Arete Charter Academy

We are so excited to support a local (Arete) family and bring low cost Arete Spirit Gear to you this year. Please return the attached order form with exact cash or check made out to PRSD by Thursday, September 9, 2021 to the Arete Front Office. T Shirts are $10 and Sweatshirts are $20

So very thankful for the firefighters, police officers, sheriffs, 911 operators, dispatch, and support staff who are fighting so hard to protect all of us. Thinking of their families who love and worry about them. Thankful also to everyone who organizes the information to keep us safe and informed! Please let us know if you need support or know of any of our Arete families who do. Register for CodeRED Emergency Alerts in Advance of Countywide Test August 16... The County of Nevada will be testing the CodeRED Emergency Alert system on August 16. This is an opt-in, mass notification system to communicate critical emergency information, such as Evacuation Warnings and Orders. All residents registered for these alerts will receive a test call, email, and text on Monday, August 16. No action is required on the day of the test. Register for CodeRED Emergency Alerts today by creating a managed account at ReadyNevadaCounty.org/EmergencyAlerts, or by calling Connecting Point at 2-1-1 or 1-833-DIAL211 for over-the-phone assistance. Be sure to add all members of your household with access to a cell phone to your account. Pro-tip! Avoid accidentally ignoring the emergency alert calls as spam. Add CodeRED Emergency Alerts to your phone’s contacts, (866) 419-5000 or (855) 969-4636. NOTE: CodeRED emergency alerts will not be used for every fire in Nevada County. Alerts will be used only when an incident is deemed a serious potential threat to life and property (Evacuation Warning) or an immediate threat to life (Evacuation Order). Many factors are considered when determining whether an Evacuation Warning or Order is issued, such as the size of the fire, rate of spread, number of available suppression resources, wind, temperature, topography, and proximity to residences. Know Your Evacuation Zone When an evacuation warning or order is necessary, these emergency alerts are issued by evacuation zones. Authorities will use zone names in emergency alerts, media releases, and social media to notify residents which areas are under an Evacuation Warning or Order. Residents are encouraged to be familiar with the evacuation zones they live and work. Find your evacuation zones at community.zonehaven.com by entering your home or work address into the search bar.

Tomorrow, August 6, is Arete's Coffee Talk with Director Arete Sarah Schwartz Grab a cup of coffee or tea and meet me here on your screen from 8:30-9:00am. I will be reviewing the Master Agreement and all contracts, discussing curriculum options and the Resource Center and answering questions. We will have another one on August 17th covering the same topics, so you do not need to attend both unless you have additional questions. Join Zoom Meeting https://prsd-us.zoom.us/j/481...7950151 Meeting ID: 481 795 0151 Passcode: GoAreteGo

Thinking of all of our Arete families and staff who are evacuated or packed and ready for the notification to go. We plan to be open for Summer Camp tomorrow, but may have limited office and support staff as we do have peeps who are evacuated. Thanks for your patience.

Pleasant Ridge Union School District Families, We hope you've had an amazing summer and were able to enjoy time outside as a family! We realize that the start of school is just two weeks away and we wanted to provide a few essential updates since there continue to be state and local guidance and program changes related to COVID-19. Please note, this message is intended to be a quick summer update as we will provide additional detailed updates prior to the start of school. 1. ...COVID-19 Health Guidelines - Linked here are the updated California Department of Public Health Guidelines (CDPH) for schools. Please note the Pleasant Ridge Union School District is required to continue to follow these health directives to ensure the safety of our staff, students, families, and community. Based on these guidelines, masks continue to be required on school campuses for everyone when indoors regardless of vaccination status. We will continue to monitor this guidance and will share essential updates as things change. Respectfully, Rusty S. Clark Superintendent Pleasant Ridge Union School District Encourage Engage Educate

If your child attended Arete Charter Academy last year for the 2020-2021 School Year, we have a Scholar Student pass waiting for them in the Arete front office. You may pick it up Monday through Friday from 8am-4pm. Thanks!

An amazing Arete athlete. We are so proud of our sweet boy!!

Arete Charter Academy Blended Middle School- Arete is so excited to announce that we will be opening a blended middle school for 6-8th grades for the 2021-2022 School Year. Students will be invited onto campus Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 9am-2pm and will receive direct instruction from amazing credentialed Arete teachers. There will be a lunch break and electives. This program is perfect for students who need more direct instruction and social interaction with other... students. Lessons will be hands-on, interactive, and engaging! Arete Charter Academy’s Blended Middle School Program is an interactive mix of students learning on campus through teacher facilitated instruction (five hours per day, three days a week) and at home assigned learning for two days a week. On days when students are not working in the Resource Center, they continue to learn at home under the supervision of parents, using curriculum and resources provided or approved by their teachers. This is not merely an online program; it is designed to keep kids active and moving with a combination of online and textbook learning, exciting experiments, hands-on activities, and more! All students are supported by their assigned Educational Advisor who monitors their individual progress. They may also receive additional instruction from staff who are available to provide academic interventions, as needed. The combination of teacher guidance and student independence with ongoing monitoring and support helps students gain experience and develop skills to empower them and embrace a love of life-long learning. The program, including curriculum, supplies, staff, and electives is $3250. There will be no cost to parents. The fee will be paid with Arete Student Instructional Funds. Also, Arete will provide a bus from Magnolia to Arete in the mornings. Your child can ride a Magnolia bus to Magnolia, or you can drop them off at Magnolia, and then they board Bus 27 to Arete. Then families will be responsible to pick up their kiddos at 2pm at Arete or carpool with other families. As this program includes having students on campus for more than the 20% (or six hours a week) that is considered home school, students must have full and current vaccinations or a valid medical waiver. Please email [email protected] with questions. Click here to sign up. https://docs.google.com//1Rnz3w96aykk5z3LicDJ_sXR-YCF/edit

Happy Summer and welcome to all of our new Arete families! If you want to be part of our Arete Private Facebook Group, please friend me at Arete Sarah Schwartz and I will add you to the group. We still have some room in our 2nd and 3rd Grade Summer Camp starting next week. Click here for more information. https://docs.google.com//1qaSV3bLFljXh5YiYlWC-Cqn5wMx/edit Also, we are offering a blended middle school program next year. Click here for more information and to enroll.... https://docs.google.com//1Rnz3w96aykk5z3LicDJ_sXR-YCF/edit We are busy working this summer opening six new classrooms for next year and adding wifi campus wide. Hope you all have a restful break!

Keep the learning going throughout the summer!

If you are enrolled at Arete Charter Academy and are coming to us for school for the 2021-2022 school year, you are invited to attend our Summer Camp. We have a waiting list for TK-1 and 4-6th but will take names if an opening pops up. We still have room in 2/3. Thanks! https://docs.google.com//1qaSV3bLFljXh5YiYlWC-Cqn5wM/edit

Arete Charter Academy is excited to announce that we will be taking applications for the 2021-2022 school year starting March 1 on arete.prsd.us. The 2020 funding freeze has been defrosted!! So excited!!

Cute New Year's Eve Bingo activity. https://www.thebestideasforkids.com//New-Years-Bingo-Print

People, you knocked our socks off with your generosity. We are literally walking around the school here with no socks on. It's so embarrassing. :) We just received news that we made it into the garden match part that included a $200 grant. That means we raised a total of $1140 towards our sweet little garden. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

If you were ever thinking of contributing to Arete's Butterfly Garden, now is the time. We are #112 on the list of funds most raised and are set to receive a grant of $200. If we drop to spot 116 before midnight, we drop to the $100 grant slot. Anyone want to keep us up in the green seat??!!! We're in the final hours our 30-day fundraising campaign and are working hard to reach our goal here: https://donate.seedmoney.org/5/arete-charter-academy-garden Our friends at SeedMone...y, the nonprofit hosting our campaign, have 205 challenge grants available on a competitive basis. The more we are able to raise, the larger the grant we can qualify to receive. Every donation, no matter how small, helps us inch closer to our final goal. Thanks for your support!

We are half-way through our 30-day fundraising campaign and are making a big push today in celebration of Giving Tuesday, the biggest day of the year for online giving. Our friends at SeedMoney, the nonprofit hosting our campaign, have an additional, time-sensitive grant we'd love to win: a $400 gift card to Gardeners Supply Company that we could really use for buying tools and supplies. All you need to do to enter us into the running for that grant is make a donation of any amount to our campaign here: https://donate.seedmoney.org/5/arete-charter-academy-garden On Wednesday, SeedMoney will randomly choose one donor as the lucky winner. If you happen to be that person, not only will you win a $400 gift card for us, but you'll also win a $100 gift card for yourself. Thanks for supporting our work this Giving Tuesday!