October 15, 2021

Grades & Evals/Conference Schedules: All families should have received communication regarding conferences. If you have not signed up, contact Nancy Harris Monday morning: 480.222.2243

Conference Week: Mon, Oct 18 through Fri, Oct 22; All conference days are half days, dismissal is 12:20 pm.

Academic Break: Mon, Oct 25 - NO SCHOOL

Title I Targeted Assistance Program Meeting: Wed, Oct 27 @ 6 pm. The meeting will be held virtually at this Zoom link. Contact Missy Penniman for more info.

Historical/Literary Figure Day: Fri, Oct 29. students who wish to participate in dressing up as a famous historical or literary figure, complete the form linked here by Wed, Oct 27. Contact Ms. Attridge or Mr. Vaughan with any questions.

Arete Chargers Fall Festival: Sat, Oct 30 from 5:30 - 8:30 pm. There will be a hay maze, carnival games, Trunk or Treat, costume contest, food trucks, raffle baskets and more. CLICK HERE for registration.

Coffee Shop: 11th grade Coffee Shop on Tues, Nov 2 at 8:40 am in the front office. CLICK HERE for Coffee Shop schedule.

Picture Retake Day: Thurs, Nov 4

Field Day: Fri, Nov 5; half day of school

Have interested families contact Melanie Bogren with any questions!

Attention student drivers that do NOT have a paid parking spot on campus! There if FREE parking across Baseline Road next to Auto Zone. Please do NOT park in the archway parking lot, at Wedgewood, the medical facilites (across the street) or in the neighborhoods. If you park in the private parking lots, they may have you ticketed or towed.Thank you for helping to be good neighbors to those around us!

Arete Prep needs a parent volunteer to lead the design and creation of the 2021-2022 yearbook.Contact Mr. Narish for more info or if interested.

CLICK HERE for all Arete Prep Athletic info.

Visit our College Counseling webpages and resources HERE.

High School Students are invited to attend College Presentations during lunch and after school through this semester. A list of upcoming presentations (on-campus, off-campus and virtual events) can be found HERE.

Contact Lead College Counselor, Ms. Rebecca Arguello with questions.

2021-2022 UPDATED Family Calendar: CLICK HERE for the calendar

Booklist: CLICK HERE for Arete Prep Booklist.

Middle School Lab Notebooks: All middle school students need a Labbook for class: CLICK HERE to purchase. Students can pick them up in the front office after the purchase is made.

Uniforms: Purchase uniforms from Anton Uniforms, CLICK HERE for website info.

Dress Code: CLICK HERE for the Dress Code.

Lunches: Click here to for instructions and order. Volunteers are needed for lunch periods, sign up HERE. No children may accompany volunteers. Reminder: there are no microwaves available for students. Snacks are for sale during lunch.

Volunteers Needed: Arete Prep volunteers must have a security clearance to volunteer; CLICK HERE for clearance instructions.

Prep Students with Archway Siblings Drop-off and Pick-up: For drop-off: drop your prep student with the archway student at the archway double doors. Prep students need to walk around the front of the admin building and enter the prep building on the east side of the campus. Prep students are not allowed in the archway side. For pick-up: have prep student walk to archway MPR for pick-up with archway sibling. Prep student will need to walk around the front fo the admin building and the west side of the MPR. Prep students are not allowed in the archway playground or in their building.

MIDDLE SCHOOL: There will be a cart inside 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 inside 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. Middle school can be delivered between 10:20 am - 11:20 am and HS can be delivered between 11:15 am - 12:15 pm. BE SURE DELIVERY PERSON HAS YOUR STUDENTS NAME ON THE ORDER. We are not responsbile for lunches not marked with students names.