September 3, 2021

NO SCHOOL: Mon, Labor Day, Sep 6

6th Grade Coffee Shop: Tues, Sep 7; meet at 8:30 am in the front office

Senior Families: There is a Zoom meeting planned for Senior families on Thurs, Sep 9 at 12:30 pm to discuss the senior trip. CLICK HERE for the Zoom link.Meeting ID: 995 3970 4101

NO SCHOOL: Mon, Sep 13; teacher professional development

Mentor/Mentee Day: Wed, Sep 15 from 2:15 - 4:15 pm; Mentors and Mentees are invited to a fun-filled event to play games and eat pizza. Pizza forms will be handed out in mentor meetings next week. Students should wear school-appropriate, modest athletic clothes and shoes.

Homecoming: Theme: There is No Place Like Homecoming - Sat, Sep 18 from 6:30 pm in the gym. Prepaid tickets $30 and $40 at the door. CLICK HERE to purchase. Dress code: Formal, no gym shoes. Click HERE for details. Homecoming Guest form linked here

Fall Picture Day: is Tues, Sep 21. To order for prep students CLICK HERE for details. If you do not want to order online, there are order forms in the front office.

PSO Meeting: Fri, Sep 24 from 8:30 - 9:30 am in the library

Class of 2022 Chipotle Fundraiser Night: Chipotle at Dana Park, Tues, Sep 28, 4 -8 pm to support the 2022 Senior Class trip. Show THIS FLYER when ordering.

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

Families,

This week we had confirmed transmission on campus. This was a case of one 8th grade student passing it to another. This is considered an outbreak and you can read the outbreak letter. Since the begining of school we have had 7 students test postive for covid using the PCR tests. You can always find the Arete Prep current case counter on our website and I will begin to include an update in our newsletter as well.

We have community level mitigation strategies which currently include, increased filtration and ventilation in all indoor spaces. We also have an additional day porter to ensure common spaces are cleaned regularly.

Possible personal mitigation measures to dicsuss with you child are:

Frequent hand washing

Not sharing food or drink with others

Wearing a mask

I am excited and grateful to be offering 100% in person learning for students. We are seeing students thrive here on campus. With your continued help in checking for COVID like symptoms, we can keep our community healthy.

Sincerely,

Julia Gillingham | Headmaster

Join us for a free webinar designed for parents and educators to discuss teen mental health. Aurora clinical staff members discuss aspects of how teen mental health has been impacted during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the challenges faced in a return to normalcy.

This presentation discusses the Snapchat application, identifies the applications origins, the appeal to our youth, who is currently using Snapchat, how they are using it, and the risks associated with using it.

This presentation will review criminal cases involving Snapchat and show an actual case of how a family can be personally impacted. Lastly, we will discuss the role that professionals, parents, and caretakers can do to protect the youth in our lives.

The Women’s Fitness Extracurricular invites ANYONE of ANY fitness level ages 12+ (women/men/students/parents/teachers/etc.) to join us as we work together to take on our first ever 5k Obstacle Course on November 6. Pay here for group rate. Register online HERE to reserve your spot. Use coupon code ARETE to avoid double payment. (Do NOT join team “Arete Mud Runners," that is NOT us.)

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!

Welcome back to school 2021-2022! We will have a "Welcome Teachers Appreciation Lunch" and birthday celebration Thurs, Sep 9. Please consider donating to make this lunch successful for our Arete Prep staff and teachers. Your generosityis greatly appreciated. CLICK HERE to sign up.

6th Grade Coffee shop is this coming Tuesday 9/7. See you in the library!

Every year Ms. Gillingham schedules times to meet with parents of grade levels or sections. CLICK HERE for the 2021-2022 schedule. NOTE: 8TH GRADE DATE CHANGE

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.

JUNIOR NIGHT Zoom Presentation: Thurs, Sept 30 @ 6 pm - An Evening with College Counseling (for all Juniors and their families). All Juniors and families have been emailed an initial invite with Zoom link information

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

Our new neighbor to the west, INSPIRE Dance Studio, is offering Arete families a 10% discount on tuition! Students enrolled in a 3:30 pm class will have the option to be escorted to the studio by an INSPIRE staff member. Learn more HERE. 

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 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. 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.