A Note from Headmaster Scott

Dear Archway Trivium West Families,

In our vernacular, there is a common refrain when mistakes and unfortunate things happen. As we work through the issue, we like to say “I just want to make sure that something like this doesn’t happen again.” I have said these words many times over the years. Generally, I am feeling very gracious as they are uttered—fully confident that I am looking forward in the mindset of proactive problem solving. I’ve recently changed my tune on that refrain. Consider this question to see if you would like to join me.

Do you really want to be associated with an organization that could actually make something like this not happen again? The level of control would be stifling on every level. It would have to disallow all mistakes, disagreements, and accidents. For my part, I am going to work to make myself more patient, understanding, and forgiving because the alternative is not pretty. Have a great weekend!

Heartily Devoted,

Clay Scott

Headmaster

Archway Classical Academy | Trivium

Student Pledge Leaders: Hartley P., Caroline E., Zakaria S., Case L., Christopher W. 

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:

Open Enrollment for New Students -

November 7 - December 9

Great Hearts Open Enrollment for new families is open from November 7-December 9, 2022. This enrollment is primarily for students applying for in Kindergarten in 2023-24 and 5th grade students applying for 6th Grade enrollment at Trivium Prep in 2023-24.

Current K-4th grade students DO NOT participate in Open Enrollment. Re-enrollment for Kinder-4th Grade families will take place in March 2023.

Please share this information with friends and family who might be interested in enrolling at Great Hearts. https://www.greatheartsamerica.org/enroll/

Today is the FINAL DAY to give to Snowstorm!!

The firm deadline is Friday, November 18 at 11:59 PM

Click Here to Give Today!

Snowstorm is an easy way to show love to our teachers during the holidays. Families who contribute to Snowstorm by November 18 will have their scholar’s name printed in a holiday card presented to teachers and staff during a special holiday breakfast in early December.

Each year at the holidays, our community joins in the collective giving spirit in a tradition known as Snowstorm. In lieu of gifts for each of your scholar’s six teachers, show your appreciation by giving an offering of thanks to be divided among Archway Trivium West faculty and staff. This year, we are asking families to consider a gift of $50 per scholar to help us reach our $17,000 goal. This would mean a holiday gift of $175 for each full-time staff member! Snowstorm is a unique opportunity to show support to our wonderful community and is a beloved tradition here at Archway Trivium West. A donations of ANY amount is greatly appreciated, after first giving to Community Investment.

Follow the steps below to help us Fall into a Snowstorm!

Families who have not already given are asked to first give to Community Investment before giving a Snowstorm Holiday Gift. Please consider giving to help us reach our goal!

First, Give to Community Investment

Then, Give to the PSO Snowstorm

We have asked you to fall into a snowstorm with us, and thanks for giving.

Thanksgiving will be followed by Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday, and then GIVING TUESDAY on November 29, 2022. It is a national movement you may now recognize where one day is set aside to intentionally express gratitude and encourage charitable giving. What better organization to support than the school our kids attend? We will be asking our community to come together again, this time for ONE DAY, to raise at least $10,000 to support the heart of the school…the budget that provides for everything from faculty salaries, the building mortgage and utilities, nursing staff, copies, to playground equipment.

The Lane Family is just one of many that support the school’s Community Investment Campaign. Learn more about their WHY on Giving Tuesday, and consider joining them if you are not already on our donor list. If you have any questions about Community Investment or about any other ways you want to support our school, please contact our Family Giving Officer, Annann Hong at ahong@archwaytrivium.org or call/text (773) 307-6779.  Thank you to the many that already support Archway Trivium!

Join us on Saturday, November 19 from 3PM -5PM for our annual self-serve PHOTO SHOOT event to benefit Snowstorm for teachers! We will have Fall and Winter scenes this year along with a Hot Chocolate Bar and Holiday Card making station for charity! You WILL NOT want to miss this fun event! 

Click Here to Sign Up for the Photo Shoot

Join the PSO in the Archway MPR for our first-ever uniform jacket swap and shop! Archway families are invited to bring Anton/Dennis uniform jackets that your child has outgrown to receive a voucher for this or future uniform exchanges. Parents can shop available jacket/sweater inventory. Please note: only uniform jackets/sweaters will be accepted during this event.

New! Tuesday, November 22, is a Trivium-wide spirit day. Students at Archway Trivium and Trivium Prep are encouraged to wear Spirit Wear on these days. This is a FULL day of school.

Archway scholars may wear one of the following shirts: Archway Trivium Spirit Wear, a Class t-shirt, an Archway athletics t-shirt, a Run the Virtues 5K t-shirt, Trivium Prep spirit wear, any previously purchased Archway Trivium West/East spirit wear, or a solid t-shirt of any color. This is optional and a uniform shirt can always be worn. All other uniform components should be worn according to our dress code. Show your school spirit!

Please mark your calendars for our upcoming Winter Concerts. This year, our Archway concerts will be held on campus in the Trivium Gym. Scholars wear Concert Attire (as described below). This is a wonderful celebration of our music program at Archway Trivium West. We look forward to seeing you there!

Winter Concert Dates

Monday, December 5

Kindergarten, 5 PM (arrive 4:30 PM)

1st Grade, 6 PM (arrive 5:30 PM)

2nd Grade, 7 PM (arrive 6:30 PM)

Thursday, December 8

3rd Grade, 5 PM (arrive 4:30 PM)

4th Grade, 6 PM (arrive 5:30 PM)

5th Grade, 7 PM (arrive 6:30 PM)

Concert Attire: Boys wear white collared dress shirts with black pants and black dress shoes. Girls wear a white blouse with a black skirt or black dress pants, or a solid black dress, and black dress shoes (open-toed shoes and reasonable heels are permitted).

The 2022-23 Archway Trivium yearbook is on sale now! Reserve your yearbook today! Save $5 with early-bird pricing until January 13, 2023. Yearbooks will feature both in-person and distance learning students. This year's book has been expanded to 100 pages. Don't miss out on the memories!

Yearbook Pricing (through 1/13/23):

Softcover- $32.00

Hardcover- $38.00

Personalization available for SOFTCOVER ONLY. (Add your scholar's name and portrait to the front cover for $5).

Click Here to Order your Yearbook

Join us for the Middle School Musical Theater's production of "Seussical Jr." on the Trivium Stage!

Tickets are CASH only at the door: $5 for students and $10 for adults. Children 5 and under are free. Concessions and Fan Mail will be available for purchase before the show and during intermission. 

Update: The production will take place in the gym. Seating is first come, first served.



• Friday, November 18 - 7 PM (Doors Open at 6:30 PM)
• Saturday, November 19 - 7 PM (Doors Open at 6:30 PM)

Thank you so much for making this our most successful book fair to date! If your child did not come to the book fair, or if we were out of a specific title, we have an online book fair open and the school still gets 50% credit towards new books for the school and classroom libraries. Any questions, please email our school librarian, Mrs. Tinker at jtinker@archwaytrivium.org.

Shop Usborne Books Online

Our teachers need your help making copies! Sign up for a day (or more!) and not only will you be helping our teachers and scholars, but you will have the opportunity to connect with our fantastic parent community! Your littles are welcome to come!

Thank you to everyone who has volunteered for the Copy Program thus far. Your time and effort has helped our teachers so much! We'd love to have you sign up again!

Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up. Typically, Tuesdays we make copies for Kinder-2nd grades and Fridays we make copies for 3rd-5th grade. We'd love to see you there! Thank you!

All Copy Program volunteers must have Raptor clearance to participate. 

Volunteer to Support the Copy Program 

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 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!

Family Handbook Signature - PAST DUE

Families who have not yet signed/returned the Family Handbook must complete and return the paper form sent home with your scholars. Please reach out to the front office with questions.

2021-22 State Test Results

If you did not receive your child's state test results during conferences, they are now available in the front office. This only applies to current 4th and 5th grade students who attended Archway Trivium West. If your student did not attend Archway Trivium West last year, you will need to contact your former school for test results. 

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.

Additionally, volunteers must complete a school-specific one-time-only Mandatory Volunteer Training.

Follow the link below to complete your Raptor clearance. 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.

Nicole McMahon - Counselor - November 4

Alecia McCormick - Asst Office Manager - November 5

Guadalupe Navarro - 5E TA - November 5

Saylor Cordova - KD TA - November 7

Kim Semenza - 3D TA - November 7

Kristina Archambault - Asst Office Manager - November 8

Caleb Kirk - Specials-Latin - November 8

Laura Bader - 4A TA - November 15

Michael Garcie - 4D Lead - November 16

Sara Sutter - 2D TA - November 21

Amanda Schwamburger - 4E Lead - November 26

Rocio Leisinger - 3-5 Floater TA - November 28

Christie McLendon - 5B Lead - November 30

• 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
• Raptor Volunteer Approval
• Mandatory Volunteer Training

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.