Dear St. Rose School Families:
We ended the week on a joyful note celebrating Monsignor Bob's 46th Anniversary of Priesthood. He is truly a gift to us all and we ask God to bless him for many years to come.
Please join me in congratulating our Second graders who recently received their First Holy Communion. This morning we also witnessed 7th grader Jonathan Voskov's First Holy Communion. In other happy news I am delighted to welcome Colin Doane, son of Mrs. Katelyn Doane, to our school family. May God's blessings be abundant on all.
This was a busy week of learning outside the classroom with our Preschool students traveling to the Beardsley Zoo, our Sixth graders exploring the Long Island Sound aboard the Project Oceanology, 5th graders spending time at Sturbridge Village and 7th graders soaking in historic Boston.
I hope all of you were able to get to a performance of
Getting To Know The Sound of Music.
It was incredible! The acting, singing and staging, as well as the costumes, were of the highest caliber. Words like "Wow!", "Impressive!", "Remarkable!" have been floating around as people describe the show. Bravo to Mrs. Salustri, Mrs. O'Donnell, Nicole Kolitsas, Siobhan Reidy and our extremely talented student actors. The Arts are such an important part of education and we are delighted to be able to offer such enrichment opportunities to our students. In fact, a parishioner was so impressed with the performances that they approached Monsignor with the offer of two scholarships to Missoula Theater Company's Summer Workshops at Fairfield University. Names were placed in a hat and the lucky winners are Tim Whitlock and Emily Braun. As Monsignor said, he wishes they could give scholarships to the entire cast because everyone did such an amazing job.
Speaking of the Arts, I was "wow-ed" again by the Art Show with one exhibit more creative and colorful than the next. It is apparent that we have quite a few budding artists ranging from Preschool through 8th grade. Thanks to Mrs. Locke for inspiring the vision and creativity of her students through a variety of mediums. While eyes feasted on unique art pieces, ears were treated to the sounds of our school band. I applaud their accomplishments in this first year playing instruments. This innovative program is another enhancement to the curriculum that we are thrilled to provide. Many thanks to all of the parents who helped with this event and to our parent volunteers who assisted with the Band program this year. We couldn't do it without you.
Congratulations to Miss Miksad's First grade class for winning the Food Collection Competition sponsored by the Knights of Columbus. They collected 174 items, the highest class amount. In total, St. Rose School collected 466 items for Faith Food Pantry. The Knights appreciate your support of the classroom competition and the Run 4 Hunger.
I hope you have all taken the opportunity to purchase one -- or more -- tuition raffle tickets. This is a very important fundraiser for our school and a great opportunity to potentially win $15,000 that can be applied to tuition for ANY K-12 school, college or student loan organization in the United States. We are hoping every school family will buy at least one ticket and encourage family and friends to do the same. If you are interested please contact hsa@srles.com. Thank you.
The Diocese has notified us that
the annual family surveys will be sent out this afternoon via email. The survey will only be sent to the email listed as the primary contact in Rediker. The survey will remain active through May 31st. We appreciate you taking time to complete this.
There is just about one month remaining until summer break...a little less than that for our 8th graders who will graduate on June 8th. Let us all work together to help our children finish strong.
Have a relaxing weekend.
God Bless,
Mr. Bardhyl Gjoka
