A Message from Headmaster Scott

Dear Archway Trivium West Families,

We believe that beauty is not merely in the eye of the beholder, and that classic forms and works of western music, drama, and visual art should play a central role in forming aesthetic judgement.

This is a powerful statement that stands at odds with much of modern thinking on the subject. Placing beauty exclusively in the eye of the beholder reduces the idea of beauty to mere personal taste. This is usually done in good will as an attempt to be respectful of other’s perspectives, but in doing this we risk distorting meaning in a way that hinders both understanding and communication. When I say that a flower is beautiful, I am making an observation about the flower itself, not about my opinion on the flower. This is more easily understood by exchanging the word beautiful for another adjective. When I say that the flower is red, I am clearly referring to a particular quality (redness) and not a subjective opinion. In this same fashion, the statement about the beauty of the flower is a reference to a particular quality. The hard part for human beings is that most of a flower’s qualities (color, size, living/dead, smell, etc.) are easily identified in both flowers and other objects whereas beauty is not. The other qualities are small and simple ideas, but beauty is a big idea—one of the biggest. Beauty, like truth and goodness, is central to our understanding of humanity. It requires the same level of inquiry and instruction as truth and goodness. It is not something to be rapidly dismissed because it is hard to comprehend or articulate. It is to be wrestled with and scrutinized. This is what we expect of our scholars and the classic works of the west are our avenue. Neither we nor our students need be satisfied with the simplistic, nihilist view of beauty so prevalent in our modern world. As we engage with these great works of drama, music and visual art, we can deepen both our understanding and appreciation for beautiful things.  

Heartily Devoted,

Dr. Clay Scott

Headmaster

Archway Trivium West

Student Pledge Leaders: Aurora L., Benjamin R., Logan C., Zoie L., Jacob L.

Here are a few important reminders about upcoming events at Trivium Prep. Please visit our website, www.archwaytrivium.org, for more information.

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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.

This coming Tuesday, local elections will take place and, depending on where you live, many ballots have school bond and override measures to consider. However you choose to vote, take note that those measures relate to allocations of property taxes that do not affect charter schools like Trivium. Because our enrollment is not limited by neighborhood boundaries, we do not benefit from any property taxes that are assigned to fund education. This is one of the major reasons for the disparity in funding between Trivium and our district schools, a significant funding gap that results in our need to ask for family partnership through Community Investment.

If you have questions or concerns about the inequity in charter school funding, please reach out to our Academy Giving Manager, Annann Hong, at ahong@triviumprep.org or ahong@archwaytrivium.org or call her at (773) 307-6779. If you are interested in what is being done and how to help address charter school funding disparities, please consider signing up to get text alerts from the Arizona Charter School Association (ACSA – www.azcharters.org). Thank you to our families that help to support the education we have chosen for our children at Trivium through tax-deductible Community Investment gifts and pledges.

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).

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

All Archway Trivium West parents are invited to join us for our PSO General Meeting on Monday, November 1 at 8am in the Archway MPR. This is a great opportunity to meet other parents and learn how you can support our school!

Learn about upcoming events, including our Snowstorm holiday event in support of our teachers! All participants will get the chance to spin the prize wheel to win a free Spirit Wear t-shirt! We hope you will join us!

Our PSO will be hosting a Uniform Collection on Monday, November 1 from 7:30-9:30 AM and 1:30-3:30 PM outside the Front Office. Families will be issued a donation voucher that they can use to shop at our Uniform Exchange. 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.

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



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 for PSO Restaurant Night at Colado's on Wednesday, November 5 from 2-5 PM and 20% of proceeds will benefit our school! No flyer needed. We hope you will join us!

Our next Trivium-wide Spirit Day is the half day Friday, November 5! Students at all three Trivium schools are encouraged to wear Spirit Wear on these days. ATW Scholars may wear one of the following: a Spirit Wear shirt from either Archway Trivium West or Archway Trivium East, an Archway athletics t-shirt, any previously purchased Trivium spirit wear shirt, 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!

Purchase ATW Spirit Wear Online

You can also purchase ONLINE anytime. Distance Learners can pick up orders in the front office between the hours of 9am and 1pm. Please allow for 2 business days for delivery to the school when ordering online. Order today!

Order Spirit Wear Online Here

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 Wednesday 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://e5615.myubam.com/.

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.

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!

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. 

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.