Good evening,

Tomorrow is the last day to sign up- "November 26- 10-12 Placer Nature Center Field Trip. Appropriate for all ages. We have 5 more spots that we have paid for. Please let me know if your child would like to attend."

We need two more enrollees to make Play With Clay go for K-3. here is the description."Would you like to sign up for "Play with Clay?" Create a piece from start to finish. In this class learn about different types of clay and how they are fired. Learn scoring techniques. Learn about leather hard clay and how to manipulate it and make changes. Learn about glazes and how they work while painting your piece. Learn about how thick to apply paint and what will happen if you do not adhere to this practice. Pieces will be fired and you may need to pick up at a later date. Course is $135. Class runs from 12:00-1:15pm."

*Students will be given a pass/fail grade as of their grades and work completed next Friday, 11/16 at 11:59pm.

*All students need to take a STAR Reader Accelerated Reader test by 11/16 to monitor progress. Preferably we would like to take them when they come in to Arete Resource Center hours. If they do not come in, you can make an appointment with me to schedule a time or they can take at the 20 day meeting. Please let me know what your plan is. It take 15-20 minutes or so.

Good evening,

The first trimester ends next Friday, 11/16. I cannot believe 1/3 of the year has already flown by! A few notes-

*Students will be given a pass/fail grade as of their grades and work completed next Friday, 11/16 at 12am.

*All students need to take a STAR Reader Accelerated Reader test by 11/16 to monitor progress. Preferably we would like to take them when they come in to Arete Resource Center hours. If they do not come in, you can make an appointment with me to schedule a time or they can take at the 20 day meeting. Please let me know what your plan is. It take 15-20 minutes or so.

Also this Saturday is Food Access Friday from 10am-12pm at 440 Henderson Street in Grass Valley. For more information, please call 273-8132. This is for nay families who need help with some food.

November 26 10-12 Placer Nature Center Field Trip. Appropriate for all ages. We have 5 more spots that we have paid for. Please let me know if your child would like to attend.

Good evening,

It is with mixed emotions that I am reporting to you tonight that our beloved secretary, DeAnne, will be transitioning part-time to the Pleasant Ridge Union School District office. It has been a dream of hers to work there, and that time has finally come. Luckily, we will still get to keep her as a classroom assistant. We will do everything we can to make the transition as smooth as possible. Please join me in congratulating her!

Future Bruins Day at Bear River High School- (Please let me know if your child will attend. I will meet them for drop off and pick up in front of BRHS at 10:50 and and 2:10pm).

When: Friday, November 30, 2018

11 am - 2 pm

Please Arrive at 10:45 to the BRHS Community Theater

This action-packed day will include......

Bruin Pride Rally in McCrory Gymnasium

(wear cardinal and gray to join in on the spirit!)

Dance, choir, cheer, drama and band performances

Complimentary lunch and lunchtime activities with Bear River students

Information about academics and electives

Small-group tours of our campus and programs

Time for 8th graders to interact with high school student leaders

Information about athletics, clubs, and activities

 

Looks like everyone survived Trick or Treating last night. We are quickly getting ready for our next series of 20 Day meetings. Meetings will be held between 11/13-11/16 and final work samples and binder are due by November 20. If you have not already done so, please sign up for your child's meeting.

 

*Amanda Tamo-

 

*Nicole Tomasetti-

 

*Sarah Schwartz-

 

"Parenting the Love and Logic Way"

We are excited to announce that we will be offering six sessions designed to help parents equip kids with character, compassion, problem solving skills and more! Classes are held at Alta Sierra for six Tuesdays starting on November 6 from 5:30-7:30. Free childcare is provided. Please contact me if you are interested.

What a fun day of Trick or Treating and having Halloween fun with our little guys! We are gearing up for more fun tomorrow with the bigger kiddos!

 

Hope you all had a lovely Fall Break. I cannot wait to see all of your kiddos' smiling faces this week!

 

A few notes:

Fall/Halloween Activities Sign Up:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090a4aadae23a13-arete2

November Enrichments and Field trip Sign Up:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kkKbpG-6qoQjChZ5FzLVSm73LdH86ZeO4xV5H2Lifng/edit

Upcoming Dates:

*October 30- K-3 Halloween/Fall Activities and Trick-or-Treating. Kids may wear costumes or dress up for the Harvest. (Please let me know if 4/5 kiddos are attending. They are welcome).

*October 31- 9:15-10:45 Art Lesson with Susie Yoho- Halloween/Fall Activities for 4-8. Kids may wear costumes or dress up for the Harvest.

*November 2- 6-8th Grade Anthony Robles Assembly 11:06-11:51 Please let me know if your child would like to attend.

                       7-8th Grade Magnolia Jersey Dance 7-9pm To get permission to attend we need parents to complete the permission slip and this year we are trying to move to digital.  To give your student permission to attend please log on to powerschool using your parent login (student log in will not work) on the left hand side you will see ecollect forms.  Click there and then the permission slip should be at the top of your list of form.  

*Monday, November 5- 6pm Private Eyes: Keeping Our Children Safe In a High Tech World. Held at Forestlake Christian School, Elementary Campus, 22924 West Hacienda, Grass Valley. Featuring Guest Speakers- Special Agent Nick Phirippidis, FBI; Joey Walker Area Director, Young Life and Craig Kelley, Pastor, Gold Country Church

*Tuesday, November 6, TUPE Assembly (Anti-Smoking) 9:53-10:38 6-8th Grade. Please let me know if your child would like to attend.

*November 19 9:30am Phil Tulga Assembly at Cottage Hill for K-5

 

 

 

 

 

Tomorrow is the Pumpkin Patch Field Trip. Please meet us at McCourtney Road Pumpkin Patch at 10am. 20267 McCourtney Rd, 95949 Grass Valley, California. We pay for every Arete students who attends, so if have not told me that you want to come and you do now, please email me. If you previously told me you wanted to come and you no longer do, please email me. If you are bringing a non-Arete darling, please bring $7 exact cash to pay there. We will have time after the field trip for a picnic lunch together if you want to pack your lunch. The Resource Center is closed tomorrow for the field trip.

 

I will be out of the office Friday, but you can still email me. I will be out of town for October Break without my laptop, so I can answer emails, but will not be grading assignments. Please feel free to keep logging in and working over the break if you need to get caught up on lessons.

 

Fall/Halloween Activities Sign Up:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090a4aadae23a13-arete2

November Enrichments and Field trip Sign Up:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kkKbpG-6qoQjChZ5FzLVSm73LdH86ZeO4xV5H2Lifng/edit

Upcoming Dates:

*October 18- 10am Field Trip to McCourtney Road Pumpkin Patch. All ages welcome. $7 for any non-Arete students.

*Family Fun Night at Cottage Hill 5:30

*October 22-26- October Break- no school in session. The Arete Resource Center is closed.

*October 30- K-3 Halloween/Fall Activities

*October 31- 9:15-10:45 Art Lesson with Susie Yoho- Halloween/Fall Activities

*November 2- 7-8th Grade Magnolia Jersey Dance 7-9pm.

*November 19 9:30am Phil Tulga Assembly at Cottage Hill for K-5.

 

https://yourreadingpath.com/

If you want more information about MAPS testing and data, click here:

https://www.nwea.org/parent-toolkit/

This link is on our website under Parent Resources.

Hope you had a great weekend! Please remember that all 20 day meetings need to be held this week. Please make sure you show up to your meeting with completed attendance and PE records. If you need another copy, please ask in the Resource Center or download from our website. Also, each child needs at least two work samples from each subject. Feel free to peek in their binder or email your Educational Advisor if you do not know how many they need. Wednesday, October 17 is the cut off to turn in all records to not have absences reported to the state and loss of funding. Last month we were 46/47 completed binders. That is a huge success! Thanks for supporting us and your children.

 

After reviewing they family survey, we will limit library to every other week. So that means students can keep their books this week and we will go to Book Fair next week. You voted overwhelmingly to keep garden and art docent to one visit per month. Garden runs about 30 minutes and art docent about one hour. We will maintain this schedule through the end of December and then re-asses.  Also, we are looking for instructors in wood shop, basket making, bracelet making, wood/pallet sign making, and photos on wood signs if anyone is interested or knows anyone who is interested in leading these afterschool enrichment classes. Thanks for all of your input.

 

*October 8-10- 20 Day Meetings

*October 15- 9:15-10:45 Art Lesson with Susie Yoho

*October 15/16- Book Fair- send money if your child wants to purchase books.

*October 17- Last day to collect assignments to not have absences reported to the state and Instructional Funding frozen.

*October 17- Garden visit 10:30-11am

*October 18- 9:30am Field Trip to McCourtney Road Pumpkin Patch. All ages welcome. $7 for any non-Arete students.

*Family Fun Night at Cottage Hill 5:30

*October 22-26- October Break- no school in session. The Arete Resource Center is closed.

*October 30- K-3 Halloween/Fall Activities (Sign Up Genius to Come)

*October 31- 9:15-10:45 Art Lesson with Susie Yoho- Halloween/Fall Activities (Sign Up Genius to Come)

*November 2- 7-8th Grade Magnolia Dance- more info coming.

*November 19 Phil Tulga Assembly

What a wonderful time we had with our guest chef and the garden today. Thanks to Mrs. Porter for organizing for us and Susan Gouveia for the delicious cooking lesson.

 

*Please let me know if your 7/8th grade kiddo would be interested in representing Arete at the Nevada County Spelling Tournament on November 15 or if your 5/6 kiddo would be interested on November 14. It would be awesome to have a team from our school this year!

 

Last chance to fill out our Goggle Form about Arete Resource Hours and enrichment.

 

Thanks to our parent and student representatives who attended our first Parent Advisory Committee Meeting. I have accumulated the information and will be sending out a google Form tomorrow to gain your input over what we discussed today. here is the list of upcoming dates.

 

 

 

Good evening,

*Art- We recently hired an art specialist to bring amazing art lessons to Arete one time per month. You don't need to do anything extra, they are scheduled during regular Resource Center time. Also, please save and turn in egg cartons, paper towel and toilet paper rolls for some fun October crafts. Thanks!

 

*20 Day Meetings are quickly approaching! Please make sure that your children are completing enough work daily. All students can log in to Accelerate or PEAK and you can look at the percentage of work completed so far. As of today, they should have completed 15% of all lessons. Please also make sure they are completing or submitting enough work samples.

 

Please sign up here:

*Sarah Schwartz

 

*Nicole Tomasetti

 

*Amanda Tamo

(coming)

 

*Please sign up for Sewing Classes or the Pumpkin Patch if you are interested. The last day to sign up for sewing is 9/26 and the last day to have Arete pay for the pumpkin patch is 10/3. Anyone can show up that day and pay.