March 1, 2023

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 SRS Parents and Guardians,

Throughout these forty days of Lent, our faculty and students will focus on prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Our goal is to get our students to think beyond themselves and to focus on kindness and mercy. Each year St. Rita School undertakes a school-wide service project during the Holy Season of Lent. For our project this year we will endeavor to raise money in support of Catholic Relief Services, earmarking the money for the people of Turkey and Syria impacted by the recent devastating earthquakes. Last Friday during our Lenten prayer service, the students were introduced to our theme "...Have a Heart..."

Our children at St. Rita School have the opportunity to help others as Jesus taught us, "Love one another as I have loved you." Our mascots for this service project are two adorable stuffed teddy bears, appropriately named Rita (named for St. Rita) and Paul (for St. Paul VI Parish). Each homeroom is working toward providing monetary funds for the CRS. The mascots will visit the classrooms throughout Lent to encourage the children's support. Monetary contributions, large and small, may be brought in daily throughout the weeks of Lent. We also invite and welcome families who would like to make a personal monetary donation from their own family to please send in their contribution and we will add it to our school's total. IF DONATING BY CHECK, PLEASE MAKE PAYABLE to ST. RITA SCHOOL. It is our hope that together, school and home, we will be able to serve our community and share our compassion and gifts with those impacted by these catastrophic earthquakes.

Our second trimester will be ending this Friday, March 3. and our third and final trimester will begin on Monday, March 6. Report cards will be sent home with your child on Wednesday, March 8. Optional Parent-Teacher conferences are scheduled for next Thursday, March 9 from 4:00 P.M.- 6:15 P.M. and on Friday, March 10 from 1:00 P.M. -3:15 P.M. Please contact your child's teacher directly to schedule a conference.

We are currently accepting new enrollment for the upcoming 2023-2024 school year. If you know of a family who is interested in learning more about St. Rita School, please have them contact Mrs. Bruno, our admissions director, to set up a tour or learn more about our wonderful school. Our parent referral program is now open and details on how to receive a $250 referral tuition credit for the upcoming school year can be found on our website.

During this holy season of Lent, let us try to pray a little more, give a little more, and complain a little less. What a great example we will be to our children when we model these behaviors. Thank you for entrusting your child/ren to our care. Hope you enjoyed yesterday's snow day as much as your children did. Have a wonderful and blessed Lenten journey.

God Bless,

Mrs. Tiezzi

The Foundation for the Advancement of Catholic Schools (FACS) is pleased to invite students enrolled at St. Rita School to apply for the following NEW scholarships for Academic Year 2023-2024:

Dynia Endowed Scholarship

Maximilian E. and Marion O. Hoffman Foundation Scholarship

FACS Grant Scholarship

The due date is March 20, 2023.

An electronically fillable scholarship form may be

downloaded below (please note that you must use

Adobe Reader to use the fillable feature).

Once it is complete, please return it directly to

Mrs. Tiezzi at ptiezzi.stritaschool@gmail.com.

She will complete the principal statement, as well as verify that the application is complete.

Also, be sure that St. Rita School is identified on page 2 of the application form, and list which scholarship(s) is or are being applied for on page 5.

Fillable Application

Dynia Scholarship Criteria & Guidelines

FACS Grant Scholarship Guidelines

Hoffman Scholarship Criteria & Guidelines

New Enrollment is Open for St. Rita Families!

Applications are available on our website or contact Admissions.stritaschool@gmail.com

for your application.

Kindly, indicate the grade your child will be entering in the Fall within your email. Please note that this is for NEW students and not students who are currently enrolled at SRS.

Contact Mrs. Bruno with questions at (203) 248-3114 or jbruno.stritaschool@gmail.com.

Re-Enrollment for 2023-2024

A re-enrollment contract was sent out to all school families

as we have started planning for the 2023-2024 school year.

We have been discussing many exciting initiatives for next school year and I am hoping that you and your family will be part of it.

Re-enrollment contract should be returned to the office by Friday, March 17, 2023.

The Scholastic Book Fair is Coming!

March 6-8, 2023!

Please contact Mrs. Schreck if you’re

available to help with this year’s Book Fair

at sschreck.stritaschool @gmail.com

Hot Lunch Reminder

Just a reminder that all hot lunch orders must be placed on the portal by 8 p.m. the night before. This deadline is so that the lunch service provider is able to provide the varied and

correct number of lunches to our students. The planning and preparation is completed the night before.

Please note, going forward, add-ons in the

morning will NO longer be accepted.

We thank you in advance for your cooperation with this matter.

SRS Crusader

Summer Camp 2023

Our fun-filled summer camp will be filled to the brim with fun! Each week will feature a different theme for our

campers to enjoy!

Sessions run Monday to Friday EXCEPT the week of July 4.

Sessions begin June 19 and continue through July 28.

Half-day (8:30 to 12:30) or full-day (8:30 to 3:00)

sessions will be offered

Additional information will be sent out in March.

Registration will be open in April.

Inclement Weather

With the winter season quickly approaching, our thoughts turn to snow days. We have 5 inclement weather days built into our school calendar so we will be taking snow days this winter. Snow days are a childhood tradition and are meant to be a day children can sleep in and then go outside to play in the snow. Should we have a more severe winter and exceed our 5 snow days, we will consult with our central office and make a decision regarding next steps.

When school is dismissed early due to inclement weather, there will be no after care.

When school is delayed due to inclement weather, before care will still operate, beginning at 7 am, at a cost of $15.

St. Rita School follows the Hamden Public School system regarding snow days. If Hamden Public Schools are closed, St. Rita School will be closed. Closings will be listed on WTNH Channel 8, WFSB Channel 3, and WVIT Channel 30.

You will also be notified via School Messenger in a text,

phone call, and email.