thank you to everyone who participated and a special thanks to all the parent and student volunteers who worked so hard to make our Walk-A-Thon and picnic a huge success! We hope everyone had fun!
The Big Winners
Mrs. Delvecchio's 3rd grade class won the second place prize of an Ice Cream Party by raising $2,352.81!
Mrs. McKeon's Kindergarten class won the first place prize of a visit from the Beardsley Zoo Zoomobile by raising $2,567!
Niko Pellegrino in 1st grade, Giulia Harms in 3rd grade, and David McGroary in 8th grade each won a Kindle Fire Kid's Edition by raising the most money in their grade divisions!
Congratulations to all of our prize winners!
Thank you to our Sponsors
Thank you to the sponsors of the Kindle Fire prizes: Lamboley Law Firm, Raymond Wealth Management, and the Burns Family. Thank you to the St. Rita Council of the Knights of Columbus for sponsoring our picnic and for grilling the hot dogs for us and to the Ponzio family for sponsoring the airbrush tattoo artist from Picasso Parties. And thank you to Advanced Paper Company for donating all the paper goods for our picnic. We appreciate your generosity!
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West Point Football Experience Sponsored by St. Rita Council of the Knights of Columbus
New Haven Symphony Orchestra
The NHSO invites you to join them for FREE on Opening Night!: Beethoven’s Triple.
Thursday, September 28
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from 7:30 – 8:30PM at Woolsey Hall.
Office for Catholic Social Justice Ministry of the Archdiocese of Hartford
49th Annual Social Justice Dinner and Awards, which will take place on Tuesday, October 24 at the Aqua Turf Club.
If you are interested in learning more about this event or to purchase tickets please call (860) 242-5572
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CALLING ALL ROOM PARENT VOLUNTEERS - SIGN UP DEADLINE IS APPROACHING!
ROOM PARENT SIGN UP
- Thank you to everyone who has already signed up for consideration as a room parent. If you have not yet signed up, please do so ASAP. Due to the many school and classroom activities coming up, we will be closing the Room Parent SignUp Genius earlier then originally planned.
The Room Parent deadline is now this Friday, September 29.
When you sign up please remember that slots are
always
available. SignUp Genius will show how many parents have signed up - but slots are always available - so don't be discouraged if more than 3 slots have been "filled". Room Parents are not chosen on a "first come first serve" basis, and we encourage new parents to volunteer
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We need your help!
Volunteers wanted!
There are various committees and volunteer opportunities to choose from.
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St. Rita Soccer Challenge
sponsored by the Knights of Columbus
Saturday, Sept 30th starting at
9:30am - 1pm at Moretti Field
Open to all St. Rita's
students ages 9 -14. Bring your cleats and a soccer ball to shoot for the goal and earn a chance to advance to the State
Championship. Awards will be given out in all Boys and Girls Category Levels. Winners will advance to Regional and State Championship.
Volunteers for the event are also needed. If interested in helping out or questions about the event, please contact Wayne Bruno
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Kids Night Out
Friday Oct. 6th
6pm
To view other Caritas Christi Center events visit their
website
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St. Rita School Early Learning Center
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St. Rita School Early Learning Center offers a safe, nurturing, and stimulating learning environment for children aged two months to five years.
St. Rita School Early Learning Center (the ELC), a ministry of Divine Mercy Parish, offers families in the New Haven County an outstanding option for early childhood care and education. At the ELC, young children explore and create, and learn through age-appropriate activities that promote emotional, social, physical, and cognitive development.
Check out their NEW
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UPCOMING DATES -
October 4- No School
Teacher Professional Development
October 4- HIGH SCHOOL NIGHT Grades 6-8
October 6- 12:15 Dismissal
October 9- NO SCHOOL
October 17 & 18 - Lifetouch School Pictures
October 19- Evening Conferences, 12:15pm Dismissal
October 20- Afternoon Conference, 12:15pm Dismissal, UNITY T-Shirt Day
October 27- TRUNK or TREAT, MIddle School Dance
November 1- School Mass
November 4- Regional Band Concert
November 6-9 - Book Fair
November 9- 12:15 Dismissal
November 10- No School
November 11- West Point Football Experience
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St. Rita School
1601 Whitney Avenue
Hamden, CT 06517
Phone: (203) 248.3114
Fax: (203) 248.1016
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