To report an absence please email a parent note or medical excuse for each absence to [email protected]. Include the student’s name, grade, and homeroom teacher.  You may attach doctor’s notes to the email or turn them in to the front office. After three parent notes, our school policy requires a medical note to excuse an absence.

Elementary (K-6^th) Attendance is taken daily at 9:20am.

If your student is marked absent an auto generated email is sent to the parent if that option has been selected in the Parent Portal. These emails will always state that the absence is unexcused. The attendance office will later code the absence appropriately based on the documentation received.

As a public school, we must follow Texas Education Code (TEC) 25.092 which states that a student may not be given credit for a class unless the student is in attendance for at least 90% of the days the class is offered. That means a student may only be absent seven times in the fall semester and nine times in the spring semester to retain credit for the grade level. If your child has absences beyond those numbers, you may be asked to appear before the attendance committee. The attendance committee may give class credit to a student who is in attendance less than the number of days required because of extenuating circumstances.

We take the responsibility of educating our students seriously, and excessive absences can hinder a student’s progress and the school’s ability to provide for his/her educational needs. We do understand that children get ill, and we certainly understand when they are too sick to come to school. We appreciate your help in making sure your child is present for school at all other times.

Ginger Story, LPC

Have any social emotional topics, areas of concern, or needing advice for your child that you would like to learn about in our newsletter? Please email me at [email protected]

Ms. Simpson decided to pursue another opportunity and is no longer at Trivium. Mrs. Bradley and Ms. Northcutt will complete the academic conferences in January and February for our current 8th-10th graders. Stay tuned after the Winter Break for sign-ups!

This time of year is extra special with so many fun learning opportunities for our students. Many grades are learning about holidays around the world. 4th and 5th grades are reading the holiday classics, A Christmas Carol and Gift of the Magi, and then performing a reader's theater version of both classics. The Grinch is visiting 2nd grade each day with a special challenge for the students, and kinder is about to embark on a learning experience through the Polar Express! Thank you to our teachers for making this time of year both educational and magical.

Tis the season for concerts and performances! We've been so fortunate to welcome back live shows this year. Both our choir and theatre departments have wowed us with musical performances from grades 3-11. We're looking forward to the upcoming show, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, from our theatre department in February!

We are so excited to welcome Ms. Stephanie Powell to our Trivium family! She will be teaching 7th and 8th grade science, as well as helping out with a couple of genius hour classes. The students have been eagerly awaiting her arrival and gave her a warm welcome with cards, small gifts, and posters. Ms. Powell kicked off her "first day of school" with a get-to-know-you activity using m&ms - a crowd pleaser! Ms. Powell comes to us with 18 years of experience teaching middle school science in CFBISD and Lewisville ISD. She also started and runs her own tutoring company and has already discovered many pre-existing connections to Trivium families from her years in education. We can't wait to see what is in store for middle school science next semester!

Family:  My husband, Ted, and I have been married for 15 years. My daughter Rachel is in the 4th grade. We have two pets, a cat named Smokey and a Texas spiny lizard named Steve that lives in our atrium. My parents and brother live up in Denton and we gather every Saturday evening for dinner and fun.

Education: I attended Southern Methodist University and the University of North Texas for my undergraduate work. I completed my Master’s in Education at Texas A & M Commerce.

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If you haven't joined a PIE committee yet and you still want to, make sure and join the PIE Bloomz page for more information on how to get involved! Parent partnerships are crucial to the success our our students!

Join the PIE Bloomz page with code: HZ42DG.

If you are planning to volunteer on campus, we will need you to fill out the volunteer background check (see the link below).

The Ascender Portal is now available for secondary parents and students to set up an account to view grades. There are four links below. The first two links are the actual websites to login to either the student or parent portal in Ascender. The last two links are instructions for setting up your parent or student account.