Educational Support
Counseling
At St. Rita, the school counselor plays a vital role in supporting all students' academic, social, emotional, and personal development. Through individual counseling, small group sessions, classroom guidance lessons, and collaboration with teachers and families, the counselor provides a safe and nurturing environment for students to grow and thrive.
Our counselor helps students build important life skills such as problem-solving, empathy, resilience, and effective communication, preparing them for current challenges and future success. Additionally, the counselor promotes the development of virtues and faith, encouraging students to embody values such as kindness, respect, integrity, and compassion in their daily lives. Committed to fostering a caring and inclusive school community, the school counselor is here to support every child's journey toward becoming a confident, compassionate, and virtuous learner.
Learning Coordinator
The Learning Coordinator is responsible for overseeing programs that provide the educational assistance children with learning, behavioral, and/or attention difficulties need.
It is the responsibility of the Learning Coordinator to formally respond to the needs of individual students who are identified with a specific diagnoses or who have specific learning issues that are a concern to the parents, administrators, teachers, or the students themselves.
The Learning Coordinator will work collaboratively with the parents, staff, and students to provide the educational support needed for classroom success. This will include conducting assessments, meeting with students, staff, and family, co-teaching, working one-on-one with students, and monitoring all strategy and Student Accommodation Plans.
Math Interventionist
Provides personalized, data-driven support to help students close learning gaps and extend learning. Through small group or one-on-one instruction, students gain the confidence to use the tools and strategies needed to develop mastery of the essential standards.
Reading Interventionist
Provides targeted support to help K – 4 students strengthen literacy skills and improve reading fluency. Through personalized instruction, students build the confidence and skills to become independent, proficient readers.
Catapult Learning Support Services
Catapult Learning is an academic support program offered through the Archdiocese of Louisville to help students strengthen their literacy skills. This third-party service provides after-school tutoring focused on remediation, with individualized instruction in small groups of no more than six students. Catapult teachers collaborate closely with classroom teachers and use MAP assessment data to tailor instruction to each student’s needs. The program runs from September through May, and eligibility is based on academic data, teacher recommendations, and student home addresses.