Next week your scholars will be making magnetic slime! In order for each student to make their own slime we need a few items. Please sign up HERE to make all your scientists dreams come true! Please send in the materials by Thursday, April 6. We really appreciate your help and contributions for this fun activity!

Mrs. Smith is teaching Summer Academy at Arete this year! She is so excited and would love to see your scholars there. See the classes and course descriptions below. Sign up by tomorrow, April 1 for a 10% early bird discount!

Farm to Table Week 1: June 5-9  9:00AM - 1:00 PM

Our journey from "Farm to Table" gives campers a chance to learn what it means to grow, harvest, raise and preserve food. We will be looking at the lost skills of farming through art history and passed-down family recipes. Experiments with photosynthesis, anatomy, and decomposition will help campers see nature at work. By the end of the week we will have a real farmer's market where each student will sell good they have made. Additionally we will host a local farmer with produce for families to browse and show, while discussing the importance of healthy choices for mind, body, and soul!

Inventions and Discoveries Week 2: June 12-16 9:00AM-1:00PM

Albert Einstein said, "Play is the highest form of research." We will learn to "play" with the past as we learn about foundational discoveries affecting our lives today - from paper and plastic, catapults and castles, to light bulb and robotics, we will explore how discoveries and inventions are like a snowball effect, as one idea is a platform for another. Scholars will learn how it can take centuries of ideas before inventions come to fruition. On Friday, we will host a science fair, displaying the different inventions campers "played with and came up with on their own!

Fine Arts and French Night is coming this Friday, April 7th!

Check out how much fun we had this week:

Magnets!

Reading the "Teaser" chapters at the end of Sarah, Plain and Tall

Ballroom dancing in P.E!

Cuteness overload!

Here is a glimpse at our upcoming week:

Language arts: We will we working through the writing process next week! Students will start with prewriting on Monday, brainstorming a list of their favorite activities. Tuesday will be spent writing a rough draft, Wednesday and Thursday will be spent revising and editing their drafts (first on their own, then with a peer). On Friday students will write their final papers. Mrs. Smith and I will be emphasizing that final papers should be students BEST work! This includes neat handwriting, proper formatting, and being proud of what they are turning in! We will read a story called About Lying and have a discussion about how lying leads to greater problems that one might initially realize. In literature we will be reading Little House in the Big Woods please send in a copy of this book with you child if you have not already! We will discuss the setting and how it relates to us in Arizona, and outline the 5 main characters in the story. After reading we will discuss how Laura's house and our homes differ, and learn the steps of food preservation! Ask your literature master what the vocab word 'headcheese' means!

Math: In math next week we will look at capacity! We will compare the capacity of contains to begin with, and then learn about the unit Liter. We will compare the capacity of containers in liters to units we are familiar with (cups, gallons, etc.) We will solve word problems involving capacity, and make a fun visual to see how all units compare! Make sure you ask your capacity captain about their new best friend, Gallon Bot!

History: Students will learn about mining in town and how they turned into ghost towns after the mines ran dry. Ask your scholar to explain the importance of Sequoyah, the Trail of Tears, Buffalo and the overall impact settlers had on the lives of Native Americans.

Science: Next week we will assess our understanding of magnets! Can you help our class by donating supplies to make magnetic slime? Please see the sign up link!