May 7, 2021
Celebrate Seniors Week
Arete Prep celetrated seniors this week with College Counseling decorating the senior spaces on campus in streamers and balloons and had seniors sign a congratulatory banner with their name and after high school plans. Seniors put their names on stickers that looked like packed cars and pinned them to pennants of the college they would be attended on our acceptances board. Each senior wrote their name and major down on a mini graduation cap to bring awareness of future careers to the younger classmen. These items were hung up outside the college counseling offices and in our prep building lobby.

Seniors were also celebrated with the Senior Tribute Spring Event and ended the week with a Senior Soiree.
Celebrating Nurse Hodgkins
Thursday, May 6 was National Nurses Day! Nurse Hodgkins was celcebrated by students and faculty. Thank you, Nurse for all you do for both archway and prep!
Chargers Appreciate Teachers!
Arete Prep Chargers showed their appreciation for teachers this past week in honor of Teacher Appreciaton Week.
2021 Summer School
Summer School course descriptions can be found HERE. When paying for a class that serves as registration for your student. Make payments HERE. A discount of 15% will be applied through May 7.
Yearbooks for Sale
Yearbooks for 2020-2021 are still available for purchase. Purchase your yearbook for $60 HERE. Yearbooks can also be purchased with cash or check from the front office. There is a limited supply, so purchase your today. Purchased yearbooks will be passed out to student during the last week of school.
One More Async May 14
ALL students will have an async day on Friday, May 14.
Junior Parent Meeting
There is a meeting scheduled with Ms. Gillingham for all junior parents on Thursday, May 20 at 12 noon. Click HERE for the zoom link.
Volunteers Needed for Textbook Collection
It's the end of the year and textbooks need to be turned in the last week of school. The front office needs volunteers to help with this project. If you are able to help out, please CLICK HERE to sign up.
PSO News
PSO has enjoyed working with all the great Arete Prep families to support the school admin and teachers this year. A few things to note:
 
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  • We are happy to announce the new PSO Co-Presidents for next year, Shruti Rattan and Shital Patel. Shruti and Shital are excited to lead the PSO and look forward to working with our amazing community!
  •  To provide the safest environment possible, some items of convenience will no longer be available during lunch until further notice. Specifically: NO microwaves; NO hot water (for Ramen and other foods); NO utensils or napkins; NO condiments
  • Stay Connected: Sign up for PSO text alerts: text @aretepso to the number 81010
  • If you want to volunteer with the PSO, we recommend you fill out this form: https://forms.gle/CGRE6cZzrTgZZXEk8 
  • All PSO volunteers must have a background check using the new Raptor system.
  • Uniform Exchange Lead Emilee Hisey: emilee.hisey@gmail.com
INSPIRE Entertainment Offer for Arete Community
INSPIRE Entertainment, our new neighbors to the west, is offering a discount for all Arete community members! See the offers on their website: Click HERE
Events
Please check our calendar for upcoming events
Lunch Drop Off Updates
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.

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

Remote Learning Info:
https://areteprepacademy.greatheartsamerica.org/remote-learning/

There will be NO student item drop off during the day.
New Volunteer Clearance Process
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.
Arete Prep & Communication
A weekly email newsletter for parents is sent each Friday and includes important upcoming events and information from the school including College Counseling and the Parent Service Organization.
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.
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