April 16, 2021

Families that borrowed Arete Prep computers for online learning and the students are now in person, collection of computers will begin Monday, April 19. Please clean computers and indicate which child is returning the computer, include the charging cord and place everything in the box it was delivered in before dropping it off. For more information, contact Mr. Tran.

The Senior Class of 2022 is having an Awesome April Raffle! With the purchase of each ticket, you get a chance to win up to 30 fabulous prizes including a RING Doorbell, grocery store gift cards, restaurant gift cards, a NEST outdoor security camera, tickets to Medieval Times, an American Girl Doll, Date Night packages, and much more....including a four-pack of Disneyland tickets! Check out the link to view the entire list of prizes and to purchase raffle tickets: https://areteprep.configio.com/pd/736/2022-senior-class-april-raffle-calendar-ticket

Thank you to all students and families for getting the state testing completed. If your student missed a day, we will schedule a make up day. More infomation coming soon.

The Summer School course description is now available for review and registration. Classes may be taken by current Arete Prep students, incoming students or outside the organization students. Classes will be discounted 15% through the month of April.

Arete Prep Seniors are invited to the Senior Soiree, a Monte Carlo themed night, on Saturday, May 8 from 7 - 10 pm in the Arete Gym. Safety guidelines still apply (masks, social distancing when eating, available hand sanitizing stations). The dress code is formal and the specifics can be found HERE. The tickets are $35/student when paid ahead of time (VIP) and $40/student at the door. Click HERE for advance tickets.

Arizona Department of Health Services announced that it will open vaccine appointments to all residents aged 18 and older for those receiving the Moderna and Jassen vaccine and 16 and older for the those receiving the Pfizer vaccine. For more information on scheduling vaccine appointments, please visit: https://podvaccine.azdhs.gov/

ALL students will have an async day on Friday, May 14.

The Academy for Classical Teachers provides online summer enrichment for all classical educators. You are your children’s first educators in the home, so you are invited to join us! Learn more about the great authors that inspire our classical curriculum, like Boethius, Tocqueville, Shakespeare, Du Bois, Xenophon, and Aristotle. You can even learn Latin! To see all our course offerings and registration information, click here. 

Please check our calendar for upcoming events

COVID-19 information is rapidly changing; for up-to-the-date information on COVID-19 visit https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

MIDDLE SCHOOL: There will be a cart OUTSIDE the front office doors from 10:20 am - 11:20 am for lunches, the cart will be moved to the courtyard at 11:20 for students to pick up lunches.

HIGH SCHOOL: There will be a cart OUTSIDE the front office doors from 11:15 am - 12:15 pm for lunches, the cart will be moved to the courtyard at 12:20 for students to pick up lunches.

PLEASE NOTE: there will be no supervision of the lunch cart and we will not be responsible for lost lunches. Door Dash/Uber Eats will need to be delivered onto the cart as we will not accept them in the front office. They can be delivered between 10:20 am - 11:20 am.

If you are attending in-person and borrowed an Arete Prep Laptop/Device, please hold onto the laptop until further notice. 

If your username or password does not work, please visit the Great Hearts Password/Login Help at https://theveeya.com/GreatHeartsFamilyHelp/

Great Hearts has changed the volunteer fingerprint process effective with the 2020-21 school year. The application is entirely online and available now. All volunteers must be approved through this new online procedure, including those with previously issued/non-expired Great Hearts badges, there will be no exceptions. Please note, when selecting the school, it will not differentiate between Arete Prep and Archway Arete, it will simply state Great Hearts Arete. The system will approve you for both schools.

Click here to apply. The cost is $5.00 per application per school year.

Please be aware that our preferred method of communication is via email, so it is vital that we have up-to-date email addresses on file so that we can keep you informed. Please email Beth Melvin with any updates to email addresses.