A Message from Headmaster Scott

Dear Archway Trivium West Families,

I’d like to pull back the curtain a bit this week and share with you my highest priority task at present and to ask for your help. Our team is working hard to fill 30 teaching positions for next year. In one way or another, the vast majority of my work is ensuring that the teachers we place in front of Archway students are only those of the highest caliber. Once a teacher has joined our team, this happens through coaching, grade level team structures, and professional development. Although all of those can be powerful tools, they are most effective when they are working upon those who come to us with great hearts and a hunger to grow. Seen in this light, hiring is always a top priority.

This expansion is a challenge. However, like all challenges, it is also an opportunity. We have a plethora of good and highly skilled people in our community. If we extend those connections by one degree to include our friends who are not directly connected with Great Hearts at present, we reach an extremely large audience. I am confident that within that audience there are individuals who would make remarkable teachers, assistants, and apprentices. This is a personal opportunity for each of you, an opportunity to influence the makeup of our faculty in a way that will bless the lives of your own children and many others. Please talk to your friends and neighbors. Let them know of our beautiful community and invite them to join us. Share my email address and the school phone number. I’d love to hear from them. Hiring for an expansion may be difficult, but it can also be yet another example of Trivium coming together to accomplish something great. 

Heartily Devoted,

Dr. Clay Scott

Headmaster

Archway Trivium West

Student Pledge Leaders: Gizelle V., Sophiya K., Landon B., Brianna F., Nico M.

Here are a few important reminders about upcoming events at Trivium Prep. 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:

View 2021-22 Academic Year Calendar

View Monthly Events Calendar

Reminder - Hot Lunch Policy during Student Absences

Parents/guardians,

Our PSO would like to remind you of the absent student policy regarding hot lunches. You can cancel an order until 11:59 a.m. the day before but, we know last-minute absences sometimes arise. In these instances, you have several choices:

Hot Lunch Absent Student Policy:

1. Call the school office before the lunch period to make arrangements to pick up the meal.
2. Call the school office before the lunch period and have the meal given to another student or staff member.
3. If no arrangements are made beforehand, the meals will be donated to another student or staff member.

Thank you for your understanding. If you have questions, please reach out to our volunteer lunch coordinator, Maria Cantu, at [email protected].

Registration is now open for our 6th annual Trivium "Run the Virtues" Fun Run on Saturday, February 19 at Bullard Wash Park. Register by January 9 for the best price! This yearly event sponsored by our PSOs is a great way to build community among the three Trivium schools. There are options for a 5K race or 1-mile fun run. Additionally, if you are interested in a business sponsorship of this event, please reach out to our event coordinator at [email protected]. Thank you!

Updated Link:

Click Here for More Information or to Register

Registration for spring-semester clubs is now open. Registration is offered on a first-come, first-serve basis. Semester-long clubs will begin the week of January 31. Semester offerings include:

• Craft Club (Grades 3-5)
• Chess Emporium Chess Club (K-5)
• Ballet/Jazz Dance (K-2)
• New! Beginner Piano II (4:30 PM session)
• Pottery Club (3-5)

Click Here for More Information and to Register

Register Now! The Mother Son Camping Event is back and will be held on January 29, 2022 from 3PM-6PM on the football field and in the MPR. Join us for hot dogs, hamburgers and s’mores. We will also have a bounce house, a camping-themed photo booth, crafts and other activities. Adventure awaits!

Contact Jessica Lane at [email protected] with questions.

Register Now! This event is limited to 100 scholars and registration is first come, first serve.

Register for the Mother Son Camping Event

Looking for a way to help make the Mother/Son event a success? Sign up to volunteer OR donate some much needed items! See the links below.

Donate Here

Volunteer Here

This is an exciting time of the school year when we realize we are halfway. Unfortunately, we are also seeing many COVID cases and other illnesses.  

Let’s review and encourage steps to follow in prevention of the spread of COVID and other illnesses.

People of all ages should: 

• Wash hands often with soap and water. Use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer if soap and water are not available. 
• Cover their nose and mouth with a tissue when they cough or sneeze. 
• Avoid touching their eyes, nose, and mouth. 
• Stay home when you are sick.  

Additional reminders, if your child is sick with fever over 100 degrees and/or vomiting please keep them home an extra 24 hours after fever and vomiting resolved. 

Please reach out with any questions or concerns.

The 2021-22 Archway Trivium West Yearbook is on sale now! Reserve your yearbook today! Save $5 with early-bird pricing until January 31, 2022. 

Yearbook Pricing (through 1/31/22):

Hardcover- $27.00

Softcover- $22.00

Prices will increase on February 1, 2022. Personalization available for SOFTCOVER ONLY. (Add your scholar's name and portrait to the front cover for $3). Prices do not include tax.

Click Here to Order your Yearbook

Our next Trivium-wide Spirit Day is the half day Friday, February 4! Students at all three Trivium schools are encouraged to wear Spirit Wear on these days. ATW Scholars may wear one of the following: a Spirit Wear shirt from either Archway Trivium West or Archway Trivium East, an Archway athletics t-shirt, any previously purchased Trivium spirit wear shirt, 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!

If you love a good deal, it's a great opportunity to add to your Trivium spirit wear collection. All current designs from tees to totes on sale now online. Follow the link below to purchase! Our next Spirit Day is the half day Friday, February 4.

Purchase Spirit Wear

Calling all Archway Volunteers and their Families!  

If you have volunteered at the school or with the PSO this year: Please join us for our First Annual, PSO Volunteer Appreciation Family BBQ. We are Grateful for You and want to show it! Serving up pulled pork sandwiches, hot dogs, burgers and all the fixins. Bring the kids for face painting and fun! 

RSVP to Ona Watkins at [email protected] by February 3 to join the fun!

Saturday, February 5, from 1:30 - 4:40PM

Goodyear Recreation Campus

420 S Estrella Parkway at Ramadas 3 and 4

Volunteers are needed to assist our younger scholars during their library visits. Classrooms are indicated below. Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up. Thank you!

Expectations for a Library Volunteer are helping the scholars find/choose a book, keeping them on task so their classmates also have time to choose and making sure the scholars check out at the computer with the librarian before returning to their seat. All Archway Trivium West volunteers must have Raptor clearance before volunteering on campus.

Volunteer in the School Library

1. For 2021, The CARES Act allows taxpayers to claim a $300 (single)/$600 (married) deduction for cash gifts to a 501c3 like Trivium even if you use the standard deduction and do not itemize. This is in addition to your standard deduction!!! 
2. As a reminder, Great Hearts changed its policy for 2021 and will not email Cumulative Giving Receipts this month. 

• For gifts made by check, please use mailed receipts.
• For one-time gifts made using a credit card, please search your email in-box using the following “Thank you for your gift” Trivium.
• For monthly/recurring gifts made by credit card, please search your email in-box using the following “Successful scheduled transaction.”

Any charitable gifts made to Great Hearts such as the Telethon or the Teacher Excellence Fund are receipted by Great Hearts. 

For additional assistance, please contact Annann Hong, our Academy Giving Manager, at [email protected].

Save the date! The Archway Trivium West Father Daughter Sock Hop will be held the evening of Saturday, February 26. Ticket pre-sales will open in the coming weeks. We hope you join us!

A draft of the academic calendar for the 2022-23 school year is now available on our website. Here is a summary of proposed "Important Dates" for the upcoming 2022-23 school year.

Meet the Teacher: TBD - Week of August 1, 2022

First Day of School: Thursday, August 4, 2022

Fall Break: September 30-October 7, 2022

In-service/Conference Days: October 10-12, 2022

Winter Break: Friday, December 16-Tuesday, January 3, 2023

Spring Break: March 10-17, 2023

Click Here for the DRAFT 2022-23 Academic Calendar

Our 11^th Annual Golf Tournament, which includes dinner and auction, will take place on Saturday, April 9, 2022 at The Wigwam. Proceeds from this event support our wonderful Athletics Program. Stay tuned for more information or check the website at www.triviumprep.org/events for more information as it becomes available. 

As a reminder, picking up students from the Lifetime Fitness parking lot after school is NOT permitted. Students entering the Lifetime parking lot after school is dangerous and a safety issue. Lifetime is a private business and we want to be good neighbors. Please plan to use the school's published pick-up procedures for the safety of all. Thank you for your cooperation.

Join us in wishing "Happy Birthday" to the following Archway Trivium West faculty and staff with recent/upcoming birthdays! Visit our PSO Community page to view our Faculty Favorites Lists.

Online ordering is now available for January-May school lunch! Order online:

https://ordernow.myhotlunchbox.com/

New! Updated Vendors for 2022:

Monday - Panda Express

Tuesday - Firehouse Subs

Wednesday - NYPD Pizza

Thursday - Chick-fil-A

Friday - Cafe Rio

Additionally, there are two opportunities to volunteer in the lunchroom:

Click Here to Volunteer as a Lunchroom Helper

Click Here to Volunteer as a Lunchroom Server

Thank you for your patience and caution during student drop-off and pick-up. The safety of our students and staff is of the utmost importance.

As a reminder, to minimize the backup of traffic on Encanto/Bullard before the end of the school day, we are closing the Encanto entrance to our school parking lot from 2:35-3:00pm. Goodyear Police will be monitoring traffic on Encanto and Bullard during this time, and if you are stopped on one of these roads waiting to enter campus, you may be ticketed. 

On Monday/Tuesday/Thursday/Friday, families who are picking up Archway-only students should arrive to campus AFTER 3:10 PM. Families picking up both Archway and Prep students, please remind your Prep students to arrive to the pick-up zone promptly. 

On Wednesdays, families picking up BOTH Archway and Prep students are asked to arrive AFTER 1:40 PM. On Wednesdays, families picking up Archway-only should arrive at 1:25PM. 

Parents picking up Archway students from school MUST use the Archway pickup line. Prep students picking up Archway students to meet a parent driver may NOT load into a car in the Prep pick-up line or on Palm Lane. The entrance/exit to our parking lot from Encanto Blvd is right turn only.

Please review the following links for the modified Traffic Flow and reach out to the front office with any questions.

• ATW Traffic Safety Updates - 8/31 
• ATW Traffic Flow for Morning Drop-off - 8/10
• ATW Traffic Flow Reminder for Student Pickup -8/6

• Book and Supply Lists
• Uniform Information
• 2021-22 Academic Calendar
• 2022-23 DRAFT Academic Calendar
• Order Hot Lunch
• Register for Early Drop-off Club
• Register for After-school Athenaeum
• Volunteer Approval Process

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

Attendance Line: (623) 565-5490

Website: www.archwaytrivium.org

2021-22 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 [email protected] for assistance. 

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