Living, Loving, and Learning Our Faith Through Jesus

May 22: Festa Day of St. Rita
May 23: STAR Assessment Continues
May 26: School Celebration of St. Rita and OOU Day
May 27: STAR Assessment ends and OOU Day
May 30: Memorial Day-No School
May 31: F&P Running Records Due
June 1: Spring Musical/Talent Show
June 2: 8th Grade Class Photo/LifeTouch 10AM
June 3: OOU Day
June 6: Physical Education Field Day (In case of bad weather, make up day June 7)
June 8: Last day of After School Care
June 9: Last day of Before School Care
June 9: Half day of school for ALL Students/11:00AM Dismissal/End of 4th Quarter
June 9: Grade 8 Baccalaureate Mass and Promotion Ceremony (3pm/Gym)
June 9: Report cards will be on the way!

From the Desk of Dr. Sue

Greetings,

While we feel the end is near, there is still so much to learn! The students are completing their STAR assessments and to see the growth from Fall to Spring is very rewarding. We cannot do this alone and appreciate the home and school connection. We never want to stop learning; therefore, I want to take a moment to share that summer school registration is still open. Check it out further down in this newsletter. St. Rita's is hosting summer school, so why not! It is right in your backyard. In addition, it is always easy to pick up a book! We want to encourage you and your family to start making reading a priority. Set some time for ready each night.

It is fun to see the 8th graders create their bulletin boards. The are posting their memories and words of wisdom to leave behind for all of us to cherish. Thank you 8th graders.

Many important reminders about our up and coming events are in this newsletter. Please read closely and mark your calendars. You do not want to miss out on the fun.

Blessings,

Dr. Sue

St. Rita's Mission

Living Loving and Learning Our Faith: Living as members of our Catholic Faith Community; Loving God and all of His creation; Learning for our future on Earth and Heaven.

Festa St Rita-Lunch and Activities-Reminder!

We are very excited to celebrate St. Rita on Thursday, May 26th with your children.

The following are some of the awesome events we have planned for May 26:

St. Rita student/staff school wide parade/walk to Church/Mass.
St. Rita blessing of roses during Mass.
Grade 3 will perform a play showcasing the life of St. Rita.
- 3rd grade families invited to attend.
- There is no limit-family members welcomed!

10:30am-Noon ALL School Lunch Activity

Students must be picked up by 10:30am and returned to school by noon.

12:15-12:45 Carnival for 3K/4K/Kindergarten

1:00-1:30 1-3 grades Carnival Outside

1:45-2:15 4-5 grades Carnival Outside

2:15-2:45 6 -7 grades Carnival Outside

2:45 8th Grade Clean up

3:05 Announcements/Dismissal

Consider visiting one of the places below for your outing on May 26!

For any families participating in the off campus event, several venues will be donating proceeds to St. Rita's Royal Student Ambassadors Buddy Bench Project. Take out is an option too.

Please verbally state you are from St Rita's Elementary School when visiting the establishment.

The Maple Table

520 Main St. Racine

262-456-7899

Donating 20% of sales

Pepi's Grill

618 6th St. Racine

262-633-6111

Bring your quarters. Lots of arcade games to play while you wait for your food.

Donating 10% of sales

RG Natural Babies

430 Main Street, Racine

262-898-1305

Donating 10% of sales from Thursday 5/26 to Sunday 5/29

Shout out to Feiner Plumbing!

524 Villa St, Racine

262-632-8994

Will Match ALL Donations made!

JUNE 1

PLEASE REPORT TO YOUR CLASSROOM/HOMEROOM NO LATER THAN 6:15PM. YOUR TEACHER WILL MEET YOU THERE!

Spring Concert-ALL ARE WELCOME!

Hello St. Rita families!

Our students are very excited about our upcoming spring concert this year! The concert is on Wednesday, June 1st, at 6:30pm, in the gym. Students should report to their classrooms no later than 6:15pm Wednesday, June 1.

Students are encouraged to dress up for the performance, and each grade level will perform two selections. Students are expected to attend the performance, and if there is a conflict, parents need to contact me as soon as possible.

Thank you for all that you do for our school! Happy Spring, and I am looking forward to seeing everyone on June 1st.

Sincerely,

Mr. Scaffidi

Siena's First Annual Hackathon!

Thank you to Ms. Maraccini and Mr. Hinkel! All students in grades 5-8 completed their 3D projects. Several of our student projects were on display. Shout out to Alina, Ella and Elias for presenting our hard work. Check out the pictures below.

Music Class

Hello St. Rita families!

In music classes during the Month of May, students have been practicing for our Spring concert!

Middle school students are primarily focusing on the guitar, 5th grade is focusing on the hand chimes and 4th grade to Kindergarten are focusing on grade level songs.

Students will continue to play melodies on the hand chimes, and perform rhythmic patterns on hand held percussion instruments and drums.

All classes will continue to sing sacred, and secular songs, and 4th through 8th will continue to learn about official state songs.

Reminder OOU Dates

Awesome Job Students!

You all are looking good!

Last Fridays of the 2021-22 school year!

May 27 and June 3

These Fridays may be spirit wear or student choice with a gentle reminder regarding being in compliance with respect for your body and dress code.

May 26- OOU Day for Fest of St. Rita

*While we appreciate the fun day, we also want our students to be appropriately dressed for church in the morning.

*As a friendly reminder: jeans, leggings, jeggings, athletic pants are acceptable Jeans must be free of holes, tears or repairs. No midriffs, shirts must have sleeves etc.

Uniform Swap is BACK!!

It’s your opportunity to clean out the kids’ closets of all the uniform clothing that no longer fits and grab the next size up.

Drop off – You can send in with your child or drop off any new/used, good condition, clean uniform items to the school office anytime during the week of May 23rd during school hours. This includes navy polos; khaki shorts, pants, and skorts/skirts; Spiritwear, and the plaid skirts and jumpers.

Pick up (take what you can use) – All items donated/dropped off will be sorted by size and placed on tables outside the school gym doors on Tuesday, June 1st and Wednesday, June 2nd from 7:45am – 3:30pm. The uniform tables will also be available AFTER the school spring concert in the gym on June 1st.

Thursday Mass & Altar Servers

Altar Servers Ella P. and Liam G. Sixth Grade led Mass this week.

8th Graders from St. Rita’s Working on their Farewell Bulletin boards

Summer School- Still Time to Register!

Hello Siena Families!

We invite you to register today for the Center for Urban Teaching/Siena Catholic Schools of Racine Summer School program! This FREE program is great for learning AND enrichment...math, art, science, reading, phy ed, we have it all! Students will receive FREE breakfast and lunch, too.

WHO: all Siena students (incoming K5-8)

WHAT: Summer School!

WHEN: Wednesday, June 29, 2022 - Wednesday, July 27, 2022 (no school on July 4 or 5); 7:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. Mon, Tues, Thurs, and Fri; 7:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Wednesdays (breakfast and lunch included on all days)

WHERE: St. Rita Catholic School

COST: Aside from the $5 per shirt fee (required), this program is free, free, free!

Why consider CfUT's summer school program? This is a fantastic program that helps reduce summer learning loss, something especially critical because of the COVID disruptions over the past two years. This particular summer school is a great combination of fun activities and academic enrichment. Register today!

Please note: registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. Waiting lists will be formed once classes are full. There is no before or after school care and parents are required to provide their own transportation.

End of Year Before and After School Care Information

June 8 Last day of After School Care

June 9 Last day of Before Care

June 9 No After School Care-Early dismissal for all students-11:00AM

SCRIP

While we cannot have SCRIP in person like we used to, we CAN participate in SCRIP online with E-gift card delivery, which is instant and completely contact-free.

You can ONLY purchase E-gift cards (there are over 750 vendors to choose from, including Amazon, Target, Kohls, Home Depot, Walmart, Starbucks, etc.!)
A percentage of that purchase (2-17%) "gives back" as a rebate:
- 50% of the rebate goes toward your family's tuition bill, student activity fees, spirit wear or a check at the end of the school year
- 50% of the rebate directly supports St. Rita’s.

Click on the link to Learn more : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UAVWKOFQDJwnlFhUO_3CJ3Z7OUaaGPS8/view?usp=sharing

Catholic Social Responsibility Guidebook

Please see the newly released Catholic Social Responsibility Guidebook from the Archdiocese of Milwaukee under the direction of Dr. Kathleen Cepelka. It is available at https://www.archmil.org/Education/Catholic-Social-Responsibility.htm.