SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Sportskidz Co-ed Soccer
Join your fellow Chargers for K-5th grade co-ed soccer beginning November 12th. Soccer will build character, teamwork and physical skill sets all while maintaining proper social distancing (COVID-19 guidelines), and consist of skill development, speed & agility training, sharing of the ball through space, and small group activities. Tournament play is suspended until further notice. Register here!

Co-ed K-5th grade Soccer
Day & Time: Thursday 3:15-4:15
Dates: 11/12, 11/19, 12/3, 12/10, 1/7, 1/14, 1/21 
Cost: $120

Picture Day
The Arete campus will hold 2 Picture Days this year: one for In Person Learners and one for Distance Learners.
  • In Person Learners- Thursday, November 5th
  • Distance Learners- Friday, November 6th in the gym; enter through the south side gym doors. Dress in uniform.

Distance Learner Picture Day Schedule:
Last name stars with
A-F: 9:00-9:30
G-L: 9:30-10:00
M-R: 10:00-10:30
S-Z: 10:30-11:00

Order pictures online at Photographicconcepts.inter-state.com. Use order code: 53062FB

Remote Learning Day Friday, November 6th
Friday, November 6th is our next all school Remote Learning Day. Please submit the attendance form in Google Classroom by 8:30 am.

Tips for using Google Classroom:
  • Sign out of all Gmail accounts
  • Student username: first name. last name graduation year @archwayarete.org ([email protected])
  • Student password: passmmdd (pass +month & day of birth)
Assistant Teacher Position Available
Are you interested in teaching at Archway Arete? Or, do you know a humble, helpful, compassionate soul who would be a good role model for our students? Please reach out to Lucia DeMeo if you are interested in hearing more about an assistant teaching position beginning in November. (Don’t worry—no one is leaving Arete! We just need to move things around to accommodate a teacher that would like fewer hours.)


International Travel
As you begin to make your holiday plans, please remember that any international travel will result in quarantine (as many as 14 days) before your child/ren are permitted to return to school. The GreatHearts International Travel Policy can be found in our COVID Incident Response Guidelines and below for your convenience. Please notify administration if your family intends to travel internationally.

International Travel Isolation Guidelines
  1.   Stay home for 14 days after you return home from international travel.
  2.   Take your temperature with a thermometer two times a day and monitor for a fever. Also watch for cough or trouble breathing.
  3.  Stay home and avoid contact with others. Do not go to work or school
  4.  Do not take public transportation taxis, or ride-shares.
  5.  Keep your distance from others (about 6 feet or 2 meters)
Curriculum Night
Curriculum Night will not be held in its usual format this year. Instead, we would like to offer parents two resources below:

  • Jake Tawney, VP of Curriculum at Great Hearts, introduces parents to the approach behind Singapore Mathematics as the core curriculum used in grades K-5. View Mr. Tawney's video here.
  • Margie Clouse, Phonics Coach at Great Hearts, introduces parents to the fundamentals of Spalding, the phonics and spelling program for grades K-5. View Ms. Clouse's video here.

We encourage parents to reach out to teachers directly for additional curricular resources.
OUR COMMUNITY IN ACTION

Did you know that an Archway Arete classroom doesn’t receive property taxes to help fund the good work that our teachers do? We have a smaller to student to teacher ratio than district schools and yet are funded $3,204 less per student which is about $70,488 less in funding per classroom.

Your gift to Community Investment matters! Arete family, we still need to raise $44,159 to fully fund this school year. Support our teachers by making a gift to Community Investment, whatever you have in your budget (whether monthly or one-time) is the right amount. Click here to schedule or make your gift today.


PARENT SERVICE ORGANIZATION

November Lunch Volunteer Sign Up
Please sign up to volunteer in the lunchroom in November. Go here to complete volunteer clearance.

Hot Lunch Orders for November
The November lunch calendar is now open and you can now treat your teacher with lunch. There is a separate calendar in Boonli that allows you to donate money to the teacher or teachers of your choice. If you have any questions, please contact Tiffany Wright or 480-606-8590.

Treat Friday
Friday, October 30th is Treat Friday. We will have popcorn with candy corn for sale for $1.00.

Teacher Snack Bar
We are all very aware of the many hours our wonderful teachers are pouring into serving their students. We would like to fuel them with a "snack bar" inside their lunch/break room! Find the snack items here. Please drop off items at the front desk.
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Archway Classical Academy - Arete
Melody Pati, Office Manager
Contact Us
 4525 East Baseline Road
Gilbert, AZ 85234

Phone:(480) 222-4233
Fax:(480) 222-4234