A Message from Headmaster Scott

Dear Archway Trivium West Families,

At the close of our first quarter, I have been reflecting on the beginning of the year and preparing my mind for the next stage. I would like to take this moment to highlight a mistake this summer. This summer I, along with our leadership team, interviewed a teacher for a position on the team. Seeing some warning signs, I did not offer the teacher the desired job. Instead, I offered a position as a teacher apprentice. This was my mistake. To my great surprise, the teacher demonstrated immense humility and accepted the lower position. During training in July, this teacher was thoroughly impressive. When a lead teacher backed out shortly before school began, I offered the teacher the opportunity to take a lead position (ironically, it was the same position for which the initial interview was given). With a whole lot of grit and the signature humility, this teacher has performed marvelously despite never having led a class before. I am a big fan of grit—strength of will and determination are often the engines that drive success. What set this teacher apart, and I believe accelerated success, was the humility. Grit is hard. Humility is soft. Having both is a beautiful and powerful thing, which in this case, has benefitted 30 children and their families. Furthermore, I was proven wrong in my initial assessment. When a challenge is in front of us, may we follow the example of this good teacher by putting in the time and effort while humbly submitting to the expectations and lessons from those who have gone before us. 

Heartily Devoted,

Dr. Clay Scott

Headmaster

Archway Trivium West

Student Pledge Leaders: Jonathan R., Aliyah S., Rowan W., Indigo J.

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

Thank you to all our new donors that joined our Community Investment Campaign between 9/1/2021 and 9/31/2021. You can see our full list of donors here. Thanks to ALL of our current donors, we have so far reached 97% 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 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 one-time gift or as a monthly gift any date between today and 6/30/2022.

Our early-release Wednesday clubs, Play-well LEGO (K-3) and Young Rembrandts (K-5) will begin meeting on Wednesday, October 20. Register online now!

New Club! We are excited to offer a Photography/Yearbook Club for 4th and 5th Grade scholars on alternate Tuesdays beginning October 19. We hope you will join us!

Click Here to Register

The Usborne Read-a-thon and Book Fair are coming up! The annual Read-a-thon will be held October 1 - 10. Continuing tradition, the classroom with the most participants will be rewarded with a popcorn party by the PSO! Follow the link below for a printable packet

Click Here to Read-a-thon Packet

The Usborne book fair will be held in the school library November 9 & 10. More details will follow after fall break.

Also, 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 (in-person or online) 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. 

Conferences will be held on Tuesday - Wednesday, October 12-13. These evaluation conferences run 15 minutes as you meet with your child's homeroom teachers. You may also sign up to meet with specials teachers during conference week. The evaluation meetings are designed so your child's teacher may further describe their academic performance and discuss any questions you may have. Please reach out to your child's teacher if you have any questions or for information regarding sign-ups.

https://archwaytrivium.greatheartsamerica.org/conferences/

Conference Week Teacher Appreciation Meals

The PSO will be providing meals for teachers on conference days, October 12-13. To support this effort, please sign-up below:

Donate to the Tuesday, October 12 Teacher Meal

Donate to the Wednesday, October 13 Teacher Meal

K-5 student evaluations for Quarter 1 will be available by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, October 8 in the Powerschool Parent Portal. We ask that parents please log on to the parent portal before the office closes for fall break to ensure that you are able to access your child's evaluations. A successful login attempt will result in a message indicating the portal is closed. The portal will remain disabled until evaluations go out. At that time, the portal will be opened temporarily for you to view your students' report card(s). You will be notified by email on October 8 when evaluations are ready to view.

• If your child was a student at ATW last year, you will use the same login as last year.

• If you have new students for the 2020-2021 school year (example: returning 4th grader but a new kindergartener or new from outside of the Great Hearts network), you will receive an email with their Access ID and Password information to add them to your existing account by Wednesday, September 29.

• If you are new to Archway Trivium West this year but attended another Great Hearts school last year, you will still use the same login and password that you used last year. 

You can access the Powerschool Parent Portal website here. We have found that using Google Chrome or Firefox as your web browser is best. Please reach out to Stefany Dean at sdean@archwaytrivium.org if you have any questions about your Powerschool Parent Portal account.

Thank you so much to everyone who tuned in this past Saturday to the Great Hearts Telethon and to those that generously made a gift to the Teacher Excellence Fund. At the end of the day, the Telethon goal was exceeded, and over $585k was raised to support teacher bonuses to help retain our most competent and qualified faculty. Tina Swartz, Academy Giving Manager for Archway Trivium East, and Annann Hong, Academy Giving Manager for Archway Trivium West and Trivium Prep, happily fielded donor calls while our Headmasters emceed the Trivium Spotlight.

If you haven’t had a chance to watch the Headmaster Jeopardy or the Trivium Teacher Mad Libs that were featured during the Telethon, please get your popcorn ready before you tune in to be thoroughly entertained by your Trivium Headmasters and our faculty!!

The goal of Archway Trivium West health office is to aid in the health and wellness of your child. We will follow Great Hearts Health Policy. Our goal is to keep your child at school and learning when possible. Scholars will be sent home if they present with fever, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, excessive coughing, sore throat, flu or COVID-like symptoms. Please plan to pick your child up within one hour. Please keep your child home if they are not feeling well or present with any of the above symptoms prior to coming to school. 

Please feel free to contact me for any concerns or questions.

Additionally, the health office always appreciates donations of water bottles, band aides or Ziploc bags. Thank you in advance. 

Denise Schooley, RN, BSN

Archway Trivium West Health Office

623-414-4883  dschooley@archwaytrivium.org

Our Lost and Found is full of lunch boxes, water bottles, etc. Please remind your students to periodically check the Lost and Found for missing items. Lost and Found items are kept in the Archway MPR. Unclaimed items are donated during Fall Break.

Save the Date for our PSO Family Night at Papa Murphy's Pizza in Avondale on Thursday, October 14. Present the flyer below and our school will benefit from your purchase! Order online, in-person or by phone. We hope you will join us!

Mark your calendar and start cleaning out your closets! Our PSO Goodwill Drive will be held Saturday, October 23 from 1-3 PM at the school. Please review these COVID-specific donation guidelines before donating items. This year, only small appliances and small furniture will be accepted. Must be able to be easily lifted by one person and fit into bins provided (approximately 3.5' width x 3.5' length). Masks and social distancing are required during drop-off.



This event is open to the community, so please share with your friends! We earn money based on the weight of donations received, so the more, the merrier! Look for more details as the date approaches. Thank you for your support. 

To accommodate our families, the PSO is offering additional drop-off times outside the Archway MPR for Goodwill donations:

Early Drop-off - Friday, October 22 from 5-7 PM

Early Drop-off - Saturday, October 23 from 8-10 AM

Goodwill Drive - Saturday, October 23 4 from 1-3 PM

Used Writing Utensil/Crayon Collection during Goodwill Drive

New this year, we will also be collecting old crayons and the following old writing utensils: pens, mechanical pencils, glue sticks, plastic water color kits, highlighters and sharpies. Writing utensils will be recycled through the Terracycle program. Archway Trivium West is eligible to receive compensation based on weight of recycled items. 

Crayons will be manufactured into new, free crayons for kids in children's hospitals through the Crayon Initiative. Please separate crayons and writing utensils from other Goodwill Donations. Crayons will have one marked bin at the donation drop off and there will be a separate bin for other writing utensils.

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.