Sunday, August 14 Update

Good Evening families!

Welcome to the FIRST official Sunday Update for the 2022-2023 School Year! 

*Tomorrow at 5:30pm is the Back-to-School Ice Cream Social- We are excited to announce that we will have kid and adult sized Arete red t-shirts for sale with our dragon logo on them for $10 and half of the proceeds go back to the chicken/garden/library/orchard fund. Here is a note about t-shirts and the sizes we will have. “We recommend not drying in high heat. Low heat or, even better- hang dry.  

Youth sizes:

YS-5

YM-5

YL-5

YXL-5

Adult sizes:

S-5 

M- 5

L-5 

XL-5 

2XL- 2

You will be able to order additional t-shirts and sweatshirts at a later date. Also, we are accepting donations for some of our extra programs that night. Can’t wait to see everybody!

 

*This week the Blended Middle School starts classes Tuesday- Thursday from 9am-2pm. BMS students who signed up for bussing will catch Magnolia bus 27 around 8:40 or so and head to Arete. Remember there is no afternoon bussing and students should be picked up promptly at 2pm.

 

*All families are invited Tuesday for the Family Orientation. We have so many fun classes offered. We did have a change in some of the teachers who are leading the classes and the room number so please review the link below. Also, new parents who have not already attended a Coffee Chat with me should do so at home via Zoom or in person at 8am Tuesday morning. There will be lots of useful information.

 

Arete Family Orientation Sign Up

 

Arete Family Orientation August 16, 2022

August 16 is the first day of instruction for the 2022-2023 school year and Arete is so excited to offer a Family Orientation with a variety of educational and fun options on that day. Read carefully through the descriptions and sign up for the ones that best fit your families’ needs. Children are invited and we will have staff to supervise school aged children in a classroom or on the playground when they are not needed in a training. Children under four should be kept with you. 

We are asking that all new families attend one of these orientations and many of you came last week. Thanks for that! The last one is…

August 16 from 8-8:30 Coffee Talk with Director (Zoom and In Person in the Arete Library)

Join Zoom Meeting

https://prsd-us.zoom.us/j/4817950151?pwd=U2JJY29rZlRQblczTmozV1cwZmp3dz09

Meeting ID: 481 795 0151

Passcode: GoAreteGo

We are hoping all families will attend Education Through Music (ETM) training from 10:25-11:25. Several of our staff have gone through these training sessions and we implement these practices in Resource Center Classes weekly. ETM trains teachers all around the United States to bring music to the classroom and PRSD is paying them to come to Arete!  At Education Through Music, we believe that every child, at every school, deserves access to high-quality music education. It is part of a well-rounded education, essential for students’ social and emotional well-being, and a critical tool for establishing equity and access.   

 

*Thursday morning we start NWEA/AR Testing for students 2nd-8th grade. All students must attend in person testing on one of these. If a chromebook is checked out to your family, please bring it charged and ready to your testing day. The extra Chromebooks we have are reserved for the students who do not have a Chromebook. Please come early to check those out from the office. Check or edit your sign up here…

 

2nd-8th Grade Fall NWEA Math and AR Reading Assessments 2022-2023

 

*Supply and Curriculum Orders are just starting to trickle in on orders I placed on August 2nd. That means they are taking 1-2 weeks to ship. As soon as your order comes in, we inventory everything and asset tag anything that is non-consumable and has to be returned to the school. Then we check it out to your child and email you to pick it up. Please be patient! We are working all hours of the day (and some of the night) to get these orders placed and processed. Until then, use curriculum you already have, check out awesome books from our school library, and download free worksheets off the internet. If you are feeling stuck or overwhelmed, breathe and work with your EA. They are incredible resources and will help you. They LOVE doing that!
 
*Sign up for our Arete Charter Academy Family Facebook Group here...
 

*We are so excited to announce the release of an unprecedented amount of amazing enrichment classes being offered this Fall. The sign up is in ABC order. BMS students receive electives as part of their program, so if parents sign them up here, they will need to pay out of pocket. Reminder that these are the only items that DO Not need to be added to an Arete budget form as we can track them on the Sign Up. Please, do not schedule a series class and the individual classes for the same day. If you do, we will cancel the individual classes as you cannot be double booked. Fall Enrichment Sign Ups are HERE

 

We are SO excited to see you all this week!

Dates for the 2022-2023 School Year

*Monday, August 15- 5:30pm- Ice Cream Social

*August 16- Parent Orientations First Day of School for Students

*Office Hours- August 18-26

*August 16- Start Blended Resource Center

*August 18- 9:30am-12pm NWEA/AR Testing- Room 1

*August 22- 9:30am-12pm NWEA/AR Testing- Room 1, 2, 9