A Note from Headmaster Scott

Dear Archway Trivium Families,

This week I am grateful for:

   …teachers who examine their own hearts before issuing discipline for a misbehaving student.

   …straight and quiet lines.

   …a cow eye dissection in 3rd grade.

   …RAIN!

   …parents who email with heartfelt concern for the disruptive student in their child’s class.

   …Deans who seem to be supporting in every grade level at the same time.

   …scholars with their hands up during Spalding.

   …resources to buy the things we need as a school.

   …a soup-er lunch provided by 4^th grade parents

   …weather under 100 degrees.

   …working at Archway Trivium! 

Heartily Devoted,

Clay Scott

Headmaster

Archway Classical Academy | Trivium

Student Pledge Leaders: Tiffany C., Conan P., Ally C., Logan K. Sarah E.

Here are a few important reminders about upcoming events at Archway Trivium. Please visit our website, www.archwaytrivium.org, for more information.

The latest Friday Flash newsletters can always be found on our website under 

Parent Resources->Latest News.

Upcoming Events:

Reminder: No Student Drop-off/Pick-up from Neighboring Businesses

Parents - You may not use the parking lots of neighboring businesses for student drop-off/pick-up. We have received multiple complaints from the Southwest Kidney Institute. Per the City of Goodyear police, this is considered trespassing and citations may be issued.

School Office Hours

As a reminder, the Front Office open at at 7:30 AM each morning and closes at 3:30 PM on regular school days and at 1:50 PM on Wednesdays. If you need to stop by the office, please plan to do so during Office Hours. Thank you!

2021-22 State Test Results

Last year's state test results for current 4th and 5th grade students who attended Archway Trivium West last year will be given to parents during our Parent/Teacher Conferences in October. If your student did not attend Archway Trivium West last year, you will need to contact your former school for test results. 

Thank you to all our new donors that joined our Community Investment Campaign between 9/1/2022 and 9/16/2022 in response to our Unity in Community Week. You can see our full list of donors here. Thanks to ALL of our current donors, we have so far reached 69% of our fundraising goal for this year. Archway Trivium relies on your partnership and need your help in this Campaign to support the important things like teacher salaries, our daily Specials, and to keep our lights on. If you have yet to support our Campaign, please visit us online to make a one-time or monthly gift of a meaningful amount. It is not too late to pledge* or give a gift to the school!  bit.ly/ArchwayTriviumCI

*Pledging your Community Investment gift means to set it up online to draw as a one-time gift or as a monthly gift any date between today and 6/30/2023.

We will be drawing our Grand Prize Winners from all of our current Community Investment and Tax Credit donors on social media later today so STAY TUNED!!!! TWO winners will be able to choose from: GOLDEN TICKET to Pick-Up, $100 Amazon Gift Card, $100 Dennis Uniform Gift Card, BYO Paul Tipton Experience, or $100 McFall Tire & Auto Gift Card!

Grads Photography will be on campus on Tuesday, September 27 for School Picture Retake Day. If your student is new to Trivium since the last picture day or was absent on Picture Day (August 30), they will have their picture taken. If you ordered school pictures and would like a retake, your student must bring in the picture package on retake day to give back to the photographer. School photos are mailed directly to your home. 

You may PRE-ORDER your pictures by

CLICKING HERE

If you have any questions, please call Grads Photography at 623.580.4723.

Parent/Teacher Conferences will be held on Monday - Wednesday, October 10-12. These evaluation conferences run 15 minutes as you meet with your child's homeroom teachers. You may also sign up to meet with specials teachers during conference week. The evaluation meetings are designed so your child's teacher may further describe their academic performance and discuss any questions you may have. These conferences are for parents/guardians only. Students should not be on campus on conference days. Please reach out to your child's teacher if you have any questions or for information regarding sign-ups.

Sign up for Parent-Teacher Conferences

K-5 student evaluations for Quarter 1 will be available by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, October 7 in the Powerschool Parent Portal. We ask that parents please log on to the parent portal before the office closes for fall break to ensure that you are able to access your account to view your child's evaluations. A successful login attempt will result in a message indicating the portal is closed. The portal will remain disabled until evaluations go out. At that time, the portal will be opened temporarily for you to view your students' report card(s). You will be notified by email on October 7 when evaluations are ready to view.

• If your child was a student at Archway Trivium West or Archway Trivium East last year, you will use the same login as last year.

• If you have new students for the 2022-2023 school year (example: returning 4th grader but a new kindergartener or new from outside of the Great Hearts network), you will receive an email with their Access ID and Password information to add them to your existing account by Wednesday, September 28.

• If you are new to Archway Trivium this year but attended another Great Hearts school last year, you will still use the same login and password that you used last year. 

You can access the Powerschool Parent Portal website here. We have found that using Google Chrome or Firefox as your web browser is best. Please reach out to Stefany Dean at sdean@archwaytrivium.org if you have any questions about your Powerschool Parent Portal account.

Registration is now open for our Wednesday, Quarter 2 clubs. Registration is offered on a first come, first serve basis, so don't delay! If a club is full, please join the Wait List to be notified should additional spots become avaialble.

Wednesday - Quarter 2 Clubs

SportsKidz AZ - Soccer (K-5) starts 10/19

Play-well LEGO (K-2, 3-5) starts 10/19

Young Rembrandts (K-2, 3-5) starts 10/19

Quarter 2 Early Drop Off Club

If your student participates in this club, please don't forget to register for Quarter 2.

Visit our website for more information and to register.

www.archwaytrivium.org/clubs

The Usborne Read-a-thon and Book Fair are coming up! The annual Read-a-thon will be held Friday, September 30 - Sunday, October 9. Read-a-thon packets will be sent home with Archway scholars next week. Continuing tradition, the classroom with the most participants will be rewarded with a popcorn party by the PSO! The Usborne book fair will be held in the school library in November. More details will follow after Fall Break.

A quick reminder that all school library books are due back by Thursday, September 29. We want to ensure all library books are returned prior to Fall Break. Any questions, please contact the school librarian at jtinker@archwaytrivium.org.

Our Lost and Found is full of lunch boxes, water bottles, etc. Please remind your students to periodically check the Lost and Found for missing items. Lost and Found items are kept in the Archway MPR. Unclaimed items are donated during Fall Break.

Thank you to our PSO and 4th grade families for the AMAZING lunch today! The food was delicious and the Soup-er Sandwich theme was so much fun for our faculty and staff! We appreciate you!

Mark your calendar and start cleaning out your closets! Our PSO Goodwill Drive will be held Saturday, October 22 from 9am-3pm at the school. Please review these donation guidelines before donating items.

This event is open to the community, so please share with your friends! We earn money based on the weight of donations received, so the more, the merrier! Look for more details as the date approaches. Thank you for your support. 

PSO Uniform Collection - Monday, October 24

The PSO will be hosting a Uniform Collection on Monday, October 24 in the front office from 7:30-9:30am, during the PSO General Meeting in the Archway MPR and from 1:30-3:30 PM. Parents can bring in gently-used uniforms and concert attire to receive vouchers which can be used to shop at upcoming Uniform Exchange events. 

All donated items must be uniform-policy compliant, clean, and in good condition. Accepted items include: shirts with emblems, sweaters/pullovers with emblems, pants, shorts, skirts, rompers, belts, shoes, and concert attire. For Archway Trivium, only Dennis or Anton-brand skirts and rompers will be accepted for exchange.

PSO Uniform Exchange - Tuesday, October 25, 5-8 PM

Our PSO Uniform Exchange will be held on Tuesday, October 25 from 5-8  PM in the Archway MPR. 

Families may purchase used uniforms at a discounted price or may receive credit for donating used uniforms. Only Dennis/Anton brand uniforms in good condition (no holes, stains or frayed edges) will be accepted for exchange credit.

Save the Date for our second annual Literary & Historical Figure Day on the half day, Friday, November 4. Scholars are invited to choose a literary or historical figure from the Archway curriculum and come to school dressed as that figure* on Friday, November 4. This is a great way to celebrate our love of history and literature. All students are encouraged to participate! 

*Please remember that the character you choose should be from one of the Classics-to-Keep from the K-5 list, Greek or Roman Mythology or a historical character from our History or Science curriculum. It’s very important that your character looks like the author’s description of the character and not a movie version. If your costume will be at all see through, you must wear your uniform underneath. If you choose not to participate, you will need to come in uniform. All costumes must abide by dress code guidelines in the Family Handbook and must exclude any frightening or aggressive costumes or accessories. 

You won't want to miss the PSO Ren Faire on Saturday, November 5 from 4-8 PM. It will be a "knight" to remember! Please mark your calendars and look for more information coming soon.

Want to help the teachers have more time for our scholars? Then sign up to help make their copies! Volunteering for the copy program will free up valuable time for our teachers enabling them to spend more time on what really matters - our children!

On Tuesdays from 9am-11am we will be making copies for the Kindergarten 2nd grade teachers. On Fridays from 9am-11am we will be making copies for the 3rd-5th grade teachers. 

Please click on the Sign Up Genius to sign up to volunteer. Volunteers must have current Raptor clearance to serve. Thank you! 

Volunteer to Support the Copy Program 

The Great Hearts Gala is Saturday, September 24, 2022 at the Chateau Luxe. The theme is "Journey to the Emerald City." Proceeds from this event benefit Arizona teachers through the Teacher Excellence Fund.

The hosted cocktail hour begins at 5:30pm, followed by dinner, program, auction, raffle, and music and dancing under the stars on the patio. Attire is semi-formal, black tie optional for this 21 and older event. Visit our website for more information or to purchase tickets.

Learn More about the Great Hearts Gala

Health Policy Reminder

As a reminder, scholars must stay home from school if they have:

• a fever of 100.0 degrees or higher
• vomiting and/or diarrhea
• a wet, productive cough and/or nasal drainage that is not clear in color
• difficulty breathing or uncontrolled coughing
• mucus or pus draining from the eye
• an undiagnosed, new, and/or untreated rash or skin condition
• live lice

Students may return after 24 hours without fever and without use of fever-reducing medications, and 24 hours since the last incidence of vomiting and/or diarrhea. If a student returns to school prior to 24 hours without these symptoms, he or she will be sent home.

Donation Requests

Our Health Office is looking for donations of the following items to support our students:

• Size small uniform shirts
• Cases of water bottles
• Boy/Girl Underwear - all sizes
• White Socks 
• Lysol sanitizing wipes

Parents, if you would like to donate these items for our nurses to use in emergencies, this would be greatly appreciated. Donations can be left in the front office labeled for the Archway Trivium nurse. Thank you!

If your child was sent home with a loaner uniform, please wash and return it to the nurse's office as soon as possible.

My Hot Lunchbox is excited for another great year of delivering school lunch!

Online ordering is now available at: ordernow.myhotlunchbox.com/. If you are a first-time customer, visit the My Hot Lunchbox website to create your free account. Families with students at multiple Trivium schools should create only ONE account per family.

Important Note: You will need to update your profile with the student's grade for the current school year in the "My Profiles" section before ordering.

If you have any questions, please review the Parent Lunch FAQ or contact My Hot Lunchbox at (888) 894-8295 or by email at info@myhotlunchbox.com. Ordering is easy! Follow the link below to get started or visit the PSO Lunch page on the school website for more information.

Click Here to Order Lunch

The Trivium Lunch Program is entirely managed and distributed by our Parent Service Organization volunteers. This program is open to all students, faculty, and staff at Trivium. 

Volunteer in the Lunch Room

Sign up as a volunteer to help distribute lunches and receive free lunch from My Hot Lunchbox! (Raptor Clearance is required to volunteer). We will be awarding a $5 a day/per person credit to each school. All credits will be applied at the end of each month. Please email us at info@myhotlunchbox.com if you have any questions regarding the credits. Thank you for helping to make the lunch program a success at our school!

Click Here to Volunteer

Additionally, we ask parents to help serve in the lunchroom to assist our 1st-5th grade classes and keep the lunchroom running smoothly. Younger siblings are welcome to serve alongside parents as a "Lunchroom Buddy." Clearance through Raptor is required for all lunchroom volunteers.

Click Here to Volunteer as a Lunchroom Helper

With the expansion of Archway and addition of the new building, there are significant changes to the traffic flow for the upcoming school year. Please carefully review the new Archway Traffic Flow for Student Drop-off and Pick-up and reach out with any questions. Taking the time to understand these procedures will help to ensure the safety of our students/staff and a smooth traffic flow. 

Carpooling Update: Our east side pick-up lane has had a faster track and will now be our designated carpool lane. 

If you have 2 or more Archway ONLY pick-up cards, you will be guided into this fast-track lane for a faster pick-up. Please be sure to have your pick-up cards ready to show our traffic controllers that you are carpooling so they can guide you to the appropriate lane. To maintain the flow of pick-up, others may be directed to the fast-track lane, but carpools will be given priority. Please do not enter the carpool lanes until you are directed to do so.

As a reminder, if you are picking up Middle School students DO NOT ARRIVE to campus before 3:15 PM. This creates significant delays. If you arrive before 3:15, we will ask you to go back into our pick-up lanes and try again. 

Please follow the link below to review the DETAILED Archway Traffic Flow Plan and be sure to share this link with anyone authorized to drop-off/pick-up your children.

*View the DETAILED Archway Traffic Flow Procedures*

We are looking forward to welcoming volunteers back to campus this year! All Archway Trivium volunteers must have Raptor clearance before volunteering on campus. Raptor clearance must be renewed annually, so if you were cleared last year, you must complete the clearance process again for the 2022-23 school year.

Follow the link below to get started. The cost is $5 and it only takes a few minutes.

Click Here for More Information or to Register

Join us in wishing "Happy Birthday" to the following Archway Trivium faculty and staff with recent/upcoming birthdays! Faculty Favorites lists are available on our PSO Community page.

Valiere Velazquez - 1B Assistant - Sept 20

Christen Arbogast - Dean of Faculty - Sept 26

Audrey Barton - 4B Lead - Sept 26

Nuriana Eminger - 3C Lead - Sept 27

Anthony Allen - ESS Aid - Sept 27

Katie Kredit - School Nurse - Oct 2

Jackson Bailey - Music/EL Teacher - Oct 5

Iris Montoya - 4E Assistant - Oct 6

Kendra Montoya - 1D Assistant - Oct 21

Maureen Robinson - Music - Oct 26

Shakila Manjra - 1C Lead -  Oct 31

• Book and Supply Lists
• Uniform Information
• 2022-23 Academic Calendar
• Upcoming Events Calendar
• Extracurricular Clubs/Early Drop-off Club
• Traffic Flow for Student Drop-off/Pick-up
• Order Extra Pick-up Cards (2/$1)
• Order Hot Lunch
• Volunteer Approval Process

Archway Trivium West Main Office: (623) 414-4883

Attendance Line: (623) 565-5490

Website: www.archwaytrivium.org

2022-23 School/Office Hours: 

Opt in for Important GH and Trivium Text Messages

Parents and Guardians can take advantage of Great Hearts Text Messaging Service. Our school utilizes the SchoolMessenger system to deliver text messages straight to your mobile phone with important information about events, school closings, safety alerts, and more.

You can participate in this free service just by sending a text message of "Y" or "Yes" to our school's short code number, 67587. You can also opt out of these messages at any time by simply replying to one of our messages with "Stop".

Email Communications

If you know of parents who are not receiving these communications, please ask them to check their junk/promotions email folders, and then email bmcdonald@archwaytrivium.org for assistance. 

You can also find ALL school-wide communications on our website on the Latest News page.