Attention ALL PARENTS be sure to turn in you Nominations for PTO Board.
Don’t be shy if you think you are suited to do a job and would like to be a part of our PTO~ Nominate yourself!
It is a great way to give back to the school.
St. Rita School Catholic Identity
The purpose of St Rita School is to ensure academic excellence and to provide for the
spiritual formation and the religious education of our students.
A popular saying is “Less is more. “ It’s what we hear Jesus telling his disciples. The follower of Jesus does not depend on wealth or material possessions to give life meaning. What Jesus is saying, in essence, is “Less material possessions is more freedom.” Sound strange? When we depend on God for what we truly need, we discover an inner freedom, which is God’s gift. Recognizing our dependence on God frees us from working so hard to accumulate things that we can’t take with us when we die. The only treasure worth working for is the Kingdom of God. Nothing else matters.
Jesus, grant me the strength and courage to follow you example of dependence on God.
Keep reminding me that the treasure that matters is in heaven. Amen
Holy Week
Make Holy Week special. Take advantage of the traditions of your denomination for celebrating . Take steps to indicate that this is not life as usual, but a special time set apart. Do that through what you eat, what you do in the evenings, what you talk about, and what you do upon waking and going to sleep. For example, you might set aside an evening to read the Gospel accounts of Jesus' passion and death.
If you know of Easter and Holy Week traditions from your ethnic heritage, introduce them to your children. Many families decorate eggs—symbols of the Resurrection—or put together Easter baskets that will be blessed at church. Many churches have services that are filled with meaningful symbols—like light shining forth in the darkness that cannot overcome it—and those rituals speak volumes directly to your child's heart. The story of Jesus' suffering and death are at the heart of Christian faith. They are at the heart of our very existence and meaning. It's easy to be too busy or too distracted to attend to these rites and lessons. But we deprive our children of life and meaning when we do so.
Science Fair
Congratulations to all participants you did an amazing job!
Grand Prize Winners
1st Place ~ Erin Armstrong
2nd Place ~ Christian Almeida
3rd Place ~ Hannah Howard
8th grade 7th grade 6th grade
1st Place ~ Jennifer Brady 1st Place ~ Christian Almeida 1st Place ~ Erin Armstrong
2nd Place ~ Laura Ellis 2nd Place ~ Max Behrens 2nd Place ~ Hannah Howard
3rd Place ~ Stuart Love 3rd Place ~ Addison Alvarado 3rd Place ~ Natalie Hernandez-Barber
Holy Week Schedule
Monday, March 29~ 7:00 p.m. Chrism Mass & Blessing of Holy Oils at Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral
Tuesday, March 30 ~ 8:00 School Mass 7:00 Communal Penance service at Assumption Church 2640 E. Orange Grove, Pasadena
Wednesday, March 31 ~ Communion Service 8:00 am
April 1, 2, 3, ~Holy Tridium
Thursday, April 1~ Holy Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Solemn High Mass
Friday, April 2 ~ Good Friday, 1:30 p.m. Solemn Liturgy of the Passion
Saturday, April 3~ Holy Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Easter Vigil Mass
Sunday, April 4~ Easter Sunday, Masses 7:30 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 12:00 a.m.
Spring Cash Raffle Winners!
Congratulations to our winners!
The Winners of the $100.00 Gift cards for selling the most tickets are:
West campus: Adrian Diaz who sold 111 tickets.
East campus: Gillian Gorocica for selling 31 tickets
Mrs. Hoffman’s 1st Grade Class won ‘The Pizza Party Lunch”
for having the largest number of students to turn in their tickets.
Thank you to everyone who participated in selling tickets for our spring cash raffle fundraiser.
PLEASE bring in your HOLY CHILDHOOD Donation Boxes TUESDAY March 30th.
If you are still in need of parent volunteer hours we could use your help
counting change for HCA Tuesday Morning. If you have any questions
Please contact Mrs. Landis 355-6114 or e-mail@ Landis@st-ritaschool.org
Parent Hours: We are looking for a parent volunteers to take 4 computers and 4 printers to the E-waste located @ 5649 Peck Road. Arcadia, Ca 515-7899
Drop off times M-F 9-4~ Please contact Ms. Feld @ feld@st-ritaschool.org
ST. RITA SPIRIT WEEK April 12th ~16th details to follow
April 15th Pajama Day and Donut Sale
April 16th ~ $1.00 Blue and Gold dress all donations to go to HCA
Our School Community garden is almost ready!
Thank you Robin Nardoni , Gina Cloer and Jerry Pearson for their Planning and
vision! We should be ready to begin planting after Easter Break.
Thank you to everyone who participated in our
annual book fair we raised $2400.00 profit.
