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Office Hours:
M, T, Th, F: 7:30 am - 4 pm
W: 7:30 am - 2:30 pm
School Hours:
M, T, Th, F: 8:20 am - 3:20 pm
W: 8:20 am - 2:00 pm
480.222.4233
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NO SCHOOL on Monday, February 21 in observance of President's Day |
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Dear Families,
I hope everyone is doing well. Every year we ask parents for feedback on their academy and Great Hearts as a whole. We hope you will take the time to fill out this year’s survey. It should only take a few minutes and we very much want to hear your perspective.
You can access the survey by clicking here. The survey will remain open until Sunday, February 27.
All my best to each of you,
Brandon Crowe
Superintendent, Great Hearts Arizona
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President's Day: Mon, Feb 21: NO SCHOOL
Arete Prep Family Pizza and Movie Night: DC Trip fundraiser for the Class of 2023, to be held on campus on Sat, Feb 26 at 6 pm in the courtyard
Senior Trip: March 2 - 6
11th Grade Charger Camp: Mar 2 - 4
UPDATE: Rising Senior Night (juniors only): Mon, Mar 28; details coming soon
CORRECTION: 10th Grade Charger Camp: Mar 16-18
11th & 12th Grade Coffee Shop: Tues, Mar 22 @ 8:40 am in the front office
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Because of you directing the tax money you’re paying to Arete Prep through the Arizona State Public School Tax Credit, we can offer students enriching extracurricular activities that benefit student character development, the Arete campus and our local community. These courses help to develop students’ non-academic interests, something we know benefits their development as citizens and something that colleges look for! Our enrichment courses such as mentor/mentee, horticulture, H40 (Heart 4 Others), and yearbook are supported by your tax credits! Students in H40 spend their time doing good for the local community by doing things like food drives and active volunteering and serving. Students in horticulture spend time beautifying our campus and air by cleaning up and planting gardens and foliage. We know the value of students participating in yearbook yields the amazing end of year yearbook for all students, but it also develops students with interests in photography, journalism, art and communications. There are a variety of extracurriculars offered at Arete Prep to match the interest of our students. No matter what sort of extracurriculars your student chooses to take part in, whether it be athletics or non-athletic interests, if any – it benefits the individual students, the entire campus, our local community, and the larger community. Plus – directing your money to Arete Prep is truly at no cost to you. It’s your choice – pay the state or give to Arete Prep and our community instead!
We are 49% to goal and you can help us reach our goal by Tax Day (April 15)! If you've already taken the credit, thank you! If you haven't, please do so before you file!
How it works:
2. You save your receipt and file taxes
3. The state credits you either decreasing what you will have to pay the state or increasing your refund.
4. Arete's students and families are blessed by low fees and high quality programs that continue to develop and enrich their lives.
Congratulations and thank you to Kendall Antell (Class of '27) and the Gould family for taking the credit at Arete Prep, as well as encouraging friends and family to do the same! Kendall was drawn to win a customized Arete Prep backpack this week.
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Canta Bella Choir Rates Superior |
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Dr. Minov is very happy to announce that Canta Bella choir, once again, earned a Superior rating at the NAU Choir Festival held last Friday. Besides getting high praises for their outstanding performance, great stamina and subtle interpretation, the choir received a commentary from Dr. Angela Kasper, professor at the Western Washington University, "They are a blast to work with!" which Dr. Minov holds very dear.
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Senior Families - Order Senior Group Photo! |
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Senior's had their group picture taken last week and familes can order pictures, CLICK HERE for the website and use order code: 67560J
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After a lot of thought, to meet with increasing costs we are increasing prices of snacks and drinks by 25 cents starting Mon, Feb 14.
Thank you for supporting the lunch program, this enables the PSO in turn to support the teacher and student community.
- We are in DESPERATE need of lunch volunteers for February: SIGN UP HERE
- Text @aretepso at 81010 to sign up for remind texts
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Follow us on Instagram! @areteprepacademy
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Opt-In for Text Messaging |
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Stay up-to-date and informed - receive occasional text updates by texting “yes” to 67587. If you change your mind in the future, you can simply reply “stop” to cancel future text updates. |
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FREE Tutoring from GCU Students |
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Grand Canyon University offers free tutoring for grades K - 12. The tutors are GCU students and they have online, phone and in-person availability. CLICK HERE for more information. |
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School Counselors Need Your Help |
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The school counseling department needs snacks. Non perishable items such as, granola bars, fruit snacks, crackers, or Costco and Sam’s Club gift cards are appreciated. We provide snacks for any student needing some extra calories throughout the day. |
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Attention Student Drivers |
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Attention student drivers that do NOT have a paid parking spot on campus! There is FREE parking across Baseline Road next to Auto Zone. Do NOT park in the archway parking lot, at Wedgewood, INSPIRE, the medical facilites (across the street) or in the neighborhoods. Those locations are private property. 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!
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Opt In for Arete Prep Text Messages |
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Arete Prep would like to implement the text messaging system for important information about events, safety alerts and more.
You can participate in this service by sending a text message of "Y" or "YES" to 67587.
You can opt out any time by replying to one of the message with "Stop."
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Financial Aid Night for 9th - 11th grade families – currently being organized, more details to come
Visit our College Counseling webpages and resources HERE.
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Reminder! Important Info for This Year |
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2021-2022 UPDATED Family Calendar: CLICK HERE for the calendar
Middle School Lab Notebooks: All middle school students need a lab notebook 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.
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.
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Lunch Drop Off Instructions |
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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.
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