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Dear St. Rita Parents/Guardians,
We are pleased to announce that our Dean of Student Life, Mrs. Joanna Robinson, has been selected as one of ten educators to receive the 2023 Light of Christ Recognition Award, which honors outstanding performance among educators in the Catholic schools of the Archdiocese of Hartford. Joanna is being honored as an educator who serves as a role model for her students, a witness to Jesus, a dedicated educator, and a responsible citizen whose life is guided by Catholic principles. She, along with the other recipients, will receive their awards at Friday’s Catholic School Educators’ Faith Formation Day on March 22 at the Cathedral of St. Joseph. Congratulations, Mrs. Robinson!
Last year St. Rita School was awarded an education grant through GEER funds. This grant provided us with an interventionist, school counselor, and now an instructional coach. Over the next few months an educational consultant/instructional coach from Catapult Learning, Mrs. Allison Peterson, will be working with our teachers and our students. Allison will work alongside our teachers as we help our students better navigate the post-Covid world. Allison brings to St. Rita a wealth of experience working with students and teachers in shifting ownership of learning to our students so that they become more responsible, helpful, and respectful. Now more than ever, it is important to help create educational experiences that prepare our students to thrive in a world that will constantly require them to learn new skills and develop new competencies. We welcome Mrs. Peterson to our St. Rita Community.
Our Lenten service project, which will help with providing assistance to the students of Sacred Hearts School in Lahaina, Hawaii, has surpassed the $3900 mark. Many of our students are assisting at home by performing additional chores or sacrificing their lunch snack in order to help the students at Sacred Hearts who lost everything, including their school, to the wildfires last August. The wildfire left 84 Sacred Hearts students and 12 staff members without homes. After the wildfires, the Bishop of Honolulu, Most Reverend Larry Silva, shared this video with his parishioners of the Sacred Hearts community rising from the ashes, embodying hope and determination. Please watch this short, heartfelt video with your family (by clicking HERE) which demonstrates the profound faith, resilience, and aloha spirit of the community of Sacred Hearts School. We will continue to collect donations until after Easter. Thank you to our families for teaching your children the importance of sacrifice and almsgiving.
Our Lost & Found is once again overflowing with green fleeces, navy sweatshirts, green polo shirts, water bottles, pink earmuffs, winter hats, winter jackets, lunch boxes, and other assorted items. If your child has come home missing items, please have them check our lost and found. The school uniform items will be recycled and the other items will be placed in the church donation bin if they are not claimed by April break. Any item properly labeled with your child’s name will be returned to him/her.
This coming Sunday we celebrate Palm Sunday, marking Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem and the beginning of Holy Week. Next week (March 24-29) is Holy Week, 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 to take your children to the beautiful and sacred liturgies of Holy Week and Easter. Next Thursday, March 28, our 6th grade class will lead us in the Living Stations of the Cross. All are invited to attend. School will dismiss early on Holy Thursday (March 28) and will be closed on Good Friday (March 29) and Easter Monday (April 1).
Thank you for entrusting your child/ren to our care. Enjoy the early and chilly days of Spring.
God Bless,
Mrs. Tiezzi
Principal
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