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Sami's Circuit Weekly Video 4/14/2025

Families,

Sami's Circuit has a new portal this year. We will share weekly videos through our contract with them in April. To access the videos, please click on the appropriate link below.

 

Lesson Outline

The Professor is ready to give up again when an experiment goes wrong in his laboratory. With the help of the new lab intern Maya, Sami reminds the Professor that even Thomas Edison had to overcome failure, and to always use our power of persistence.

Duration: 22 minutes

Includes 10 mins. exercise + 2 minute cooldown.

Learning Objectives:

- Students will understand how persistence is key to building confidence and achieving personal goals.

- Students will explore real-life examples of how mistakes, failures, and challenges can lead to growth and success through perseverance.

- Students will recognize that setbacks are a natural part of learning and that having a growth mindset helps them keep moving forward despite difficulties.

- Students will practice strategies for staying motivated, learning from mistakes, and applying persistence to both academic and personal challenges.

**Keywords:** persistence, perseverance, growth mindset, resilience, confidence, overcoming failure, learning from mistakes, trying again, positive thinking, effort, determination, self-awareness, personal growth, motivation, grit, goal-setting, emotional resilience, not giving up, small accomplishments, building strength, success mindset.

SEL Standards

    • Having a growth mindset
    • Demonstrating curiosity and open-mindedness
 
Here is the tutorial and student login information.

https://vimeo.com/999712149/8497f2e928?share=copy

Student Account

Username (email): AreteVA

Password: yougotthis

Arete Update

Spring Photo News:

All of today's (Tuesdays) photos are online in 2 galleries to accommodate everyone, Wednesdays photos will be online by Friday.

To view photos:

Option 1 - your child came home with a unique access code for their photos, use that to see their images at this link under gallery ARETE CHARTER ACADEMY SPRING 2025:

https://my.photoday.com/s/totalcapturephotography/Arete

Option 2 - click the link below, use this global access code (ARETESPRING25) to view and order under this gallery called ARETE 2025 - ALL ACCESS:

https://my.photoday.com/s/totalcapturephotography/Arete

Square One Art News:

All Square One Art must be ordered by Thursday, April 11th.

Spring Recess Reminder:

4/14-18, 4/21 (no school in session, unused emergency day)

Talent show news
The talent show is this Thursday, April 10th. 
Weather is looking good, so we will be using the outdoor stage, please bring your own blankets and chairs as needed. 
 
The show starts at 10:30am sharp, because we have over 30 amazing acts! We will end at 12pm. 
 
Families and friends are encouraged to come watch. Please show up at 10:15am to get settled and buy snacks from our snack stand before the show. 

Dragon Fair

Arete's third annual Dragon Fair will be Friday, May 2 from 10:00am-1:00-pm. Set Up begins at 9:30am. If you would like to participate in this craft fair please fill the information out down below and pay by Friday, April 11th. Current and former Arete parents and students are invited to participate. Please bring two items to donate to the raffle to raise money for sports gear, P.E equipment, new books, science gear or fixes that are needed around the school. Restrooms will be available. Booth size is 10x10. BYO Booth, tables, and everything else you'll need for your setup. (We have a limited number of tables that are first come, first served. Please add that to the comments if you need one.) This is a great community event. Even if you do not sign up to sell items, please come visit that day and see all of the cool stuff our talented families make!

Arete Dragon Fair 2025

*We need at least 10 sign ups to hold the Fair. We are hoping to get more sign ups as we have been advertising for this fun event!

Sunday, April 6 Update

Hello families,

Spring Pics are up on the schedule this week along with the Talent Show. Then Spring Break and no school the day after Easter as we have not used our Emergency Day yet!

 

Total Capture Photography with Aimee O’ Brien is back for Outdoor Spring Pics on April 8 and 9. Click here for more details and to register.

https://my.photoday.com/s/totalcapturephotography/Arete

Tuesday, April 8
9:05-9:30       McAlister     

9:30-9:45       Tomasetti    
9:45-10-         Codiga    
10:10-10:30   Newell
10:30-11:00   Walk-ins & Siblings

Wednesday, April 9 

9:15-9:30         Walk-ins & Staff

9:30-9:50         Baker/McGough

9:50-10:10       Whalen

10:15-10:30     Tamo

10:30-10:50     Codiga

10:50-11:10     Veblen

11:15-12:00     Walk-ins & Siblings

 

Arete's third annual Dragon Fair will be Friday, May 2 from 10:00am-1:00-pm. Set Up begins at 9:30am. If you would like to participate in this craft fair please fill the information out down below and pay by Friday, April 11th. Current and former Arete parents and students are invited to participate. Please bring two items to donate to the raffle to raise money for sports gear, P.E equipment, new books, science gear or fixes that are needed around the school. Restrooms will be available. Booth size is 10x10. BYO Booth, tables, and everything else you'll need for your setup. (We have a limited number of tables that are first come, first served. Please add that to the comments if you need one.) This is a great community event. Even if you do not sign up to sell items, please come visit that day and see all of the cool stuff our talented families make!

Arete Dragon Fair 2025

 

You have been invited by Sarah Schwartz to sign up for "3-8th Grade CAASPP & 5th & 7th Grade Physical Fitness Testing 2025." This is DIFFERENT than PRSD Spring Math & Reading testing that happens in March. This sign up is for State testing and is ONLY for 3-8th grade students who are NOT part of the Blended Middle School. PLEASE read ALL of the directions CAREFULLY as there are lots of different details for each grade level. Please email [email protected] with questions. Thank you!

3-8th Grade CAASPP & 5th & 7th Grade Physical Fitness Testing 2025

 

Staff Appreciation Week is being organized by Samantha Randall this year and runs from May 5 through May 9. Click here to sign up to help if you can. Staff Appreciation Week
 

Arete’s Amazing Yearbook will be back thanks to Ms. Tomasetti and our Blended Middle School Leadership Team! Go to www.treering.com/validate, enter school passcode 101636661669265, pay $20.34 and create your two custom pages by April 25. Yearbooks will be delivered for free to Arete before Fun Field Day at the end of May. We do not purchase extra ones, so make sure to plan ahead!

We are hoping that both off and on campus families will send in pictures of the awesome school activities they are doing, whether it is school or individual field trips or any other fun learning opportunities. Please email to [email protected] and put "Yearbook Pictures" in the subject heading. The sooner you can get these in, the better. Thanks!
 

 

Important Sign Ups:

Staff Appreciation Week

Arete Dragon Fair 2025

3-8th Grade CAASPP & 5th & 7th Grade Physical Fitness Testing 2025

Arete On Campus Spring Enrichments 2024-2025

Go to www.treering.com/validate, enter school passcode 101636661669265

Arete Field Trips 2024-2025

Third Trimester Academic Enrichment Class- Grades 1st-6th

Trimester Three Arete Piano Sign Ups

Arete Planning for the 2024-2025 School Year

Want to join Arete’s Private Family Group on Facebook- do so here. Arete Charter Academy Family Group

A week’s worth of dates will be posted at the bottom and a list of Important Dates (along with other important sign ups) is on arete.prsd.us. 

Dates for the 2024-2025 School Year

*April 7- CAASPP Testing Room One 9-12

*April 7 Physical Fitness Testing MPR 9-12

*April 8- Total Capture Pictures With Aimee O’ Brien

*April 8 - Cookie Science 12:15-1:15

*April 9- Total Capture Pictures With Aimee O’ Brien

*April 9 - Pottery Wheel 12:15-1:15

*April 9- Sami’s Circuit Family Night on Zoom- 6pm 

www.samiscircuit.com/familynight

*April 10- CAASPP Testing room 1 9:00-12:00

*April 10 - Last Day to Order Square One Art

*April 10- 10:30- Talent Show

*April 10 - Make & Take a Meal 12:15-1:30

* April 10 - Snack Attack 1:30-2:30

*April 11 - Art Class w/friends Resin Bookmark 1:30-2:30

*April 11 - Art Fun After Class 2:30-3:30 

*April 14-18- Spring Break - No School

*April 21 Emergency Day - School is not in session

Building a Bridge Why Try Lessons

We’re excited for the upcoming "Building a Bridge" lesson in the Why Try program! This activity helps students see how structure and effort can help them overcome challenges--individually and as a team. As part of the lesson, students will work together to create a bridge mural, visually showing how structure, rules, and effort all play a role in reaching their goals. The mural will highlight how rules and effort help us move forward—just like a bridge helps us cross from one place to another. 

 

Through this hands-on project, students will learn valuable lessons about goal-setting, resilience, and teamwork, while also discovering how persistence and collaboration are key to success. We can’t wait to see the growth this lesson brings! 4 - APRIL_ SEL Counseling Lesson

Arete's Music Student Showcase

Mark your calendars! Arete's Music Student Showcase is coming up on May 8. Everyone is invited to see Arete's musicians take the state starting at 9:30 AM!
 
Students in grades 1-3 will be singing a few songs, grades 4-8 will be demonstrating their recorder virtuosity, percussionists in blended middle school (5-8) will play the drums, and Arete's Piano Lab students will also have the chance to perform the solos they have been working on!
 
We hope to see you there! 

Sunday, March 30 Update

Hello families,

Thanks to all who attended our first Heritage Festival. There was an amazing turn out for this beautiful event. Many families let us hold on to their lovely family poster boards and we will displey them at the Student Showcase in May. So many new and exciting events keep on coming each week. Remember that anything posted new each Sunday is in bold text. 

Reminder that April 1 is the last day to cancel the California Academy of Science field trip for your children and not get charged and the last day to pay for a chaperone ticket. Reminders were sent out March 20 to give families lots of time to pay while on campus for 20 day meetings and other events. If we do not receive payment by April 1, we will need to delete your sign up as this is a very pricey field trip. You can pay in exact cash or check to the Arete office or at mymealtime.com.

 

Our 5th grade students are invited to LAW DAY 2025 on Thursday, May 1, 2025! Law Day takes place at the Superior Court of Nevada County at 201 Church St, Nevada City, CA 95959. NCSOS, in partnership with the Nevada County Superior Court, is excited to welcome our students to LAW DAY.

This year, they are aligning with the American Bar Association's National Law Day theme of “The Constitution's Promise: Out of Many, One.” Students will explore how law enforcement, judicial officers and the court interact with the Constitution, in addition to learning about the day to day work of the judicial system. The event will feature a courthouse tour, informative sessions with justice partners and law enforcement, and a mock trial. Students will have the opportunity to explore Department 6, the largest courtroom in the courthouse, which has not been accessible in previous years.

We are scheduled for the afternoon session with a tour beginning at 12pm and ending at 1:50. We are asking parents to drive. Blended Middle School students will start their day at Arete and have regular classes until 11. Hybrid students can arrive at Arete at 11 or arrive at the courthouse at 11:45. Parent drivers will meet at Arete at 11am and will load and leave by 11:15am. However they are getting there, everyone should meet Mrs. Whalen in front of the courthouse by 11:45 to be ready to start the tour by 12. After the field trip, all students will either get picked up at the courthouse or go back to Arete to get picked up. Students should eat a LARGE snack before they go as the tour goes through lunchtime.

Please complete the permission slip by April 24, 2025. 5th Grade Law Day

 

Spirit week is THIS Week

March 31, Crazy Sock Day

April 1st, Sleepover Day

April 2nd, Dress Like a Senior Citizen Day

April 3rd, Dress as Your Favorite Singer Day

 

Blended Middle School Interested Family Coffee Chat- Wednesday, April 2 at 9:15. Meet in the library and we will give an overview of what the program looks like, meet the teachers, and tour the classrooms live while instruction is happening, RSVP at [email protected]. Due to parental interest, It is looking like we will have a 6-8th grade program next year. 

 


This week each student who created a project in Art Docent in January will get an opportunity to have their child’s art made into products they can purchase. Fliers will come home early this week. (The free stickers with your child’s art on them are free for you to keep.  Each child’s creativity is celebrated and families have a lasting, keepsake memory, while you raise valuable funds! That is a win-win partnership. Square 1 orders due April 10. https://www.square1art.com/
 

 

Arete's third annual Dragon Fair will be Friday, May 2 from 10:00am-1:00-pm. Set Up begins at 9:30am. If you would like to participate in this craft fair please fill the information out down below and pay by Friday, April 11th. Current and former Arete parents and students are invited to participate. Please bring two items to donate to the raffle to raise money for sports gear, P.E equipment, new books, science gear or fixes that are needed around the school. Restrooms will be available. Booth size is 10x10. BYO Booth, tables, and everything else you'll need for your setup. (We have a limited number of tables that are first come, first served. Please add that to the comments if you need one.) This is a great community event. Even if you do not sign up to sell items, please come visit that day and see all of the cool stuff our talented families make!

Arete Dragon Fair 2025

 

Our THIRD Annual Arete Student Showcase will be May 6 and 7 this year from 9:15-9:45 in the MPR. This is an awesome event where students can bring in 2D or 3D projects that they have worked on this year and are proud of. Please start saving these projects. We will have a museum walk those two mornings and would love to have parents, grandparents, siblings, aunts, uncles, neighbors, etc come view the awesome projects and ask the students about them.

 

You have been invited by Sarah Schwartz to sign up for "3-8th Grade CAASPP & 5th & 7th Grade Physical Fitness Testing 2025." This is DIFFERENT than PRSD Spring Math & Reading testing that happens in March. This sign up is for State testing and is ONLY for 3-8th grade students who are NOT part of the Blended Middle School. PLEASE read ALL of the directions CAREFULLY as there are lots of different details for each grade level. Please email [email protected] with questions. Thank you!

3-8th Grade CAASPP & 5th & 7th Grade Physical Fitness Testing 2025

 

Total Capture Photography with Aimee O’ Brien is back for Outdoor Spring Pics on April 8 and 9. Click here for more details and to register.

https://my.photoday.com/s/totalcapturephotography/Arete


Spring Pics With Aimee

Tuesday, April 8
9:05-9:30       McAlister     

9:30-9:45       Tomasetti    
9:45-10-         Codiga    
10:10-10:30   Newell
10:30-11:00   Walk-ins & Siblings

 

Wednesday, April 9 

9:15-9:30         Walk-ins & Staff

9:30-9:50         Baker/McGough

9:50-10:10       Whalen

10:15-10:30     Tamo

10:30-10:50     Codiga

10:50-11:10     Veblen

11:15-12:00     Walk-ins & Siblings

 

We are a NUT FREE campus. Please save nut snacks for while at home. Also, we have some other class specific allergies, so please email Sarah and the classroom teacher BEFORE bringing in birthday treats.  We are also working towards a healthier campus and encourage snacks/treats that align with that. Low and zero waste items are preferred.

 

Important Sign Ups:

Arete Dragon Fair 2025

3-8th Grade CAASPP & 5th & 7th Grade Physical Fitness Testing 2025

Arete On Campus Spring Enrichments 2024-2025

Go to www.treering.com/validate, enter school passcode 101636661669265

Arete Field Trips 2024-2025

Third Trimester Academic Enrichment Class- Grades 1st-6th

Trimester Three Arete Piano Sign Ups 

Arete Planning for the 2024-2025 School Year


Want to join Arete’s Private Family Group on Facebook- do so here. Arete Charter Academy Family Group

A week’s worth of dates will be posted at the bottom and a list of Important Dates (along with other important sign ups) is on arete.prsd.us. 

Dates for the 2024-2025 School Year

*March 30-31 Book Fair Continues (It closes on Tuesday at 3pm)

*March 31 - STEAM 12:15-1:15

*April 1 Garden

* April 1 - STEAM 12:15-1:15

*April 2 Garden

*April 2 - Pottery Wheel Class 12:15-1:15

*April 3 - Make and Take a Meal 12:15-1:30

*April 3 - Giant Foam Flower 12:15-1:15

*April 3 - Snack Attack 2:30-3:30

*April 4 - Botanical Home 11-12

*April 4 - Culinary Adventure 12-1

yearbook

Arete’s Amazing Yearbook will be back thanks to Ms. Tomasetti and our Blended Middle School Leadership Team! Go to www.treering.com/validate, enter school passcode 101636661669265, pay $20.34 and create your two custom pages by April 25. Yearbooks will be delivered for free to Arete before Fun Field Day at the end of May. We do not purchase extra ones, so make sure to plan ahead!


We are hoping that both off and on campus families will send in pictures of the awesome school activities they are doing, whether it is school or individual field trips or any other fun learning opportunities. Please email to [email protected] and put "Yearbook Pictures" in the subject heading. The sooner you can get these in, the better. Thanks!

Book Fair Update

We had a great first day! Thanks to all of the volunteers who helped set us up yesterday. Some of you set up e-wallets and the kiddos really enjoyed using them. All hybrid kiddos will visit the book fair during their regularly scheduled time. E-wallets are a great way to give them funds to shop without having to send in cash or a check. Here are the directions to set one up.
  • E-Wallet: set up a Book Fair eWallet, the digital payment account that allows your child to shop for books at the Fair without cash. Then share your eWallet link so friends and extended family can add funds. When you fund an eWallet, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to a giving initiative called Share the Fair™. Your contributions directly support our students who need help buying books from the Fair.

There’s even more info on our school’s Book Fair homepage:

https://www.scholastic.com/bf/aretecharteracademy

 

Book Fair is HERE

Hello Arete Families,
Get ready—the Scholastic Book Fair is here at our school!  Every purchase at the Fair benefits our school!

Here’s everything you need to know about the Book Fair:

Dates: Wednesday, March 26th to Tuesday, April 1st

Location: The Library

Payments: Scholastic E-Wallet, Cash, Credit cards,  Student Funds,  and Checks (payable to Arete School), 

  • Student Funds: If you would like to use student funds then parents must fill out a budget form to use the funds towards book only purchases at the book fair. Budgets must be turned in at least 1 day before to Mary in the front office. The amount can not exceed $100. The books purchased with the students funds will be tagged and checked out to your student as a library book until the end of the current school year.
  • E-Wallet: set up a Book Fair eWallet, the digital payment account that allows your child to shop for books at the Fair without cash. Then share your eWallet link so friends and extended family can add funds. When you fund an eWallet, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to a giving initiative called Share the Fair™. Your contributions directly support our students who need help buying books from the Fair.

There’s even more info on our school’s Book Fair homepage:

https://www.scholastic.com/bf/aretecharteracademy
Many of us still remember the rush of finding the perfect book at a Scholastic Book Fair. I hope you’ll join your child at our school’s Fair and share a reading experience they’ll remember forever.
 Happy reading,

Kate Dabney