Upcoming Events

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Contact Information

Archway Trivium Main Office: (623) 414-4883

Attendance Line: (623) 565-5490

Website: www.archwaytrivium.org

A Message from the Headmaster

Dr. Scott's Trivium 3

Sandra, 2nd and 7th grade scholars:

We have been with Great Hearts for a few years now and I hear a lot about Socratic instruction. This sounds good, but what exactly makes a lesson “Socratic”?

Great question and thank you Sandra for your continued support and interest in our academy. Oftentimes when we think of Socratic instruction, we think first of teaching through asking questions. This is absolutely correct, but it is only the beginning of what makes a lesson Socratic. Socratic questioning begins with very basic, factual questions to establish a foundation. The next layer is to identify meaning or understanding to those facts. We continue with these types of questions until we have enough understanding to ask a larger question about the nature of humanity or pattern of reality. For example, when your 7th grader was at the Archway, she read the Narnia series in grades 3-5. Her teacher may have asked her about examples of friendship in the text. After identifying friend relationships, the teacher may ask something like “How did Eustace change through his friendship with Reepicheep? Then after examining a few different relationships, she could ask the really big question—“What does it mean to be a good friend?”

Marta, 1st grade scholar:

My child is reading slightly below grade level. She is in intervention, but I would like to help more at home. What can I do to support her?

If I had one academic thing I would hope all parents would do, it would be to read to or read with their children. The child is never too old to listen to a story from Dad or Mom. If I could pick a second thing, it would be to set a culture or reading in the home beginning with parents reading and discussing books with each other and with the children.

Paul, K and 4th grade scholars:

I keep hearing rumors of a Dad’s club. What is that and how do I get involved?

I am grateful for your interest in the Dad’s club. There are precious few men who work in the elementary education field. Consequently, children spend much of their day without hearing a male voice or having a manly influence. Dad’s club was created to fill this void. The dads play with scholars at recess and read with them during reading time. Unfortunately, we do not have a coordinator for the dads yet this year, so I don’t have anyone to refer your inquiry to. It is a great program and I do not want to lose it, but without someone to manage it, we cannot open up these special volunteer opportunities. Here’s a call to all the dads, let’s step up and make this happen!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Heartily devoted,

Clay Scott, Ed.D.

Headmaster

Pledge Leaders: Faith L., Maggie W., Martha G., Johnny S.

PSO All-Parent Meeting | Headmaster Coffee - Friday, September 12, 9:15 AM

All Archway Trivium parents and guardians are encouraged to join us on Friday, September 12 for our PSO All-Parent Meeting followed by Coffee with the Headmaster. These are informal opportunities to connect with other parents, ask questions and learn more about our school. Younger children welcome. Families may park in spaces along the north edge of campus or along pickup lanes around the field and walk to the front office. Please do not park in Student Parking.

Friday, September 12, School Library, 9:15 AM

4th & 5th Grade Sponsored Teacher Appreciation Lunch - Friday, September 12

Fourth and fifth grade families, let's spoil our teachers with a BBQ themed lunch Friday, September 12. Here are a few items we as the PSO would love your assistance with. Please take a look at the list and donate as you are able. All items to please be delivered to the front office either Thursday, September 11, between 8-3 or Friday, September 12, no later than 9:30am. Please be sure to label them "4th/5th grade teacher luncheon." Drink deliveries preferred on Thursday. 

Contribute to the 4th/5th Grade Lunch

WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!!!!

At Great Hearts, we are committed to teaching our students to live a life full of truth, beauty, and goodness. As a not-for-profit public, charter school, we receive less funding from the state each year. This deficit is larger than $1,500 per student. Your student's classical liberal arts education is made possible by parents and community members like you who unify us through giving to our Community Investment campaign each year.  We need everyone to participate as every donation regardless of the size goes a long way to keeping our school fully funded.

Thank you to every family in our community who has already partnered with us to provide the important work being done in your student's classroom each day.  

Let’s rally Unity in our Community with gifts to Community Investment and grow a beautiful culture of generosity for our children together. 

Please watch the following video for more information on community investment and set up a one-time or monthly gift at archwaytrivium.org/support. 

Archway Trivium Community Investment

Join us for the Trivium Talent Show - Saturday, September 13

We are so excited for the Trivium Talent Show in the gym on Saturday, September 13 at 4 PM. Students in Grades 4-12 will be performing in a variety of acts from singing, dancing, comedy, and more.

Admission is free for all families! Doors will open at 3:50pm. Trivium’s Talent Show is sponsored by #CommunityInvestment which make Music, Language, and Arts possible for Trivium. We can't wait to see our scholars shine!

Reach out to Aydin Martin with questions: amartin@triviumprep.org.

Restaurant Night at Old Chicago - September 17

Save the date for our PSO Family Night at Old Chicago Pizza and Taproom on Wednesday, September 17 from 4-9 pm. Present the flyer and 15% of your you total check will support our school. Also, don't miss the interactive trivia at 5:30 PM to find our "Are you smarter than a 5th grader?" See you there!

Cheer on our Trivium Prep Knights!

You are invited to join us in cheering on the Trivium Prep Crimson Knights Varsity Football and Volleyball teams are upcoming home games. This is a fun, family event and a great way to connect to our community. Tickets are $6 adults/$3 students and can be purchased online or at the door. We hope to see you there!

Upcoming Home Games:

9/5 - Varsity Football-7 PM, Theme: Neon Glow

9/12 - Varsity Football-7 PM, Theme: Black Out

9/15 - Lady Knights Volleyball, JV-4PM, Varsity-5PM

9/18 - Thursday Varsity Football - 7 PM, featuring Archway Cheer Clinic at halftime. Theme USA

Attend the Desert Fall Festival October 6-9 and Support our School!

The PSO has partnered with Desert Fall Festival in Surprise, AZ during Fall Break. Purchase tickets to the event Monday-Thursday, October 6-9 using the code Trivium and you will receive $3 off/ticket and benefit our school! Please note, the school discount only applies 10/6-10/9.

Learn More and Purchase Tickets

Order School Pictures Online

Archway Trivium has partnered with Grads Photography for our school pictures and yearbook. School Picture Day was Tuesday, August 26. Photos will be uploaded in the coming days, so you can preview your child's photo before ordering. Follow the link below to order online. Contact Grads Photography directly at support@gradsphotography.com or call Support @ 623-580-4723 X 1 with any questions.

Order School Pictures Online

School Picture Retake Day - Tuesday, September 30

If your student needs picture retakes on Tuesday, September 30, please fill out the form below. Students not signed up on this list or who don't have a returned photo packet will not be released for retakes.    

If your student is new to Trivium since the last picture day or was absent on Picture Day (August 26), they will have their picture taken on this day.

Sign-up for Photo Retakes

Volunteer to Support Picture Retake Day (9:30-11:30am)

Volunteer Opportunities

Many hands make light work! There are many ways to support the mission at Archway Trivium. Please follow the links below to volunteer. As a reminder, volunteers must renew their Raptor clearance annually (beginning July 1) in order to serve on-campus. Visit the Volunteers page on our website to compete a Volunteer Application.

Current Opportunities:

• Library Volunteer - Quarter 1

• Hot Lunch Server - Daily

• Lunchroom Helper - Daily

• Fruit Basket - Weekly, Mondays

• Hearing and Vision Screening, September 8

• Copy Program, Mondays/Fridays, 8-10am

Want to make a big impact in under an hour? We’re looking for volunteers to join our Copy Program—a simple, meaningful way to support our teachers by handling classroom copies so they can spend more time with their families and plan extra support for students who need it.

📅 When?

Mondays & Fridays | 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Most copy jobs take less than an hour!)

🖨️ What’s involved?

We’ll provide clear instructions and all the materials you need. No teaching experience required—just a willingness to help behind the scenes.

✨ Little ones are welcome!

We understand life doesn’t pause when you volunteer. Kids can hang out while you work.

📝 Requirements

Raptor clearance is required to volunteer. Apply here:

https://archwaytrivium.greatheartsamerica.org/pso/volunteer/

Even one hour a week can make a big difference! If you’re available or want to learn more, stop by during a shift or reach out anytime. We’d love to have you on the team. Thank you for helping our school community thrive!

Sign up to Support the Copy Program

Membership ToolKit is our one-stop shop for volunteering and connecting with other families through the schoolwide directory.

New families are welcome to begin creating accounts now! Detailed instructions to set up your account are included here.

Returning families will need to login to update your child(ren)'s teachers for the 2025-26 school year. Please reach out to Lisa Regan at Lregan@archwaytrivium.org with any questions.

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 both Archway Trivium and Trivium Prep 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.

Order Hot Lunch

Fall 2025 Vendors include:

• Monday – Raising Cane’s
• Tuesday – Red Robin
• Wednesday – Olive Garden
• Thursday – Chick-fil-A
• Friday – Streets of New York

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. 

The Archway Trivium PSO invites parent volunteers to help in the Archway Trivium Lunchroom! Parent volunteers can assist in serving the food, helping the younger children in the lunchroom, ensuring the lunch room remains clean and lunch period runs smoothly. You can sign up to volunteer once a month, once a week, or every day. It’s a very important volunteer role that also makes for a fun view into your scholar’s life at school!

All volunteers MUST be verified through the Great Heart volunteer application (Raptor) and have completed the Archway Trivium Volunteer Training prior to serving. The Raptor clearance must be renewed each year on/after July 1.

Ways to Participate:

Volunteer as a Hot Lunch Server 

This role is responsible for organizing the lunches by grade and distributing them to the students as they come in for lunch. Please plan to be there from 10:30am-1:00pm. Volunteers will receive a lunch account credit with My Hot Lunchbox. The credit is $5 per person per day, and the volunteer must be registered to MHL with a matching email to receive the credit. The credits will be tallied monthly and credited to your account within the first 2 weeks of the following month. Please email psolunch@archwaytrivium.org if you have any questions regarding the credits. Children are not permitted to help with this volunteer position.

Volunteer as a Lunchroom Helper

This role was created to assist our 1st-5th grade classes and help keep the lunchroom clean and running smoothly. Please plan to be there from 10:45am-1:00pm. Younger siblings are welcome to serve alongside parents as a “Lunchroom Buddy.” 

Join the PSO Fun!

The Parent Service Organization (PSO) is looking for passionate volunteers to round out their team this coming school year. If you are interested in leading an event, sharing your ideas, participating in a committee, volunteering in any supportive role around campus, or if you'd simply like to get more involved and you're not exactly sure how, contact us to find out more! 

Have questions or want to learn more? Reach out to Megan Douglas at psopresident@archwaytrivium.org.

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.

Melissa Villalobos – Reading Interventionist - September 1

Jennifer Hiles – 5B Assistant - September 3

Mandy Anderson – School Counselor - September 7

Vanessa Ayala – 2B Assistant - September 7

Brooke Boerner - 1B Lead Teacher - September 11

Tulsi Patel – KC Assistant - September 12

Erika Lopez - ESS Aid - September 16

Christen Arbogast – Assistant Headmaster - September 26

Registration for after-school Athenaeum for the 2025-26 school year is now open. Visit our website for more information and to register.



Learn More about Athenaeum in the Athenaum Newsletter

• Book and Supply Lists
• Uniform Information
• 2025-26 Academic Calendar
• Upcoming Events Calendar
• Traffic Flow for Student Drop-off/Pick-up
• Extracurricular Clubs/Early Drop-off Club
• Volunteer Approval Process
• Mandatory Volunteer Training
• Membership ToolKit - Volunteer Opportunities/Family Directory

• Order Spirit Wear (ships directly to your home)
• Shop Label Daddy and Support Our School

Archway Trivium Main Office: (623) 414-4883

Attendance Line: (623) 565-5490

Website: www.archwaytrivium.org

25-26 School/Office Hours

School Messenger Communication

Great Hearts and Archway Trivium continue to utilize the system School Messenger for emails, robo-calls, and text messaging to inform families of campus related academy emergencies and other communications. SchoolMessenger has a new automatic opt-in for text feature. During the registration/re-enrollment process families confirmed their wish to participate in text communications. Great Hearts will now automatically opt in contact information given during the registration/re-enrollment process with the options you selected. You will notice at the beginning of July you will be opted in for text messaging. If you would like to opt out of text messages simply reply STOP to the text from 67585. You can also enter the code 67585 with the message STOP to block any text messaging. Please note, if opting out, you will not receive texts regarding emergencies on campus.

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.