Arete Prep Newsletter- December 9, 2016

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Calendar of Events

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 HERE to volunteer.

Charger Guild Food Drive

The Charger Guild, a community building, middle school group, invites all families to participate in their Food Donation Drive from December 12-19th. The Charger Guild members are collecting canned food, toiletries, baby diapers and formula to support a local non-profit food bank. All donations can be delivered by students to the donation box outside of Ms. Arguello's office. CLICK HERE for list of most needed items as well as themed donation days.

Tax Credit Drive Incentives

Any Arete Prep family who donates their Arizona tax credit to support our extra-curricular clubs and sports will be entered into drawings for some great prizes!

Early Bird - Donate your tax credit before midnight on December 16th and be entered into a drawing to win a smartwatch!
Last Day of School - Donate your tax credit before midnight on December 21st and be entered to win an apparel pack (school uniform shirt, ¼ zip pullover, and Charger hoodie).
Any Referrals - Bring in one additional tax credit to Arete Prep from a friend or family by December 31st and be entered to win 4 front row seats and VIP parking at your students' Spring and Winter 2017 Fine Arts Events!
Most Referrals - The Prep or Archway family who brings in the most outside tax credit gifts by December 31st will win a reserved parking spot for all of 2017!

Please email Michele Wilson with any questions and thank you for supporting Arete Prep!

College Counseling Corner

SAT Registration Deadlines: https://www.collegeboard.org/

December 21st Deadline (January 21st Test)

February 10th Deadline (March 11th Test)

April 7th Deadline (May 6th Test)

May 9th Deadline (June 3rd Test)

ACT Deadlines:

http://www.act.org/

January 13 (February 11th test)

March 3(April 8th test)

May 5 (June 10th test)

Alumni Panel

Arete Prep Alumni Panel Presentation

Monday, January 9

8:20 - 9:20 am

Arete Prep Gymnasium- Southeast entrance

Arete Prep is proud to welcome all alumni to campus for a mini reunion and Q&A event. On Monday, January 9, Arete College Counseling will facilitate a panel event with select alumni. Questions for the alums have been predetermined by the student body and staff. We invite interested families to join us.

All interested guests must RSVP by January 6 as seating inside the gymnasium is limited during this assembly. Please RSVP to Ms. Arguello.

Join Ms. Gillingham and Ms. Buetow for a

Parent Reading Group

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

www.yearbookOrderCenter.com

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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.