Archway North Phoenix Weekly Family Newsletter

Dear Archway Families,

As you saw in Erik’s weekly communication on Wednesday evening, we have decided to form a partnership with Premier Lab Solutions to provide exclusive access to COVID-19 testing for all our communities. This resource is available to faculty, staff, students, and their families.

This weekend we are offering a chance for you and members of your household to come to our campus and get tested. While this testing is optional, I am reaching out to personally request that you participate. By participating, you are helping us collect more accurate data around infections rates in our community. This access to knowledge empowers us to take a more proactive role in being able to determine if it is safe to reopen and to detect and contain cases early, which helps to reduce the risk to our campus when we reopen. Though this testing and data does not guarantee a completely risk-free environment, it is part of our multi-layered approach to protection for our school. We are offering this testing over a two-day period in hopes of getting as close to 100% participation as possible.

The test that will be administered is the PCR anterior nares test, which is non-invasive and quick. Tests will be processed at Premier’s local lab with results provided to a personalized and private patient portal no more than 72 hours after given.

Please click here to access the testing resource document and be able to pre-register for testing. I would recommend pre-registering so that the day-of process at the testing location will be as quick as possible for you. Pre-registration needs to be completed by 9:00 PM this evening.

If you have any questions regarding the testing, please contact Premier Lab solutions via phone at 602-441-2808 or via email at greathearts@premierlabsolutions.com. Should you have any other questions outside of that, do not hesitate to reach out.

In Partnership,

Geri Parker, Headmaster

IMPORTANT DATES

August 24-28: 8 AM ANP Facebook Site Join Headmaster Ms. Parker for the Pledge of Allegiance & Argonaut Code

August 27: 5th Grade Orientation

August 28: Spirit Day - Show off your PET

September 2: Kindergarten Traditional Half-day for in-person start date kinder important details click here

September 3: K-6th Grades Full-day for in-person start date

September 7: School Closed - Labor Day

September 14: School Closed - GH Summit

September 19: Great Hearts Telethon

**ANNOUNCING SOON**

DROP OFF AND PICKUP PROCEDURES: UPDATED INFORMATION WITH A NEW VIDEO

CURRICULUM NIGHT: RESCHEDULED DATE AND TIME

ARCHWAY OFFICE HOURS *DURING REMOTE LEARNING

Archway North Phoenix Office Hours

Monday - Thursday 8 AM until 1 PM

ATTENDANCE REPORTING FOR RETURN TO CAMPUS

Reporting your student(s) absent for on campus classes

Please provide an email to the front office and include these 4 items:

Student(s) First and Last Name
Grade and Homeroom Teacher
Specific symptoms of illness
Diagnosis if they have seen a doctor

Checking out your student(s) during school hours

Please provide an email to the front office and copy your student(s) homeroom teacher with the pickup time. You can sign out your student(s) at the Administrative Office until 30 minutes prior to dismissal time, this helps to ensure the safety of our scholars and the traffic flow.

Please bring in your blue card. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Email: attendance@archwaynorthphoenix.org.

ARCHWAY NORTH PHOENIX NOW HIRING

Please contact Ms. Parker at gparker@archwaynorthphoenix if you are interested in a substitute assistant teacher position or joining our team as a kindergarten assistant teacher position.

5TH GRADE ORIENTATION

August 27, 2020, from 3:30 pm-6:30 pm

We are so excited to invite our 5th graders to campus for their orientation. We will be operating with limited capacity. If you choose to attend this event, please sign up on our Sign-Up Genius link. Be sure to sign up for a time slot that is being hosted by your student’s teachers.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS! On September 19^th, we hope you will tune in for the first ever Great Hearts Telethon (taking place in lieu of the Gala) from 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. There will be a variety of content presented from across the network. Between 1:00 – 1:30, Archway North Phoenix and North Phoenix Prep will be featured with our two headmasters hosting the spot. We have some great ideas coming together to help highlight our schools. We hope you will participate by logging on to watch throughout the day and especially at 1:00 p.m.

For those of you who would like to participate in a more hands on way, we are seeking volunteers for onsite assistance (phone bank) on September 19^th at Veritas Prep. Thank you for taking a look at our volunteer information.

Funds raised will provide bonus compensation to our very own teachers. Contact our schools’ committee representatives:

Jamie Davis: jamieelizabethdavis@gmail.com, 602-703-5263

Abby Raddat: abbyharan@hotmail.com, 602-697-5012

SCHOOL DIRECTORY

You can access the SCHOOL DIRECTORY here. It is password protected: Please see email.

The directory is organized by classrooms and your information is only included if you agreed to the disclosure during enrollment.

Questions or to be added please contact: sconner@archwaynorthphoenix.org.

ATHENAEUM

ATHENAEUM is NOW HIRING! Part-Time After-School Teachers and Desk Attendants.

ARCHWAY PSO

"GET YOUR 10 IN" challenge SNEAK PEAK video!

Want to see what opportunities are available to get your 10 in and, or interested in joining our North Phoenix Mom's and Dad's club. Take a moment to complete this google survey

Always for the latest PSO information and events visit our page: ANP PSO Facebook

PARENT AMBASSADOR PROGRAM

NEW FAMILIES: The Parent Ambassador Program is for our new families. We hope to connect new families with a returning family who can answer your questions and help guide your transition to Archway North Phoenix. We typically organize summer outings to encourage new and returning families to connect in-person. In the wake of current safety restrictions, we are working on alternative activities to connect families until in-person gatherings are possible. Sign up today: ambassador@anppso.org and please complete this form for your student and return it to: ambassador@anppso.org

RETURNING FAMILIES: We are also Looking for current families to be ambassadors for new families. You can walk them through questions they may have and welcome them to the Archway North Phoenix family. If interested: https://forms.gle/n4ruQykoquusgbAd6

FALL SPORTS / 5th AND 6th GRADERS

North Phoenix Gladiator Athletics invites Archway North Phoenix 5th and 6th graders to join a Gladiator Fall Sports Team!

Fall Sports Middle School Information.

Registration: www.northphoenixprepathletics.com

DISTANT LEARNING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

CHROMEBOOK LOG-IN:

Email: student@archwaynorthphoenix.org

Password: student1

GOOGLE CLASSROOM

Link to Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/

ZOOM

Help teachers admit students into the Zoom meeting quicker by displaying your students name. Helpful Guide to Changing Your Zoom Name

STAYING CONNECTED

· Zoom indicates a “classroom session” should take about 1.5 mbps (upload and download).

· Other video experts suggest allowing for 5 mbps per synchronous session

· Your internet service provider should be able to tell you how much bandwidth you have coming to your home. Be sure to let them know that you need to know download and upload speeds.

o Armed with this information you can determine if you need to request an increase in bandwidth from your carrier. Be sure to ask them how long it will take before you can use the additional bandwidth.

· We encourage that all other internet traffic in the home be minimize during the teachers zoom sessions with their students (e.g., TV, other devices that may be streaming video).

TECH SUPPORT

Difficulty with username or password, please visit the Great Hearts Password/Login Help:

https://theveeya.com/GreatHeartsFamilyHelp/

Great Hearts Parent Remote Learning Resource Page

Providing help with Google Classroom:

https://www.greatheartsamerica.org/safereturn/az/resources/