Reminder, our first middle school dance of the year is THIS Friday, October 27 in the Arete MPR on from 6-7:30 The tickets are $10 each. This is a fun event for the kiddos and is also a fundraiser to give leadership funds to use throughout the year for their projects around campus and for activities with little buddies. Here is the Sign Up Genius if you are able to help support. Also, please let me know if you can pick up the pizza this Friday at 5pm and Little Caesar’s in Auburn or Grass Valley and deliver it to the Arete MPR. We will order and pre-pay for it. Arete Fall Festival Middle School Dance Permission The last day to buy tickets is Thursday.

 

Hello all,

Hope you had a wonderful and restful fall break.

Reminder, our first middle school dance of the year is THIS Friday, October 27 in the Arete MPR on from 6-7:30 The tickets are $10 each. This is a fun event for the kiddos and is also a fundraiser to give leadership funds to use throughout the year for their projects around campus and for activities with little buddies. Here is the Sign Up Genius if you are able to help support. Also, please let me know if you can pick up the pizza this Friday at 5pm and Little Caesar’s in Auburn or Grass Valley and deliver it to the Arete MPR. We will order and pre-pay for it. Arete Fall Festival Middle School Dance Permission The last day to buy tickets is Thursday.

On Tuesday, October 31st all kids on campus can dress in their Halloween costumes and will Trick or Treat around the playground at 11:30. All students who are not on campus that day may sign up to come Trick or Treat with their parents. Please reserve a spot for each kiddo who you are bringing on campus that day! Please do not "show up" that day if you are not signed up or we will not have enough treats/toys. We need volunteers and treats or toys for the Trick or Treating. There are two parts to this Sign Up.
Part 1- Sign up to bring in your students if they do not normally attend school on Tuesdays. Part 2- Sign up to come in and hand out 40 treats/toys. This only works if people come in to help that day! All treats should be absolutely 100% NUT FREE. Please sign up for something if you plan on attending! Even if your kids normally attend on Tuesdays, we still need people to bring treats and pass them out!

This is a BRING YOUR OWN BAG EVENT!!! We will NOT be providing disposable bags this year. Please bring or send in a bag for your kiddo and maybe an extra for a kiddo who forgot. Thanks

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0A4EAAAB29A6FE3-44878517-trick#/

2nd-8th Grade Winter NWEA Math and AR Reading Assessments 2023-24

Feel free to ignore this if you only have TK/K/1 or a Blended Middle School kiddo. Notice that we have the start time a few minutes later than the Resource Center so that the office and parking lot are not so busy at the same time!

2nd-8th Grade Winter NWEA Math and AR Reading Assessments 2023-24

*April 9 and 10 Arete Student Showcase- Similar to our STEAM Showcase last year- we are inviting ALL students to display projects they work on during the year. Please drop off projects on April 4, 5, or 7 for us to create the display. Then come back on April 9/10 at 9am to stand by your project. Classes and other interested adults are invited to view the displays starting at 9:15. We are telling you now so you can save projects you can complete during the year. Projects can be submitted by any Arete student!

*Chess Club is back at Arete! It runs every other week at 12pm in Room 1.

*PRSD is focusing on reducing Tech Addiction in Children and building pathways for Digital Health. Each week I will share a NEW tidbit about this or how to to reduce screen time for kids who struggle with this.

*Dr. Andrew Doan (MD and PhD in neuroscience and the head of addiction research for the U.S. Navy/Pentagon) has stated, “Video gaming is a multi-billion-dollar industry. Video game companies will hire the best neuroscientists to hook up electrodes to the test gamer. If they

don’t elicit a blood pressure of 180 over 140 within a couple of minutes of game play, they go back and tweak the game to get that maximum addition and arousing response.”

-Waiting Games/Activities instead of cell phone use: 

https://yourteenmag.com/family-life/communication/100-things-teenagers-can-do-without-screens

*Our Leadership class in the Blended Middle School is requesting your input on what you would like them to work on this year. They are an awesome team of 6th-8th graders so please keep that in mind! Arete Leadership Survey

*Want to Sign Up For the Resource Center- do so here

I sent out emails last week for families who have signed up and we are so excited to see everyone this week! 

*Fall Enrichments- Sign up here

*2023-2024 Field Trips- Sign up here

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

*Want to see dates for the entire year? Click here

*Math Intervention Groups

Ms. McAlister and Mrs. Tamo are running 1 to 1 or small math groups this fall. To be considered to be at grade level, your child needs to score at or above the 50th percentile. If they are in the 30th percentile or lower, we will be reaching out to you now or in six weeks or so to invite them to free math intervention with a credentialed teacher. (We saw huge growth in our students who participated in reading/phonics intervention last year). This is an amazing opportunity to receive free intervention as part of our MTSS Grant. Please take us up on it!!!

Dates for the 2023-2024 School Year

*October 23 Steam 4-8th

*October 24- 12:15- Parent Action Committee Meeting- Library

*October 24 Steam TK-3

*October 25- Small Groups with Miss Creighton- Successful Skills (Academic): 4th - 8th grade- 9-9:30 in person, 9:30-10 Zoom- 5 of 5

*October 25- Small Groups with Miss Creighton- Love Yourself (Emotional): 4th - 8th grade- 10:30-11 Zoom, 11:30-12 in person- 5 of 5

*October 25 Advanced Culinary healthier Chicken Pot Pie

*October 25 Art Class

*October 25 Paint a Pumpkin 4-8

*October 26- Small Groups with Miss Creighton-Campus Connections 

(Social): TK - 5th grade: 9-9:30 in person, 9:30-10 Zoom- 5 of 5

*October 26 Paint a Pumpkin TK-3

*October 26 Advanced Culinary Healthier Chicken Pot Pie

*October 26 Lego Robotics Forest Friends

*October 27 Art Class Halloween Ghost and Pumpkin Art All Ages

*October 27 Friday Fun

*October 27 Culinary Friday All Ages

*October 27 Chess Club 

*October 27- Office Closes at 2:30 for a Staff Team Building Activity

*October 27- Fall Festival Middle School Dance 6-7:30pm

Leadership is hoping that participating students can bring a treat/snack/decorations to share. Click here to sign up. Dance

Tomorrow is our last spirit day!  Thursday October 12th - Sports Day - wear something to reflect your favorite sport.

Friday October 13th-Chess Club 12-12:40

News from Leadership:

Our Leadership class is hosting their first dance of the season. Click on the link for a digital permission slip, print and complete the paper one or grab a paper one from the school office. Leadership is planning a dance for Middle School Students in the Arete MPR on Friday, October 27 from 6-7:30 The tickets are $10 each. There will be food and drinks provided for the students. The theme is Fall Festival. You do not have to dress on theme but it would be fun if you did. (You could wear fall colors like brown, orange, yellow, red, or even black. If any kids would like to wear their halloween costume to the dance they are more than welcome to. When coming to pick up your kids, you can wait down at the pick up line and someone can walk them down or you may wait outside of the door.   Arete Fall Festival Middle School Dance Permission

 

Spirit Day Tomorrow!

Wednesday October 11th - Twin/Matching Day

Thursday October 12th - Sports Day

Friday October 13th-Chess Club 12-12:40

 

Hello all,

*Leadership planned a Spirit Week that is coming up THIS week on October 9th-12.

Monday- Crazy Hat/Hair Day

Tuesday- School Colors- red, black, and white.

Wednesday- Matching Friends/Twin Day

Thursday- Sports Day 

Our Leadership class is hosting their first dance of the season. Click on the link for a digital permission slip, print and complete the paper one or grab a paper one from the school office. Leadership is planning a dance in the Arete MPR on Friday, October 27 from 6-7:30 The tickets are $10 each. There will be food and drinks provided for the students. The theme is Fall Festival. You do not have to dress on theme but it would be fun if you did. (You could wear fall colors like brown, orange, yellow, red, or even black. If any kids would like to wear their halloween costume to the dance they are more than welcome to. When coming to pick up your kids, you can wait down at the pick up line and someone can walk them down or you may wait outside of the door.   Arete Fall Festival Middle School Dance Permission

On Tuesday, October 31st all kids on campus can dress in their Halloween costumes and will Trick or Treat around the playground at 11:30. All students who are not on campus that day may sign up to come Trick or Treat with their parents. Please reserve a spot for each kiddo who you are bringing on campus that day! Please do not "show up" that day if you are not signed up or we will not have enough treats/toys. We need volunteers and treats or toys for the Trick or Treating. There are two parts to this Sign Up.
Part 1- Sign up to bring in your students if they do not normally attend school on Tuesdays. Part 2- Sign up to come in and hand out 40 treats/toys. This only works if people come in to help that day! All treats should be absolutely 100% NUT FREE. Please sign up for something if you plan on attending! Even if your kids normally attend on Tuesdays, we still need people to bring treats and pass them out!

This is a BRING YOUR OWN BAG EVENT!!! We will NOT be providing disposable bags this year. Please bring or send in a bag for your kiddo and maybe an extra for a kiddo who forgot. Thanks

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0A4EAAAB29A6FE3-44878517-trick#/

2nd-8th Grade Winter NWEA Math and AR Reading Assessments 2023-24

Feel free to ignore this if you only have TK/K/1 or a Blended Middle School kiddo. Notice that we have the start time a few minutes later than the Resource Center so that the office and parking lot are not so busy at the same time!

2nd-8th Grade Winter NWEA Math and AR Reading Assessments 2023-24

*April 9 and 10 Arete Student Showcase- Similar to our STEAM Showcase last year- we are inviting ALL students to display projects they work on during the year. Please drop off projects on April 4, 5, or 7 for us to create the display. Then come back on April 9/10 at 9am to stand by your project. Classes and other interested adults are invited to view the displays starting at 9:15. We are telling you now so you can save projects you can complete during the year. Projects can be submitted by any Arete student!

*Chess Club is back at Arete! It runs every other week at 12pm in Room 1.

*Arete Spiritwear is Back- Orders Due by October 9

*PRSD is focusing on reducing Tech Addiction in Children and building pathways for Digital Health. Each week I will share a NEW tidbit about this or how to to reduce screen time for kids who struggle with this.

*Nomophobia is the irrational fear of being without your mobile phone or being unable to use your phone for some reason, such as the absence of a signal or running out of minutes or battery power. The word nomophobia is a neologism made up of no+mobile+phone+phobia.

-Waiting Games/Activities instead of cell phone use: https://www.verywellfamily.com/things-to-do-with-children-3105247

*Our Leadership class in the Blended Middle School is requesting your input on what you would like them to work on this year. They are an awesome team of 6th-8th graders so please keep that in mind! Arete Leadership Survey

*Want to Sign Up For the Resource Center- do so here

I sent out emails last week for families who have signed up and we are so excited to see everyone this week! 

*Fall Enrichments- Sign up here

*2023-2024 Field Trips- Sign up here

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

*Want to see dates for the entire year? Click here

*Math Intervention Groups

Ms. McAlister and Mrs. Tamo are running 1 to 1 or small math groups this fall. To be considered to be at grade level, your child needs to score at or above the 50th percentile. If they are in the 30th percentile or lower, we will be reaching out to you now or in six weeks or so to invite them to free math intervention with a credentialed teacher. (We saw huge growth in our students who participated in reading/phonics intervention last year). This is an amazing opportunity to receive free intervention as part of our MTSS Grant. Please take us up on it!!!

Dates for the 2023-2024 School Year

*October 8th-10th- 20 Day Meetings- Ice Cream Sandwiches in the Office For Everyone Who Turns EVERYTHING in during their meeting.

*Arete Spiritwear Orders Due by October 9

*October 9 Spirit Week Crazy Hat/Hair Day

*October 9- 12:15-1:15 Cookie Science w/Ms. Doerr - Grades 4th - 8th

*October 9 Archery Lessons With Bowcraft Archery - Ages 8+ - Weekly - Mondays 09/11, 09/18, 09/25, 10/02, 10/09

*October 9 XC Final Practice / Team Party

*October 10 Spirit Week School Colors, Wear Red and Black

*October 10 Archery

*October 10- 12:15-1:15 Cookie Science w/Ms. Doerr - Grades TK-3rd

*October 11 Spirit Week Twin/Matching Day

*October 11 Art Docent

*October 11- Small Groups with Miss Creighton- Successful Skills (Academic): 4th - 8th grade- 9-9:30 in person, 9:30-10 Zoom- 4 of 5

*October 11- Small Groups with Miss Creighton- Love Yourself (Emotional): 4th - 8th grade- 10:30-11 Zoom, 11:30-12 in person- 4 of 5

*October 11 Advanced Culinary Lasagna with Homemade Sauce

*October 11 Create Your Own Archaeology Dig 4-8

*October 11 Miner Mile @ Nevada Union

*October 12 Spirit Week Sports Day

 *October 12- Small Groups with Miss Creighton-Campus Connections (Social): TK - 5th grade: 9-9:30 in person, 9:30-10 Zoom- 4 of 5

*October 12 Art Docent

*October 12 Lego Robotics Forest Friends

*October 12 Advanced Culinary Lasagna with Homemade Sauce

*October 12 Create Your Own Archaeology Dig TK-3

*October 13 Art Class Pressed Flower Fun All Ages

*October 13 Friday Fun

*October 13 Chess Club 12:00

*Fall Break- October 16-20

 

The Nevada County Nutcracker-TK-8th Grade Thursday, November 30, 9am-10:30, The Performances are at NUHS Don Baggett Theatre. Meet out front at 8:45am. 

This presentation is put on by Center Stage Dance Studio. Arete will pre-pay for students and one parent per family is free. An additional parent will be $5 and paid two weeks ahead of time to Arete.

Sutter’s Fort Environmental Living Program April 29th 9am-5pm 3rd-6th Grade Students and Arete School Aged Siblings 

Arete is planning an all day field trip to Sutter’s Fort, and 3rd-6th graders will be able to participate in the Environmental Living Program to see what it was really like to live and work in the 1850s.

In order for this field trip to take place and be successful we will need parent volunteers to lead stations throughout the day. At the stations students learn about and participate in many of the jobs that would have been performed at the Fort between 1839 and 1850. The stations are supplemented by staff-led interpretive presentations on the complex history of Sutter’s Fort.  We are excited to share in this opportunity and look forward to creating some more wonderful memories with our Arete families. 

Arete would pay for the field trip out of individual student funds. Our plan is to keep the trip at or under $75 per student. The price will include food for one parent per paying student. If additional family members or younger siblings want to attend for lunch, please email me for the out of pocket price. If you are interested in your child attending, please note that all students must have a parent chaperone present to run a station for the field trip. We will hold a MANDATORY informational meeting in January 2024. Parents MUST sign up for student spots and a parent helper spot at the station of their choosing. Funds will be taken out in December, so if you need to cancel, please do so before then as we need to budget.

Hello all,

Thanks to all who came out to our reading night. It was a wonderful evening of enjoying our community. We will have a winter gathering in December and a math night in February.

*Picture Day is coming on Tuesday, October 3 - Wednesday, October 4! Lifetouch School Photography, known for capturing school pictures from K-12 nationwide, will take our school photos this year. For more information about Picture Day, check out the flyer in the front office or visit: https://schools.lifetouch.com/for-your-families/ Picture Day ID: EVTH7XK74. 

Here is the Picture Day Schedule:

Tuesday-

9-10 Staff and any off campus students, any middle school kids who are ready

10- Tomasetti’s Class

10:20- Baker’s Class

10:40- Codiga’s Class

Wednesday-

9-9:30 Staff and any off campus students

9:30- Murphy’s Class

9:45- Tamo’s Class

10- Codiga’s Class

10:15- Doerr’s Class

10:30- Veblen’s Class

*Leadership planned a Spirit Week that is coming up NEXT week on  October 9th-12.

Monday- Crazy Hat/Hair Day

Tuesday- School Colors- red, black, and white.

Wednesday- Matching Friends/Twin Day

Thursday- Sport's Day 

Our Leadership class is hosting their first dance of the season. Click on the link for a digital permission slip, print and complete the paper one or grab a paper one from the school office. Leadership is planning a dance in the Arete MPR on Friday, October 27 from 6-7:30 The tickets are $10 each. There will be food and drinks provided for the students. The theme is Fall Festival. You do not have to dress on theme but it would be fun if you did. When coming to pick up your kids, you can wait down at the pick up line and someone can walk them down or you may wait outside of the door.   Arete Fall Festival Middle School Dance Permission

*April 9 and 10 Arete Student Showcase- Similar to our STEAM Showcase last year- we are inviting ALL students to display projects they work on during the year. Please drop off projects on April 4, 5, or 7 for us to create the display. Then come back on April 9/10 at 9am to stand by your project. Classes and other interested adults are invited to view the displays starting at 9:15. We are telling you now so you can save projects you can complete during the year. Projects can be submitted by any Arete student!

*Chess Club is back at Arete! It runs every other week at 12pm in Room 1.

*Arete Spiritwear is Back- Orders Due by October 9

*PRSD is focusing on reducing Tech Addiction in Children and building pathways for Digital Health. Each week I will share a NEW tidbit about this or how to to reduce screen time for kids who struggle with this.

*Dr. Peter Whybrow, Director of Neuroscience at UCLA, calls electronic screens and video games “electronic cocaine. “Teens can get literally high when playing these games…Interactive Media act as an alternative reinforcer to drugs,” Dr. Nora Volkow, Director of NIDA (National Institute of Drug Abuse)

-Waiting Games/Activities instead of cell phone use: 

Families & Young Children: https://gamenightgods.com/games-to-play-without-anything/

*Our Leadership class in the Blended Middle School is requesting your input on what you would like them to work on this year. They are an awesome team of 6th-8th graders so please keep that in mind! Arete Leadership Survey

*Want to Sign Up For the Resource Center- do so here

I sent out emails last week for families who have signed up and we are so excited to see everyone this week! 

*Fall Enrichments- Sign up here

*2023-2024 Field Trips- Sign up here

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

*Want to see dates for the entire year? Click here

Dates for the 2023-2024 School Year

*October 2nd Steam 4-8th

*October 2  Archery Lessons With Bowcraft Archery - Ages 8+ - Weekly - Mondays 09/11, 09/18, 09/25, 10/02, 10/09

*October 3 Archery 

*October 2nd Steam TK-3rd

*October 3 and 4- School Pictures

*October 3 Seven Hills XC Invitational

*October 4- Small Groups with Miss Creighton- Successful Skills (Academic): 4th - 8th grade- 9-9:30 in person, 9:30-10 Zoom- 3 of 5

*October 4- Small Groups with Miss Creighton- Love Yourself (Emotional): 4th - 8th grade- 10:30-11 Zoom, 11:30-12 in person- 3 of 5

*October 4 Advanced Culinary Artisan Breads

*October 4 Create Your Own characters with Oil Clay for Stop Motion Animation  4-8

*October 4 Create Your Own characters with Oil Clay for Stop Motion Animation TK-e

 *October 5- Small Groups with Miss Creighton-Campus Connections (Social): TK - 5th grade: 9-9:30 in person, 9:30-10 Zoom- 3 of 5

*October 5 Advanced Culinary Artisan Breads

*October 5 Lego Robotics Forest Friends

*October 5- PRSD XC RATTLER  Meet at Magnolia

*October 6 Field Trip @ Maidu museum & Historic Site 10-1:30

*October 6 Art Class Rolled Beeswax Candles All Ages

*October 6 Friday Fun