November 5-Stay informed

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,

Please join us this evening at 6:00 A.M. to meet our new school social worker, Mrs. Danielle Beerli. Danielle will speak on the topic of Anxiety and offer strategies as to how to assist your child in dealing with those times and circumstances that bring on anxiety in their lives. Danielle has spent the past few days visiting classrooms and meeting our teachers and students. Tonight is your opportunity to meet her. Hope to see you there.

The value for the month of November is community. Community is showing love for others by truly helping them out not by merely talking about it. It takes patience to build community by working at getting along with others and to make peace with others instead of constantly getting into conflict. It takes control to patiently bear with others rather than quickly condemning them; we demonstrate community by not automatically looking out for you but kindly looking out for other people. How can we model for our children the value of community in our thoughts and actions? Some simple ways are prayer, study, meditate and fast to draw closer to God, the source of our community.

This Friday, November 8, school will be closed for a Teacher Retreat Day. Teachers will gather at Caritas Christi Center for a day of prayer and reflection. Please keep them in your prayers and we will do the same for our St. Rita School community.

On Monday, November 11, school will be closed for Veteran’s Day as we honor those who have so bravely served this country . Our country is founded on the principles of freedom, justice, and liberty for all. Our nation's soldiers serve every day to protect our country and its ideals. As a way of honoring our veterans, please have your child take some time on Veteran's Day, to remember and thank those who sacrifice their lives to achieve peace and democracy in our country. Have you child make a phone call or pay a visit to someone they know (grandpa, grandma, aunt, uncle, neighbor, or friends) who is currently serving or has served in the armed forces. All they need to do is say thank you.

Thank you for entrusting your children to our care. Have an enjoyable week.

God Bless,

Mrs. Tiezzi

School News

Child Anxiety & Mood Workshop- TONIGHT

Join St. Rita School and Social Worker Danielle Beerli, MSW for a brief presentation on Childhood Anxiety. The presentation will discuss the causes and symptoms of Childhood Anxiety as well as some strategies to help children exhibiting signs of anxiety.

6pm St. Rita School

Open to all SRS families and friends!

Virtus Training Information

At St. Rita School there are endless opportunities to get involved as a parent/grandparent. We welcome your ideas, insight and knowledge to help strengthen our SRS community.

All volunteers must become certified in the Virtus Training and

complete a background check.

Please visit the Virtus Training website for upcoming training dates, locations and registration.

https://www.virtusonline.org/virtus/

New Dates Available:

Sat, Nov. 16 9:00 AM Blessed Sacrament Parish Center, Hamden

Sun, Nov. 24 1:30 St. Mary's Branford

**IF YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR VIRTUS CLASS PLEASE BRING YOUR CERTIFICATE AND HANDBOOK SIGNATURE TO SISTER ANNE.

Celebrate Catholic Schools ALL Week! Take a look a the great events taking place. Share with your friends and family.

National Junior Honor Society

-In Association with Divine Mercy Parish-

November Food Drive

Please help fill our food pantry shelves in time for Thanksgiving!

Starting Day for Donations: Monday, October 21

Please bring in the following:

Pre-K: Cereal

Kindergarten: Crackers

1st Grade: Cookies

2nd Grade: Tomato Sauce/Chef Boyardee

3rd Grade: Tea/Coffee

4th Grade: Canned Tuna

5th Grade: Jelly

6th Grade: Canned fruit/Veggies

7th Grade: Soup

8th Grade: Juice

Last Day for Donations: Friday, November 8

Thank You in advance for your generosity!

St. Rita School Early Learning Center News:

St. Rita School Early Learning Center is requesting donations from families who have some gently used items that they have outgrown or no longer use.

We are in need of the following items:

Plastic, outdoor picnic tables

Two train tables

Fisher Price barn with animals and people

Simple musical instruments-bells, egg shakers, tambourines

An electric infant swing

A large crock pot for heating bottles

Help us celebrate our cultures here at St. Rita School.

We are now collecting for the month of

NOVEMBER !

PART TIME JOB OPPORTUNITY

The North Haven Recreation Center is seeking part time help with their adult programs for various events and activities. They are also in need of lifeguards (16 years +) (Certification opportunities available)

Please contact Andy Delvecchio, (203) 239-5321 for information.

Home and School Association

Support St. Rita School

with Mabel’s Labels!

Mabel’s Labels HOLIDAY LINE Is Now Live!

Support St. Rita School when you shop for Return Address Labels, Gift Tags, Stocking Stuffers, and More!

Click here to start your holiday shopping, and SRS will earn 40% of your purchase amount!

ORDER HERE

Crusaders Corner Store

A St. Rita School Initiative

Crusaders Corner will be open every Thursday during all lunch periods. Please send your child with cash or check to purchase items!

CELEBRATE DISCOVER CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK WITH CRUSADER CORNER STORE SAVINGS!!

Special Pricing Order Form

Smencil Order Form

Reusable Tote Bags Order Form

Stickable Family Order Form

Athlete's Corner

Check back here for all Athletic News

Basketball and Cheerleading Forms!!

For those players that did not hand in their forms yet, please make sure you

forward them to me this week or your child will not be able to continue to participate.

Please click the link below to download forms.

No need to complete if you are currently on the SRS soccer team

PLAYER FORMS

Basketball Uniform Distribution –

if you did not pick up your child’s uniform last Saturday,

there will be one more date added

Friday, Nov 8 ^th from 5:00-6:45 at SRS

Parent MUST be present.

(* This excludes the JJV3 Boys team – I will contact them separately )

Reminder:

If your child is absent from school or leaves school sick, they will not be permitted to participate in any athletic events (games or practice)

PICTURES WANTED! If you love taking pictures at our SRS sporting events, please share them with us! Please send to [email protected]

Divine Mercy Parish News

Veterans Day is Monday November 11th.

Divine Mercy Parish will honor all men and women who have served our country at each of the weekend Masses. There will be a special blessing for veterans and at the 9 a.m. Mass on Sunday at St. Stephen church. There will be a blessing of prayer shawls and scarfs to be given to veterans who are suffering a loss.

All veterans are welcome and will be acknowledged.

Student Spotlight

Did your child/ren do something amazing? Share with us!

Please send submissions to

Carissa Civitello

Please be patient as we receive many wonderful stories of our SRS students and Alumni!

Prayer Corner

Please keep the following SRS community

members in your thoughts and prayers

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If you have a special intention that you would like to share in our prayer corner, please email Carissa Civitello

Support SRS

Rewards Program

Click HERE for a flyer with all of our rewards programs.

Does Your Company Offer Volunteer Grants?

Volunteer grant programs, also known as “Dollars for Doers” programs, are corporate giving programs created to encourage volunteerism in communities where employees live and work.

Through these programs, companies provide monetary grants to organizations where employees volunteer regularly.

Please take a moment and ask if your employer participates in a Volunteer Grants Program. Your time and talent at St. Rita School could turn into dollars for our school! Questions? Feel free to contact Joanne Bruno at [email protected] .

The Box Tops for Education program is changing the way we can earn cash for our school

Over the summer, participating brands began to change their packaging from the traditional Box Tops clip to the new Box Tops label. Going forward, instead of clipping from packages and checking expiration dates, all Box Tops will be earned digitally by scanning your receipt. The Box Tops for Education team has worked hard to build a NEW-and-improved, user-friendly Box Tops mobile app , available now. The new app features state-of-the-art technology that allows you to scan your store receipt, ﬁnd participating products and instantly add Box Tops to our school's earnings online.

If you still have traditional Box Tops clips at home, make sure to send them to school. We will still earn cash for all clipped Box Tops until they expire. Better yet, you can “double dip” during the packaging transition by clipping traditional Box Tops AND scanning your store receipt containing participating products.

Visit amazonsmile.com , and anytime you purchase an eligible item, Amazon will donate a portion of the profit to our school! Select “Divine Mercy Parish

Corporation” as your charity, and St. Rita School will benefit every time you

shop.

Link your Stop & Shop Card to St. Rita School, and we’ll earn CASH when you

buy groceries! Click here and use School ID: 06434.

Link your ShopRite Price Plus card to St. Rita School, and help us earn school supplies! Click here and use School ID: 50073, or email your PricePlus card number to Alice Kuether, [email protected] .

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!