Living, Loving, and Learning Our Faith Through Jesus

May 22: Feast Day of St. Rita
May 26: School Celebration of St. Rita
May 27: STAR Assessment ends
May 30: Memorial Day-No School
May 31: F&P Running Records Due
June 1: Spring Musical/Talent Show (6:30pm)
June 6: Physical Education Field Day (In case of bad weather, make up day is June 7)
June 9: Half day of school 11:00AM Dismissal/End of 4th Quarter
June 9: Grade 8 Baccalaureate Mass and Promotion Ceremony (3pm/Gym)

From the Desk of Dr. Sue!

Greetings,

WOW! What a fabulous week of amazing surprise from our Royal Parent School Association! The appreciation in recognizing all that the staff does each and everyday for every child at St. Rita's is truly a blessing. Thank you to everyone who had a hand in organizing. We had a blast with the punch board in each class. Check out the pictures further down in this newsletter. The total donation of money was $300! In addition, a shout out of gratitude to our families for bringing in the daily treats! I heard, today, Friday was a huge day of Chocolate. We are very thankful for the love, care and support! EVERYONE IS A SUPERHERO!

Happy Mother's Day to all! We want to take time to thank all of the wonderful individuals who give so much of their time and love to their families. Take a moment and give thanks and praise for the many unnoticed things they do! I do hope you all are showered with appreciation, warmth and sunshine! HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

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.

OOU Dates

Awesome Job Students!

You all are looking good!

Last Fridays of the 2021-22 school year!

May 13, 20, 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.

*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.

Track and Field Meet

Runners take your mark, get set, GO!

St. Rita's is competing in its first Track and Field meet of the year this Saturday, May 7 at the St. Alphonsus Track and Field Invitational (Martin Luther High School – 5201 S 76th St. Greendale) 8:00AM – 4:00PM.

Our middle school team will be participating in various events throughout the day including long jump and running events. If you'd like to support our student athletes, we'd love to see our SRS family cheering them on. There are 22 schools competing therefore parking will be a challenge. There is limited parking on campus so please carpool or you can park at Walmart to the south or Southridge to the east.

Sports Banquet

Students in 5-8 grade who played sports for St. Rita this year is invited to attend. This includes all 4 sports Cross Country, Volleyball, Basketball, and Track. This banquet is where the players will receive their St. Rita letter if they have not received one yet. All players will receive their sports pins for each sport they played this year.

The event will be held at ehe St Rita Gym on Thursday, May 12th, 5:30 PM- 8:00PM.

Dinner and Dessert will be served.

This event is for the whole Family.

All 8th Grade students are also welcomed.

Please email or call Mr. Tom Ferguson for more information or any questions.

262-930-1960 or email at: tferguson@awimetalfabrication.com

Festa St Rita-Lunch and Activities

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.
- Up to 2 adults

10:30am-Noon ALL School Lunch Activity

If you would like to check your child out to lunch, permission slips will be sent home on Monday, May 11. Permission slips to be returned to your child’s homeroom teacher no later than May 20th. You may not carpool or check anyone else’s child out for lunch.

This is for Kindergarten through Grade 8. 3

3K/4K Families-3K and 4K will follow their regular lunch schedule. If you would like to check your child out, you may as long as you understand we are on a regular lunch schedule for 3K and 4K.

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

Thank You To Our RPSA!

Here is a recap of the APPRECIATION!

Monday -- Teachers/staff received a gift card to Pick N Save
Tuesday -- Taco Truck for lunch and parent volunteers for staff to enjoy a longer lunch!
Wednesday -- Snack cart loaded with staff favorites---snacks and drinks!
Thursday -- Goodies and supplies!
Friday -- Punch board game of cash and lottery tickets (Over $300 donations in total!)

Second Grade

Congratulations to our eight 2nd graders who received their First Communion this past Saturday. We have been learning about the sacrament and how we can participate more in the mass. They are so blessed to have been able to receive Jesus in the Eucharist.

In math, our class has been learning about 2-D and 3-D shapes. We’ve been learning some cool math words like angles, vertices and quadrilateral. We can also draw different shapes like pyramids, cubes and rectangular prisms and make these shapes using toothpicks and marshmallows. They did a great job creating and writing about their Shape Monsters too.

In science, we have been working really hard on our animal research projects. Each student picked out an animal to research and write a report. Our animals range from a komodo dragon to a parrotfish; a bald eagle to a goblin shark. They need to research the life cycle of their animal, what the animal eats, draw its habitat, and even find some “super cool” facts to include in their report.

They also love to be challenged with learning new vocabulary words each week. Some of these words are: rambunctious, zany, spectator and dynamo. (I bet some of them can even spell these words too.)

The end of the school year is fast approaching, but 2nd graders continue to be hard at work to get ready for the big move up to 3rd grade!

Library-THANK YOU

Thank you-The quarter library sale was excellent! The money raised this year will be used for library bound Barbie and Art books. The last dates for book check out are May 17 and 18. This early ending is to allow time to get all materials returned before year end.

Thursday Mass & Altar Servers

Altar Servers Madison Y. and Ella P.

Summer School

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.

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.