Dear Archway Trivium West families,

In some future day I will be dead and gone. And when that day comes I will join the immense throng of all who have gone before. I imagine a few of us sitting at a table sipping whatever spirits sip (maybe spirit spirits?) and reminiscing about our earthly experiences. I wonder what my place will be in that conversation. If my friends around the table truly represent the whole of the human family, I’m afraid I will be an oddball indeed. After all, most of them will have ridden horses, worked physically taxing jobs, and probably did not learn to read. They will have no understanding of mortgages, flat tires, 9-to-5 jobs, or any of the other things that we assume as common stressors in modern life. Will I be honored at that table as a person of great understanding and wisdom? Will I be mocked and derided for the relative ease of my life? In one sense, I have met them and have some cerebral understanding of their lives because I have read old books, but I cannot truly know them the way they will know each other. While I fret alone about my mortgage, they will unite around the shared physical turmoil of their lives. What could I say at that time that would connect me to that group? What jokes will be found humorous to all? What stories will make us cry? Which heroes will inspire us? I truly believe that such jokes and stories and heroes do exist, and they reveal the essence of what it means to be human. I don’t know what they are, but I am looking for them. Thank you for looking with me.   

Heartily Devoted,

Clay Scott

Headmaster

Archway Trivium West

Student Pledge Leaders: Lincoln Y., Serene W., Tiffany C., Faith M., Mariana C.

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

IT’S NO JOKE!!!! You give us a $200/$400 Public School Tax Credit & AZ RETURNS IT TO YOU WHEN YOU FILE YOUR STATE TAXES!

We currently are at 66% of our Tax Credit goal!! We need 56 more Tax Credits to reach goal. If you are doing your taxes this weekend, don’t forget this EASY WAY to support the school. RE-DIRECT your tax dollars that would otherwise go to the state of AZ and allow them to benefit our Field Trips and Extracurricular Programs at Archway Trivium West. Encourage anyone else you know with AZ state tax liability to do the same! Help us make the Silly Sock Celebration a reality for the scholars! bit.ly/ArchwayTriviumTC

HELP US REACH GOAL BY REACHING OUT TO YOUR NETWORK IN ARIZONA – there is simply NO EASIER WAY to financially support our school than encouraging Arizona state tax-payers to re-direct tax dollars to the school. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ASK THEM!!!!

1) For 2021, The CARES Act allows taxpayers to claim a $300 (single)/$600 (married) deduction for cash gifts to a 501c3 like Trivium even if you use the standard deduction and do not itemize. This is in addition to your standard deduction!!! 

2) As a reminder, Great Hearts changed its policy for 2021, and emailed Cumulative Giving Receipts have not been sent as in years past. 

• For gifts made by check, please use mailed receipts.
• For one-time gifts made using a credit card, please search your email in-box using the following “Thank you for your gift” Trivium.
• For monthly/recurring gifts made by credit card, please search your email in-box using the following “Successful scheduled transaction.”

Any charitable gifts made to Great Hearts such as the Telethon or the Teacher Excellence Fund are receipted by Great Hearts. 

For additional assistance, please email our Academy Giving Manager, Annann Hong, at ahong@archwaytrivium.org.

Please mark your calendars for the following state-testing dates. In order to best prepare for the exams, we ask that you take note of the dates below and plan ahead. If a student leaves the testing environment, s/he cannot continue their exam and it will be submitted as-is. Please do not schedule appointments for these dates or pull your children out early.

We recommend that your scholars get a good night's sleep the day before and a nutritious breakfast in the morning. Please have students bring the following: a healthy snack and water bottle for the break during testing.

Additionally, all students should bring a set of headphones, as certain parts of the test require audio. These must not be Bluetooth headphones, but be able to connect via an auxiliary cord.

3rd Grade: April 4, 5, 25, 26

4th Grade: April 7, 19, 21

5th Grade: April 6, 8, 12, 14

Click Here for Detailed Testing Schedule

This week our PSO celebrated our teachers with an UnBirthday celebration! Thank you for the many ways you bless our faculty and staff.

Volunteers are needed to assist our younger scholars during their library visits. Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up. Thank you!

Expectations for a Library Volunteer are helping the scholars find/choose a book, keeping them on task so their classmates also have time to choose and making sure the scholars check out at the computer with the librarian before returning to their seat. All Archway Trivium West volunteers must have Raptor clearance before volunteering on campus.

Volunteer in the School Library

Nominations are currently being accepted for our PSO board for the upcoming 2022-23 school year. Please email your nominations to our Headmaster or PSO President by April 1 for consideration. You are encouraged to self-nominate, if you would like to serve in a board position next year.

Additionally, we are excited to announce we'll be bringing back the Fall Festival next year with a Renaissance Fair theme! Please reach out to our PSO President if you would like to serve on our Fall Festival planning team!

Visit the PSO page on our website for more information on current board positions. Email your nominations to either Headmaster Scott at cscott@archwaytrivium.org or PSO President, Kimberly Alvidrez, at archwaywestpso@gmail.com.

The Trivium Prep 10th Annual Golf Tournament and Auction to benefit our Athletics Department is set for April 9, 2022 at the Wigwam. Registration of Golf/Golf Sponsorships is now available on our website. Visit www.triviumprep.org/events for more information.

Golf Registration begins at 1pm.

Dinner/Auction at Old Pueblo is at 6pm.

Support the Silent Auction

Our Silent Auction Giving Tree is looking for gift card donations. Each grade has a theme as shown. Please click to see examples of gift cards in each theme, sign up, and bring your gift cards to the Front Office ASAP. We appreciate your support!! Go Knights!

Click Here to Donate Gift Cards to the Silent Auction

We love our volunteers! As a thank you to all of you who have volunteered your time and talents to Archway Trivium West/Trivium Prep this year, we invite you to join us for a Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast on Monday, April 25, at 8:00 AM in the Archway MPR. Please celebrate and join us for our appreciation breakfast!

Click Here to RSVP

Archway Trivium West families are invited to serve with us at Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) in Mesa on Monday, May 2 (there is no school this day) from 11:30AM-1:15PM. Spots are limited and if you’ve been to FMSC before, you know they’ll go quickly! Volunteers ages 5 and up will pack life-saving Manna Packs together in a fun environment. Please use the Sign Up Genius link to sign up and be sure to include ALL volunteers that will be coming with you. We need to have an accurate count for FMSC, so that each packing session is as full as possible. If you have any questions, please email Lisa at triviumwestcommunity@gmail.com.

Sign Up to Serve at Feed My Starving Children

Read the FMSC Volunteer FAQ

If you love a good deal, it's a great opportunity to add to your Trivium spirit wear collection. All current designs from tees to totes on sale now online. Follow the link below to purchase! Our next Spirit Day is the half day Friday, A.

Purchase Spirit Wear

K-8 Football Camp

Register now for Trivium Prep Football Youth Camp. Offered April - July, you can register for specific dates or for all campus. Follow this link to register.

This is an exciting time of the school year when we realize we are halfway. Unfortunately, we are also seeing many COVID cases and other illnesses.  

Let’s review and encourage steps to follow in prevention of the spread of COVID and other illnesses.

People of all ages should: 

• Wash hands often with soap and water. Use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer if soap and water are not available. 
• Cover their nose and mouth with a tissue when they cough or sneeze. 
• Avoid touching their eyes, nose, and mouth. 
• Stay home when you are sick.  

Additional reminders, if your child is sick with fever over 100 degrees and/or vomiting please keep them home an extra 24 hours after fever and vomiting resolved. 

Please reach out with any questions or concerns.

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

Meet the Teacher: TBD - Week of 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

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.

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.

Nia Catania - Assistant Teacher - April 2

Tina Behling - 5A Assistant Teacher - April 3

Brienne McDonald - Communications - April 12

Cailea Robbins - 1C Lead - April 20

Michael Judge - 3-5 Music Teacher - April 22

Natalie Velarde - 1C Assistant Teacher - April 22

Kristin Taylor - 3B Lead - April 29

Fiona Kolia - ESS Coordinator - April 30

Online ordering is now available for January-May school lunch! Order online:

https://ordernow.myhotlunchbox.com/

New! Updated Vendors for 2022:

Monday - Panda Express

Tuesday - Firehouse Subs

Wednesday - NYPD Pizza

Thursday - Chick-fil-A

Friday - Cafe Rio

Additionally, there are two opportunities to volunteer in the lunchroom:

Click Here to Volunteer as a Lunchroom Helper

Click Here to Volunteer as a Lunchroom Server

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
• 2022-23 DRAFT 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.