A Note from Headmaster Scott

Dear Archway Trivium Families,

This week I spent a few minutes with some 5th grade scholars. In a moment that is not uncommon for children of that age, they acted unkindly toward one another. This was not an ongoing event, nor were their errors particularly egregious. Nevertheless, relationships were damaged as assumptions were made and hurtful words were exchanged. None of the children felt good about the situation. The human soul is not made for unkindness, so it hurts when we behave in that way. We discovered together that the pain they felt from their own actions was at least as uncomfortable as the pain inflicted by the others. In that setting, not one of the children attempted to justify their actions. Instead, they admitted their individual errors and offered sincere apologies. Forgiveness was granted and all left the room as friends.

I exited a little behind them and looked down the hall. What I saw was truly beautiful. All three children had arms around each other as they approached their classroom door. As far as they knew, they were the only people in the hall, but I caught them behaving virtuously. This experience confirmed for me a significant truth: our pursuit of truth or moral excellence will absolutely be vanity if we strive to do it alone. Relationships matter. In fact, I am not sure virtue can actually exist without them…but that is a topic for another day. Have a great weekend!

Heartily Devoted,

Clay Scott

Headmaster

Archway Classical Academy | Trivium

Student Pledge Leaders: Jennifer H., Joaquin C., Parker C., Nolan L., Gavin M.

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

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Upcoming Events:

Friendship is one of our core virtues at Archway Trivium, and so it is fitting to spend time to deepen our understanding of this life-giving virtue. Throughout the year we learn about friendship as we see it lived out in our literature and in our history.  

As we want to keep the focus on friendship and what it means to be a good friend on Valentine's Day (and every day), students will not be permitted to bring store-bought valentines, candy, or gifts to school. Please join us in celebrating friendship through acts of kindness on this day.

Trivium Gives With Love on February 14

We would like to pour love on our amazing Community Investment donors. If you are already a donor or become one by FEBRUARY 14, 2023, we will gift you a limited edition car cling featuring our brand new mascot, the Archway Trivium Squires!! Gifts to Community Investment help the school bridge the charter school funding gap and keep us out of financial deficit each year!!! Teacher salaries, the building mortgage, copies, and utilities are just some of the examples of the operating expenses YOUR Community Investment gifts help support! THANK YOU for GIVING. If you have any questions about we make use of your tax-deductible giving to the school, please contact Annann Hong, our Family Giving & Community Engagement Officer, at ahong@archwaytrivium.org or (773) 307-6779.

Don’t forget to contribute your AZ Public School Tax Credit before you file your 2022 tax returns! If you’re watching THE GAME this weekend, help us score our own TOUCHDOWN. If any team scores a touchdown, think of Trivium. If you haven’t done so yet, contribute your tax dollars to Trivium through the AZ Public School Tax Credit.

We are currently at 40% to goal, and below are the current standings for our Dunk a Dean.  VOTE TODAY for the Dean you most want to see dunked when we meet our Tax Credit goal!!

Our Kids Heart Challenge program is underway during the month of February! For the month of February, our scholars will be learning variations of jumping rope in P.E. This will prepare them for the jump rope for heart competition at the end of the month. We will also focus on heart health.

We are proud to support the American Heart Association and Be the Torch in the fight against heart disease and stroke! Students will learn how to keep their hearts happy and healthy through physical and mental wellbeing, while helping others with special hearts by raising lifesaving donations. Our goal is to have 100% of our school families join the team and learn Hands-Only CPR through Finn’s Mission. Don’t wait, get started TODAY!

1. REGISTER at www.heart.org/khc or download the Kids Heart Challenge App for Apple or Android.
2. TAKE THE CHALLENGE to Move More or Be Kind.
3. COMPLETE FINN’S MISSION in your HQ to learn Hands-Only CPR, how to spot a stroke F.A.S.T., and how you can help kids with special hearts!

Thank you for supporting our school and this lifesaving program! Please reach out to your child's P.E. teacher with any questions!

The 2023 Sons Adventure Day is coming Saturday, February 11, 2023 from 11 AM-2 PM at Archway Trivium. Our mainliner this year is a Trivium family-owned company, Altered Combat. Moms (or another cherished adult) can battle their boys in a fast-paced game of laser tag in the gym as well as NERF Wars on the football field. 

As always, other games will be available throughout the event and crafts will be in the MPR. Make sure to bring an appetite because we will be serving burgers, hot dogs, chips, and ice cream floats! Laser tag time slots will be assigned at time of check in.  

Click Here to Register

As we look forward to next school year, we invite all incoming Middle School students and parents to Trivium Prep Middle School Preview Night on Wednesday, February 15 at 6:00 PM in the Trivium gym. If you are current 5th grade family planning to attend Trivium Prep, this night is for you!

During this evening, families will have the opportunity to:

• Learn about the Trivium Prep curriculum
• Learn about consumable books, supplies and uniforms
• Find out more about Middle School Athletics, enrichment courses, and more!

We hope you will plan to join us this evening!

Registration for Quarter 4 Wednesday Clubs will open on Friday, February 17 at 4 PM. Registration is offered on a first come, first serve basis, so don't delay. Quarter 4 club offerings include:

• SportsKidz AZ Spring Basketball (K-5)
• Play-well LEGO (K-5)
• Young Rembrandts (K-5)

For more information, visit: www.archwaytrivium.org/clubs

We are excited for our annual Trivium "Run the Virtues" race on Saturday, February 25! This yearly event sponsored by our PSOs and local businesses is an amazing community event. There are options for a 5K race or 1-mile fun run/walk. Additionally, if you are interested in a business sponsorship of this event, please reach out to our event coordinator at runthevirtues@gmail.com.

Follow the link to learn more and register:

Register for the Run the Virtues Fun Run

Our Headmasters are getting ready to Run the Virtues on February 25!

Will you join them?! Check out the video to see how they are preparing for the race, then follow the link below to register!

Register for Run the Virtues

The 2022-23 Archway Trivium yearbook is on sale now! Hardcover sales have ended; reserve your softcover yearbook today! This year's book has been expanded to 100 pages. Don't miss out on the memories!

Yearbook Pricing:

Softcover- $37.00 (Available through March 1)

Personalization available for SOFTCOVER ONLY. (Add your scholar's name and portrait to the front cover for $5).

Click Here to Order your Yearbook

As we look ahead to next year, there are several opportunities for parents to join the PSO leadership team through serving on the PSO Board or as a committee lead. If you are interested in learning more or getting involved, please contact our PSO President, Kimberly Alvidrez at president.archwaytriviumpso@gmail.com.

Our teachers need your help making copies! Sign up for a day (or more!) and not only will you be helping our teachers and scholars, but you will have the opportunity to connect with our fantastic parent community! Your littles are welcome to come!

Thank you to everyone who has volunteered for the Copy Program thus far. Your time and effort has helped our teachers so much! We'd love to have you sign up again!

Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up. Typically, Tuesdays we make copies for Kinder-2nd grades and Fridays we make copies for 3rd-5th grade. We'd love to see you there! Thank you!

All Copy Program volunteers must have Raptor clearance to participate. 

New! February/March Copy Program Sign Up

Great Hearts is gearing up for the 2023 Gala! The planning committee, chaired by Kelly and Justin Young from Great Hearts Cicero is actively seeking engaged parents to support this event. If you would like to join the committee, please contact Becky Cacace, Development Officer, at  bcacace@greatheartsaz.org or (602) 438-7045, ext. 488. The first committee meeting will be on February 14 at the Great Hearts Phoenix Home Office. Visit this link for a Gala Committee Member job description.

We are working to finalize our draft academic calendar for the 2023-24 school year. Here is a summary of proposed   "Important Dates" for the upcoming 2023-24 school year. 

Meet the Teacher: Monday, July 31, 2023

First Day of School: Thursday, August 3, 2023

Fall Break: September 29-October 6, 2023

In-service/Conference Days: October 9-10, 2023

Winter Break: Friday, December 15-Tuesday, January 2, 2024

Spring Break: March 8-15, 2024

Last Day of School: May 23, 2024

The 11th Annual Golf Tournament and Auction will be held on Saturday, April 22, 2023 at The Wigwam! It will be a four-person scramble with a shotgun start of 1:30 pm. Entry fee includes dinner after golf on The Lawn. Individual golfers are $155; foursomes are $600. Dinner only tickets will also be available for $35. 

Check www.triviumprep.org/events for updated information on registration and sponsorship opportunities.

Reminder: No Student Drop-off/Pick-up from Neighboring Businesses

Parents - You may not use the parking lots of neighboring businesses for student drop-off/pick-up. We have received multiple complaints from the Southwest Kidney Institute. Per the City of Goodyear police, this is considered trespassing and citations may be issued.

School Office Hours

As a reminder, the Front Office open at 7:30 AM each morning and closes at 3:30 PM on regular school days and at 1:50 PM on Wednesdays. If you need to stop by the office, please plan to do so during Office Hours. Thank you!

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.

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 semester 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: If this is your first time ordering this school year, 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.

Additionally, volunteers must complete a school-specific one-time-only Mandatory Volunteer Training.

Follow the link below to complete your Raptor clearance. The cost is $5 and it only takes a few minutes.

Click Here for More Information or to Register

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.

Clay Scott - Headmaster - February 2

Susana Salinas - KB TA - February 9

Rheanna Burke - Front Office - February 10

Ryan Fields - 5C TA - February 12

April Ehrhardt - 5A TA - February 14

Samina Ashraf - 2C TA - February 15

Stan LaRochelle - P.E. Teacher - February 25

Shauna Catania - 5E Lead - February 27

• Book and Supply Lists
• Uniform Information
• 2022-23 Academic Calendar
• Upcoming Events 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
• Raptor Volunteer Approval
• Mandatory Volunteer Training

Archway Trivium 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.