From the Desk of Mrs. Tiezzi

Dear SRS Parents and Guardians,

This past Sunday we celebrated Palm Sunday marking Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem and the beginning of Holy Week. Holy Week is most definitely a very sacred time of the year, for it is how we commemorate and remember the last week of Jesus' life on this earth. These are the days leading up to the great Easter Feast. Please take some time over the next few days to take your children to the beautiful and sacred liturgies of Holy Week and Easter. Today, our sixth grade class led us in the Living Stations of the Cross. It was beautiful!

As part of our Holy Week journey we have embraced the initiative suggested by our superintendent, Mrs. Mara, to fast from technology during Lent. After much discussion with faculty, we chose to embrace this initiative the St. Rita Way, which was to not use technology on three Fridays in March and also this week, Holy Week. This provided more challenges for some classes than others but reinforced for me what Pope Francis has advised regarding technology usage. He says “One of these is addiction to the digital media, which impoverishes human relationship. Lent is a propitious time to resist these temptations and to cultivate instead a more integral form of human communication made up of ‘authentic encounters,’ face to face and in person.” Hopefully, all our students and teachers were able to cultivate these authentic encounters with each other during this holiest of weeks.

Thank you for your support for our recent Lenten projects; the food drive and Catholic Relief Services collection. We were able to donate two carloads of non-perishable food items to the St. Paul VI Food Pantry at St. Rita Church and have currently raised over $5600 for the earthquake victims in Syria and Turkey. If you have not yet donated to our Lenten project and would like to do so, there is still time. Donations will be taken after Easter and will end next week. Our bears, Rita and Paul, will be finding their permanent homes with the two classes who have donated the most to this very worthy cause. Currently the top two classes are Mrs. McGrath’s PreK4 and Mrs. Hamling’s Grade 6 with the Office and friends of St. Rita coming on strong, in third place.

School will close for the Easter holiday on Thursday, April 6 at noon and reopen on Tuesday, April 11. Our Spring break is the week of April 17-21. On behalf of the St. Rita School faculty and staff, I wish you and your family a very holy and blessed Easter.  

God Bless,

Mrs. Tiezzi

2023-2024 Important Dates

The calendar for the 2023-2024 school year has not yet been finalized. Important dates are as follows:

St. Rita School will open during the week of August 28, 2023

Thanksgiving Break - November 22 - 24, 2023

Christmas Break - December 21, 2023 to January 1, 2024

February Break - February 16 and 19, 2024

April Break - April 15 - 19, 2024

Connecticut Center for Education Excellence

CTCEE is Here to Help...

When can I apply for a Scholarship?

CTCEE funds students in grades K-8 with an annual $2,500 scholarship for approved applications. All applications are considered on a first-come, first-served basis.

A parent or guardian may choose any accredited private or parochial school in Connecticut. The chosen schools must verify acceptance or enrollment of the applicant at their school. CTCEE will pay half of the $2,500 scholarship in September and January to the chosen school to be applied to the family's tuition bill.

Electronic applications are available on the CTCEE website ctcee.org.

PreK 3 is full and we have begun a waitlist.

PreK 4 is filling up quickly with a limited

number of spots available.

Kindergarten is also filling up quickly.

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.

The re-enrollment contract should be returned to the

office as soon as possible to guarantee your

child's seat for next year..

  In theatre news, our cast for Disney's BEAUTY & THE BEAST jr. has been working hard at rehearsal to bring our SRS families a wonderful show in May. 

You can help support the musical by ordering

your own show shirt! 

The t-shirts are black with a white show logo, and available in youth, adult and plus sizes. Interested? Please send in $15 per shirt by cash or check made out to St. Rita's School by March 31st. Put your payment in an envelope to the main office marked SHOW SHIRTS, and be sure to indicate your shirt size. Buy them for the entire family! You will be recognized in the audience during the show.



*Cast and crew members do not need to order shirts.

Have you checked our

lost & found?

Parents - please have your child/ren check the bin at the top of the gym stairs.

Our new Saint Paul VI Parish app is now available to download for iPhone and Android smart phones.

Stay connected with our parish throughtou the week with instant notifications. Also enjoy many additional features like prayers, daily reading, helpful reminders to silence your phone before Msss or confessions, and much more.

Download the app today at myparishapp.com or search your phone's app store for myparish.

Crusader Camp Registration is now open.

The Access Code to register online is SRS

(Please note that the Crusader Camp website is not associated with Before/After Care or Hot Lunch - a new account will need to be created to register)

HSA Upcoming Events

Middle School Play

May 5 and 6

Mother’s Day Plant Sale

Week of May 8

Mother Son Event

May 19

Family Event

TBD

Nurse's Corner

Required physicals for school.

Students entering Prek 3, PreK 4 and Kindergarten need to have a physical that is dated within one year of the first day of school for the fall of 2023. For example if the first day of school is August 28, 2023, the physical must be dated on or after August 29, 2022. 

Students entering Grade 7 need to have a physical dated after May 1, 2022.

Please send in a copy of the physical along with the immunization record before the end of this school year. If your child will be having a physical over the summer, please notify the nurse of the date. 

Students in these grades will not be allowed to start school in the fall unless the nurse has a copy of the physical form and immunization record. 

Please contact me if you have any questions

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

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.

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 pray for all those that have suffered in

Ukraine, Turkey, & Syria,

and all those members

of our school family 

who are in need of our prayers.

Please pray for

all the deceased

members of our

St. Rita Community.