Friday, December 2, 2016
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The Food Drive Winner is 11A!
The competition was aggressive the last day of the Food Drive, with 11A pulling out the win with 603 cans of food for the United Food Bank.

Winter Faculty Luncheon 
Volunteers Needed
The Arete Winter Faculty Luncheon will be on December 20 and the PSO needs your support to help make it a wonderful day for our faculty. 
Please click on the following Sign-up Genius link for more information. 
PSO Thank You

The PSO hosted a traditional Thanksgiving Luncheon for the teachers and staff. Thank you to Mrs. Osborn, Mrs. Wietsma and Mrs. Ulano for organizing and volunteering your time. It was a delicious event! 
 
We also celebrated our teacher and staff November and December birthdays during the Thanksgiving luncheon. Thank you to Mrs. Moreno for organizing the teachers' favorite treats and gifts in such a fun way.
 
Uniform Exchange
  The Uniform Exchange will be collecting gently used uniforms during the week of December 19-21. Bins will be located in the Prep building.
Tax Credit Drive and 
Early Bird Drawing

The annual Tax Credit Drive has been kicked off and we are starting to receive Tax Credit gifts to help support extra-curricular activities at Arete Prep. Please make your donation HERE to support our clubs, sports, and our teachers who run them! For more information about Tax Credits and how to receive your dollar-for-dollar credit from the state of Arizona, please  CLICK HERE
 
Make your tax credit donation  by midnight on December 16th and your family will be entered in a drawing for a smartwatch!  More Tax Credit Drive drawings and contests will be announced next week. Thank you for supporting our sports, clubs, and field trips at Arete Prep! 
Join Ms. Gillingham and Ms. Buetow for a

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What: Explore the book Make It Stick together in a discussion group.

Who: All interested Prep parents

When: The first meeting will be January 9th at 6 pm

Where:  Arete Library   

Why : We believe this book is key to helping parents and students understand what it means to be a successful and empowered learner. 
Last Chance to Save on the 
2016-2017 Yearbook 
Order yearbooks by January 15 and save $10 off the full price of $75! 
Order now and use the Arete Prep order #16420 
   Don't forget to like us on Facebook.
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 Peer Tutoring 
Peer tutoring is available to help with math, language, and Lit/Comp. If you are interes t ed CLICK HERE  to request a tutor. You can expect to hear from Lindsey Koelbel or Chloe  Wesson, Arete's Peer Tutoring st udent leaders.
In This Issue 
Calendar of Events
Food Drive Winner
Faculty Luncheon
PSO Thank You
Tax Credit Drive
Parent Reading Group
Yearbook
    
Dates to Remember
Dec 9 - Studio Art Reception
Dec - 13-14 JR Drama Night
Dec 16 - SR Drama Night Winter Social/SLN-HS
Dec 22-Jan 8 - Winter Break
Jan 9 - Alumni Panel
Jan 16 - MLK Day/No School
Jan 23 - HS Preview Night/8th Grade


Arete Preparatory Academy
4525 E. Baseline Road
Gilbert, AZ 85234
(480) 222-4233

Office Manager:
Nancy Harris
[email protected]