Student Pledge Leaders: Ethan M., Mia G., Myra G., August M., Laurel G. 

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 

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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 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!

Open Enrollment is Coming! Great Hearts Open Enrollment for new families is coming 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. More information to follow.

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. 

Thank you to all our new donors that joined our Community Investment Campaign between 9/15/2022 and 10/21/2022. You can see our full list of donors here. Thanks to ALL of our current donors, we have so far reached 76% of our fundraising goal for this year. 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 join our current donors and visit us online to make a one-time or monthly gift of a meaningful amount to the school. Every gift makes a difference!

We're about to FALL into a Snowstorm! Look for more information next week!

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! 

New! Students must complete and return a Costume Proposal Form to their classroom teacher by October 27 in order 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. 

The half day, Friday, November 4, is a Trivium-wide spirit day. Students at Archway Trivium and Trivium Prep are encouraged to wear Spirit Wear on these days. If you child is not participating in Literary & Historical Figure Day, they may wear a spirit wear shirt on this day.

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!

Book Fair

The Usborne Book Fair will be held in the school library the week of November 7. Parent volunteers are needed to help this run smoothly! Set up is on Friday, November 4 in the morning and the book fair will be open for parent shopping during the Renaissance Faire! Classroom visits are indicated on the sign up so you may volunteer for the time block when your scholar’s classroom comes.

Volunteer to Support the Book Fair

Read-a-thon Results

77 scholars participated in the Usborne Read-a-thon earlier this month, our best year yet! They read a total of 26,404 minutes over 10 days! 

Again this year, the classroom with the most participants in the Read-a-thon will be rewarded with a popcorn party by the Archway Trivium PSO. Congratulations to 2C, Mrs. Morris' and Mrs. Ashraf's classroom with 25 scholars participating! The date of the popcorn party will be coming soon!

As in previous years, there was a grade level reading challenge proposed to all of the scholars in grades 1-5. The original goal from Usborne was to read 300 minutes over 10 days and many of the scholars went above and beyond. The Archway Trivium PSO will reward the top reader in each grade level with a book of their choice at the book fair, coming up November 7-10. 

First Grade: 9 Participants

Total Minutes Read: 4,427

First Place Reader: August M. 1D, 850 minutes

Second Place Reader: Gemma L. 1A, 736 minutes

Third Place Reader: Ryan E. 1D, 712 minutes

Second Grade: 32 Participants

Total Minutes Read: 5,388

First Place Reader: Emily M. 2A, 540 minutes

Second Place Reader: Jennifer P. 2A, 422 minutes

Third Place Reader: Ava A. 2E, 240 minutes

Third Grade: 15 Participants

Total Minutes Read: 5,562

First Place Reader: Jenna O. 3B, 703 minutes

Second Place Reader: Mary K. 3E, 655 minutes

Third Place Reader: Thomas S. 3E, 586 minutes

Fourth Grade: 14 Participants

Total Minutes Read: 6,856

First Place Reader: Zoe F. 4D, 981 minutes

Second Place Reader: Nicole S. 4E, 930 minutes

Third Place Reader: Aiden L. 4C, 716 minutes

Fifth Grade: 2 Participants

Total Minutes Read: 3,270

First Place Reader: Owen B. 5D, 2,420 minutes

Second Place Reader: Sophia M. 5D, 850 minutes

You won't want to miss the PSO Ren Faire on Saturday, November 5 from 4-8 PM and Vendor Market from 12PM-Dusk!

Prices:$10/adult, $20/child 3years+, Free/2 and under). Free tickets for Archway Trivium and Trivium Prep faculty/staff and are available only during the early bird period.

Hear ye, hear ye! Please join us for mesmerizing entertainment, fantastic feasting and an evening of merriment! Be sure to dress in your finest revelry if you wish to enter the costume contest! Ye olde Headmaster Scott will surely excite with a surprise unveiling for the kingdom of Archway Trivium. Make haste and order your tickets today!

Admission Includes:

Bounce castles, rock climbing, jousting, live entertainment, fairies, trebuchet launches, rock climbing, face painting, balloon artists and more! 

Usborne Book Fair Preview Night

Families attending the Ren Faire can shop our upcoming Usborne Book Fair! 

Food Trucks - Available for purchase at the event

Kingpin BBQ Menu - Includes turkey legs!!

Taco Taco AZ Menu

What's Poppin Kettle Corn and Mister Softee Desserts!

For latest details, visit www.archwaytrivium.org/events 

All wristbands purchased through 11/1 will be delivered to the oldest scholars' classroom by 11/3. All wristbands will be at will call at the Ren Faire entrance located at the gate between the MPR and the new building.

*** Please note that this is not a drop-off event. Children must be accompanied by an adult with a paid ticket.***

New! Enter the Costume Contest

Come to the Renaissance Faire dressed in your best time period costume to try and win your category prize! Each grade K-5 will have a winner! Additional categories include teachers/staff and parents/volunteers. Please sign up each participant from your family in their respective category. We will be checking in costume contest participants at the entry gate, so please sign up! All participants must have a ticket to the Faire. Contest will be held in the courtyard beginning approximately 6:15pm the night of the Faire.



Sign-up for the Costume Contest

Ren Faire Community Market

A Free, Outdoor Vendor Market sponsored by the Trivium Prep PSO

Saturday, November 5

12 PM to Dusk

Currently Accepting Vendor Market Applications!

** Click Here to Apply **

Ren Faire Volunteers Needed!

 ** Volunteers Receive a FREE Adult Ticket **

Help with Prop Building on Saturday, October 29, 8-11 AM

Click Here to Volunteer on 10/29

Sign Up for a 1-hour Shift During the Event on November 5 or

Donate Baked Goods for our Mayfair Pole Cake Walk

Click Here to Volunteer on 11/5

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).

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 

Thank to our 2nd grade families and the PSO for the delicious "Country Fair" themed lunch for our faculty and staff! The meal was delicious and the photo booth was so much fun! We appreciate your support of our school staff!

Fall is here and we are all excited to keep learning and growing together! Many PSO programs grow from ideas suggested by parents, so we’re asking all families to answer the Fall 2022 Survey. If you would like to be entered into a drawing to win a $25 Amazon gift card, be sure to look for instructions once you submit the survey. This keeps your response anonymous and gives you a chance to win some shopping money! A winner will be randomly selected and notified on 10/31.

Click Here to Take the Survey

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.