Addendum: Welcome Back!

SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS

Drop Off / Pick Up

QR codes are now required for pick up. To print or download your student's QR code, log in to your portal here. You can take a picture of your QR code for ease of use in the pick up line.

Traffic on campus during drop off and pick up will be heavy the first 2 weeks of school. We greatly appreciate our community's kindness and patience as we work diligently to safely transfer your child/ren to and from vehicles. Feel free to thank the teachers who are working in 100+ degree temps. Plan to leave earlier in the mornings to account for the slower lines on campus. Please note, students may enter campus beginning at 7:20 am and may not be dropped sooner.

COVID Policy Update

By now, all parents should have received an update from Mr. Twist. If you missed it, click this link to access back-to-school updates regarding new COVID guidelines. Also, our Covid-19 Mitigation Policy can be found on our websites via this l ink.

Volunteer Clearance

All volunteers must renew their clearance every year. Click this link to complete the volunteer application. The cost is $5. Enrollment is good from July 1, 2021 through the following June 2022. Each July, you will need to re-register for the following school year. All volunteers must be approved through this process, no exceptions.

Receive Important Text Messages

Archway Arete utilizes the SchoolMessenger system to deliver text messages straight to your mobile phone with important information about school closings, safety alerts and more. Send a text message to our school's short code number 67587. Reply Yes to opt in.

SportsKidz Basketball Registration

Archway Arete Basketball through SportsKidz AZ will begin on August 12th. This is a co-ed program for K-5th grade students. Join us in developing skill sets, character, and teamwork as we work to represent our school in tournament play. Practice is Thursdays from 3:15 - 4:15 pm on campus. Register now!

Music and PE Teachers

Archway Arete is still looking for part-time music and PE teachers. Both positions are serving grades kindergarten and first. The talent team at the home office as well as the academy leadership team has been turning over every stone for the last month and have come up short. We need your help! If you or anyone you know would be right for our academy, please reach out to Headmaster Gillingham: NGillingham@ArchwayArete.org. We will start the year with substitute teachers to help fill the gaps but would love to find a permanent member of the Arete family as soon as possible.

Declaration of Independence

Beginning this year, in keeping with a new Arizona law, students in fourth and fifth grade will begin a new daily practice. Students will recite a beautiful passage from one of America's founding documents, the Declaration of Independence. 4th and 5th graders, will recite this short passage every day following the Pledge of Allegiance:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.

2021-22 School Supply Shopping Lists

If you did not order a SchoolKidz Supply Kit by the May 21st deadline, see the lists below to shop this summer for your child's school supplies. Please bring these items with you at Meet the Teacher Night, August 3rd.

Late Pick Up Policy

Please review our Late Pick Up Policy here. Once we get through the first couple days of school, late pick up fees will apply.

2021-2022 Family Calendar

Go here to view the 2021-22 school calendar.

Family Handbook Review and E-Sign

We are happy to announce that signing the Family Handbook will be done electronically again this year through the Enrollment Portal, making it more convenient and reducing the amount of paper needing to be printed. This is required of all families.

To complete the process of signing, please follow the steps below:

Please log into the Great Hearts Parent Portal system using your username and password. If you do not remember your log-in information, please click on the Forgot Password and follow the instructions. If you continue to experience issues, please reach out to ghenrollment@greatheartsaz.org.
Once you are in the enrollment system, you will see a large box that says, Arizona Academy Family Handbook
In the Handbook section, please click on the Review and E-Sign Family Handbook button
Review the handbook by clicking on the Family Handbook Link
Once reviewed, please navigate back to the Enrollment Parent Portal, accept and sign with your electronic signature
After you accept and hit NEXT, you will receive an email confirmation to the email registered in the enrollment system
Please complete for each student

If you experience any technical difficulties with the form, please reach out to ghenrollment@greatheartsaz.org.

We ask that you kindly agree to the handbook and consent forms by Tuesday, August 31, 2021. If you have any questions, please reach out to us.

PARENT SERVICE ORGANIZATION

Ordering Hot Lunch

Hello Greatheart Families! If you are new to the school please go online to Greathearts.boonli.com to sign up for an account to purchase lunch for your students. The code for our school is: Arete21. You can also donate money to your amazing teachers so they can order lunch too! If you have any questions about the lunch program, please contact Tiffany Wright at 480-606-8590.

Meet and Greet at Krazy Air

Jump for joy, it's a new school year! Join us at Krazy Air Trampoline Park in Mesa (4310 E McDowell Rd., Mesa 85215) on Friday August 6th from 6 - 8 pm as we kick off the school year with some fun. Jump passes can be purchased at the door for $22 per person. For questions, contact PSO Event Lead June Brockmeyer.

Teacher Appreciation Lunch

The PSO hosts a monthly staff birthday party luncheon and our FIRST Birthday lunch of the school year is on Thursday, August 19th. This is right around the corner! This lunch feeds all 70 members of the Archway faculty and staff and we need YOUR help. Please see this month's Sign Up Genius link for details on how to contribute.

Volunteer in the Lunchroom

Without you, we would not be able to offer our hot lunch program to the community. Working in the lunchroom is easy and fun. No food preparation is done, and it is a great place to meet other parents and see your student at lunchtime. Click on the links below to sign up!

All volunteers must be background cleared. Click here to submit a brief application for clearance.

August Lunches

September Lunches

October Lunches

ATHENAEUM

Enroll

After-School Athenaeum is a tuition-based program designed to reinforce the lessons learned in your child’s classroom, complementing our mission as a classical, liberal arts institution. But it’s not all academics! Athenaeum scholars also enjoy time for recreation, games, socializing and just plain fun. Athenaeum runs daily from the dismissal bell (even on early release and half-days) until 6:00 p.m. Flexible and affordable options are available to fit any family’s after-school needs. Please contact Lory Sipel, Campus Coordinator at Archway Arete programs.arete@greatheartsaz.org | www.greatheartsaz.org

Now Hiring

Athenaeum is hiring! Part-Time After-School Teachers and Desk Attendance. If you’re interested, and need more information, email MRodriguez@greatheartsaz.org.