Sunday, August 28 Update
Good Evening families!
*We have an opportunity for vaccinated Middle Schoolers to join the PRSD Comedy Club. “So you think you’re funny? Ever think about being a stand-up comedian? Join the Middle School Stand-Up Comedy club. Club activities will include joke writing, practicing material, and performing. We will be meeting on November 2nd, 9th, 16th, 30th, and December 7th from 3:20 PM-4:45 PM in A5/A6 at Magnolia Intermediate. Parent(s)/Guardian(s) will need to provide transportation. The comedy show is TBD.” Mr. Walsh
Resource Center Starts Tomorrow!
Please drop off kiddos between 8:55-9am and doors will be opened at 9am. If you signed up for breakfast and lunch, they will be served promptly from 8:55-9:00am and 11:55-12:00pm. Pick up promptly at 12:00-12:05. Please either pull all the way up in the pick up line and we will load the kiddos into your car OR park in the parking lot and walk over to get your child and walk them back across the driveway. Watch the pick up video here...https://arete.prsd.us/apps/video/
Students should bring a healthy snack and water bottle everyday. Other helpful items for their cubbies (please label with student's name in black permanent marker) are scissors, a glue stick and markers, colored pencils, or crayons. See you soon!
Please remember that we are a NUT FREE school as we have several students with severe nut allergies. Kiddos may enjoy nut free granola bars and spreads on their sandwiches and all the nut free favorites when away from Arete. Thanks!
Dear Prospective Middle School Band Parents,
My name is Joshua Horton; I want to thank you for giving me this opportunity to introduce myself as PRSD’s newest music teacher. I am writing to invite your child(ren) to join the Concert Band. Having started the school year just a week ago, we are prepared to welcome additional students to join our ensemble. Whether your student has played before or not, we would love to have them play with the group during 1st period daily.
We have many ‘new-to-band’ students currently, and band is one of those activities where “the more the merrier” truly applies. We would happily accept new students on flute, clarinet, trumpet, or trombone. For additional information or the possibility of exceptions, please reach out to me directly at [email protected].
I wish you the best in this fall season and hope to meet many of you soon.
Sincerely,
Joshua Horton
Note from Sarah- 1st period runs from 9:43-10:29 on Mondays, 9:05-9:59 on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Fridays and 9:05-9:39 on minimum days. Students need to attend every day of the week and must be fully vaccinated or have a valid medical waiver from after 2016 from a medical doctor who has not been disciplined. $350 out of Students Funds will be charged for each trimester. Please email Sarah with questions at [email protected].
Dear Prospective Choir Parents,
My name is Joshua Horton; I want to thank you for giving me this opportunity to introduce myself as Magnolia’s newest music teacher. I am writing to invite your child(ren) to join Bella Voce Choir, which is currently an all-girls chorus with a proud history inside the Pleasant Ridge Union School District. Having started the academic year just a week ago, we are prepared to welcome additional 6th- 8th grade students to join our ensemble. Whether your student has sung before or not, we would love to have them join voices with us during 2nd period daily.
We have many ‘new-to-choir’ students currently, and singing is one of those activities where “the more the merrier” truly applies. For additional information, please reach out to me directly at [email protected].
I wish you the best in this fall season and hope to meet many of you soon.
Sincerely,
Joshua Horton
Note from Sarah- 2nd period runs from 9:05-9:59 on Mondays, 10:02-10:54 on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Fridays and 9:42-10:15 on minimum days. Students need to attend every day of the week and must be fully vaccinated or have a valid medical waiver from after 2016 from a medical doctor who has not been disciplined. $350 out of Students Funds will be charged for each trimester. Please email Sarah with questions at [email protected].
*CHESS CLUB is BACK!!!
We will start Friday, September 9th from 12:30-1:10. All ages are invited, the club is FREE and chess sets are provided. Please RSVP to [email protected] so we have an idea of numbers. Mr. Walsh is our District
Psychologist is our fearless leader and he is passionate about bringing chess to kids! He recommends kids sign up on chesskid.com and put [email protected] (his email) as the guardian. Our district bought dozens of Gold Memberships that are not being utilized and they are free to Arete students. This is a super fun, mulitage club!
*Arete T- Shirts are for sale in the front office- 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.” You will be able to order additional t-shirts and sweatshirts at a later date. We take exact cash or checks made to PRSD.
Youth sizes:
S, M, L, XL
Adult sizes:
S, M, L, XL, 2XL
*We only have two days left of NWEA/AR Testing for students 2nd-8th grade from 9:30am-12pm. There are openings tomorrow, and Thursday is full. This is MANDATORY. Please send them with a snack, water bottle, and book to read of lessons to do. 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 for 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. Please do not sign up for a spot and then forget to come as other kids couldn't take that spot and then we have to find another spot for you kiddo. (Thank you also for not bringing your sick kiddos) You can check the sign up below and Sign Up Genius will send you a reminder two days before. If you need to cancel or change your sign up, please log back into your account on a computer and make the change. Check or edit your sign up here…
2nd-8th Grade Fall NWEA Math and AR Reading Assessments 2022-2023
School Safety- Nevada County Superintendent of Schools has partnered with Nevada Joint Union High School District to host a Safety Summit for the Nevada County community. Local law enforcement officials, fire service, and Office of Emergency Services personnel will present a Safety Summit at the Bear River High School Theater on Monday, September 12, 2022 from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. and at Nevada Union High School, Don Baggett Theater on Tuesday, September 13, 2022 from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. There will be resource tables available at each event with additional agencies represented. Please help spread the word.
*Supply and Curriculum Orders are starting to go out to families. Thanks to those who are coming in and picking up boxes so we can make room for the new curriculum coming in. We have hired extra staff and have had wonderful parent volunteers helping. Thanks Team for all the hard work!
*Sign up for our Arete Charter Academy Family Facebook Group here...
Arete Charter Academy Family Group
*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
*August 22- 9:30am-12pm NWEA/AR Testing- Room 1, 2, 9
*August 25- 9:30am-12pm NWEA/AR Testing- Room 1, 2
*August 29- 9:30am-12pm NWEA/AR Testing- Room 9
*Aug 29- 4th-8th- Start Resource Center
*August 30- TK-3rd- Start Resource Center
*September 5- Labor Day- No School for Students