5/16 Update

Thanks to all who came on our lovely farm field trip yesterday and attended our Arete Parent Meeting last night. It was so awesome to get all of your powerful input! We have lots of news coming for the end of the year.
 
*Please let us know what your plans are for your child's education next year so we can best be prepared for the new school year. Complete this form here.
 
*We are planning our end of the year activities at Arete. Please send in empty cereal, cracker, etc boxes, rinsed out milk or juice containers, paper towel rolls. Our our last day of class for our K-5 kiddos, we are going to have a morning of creating imaginary creatures from clean recyclables. (We will have regular lessons and library until 11.) We also will be having an ice cream party at 11:30. We will provide ice cream, cups and bowls. Please send in any toppings to share that your children enjoy.
 
*For 6-8 kiddos,on their last day, we also will be having an ice cream party at 11:00. We will provide ice cream, cups and bowls. Please send in any toppings to share that your children enjoy.
 
*Finally, we will be having a family end of the year celebration and first annual Arete Promotion Ceremony on Wednesday, June 6th under the trees outside the Arete Resource Center from 5:30-6:30. We will provide drinks and cake and are asking families to bring snacks to share. This will be a lovely time to meet or visit with other Arete families and celebrate our first successful Arete student who is promoting to high school.
 
*May 28 Arete Resource Center is closed in honor of Memorial Day.
*May 29 is the last day of the Arete Resource Center for K-5. Ice cream party at 11:30am.
*May 30 is the last day of the Arete Resource Center for 6-8. Ice cream party at 11am.
*June 6 5:30-6:30 Arete Promotion and Family Celebration.
 
Students still need to complete lessons everyday after that, but we will be working on finishing up the billing, paperwork, report cards, 20 day meetings, and binders for this year.
 
*June 5- Monterey Bay Aquarium Reservation Home School Day-