A Message from Headmaster Scott

Dear Archway Trivium West Families,

In a favorite poem, Longfellow observed “our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave.” It is true that all of us in this mortal condition only have a limited number of “thump-thumps” in our hearts; we are all moving every day closer to death. Rather than have this thought paralyze us to inaction or lull us into acceptance of nihilism, we can use it, as Longfellow does, to spur us toward excellence. There is no question as to whether we will die or not, but there is a question as to whether we will live or not.

So what does it mean to truly live? How do we maximize our humanity? These are huge questions that have persisted across time, and yet each of us will have to wrestle with them. Socrates famously stated “the unexamined life is not worth living.” An examined life requires the exercise of reason to reflect and thoughtfully consider. This statement could be understood differently by substituting the word “examine” for the synonym “test.” The ability to self-reflect and to assign meaning to the tests we encounter in life are uniquely human. Of all the creatures on this earth, human beings are the only ones to be able to consciously change their nature. Others can be trained to respond to particular stimuli or use their intelligence to solve puzzles or complete tasks. However, the ability to identify a weakness and exert the will to bring about internal change belongs only to the realm of humanity. A vicious person can become virtuous. This is a simple, yet profound statement. It illuminates the possibility of a life well lived. Through dedicated, intentional work we can not only learn things and develop skills, but we can actually become something better. As work our way down life’s road, we could concentrate on the “muffled funeral marches,” but I would encourage us to rather “act, that each tomorrow Find us farther than today.”   

Heartily Devoted,

Dr. Clay Scott

Headmaster

Archway Trivium West

Student Pledge Leaders: Sedjo D., Lauren S., Kelsey K., Candace P., Wesson A.

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

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.

Thank you to our new donor who joined our Community Investment Campaign between 10/1/2021 and 10/31/2021. You can see our full list of donors here. Archway Trivium West relies on your partnership 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 future one-time gift or as a monthly gift any date between today and 6/30/2022.

Dear Trivium Prep Kinder-7th Grade Families,

Our sister school, Archway Trivium East, is relocating to Buckeye for the 2022-23 school year, allowing them to expand to serve students grades K-8! In their new campus home, they will be known as Great Hearts Roosevelt. We are interested in learning if any current Trivium Prep or Archway West Kinder-7th grade families are interested in or planning to move to the new Great Hearts Roosevelt campus. If you are among those considering, please kindly take 1 minute to complete this survey by logging into your Parent Portal.

Thank you for your time!

With Devotion,

Archway Trivium West and Trivium Prep Team

Our Uniform Exchange will be held on Friday, November 5 from 12:30-2:30pm in the Archway MPR.

Uniform Collection will also be held at this time for parents who were unable to attend on Monday. 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 West, only Dennis or Anton-brand skirts and rompers will be accepted for exchange.



REFER TO YOUR HANDBOOK FOR DETAILED INFORMATION. Accessories ($2.00), Concert Shirts/Skirts ($3.00), All Pants/Shorts ($4.00), Archway Skirts ($5.00), Short/Long Sleeve Shirts ($5.00), Cardigans/Sweaters ($8.00), Archway Jumpers ($10.00), Prep Skirts ($10.00)

Join us on Saturday, November 6 from 3PM -6PM 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!

Self Serve Photo Stations + Hot Cocoa + Fundraiser + Fun!

Just $20 per family when you purchase pre-sale tickets! $25 at the door.

Purchase PSO Holiday Photo Shoot Pre-sale Tickets

The Usborne Book Fair is on Tuesday, November 9, 7:50 am - 2:45 pm and Wednesday, November 10, 7:50 am - 1:30 pm. If your scholar participated in the Read-a-thon in October, they can attend early Tuesday morning from 7:30-7:45am to spend their vouchers and get first choice of the books! Read-a-thon Vouchers and the envelopes to give scholars permission to attend during school hours will be sent home next week. Students will have the opportunity to visit the book fair as a class. Please use the online link below to preview selections with your child.

Teachers and parents are welcome to shop any time the book fair is open. We have a special PARENTS ONLY hour on Tuesday, 1:45-2:45pm and Wednesday, 12:30-1:30pm. It is guaranteed no scholars will be present during this hour so it's the perfect time to get a jump start on holiday shopping!

Additionally, parents can shop online from November 1-21 for home delivery.

We need parent volunteers for set up and tear down and during both days the scholars comes to shop to ensure the book fair runs smoothly! Below is the link to sign up: 

Volunteer for the Book Fair

If you are unfamiliar with Usborne, they are high quality and beautifully illustrated books with no pop culture influence. To see books available, https://tinyurl.com/triviumbooks2021.

Please come out and support the book fair! The school gets 50% of the money spent at the book fair to purchase new books for our school library and classroom libraries.

If you have any questions, please contact our school librarian, Jodi Tinker, at jtinker@archwaytrivium.org.

Save the Date for our first annual Literary & Historical Figure Day on Friday, November 12. Scholars are invited to choose any literary or historical figure from the Archway curriculum and come to school dressed as that figure on Friday, November 12. This is a great way to celebrate our love of history and literature. All students are encouraged to participate! 

*All costumes must abide by dress code guidelines in the Family Handbook and must exclude any frightening or aggressive costumes or accessories. Click Here for additional guidelines.

In November, our PSO is providing our hard-working teachers with the most spectacular appetizer and dessert bar. Trivium Prep and Archway Trivium will be combining efforts on Wednesday, November 17 and we need your help! If you can help contribute any appetizers, desserts or drinks that would be much appreciated. They can be homemade or store bought.  

Donated items can be dropped off at the front office on November 17. Follow the link below to sign-up. 

Donate to the November Teacher Appreciation Meal

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

Archway Trivium West Parents: Open Enrollment for new-to-Trivium students will begin Monday, November 8 and runs through Friday, December 10 for all Great Hearts Arizona Academies. Current K-4th Grade students at Archway Trivium West who plan to return next year DO NOT need to participate in open enrollment. Re-enrollment information will be sent to current K-4th grade families in March 2022.  

If you have a 5th grade student currently enrolled at Archway Trivium West, who plans to enroll at Trivium Prep or Roosevelt Prep please plan to enroll them during the November/December Open Enrollment period. 5th grade graduates of Archway Trivium East and West receive "Archway Graduate" priority status which is the highest priority status for enrollment into Trivium Prep. More information will be sent to 5th grade families in the coming weeks.

If you are the parent of a sibling (entering Kindergarten - 12th grades) who is not currently enrolled at a Great Hearts Academy, please plan to fill out an application during the Open Enrollment period unless you have already rolled-over an active application in the enrollment system from the 2021-22 school year. This includes students entering Kindergarten in 2022.

If you are a current Archway Trivium West student who plans to transfer to another Great Hearts Academy next year, please plan to fill out an application during Open Enrollment and request a transfer to the new Great Hearts school.

If you have questions, please visit the Great Hearts Enrollment page.

Great Hearts Prospective Parent Info Night - November 16

Great Hearts Prospective Parent Info Night returns on November 16. Tell your friends, family, co-workers, neighbors, and anyone who may be interested that Great Hearts will be hosting a virtual info session to answer any questions they may have about our K-12 schools and the enrollment process. Click to register for the event here.

Please mark your calendars for our upcoming Winter Concerts. This year, our Archway concerts will be held off-campus at Summit Community Church in Buckeye. 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

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).

Volunteers are needed to assist our younger scholars during their library visits. Follow the link below to sign up!

All Archway Trivium West volunteers must have Raptor clearance before volunteering on campus. 

Volunteer in the School Library

Archway parents,

Please remember to return any borrowed clothes back to the Health Office once washed. The Health Office is running low on medium-sized items.

We are also looking for donations of water and band-aids. Thank you!

Denise Schooley, RN, BSN

Archway Trivium West Health Office

623-414-4883  dschooley@archwaytrivium.org

If you did not purchase a yearbook last year, we have a deal for you! We are selling 2020-21 Archway Trivium West yearbooks in the front office for $5 soft cover/$10 hardcover (cash only, please). Stop by to pick yours up today while supplies last.

Look for information on purchasing your 2021-22 Yearbook coming soon!

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.

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! (Fingerprint 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." Fingerprint clearance through Raptor is required for all lunchroom volunteers.

Click Here to Volunteer as a Lunchroom Helper

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
• 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 bmcdonald@archwaytrivium.org for assistance. 

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