Twice Exceptional | Arete Academy

Max Melby

Semantics, Dark Chocolate, and Friendship

Sometimes these blog posts have meaningful takeaways. This is not one of those posts... this one is more about sharing something...

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Enrichment, Enrichment, Enrichment

It's worth the time, money, and resources... I promise. We reeaaallllly care about enrichment at Arete. We've implemented enrichment...

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Parent Interview (video)

Throwback to the spring of 2020, when it was very clear that COVID would be keeping us home for more than a little while and we had to...

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"WARNING: [Student] has beaucoup bags of sugar he is freely distributing."

Whether you work with 2e students or parent 2e children, you just need to laugh sometimes. It can be easier than crying. This incident...

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Secret Agents, Iowa, and 2e Students

How do you get a group of anxious 2e students to share personal information with a group of strangers? Well, you obviously take the time...

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An Arete Update

Allow us to reintroduce ourselves... and hopefully, kick off a habit of publishing regular blog posts! In an effort to publish content...

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Quick Instructions and Outdoor Exploration: A Typical Middle School Class

In this blog post: Getting back to blogging at Arete A brief narrative of what a class period at Arete looks like Some examples of smart...

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"Kids do well when they can."

This is the first blog post published in a series to share how Arete is gearing up for the 21/22 school year. There are practices,...

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This is not a drill: we have a blog!

... and it's about time! It’s an exciting and nerve-wracking feeling for us to finally start a blog. In our first year of operation...