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.

From the Desk of Mrs. Tiezzi


Dear St. Rita Parents/Guardians,


We are so pleased to introduce a new program for our kindergarten students called the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd. Sr. Barbara Matazzaro will be the facilitator of this program. Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (CGS) is a method of helping children enter into a relationship with God. It was developed based on the educational principles of Maria Montessori, an expert who studied early childhood development. CGS takes place in a room called the "Atrium" located in a newly created room located in the back of the library. The Atrium is "more like a church than a classroom"; a sacred, “hands on” space where catechists and children hear, ponder, and celebrate the most essential mysteries of our faith as revealed in Sacred Scripture and Liturgy. Materials are child-sized and are carefully prepared to foster in children the inherent longing for a relationship with God and curiosity about the elements of our faith.


Thank you for your patience over the past month as we have worked out the issues with our on-line system for before and after care registration and payment. We expect to have the new automated on-line registration portal up and running this week and will send out a separate message alerting you to the sign-up procedure. Please note that aftercare will be open on the Friday, October 7, an early dismissal day, until 3:00 P.M. only.


If you haven’t already received an email from your child’s teacher regarding the upcoming conferences please expect one this week. The parent-teacher conferences are scheduled for October 17 from 3:30-6:30 and October 18 from 1:00-3:30. Both these days are early dismissal days. Parents must register for conferences using the link provided by the teachers. All parents are strongly advised to sign-up for a conference to review your child’s NEWA MAP assessments, learn more about your child as a learner and have any of your questions or concerns addressed midway through the first marking period.


Next Wednesday, October 5, St. Rita School will be closed for a district-wide teaching and learning conference. Teachers from our area Catholic schools will be hearing from a nationally acclaimed speaker, educator and literacy expert, Dr. Beverly Ann Chin, on “Bridging Instruction to Achievement-Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum.”  Teachers from our early childhood programs will have a special Lego Education hands-on STREAM workshop geared for our youngest learners.


Thank you for entrusting your child/ren to our care. Please keep the people in the path of Hurricane Ian in your prayers. Be sure to get outside and enjoy the beautiful fall-like weather.  


 

God Bless,

Mrs. Tiezzi

Principal

Luke Hamling, a Life Scout with Boy Scout Troop 608 in Hamden, has been a scout for over eleven years, a member of St. Paul VI Parish, has served as an altar boy, and graduated from St. Rita School in 2019. His Eagle Scout project will involve renovating two of the church signs to reflect our new parish, including landscaping of those areas once the signs have been installed. He chose this project because he believes having unified signs will help with the building of community at our unified parish of St. Paul VI Parish.


To complete this project, he must raise over $9,600 in order to pay for the signs and landscaping items. He is asking the school community to assist with this effort. All monies raised will go directly to this project, and any money raised in excess of the project needs will go towards the signage needs at the other two churches which will also be renovated in the future


To help with this project please click below to contribute through his GoFundMe page.

GoFundMe

We are currently looking for a part-time middle school language arts teacher. If you or anyone you know might be interested, please contact the

school office at 203-248-3114.

We are in need of after care coverage -

21 years or older

$15/hour - 2:45 to 5:30 pm 

1 to 2 days per week.

Please contact Mrs. Bathrick.

Please be patient with us while we revamp the before and after care program. An email will be sent to you when changes are in effect.


Before and After Care Charges

Pre-K - Before Care - $7/day

Pre-K - After Care - $20/day


K-8 - Before Care - $5/day

K-8 - After Care - $17/day


We are in need of after care coverage - 21 years or older,

$15/hour - 2:45 to 5:30 pm - 1 to 2 days per week.

Please contact Mrs. Bathrick.


Click HERE to sign up for After Care

Uniform Swap


Monday through Friday, 2:45 to 4:00 pm

in the Gym


The uniform swap will only be available until Friday, September 30!

HSA
Home/School Association
Sign-Up Genius
Download the Order Form

Notre Dame High School Open Houses


Sunday, October 16th, at 10:00 a.m. 


Tuesday, December 6th, at 6:00 p.m.


For more information or to pre-register for open house, visit www.notredamehs.com


Please pray for all those that have suffered in Ukraine, and all those who are suffering or have lost a loved-one during this pandemic.

Please pray for the Simms Family, and all the deceased members of our St. Rita Community.

St. Rita School
1601 Whitney Avenue
Hamden, CT 06517
Phone: (203) 248.3114
Fax: (203) 248.1016
www.stritaschool.org
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