Thank you for all those who were able to attend the Zoom Chats yesterday. We are sending an email to Middle School in person parents and High School in person parents with the recording of those chats. Distance Learners, we have two Zoom Chats next week on Thursday. All information can be found on our distance learning website. Password: APA!2020

Our teachers are working harder than ever before. They are navigating multiple daily duties, shortened lunch break, extended class time all while trying to rework their curriculum to meet students where they are this year. Our benchmark testing has shown that 4^th quarter put everyone behind. Therefore, in addition to adapting to all the new procedures and changes, faculty are working to adapt their curriculum to best support students to recover from these gaps as well as move forward in our all honors curriculum.

Would you like to show the teachers how much you appreciate the good work they do?! Give to Community Investment! Community Investment is the most direct way to support our teachers, students and classrooms. When you give, you are bridging the gap between state funding and what we need to pay our teachers and our bills. Currently the teacher pay has been frozen at 2019-2020 pay levels, they were not given their last 4% raise as part of the 20 by 2020. This is due to the expenses incurred in order to run in person classes. All the PPE, hand sanitizer, extra day porter to clean etc. Your gift has always mattered and now we need you more than ever. If you already give, consider giving $5 more. If you have never given, consider what your family would have paid in the spring to have classes back in session and consider giving that amount to the school.

If you currently give to Community Investment and would like to make a gift that goes directly to teacher bonuses, join me and Mr. Gillingham in giving to our Teacher Excellence Fund. Tomorrow, Great Hearts will be hosting a telethon to raise money for our wonderful and hardworking teachers. Arete will be showcased from 4-4:30pm on Facebook, YouTube, and our Academy websites. We hope you tune in and consider a gift to the Teacher Excellence Fund. Thank you for your support of our incredible teachers! 

For parents of students online: Click: 6th through 9th Grades: Thursday, September 24 @ 10:30 am

For parents of students online: Click: 10th through 12th Grade: Thursday, September 24 from 4:15 - 5 pm

GCU is offering free, for Arete Prep, access to their student Learning Lab. Sign up for a 40min session for free with a college student. Click here for more information.

11^th Grade Parents, Guardians and Students:

If you are attending in-person and borrowed an Arete Prep Laptop/Device, please hold onto the laptop until further notice. 

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

The Front Office: The new policy will be that only one person or one family per school will be allowed in the office. Please have a mask for each family member that enters the building and follow social distancing guidelines.

Lunch Drop Off: 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 - 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.

Tardy Students: Students that are late for school will be allowed in the Front Office to sign in one person or one family. They must have on masks and their temperature will be taken at that time. Students will need to wait their turn to come into the school outside and please practice social distancing guidelines.

Practice and game schedules and calendars continue to be updated. Team calendars can be found under the MORE tab. Areteprepchargers.com

Follow us on Instagram for updates and features! @AretePrepChargers 

Panda Express Virtual Event!

Help send our Senior Class of '21 to Washington DC by ordering lunch or dinner at ANY Panda Express location on September 21. Orders for pick-up or delivery must be placed online using CODE: 900240 and our Seniors will earn 28% of the proceeds! Your friends and family across the country can use this code on September 21 to order from any Panda Express so be sure to share it!  

CLICK HERE for more information.

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 has an online parent payment system, Configio, that is used to avoid handling checks and cash at the school. Use this link to view what’s in the Online Parent Payment system. Payments such as clubs, sports, parking permits, etc. can be made here.  

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.