A Note from Headmaster Scott

Dear Archway Trivium Families,

There have been many thinkers in both eastern and western traditions that have emphasized the importance of being at peace with things as they are. We see this in philosophies that highlight nature and the simple life. An extreme example is Diogenes, one of the founders of Cynicism. Our English word “cynic” comes from the Greek kynikos, meaning dog-like, perhaps because Diogenes essentially lived his life as a stray dog. For him, all human social structures are corrupt and the only path to happiness is to accept everything that happens without pleasure or disdain.

In general, I would agree that being able to attain peace within your circumstance is a good thing. However, I do not believe that such a life can lead to flourishing. Being content with where we are does not mean we have to stay there. Furthermore, contentedness is not happiness, and it most certainly is not flourishing. Happiness and flourishing require struggle against our basal natures as we daily work to recreate ourselves as better human beings capable of greater levels of happiness.

This is why, in my view, there is nothing more beautiful than a human being working past perceived limits to expand capacity. This happens every day at Archway Trivium, and not just with students. We expect students to push beyond their current abilities to develop new ones, but the teachers are pushing equally hard. Furthermore, parents push to understand Singapore math, learn phonograms, and otherwise keep up with their children’s studies. Archway Trivium is a truly beautiful place. It is a place where growth, struggle, and peace happen every single day. Thank you for making it what it is.  

Heartily Devoted,

Clay Scott

Headmaster

Archway Classical Academy | Trivium

Student Pledge Leaders: Gemma L., Ellis O., Hannah R., Anastasia A.

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 

Parent Resources->Latest News.

Upcoming Events:

Today, we are sending home with your oldest scholar at Trivium a black envelope that holds the tickets to your entry in a number of fun giveaways we will be doing next week as part of our Unity in Community event. This week will showcase the importance of supporting the school through a tax-deductible gift to Community Investment, and we hope you will join us be part of a collective fundraising effort to help our school prosper for our children. Included in the envelope, we are giving away a free calendar magnet to each Trivium family, made possible by two of our generous Trivium family businesses, McFall Tire & Auto and Kim Penn Team Realty. Watch for us all next week!!! Complete your crossword puzzles for entries into our daily drawings! If you do not receive your envelope, or if your family should need and want an additional calendar magnet for multiple households, please feel free to contact Annann Hong, our Family Giving & Community Engagement Officer, at ahong@archwaytrivium.org or text/call (773) 307-6779.  Available while supplies last.

Parents,

The Parent-School Compact Agreement and Family Handbook are now available for electronic signature through the Enrollment Parent Portal, making it more convenient and reducing the amount of paper needing to be printed. This is required of all families. Please follow the steps below to complete your e-signature as soon as possible.

• Please log into the Great Hearts Enrollment/Parent Portal using your username and password. If you do not remember your log-in information, please click on the Forgot Password and follow the instructions. If you continue to experience issues, please reach out to ghenrollment@greatheartsaz.org.
• Once you have logged into the enrollment system, scroll down and you will see a large box that says, Arizona Academy Compact and Family Handbook.
• In the Arizona Academy Family Handbook section, please click on the blue "Compact and Family Handbook Link and E-Sign" button.
• For each child, please click the blue Show Application button then the green Review and E-Sign Family Handbook for the handbook link.
• Once you review the handbook, navigate back to the Enrollment Parent Portal, accept and sign with your electronic signature.
• After you accept and hit NEXT, you will receive an email confirmation to the email registered in the enrollment system.
• Please complete the above steps for each student.

If you experience any technical difficulties with the form, please reach out to ghenrollment@greatheartsaz.org.

Our next Trivium-wide Spirit Day is Friday, September 16 in celebration of Trivium Prep's Homecoming! Students at Archway Trivium and Trivium Prep are encouraged to wear Spirit Wear on this days. Please note: this is a full day of school.

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!

At this time, the PSO Spirit Wear store is closed. Look for information on the next window to order in the coming weeks or reach out to spirit.archwaytriviumpso@gmail.com with questions.

We are excited to be able to offer additional clubs after school beginning in September and October. Club registration and start dates are listed below.

Registration opens Friday, September 16 at 4pm for Q2 Wednesday Clubs:

Wednesday - Quarter 2 Clubs

SportsKidz AZ - Soccer (K-5) starts 10/19

Play-well LEGO (K-2, 3-5) starts 10/19

Young Rembrandts (K-2, 3-5) starts 10/19

Registration is FULL for the following clubs which begin in September:

Mondays

Piano Keyboard (K-5) starts 9/19

Steppin' Out Dance (K-2) starts 9/12

Tuesdays

Chess Club (K-5) starts 9/6 

Gardening Club (3-5) starts 9/22

TBD: Mad Science (3-5)

Visit our website for more information and to register.

www.archwaytrivium.org/clubs

Archway Trivium has partnered with Grads Photography for our school pictures and yearbook. Once school picture day images have been processed, parents can view and order proofs by following the link below. If you have difficulty ordering or need any assistance, please contact Grads at support@gradsphotography.com or by calling 623-580-4723.

Click Here to View School Photo Proofs

Want to help the teachers have more time for our scholars? Then sign up to help make their copies! Volunteering for the copy program will free up valuable time for our teachers enabling them to spend more time on what really matters - our children!

On Tuesdays from 9am-11am we will be making copies for the Kindergarten 2nd grade teachers. On Fridays from 9am-11am we will be making copies for the 3rd-5th grade teachers. 

Please click on the Sign Up Genius to sign up to volunteer. Volunteers must have current Raptor clearance to serve. Thank you! 

Volunteer to Support the Copy Program 

Hello 4th grade families! 

On Friday, September 23, our 4th grade families are asked to support a "soup-er salad" appreciation lunch for our faculty and staff. Follow the link below to sign-up to donate items or help with set up/clean up. Thank you for supporting our teachers in this way!

Donate to the Teacher Appreciation Lunch

The Great Hearts Gala is Saturday, September 24, 2022 at the Chateau Luxe. The theme is "Journey to the Emerald City." Proceeds from this event benefit Arizona teachers through the Teacher Excellence Fund.

The hosted cocktail hour begins at 5:30pm, followed by dinner, program, auction, raffle, and music and dancing under the stars on the patio. Attire is semi-formal, black tie optional for this 21 and older event. Visit our website for more information or to purchase tickets.

Learn More about the Great Hearts Gala

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.

Hearing/Vision Screening Volunteers Needed!

We are looking for volunteers to help with annual hearing and vision screening for the 2022-2023 school year. The screening dates are September 12-14 this year. Follow the link below to sign-up. All volunteers must have a current Raptor clearance to serve on campus.

Volunteer for Hearing/Vision Screening Support

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.

Follow the link below to get started. The cost is $5 and it only takes a few minutes.

Click Here for More Information or to Register

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

Meet the Teacher: Monday, 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 2022-23 Academic Calendar

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 Specialist - Sept 1

Micah Durias - 5A Assistant - Sept 2

Jennifer Hiles - 5B Assistant - Sept 3

Vanessa Ayala - 2B Assistant - Sept 7

Jenn Roberge - Dean of Students/SST Coordinator - Sept 10

Christopher Wright - 3A Lead - Sept 15

Valiere Velazquez - 1B Assistant - Sept 20

Christen Arbogast - Dean of Faculty - Sept 26

Audrey Barton - 4B Lead - Sept 26

Nuriana Eminger - 3C Lead - Sept 27

Anthony Allen - ESS Aid - Sept 27

• Book and Supply Lists
• Uniform Information
• 2022-23 Academic 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
• Volunteer Approval Process

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.