Welcome to Third Grade

Irises by Vincent Van Gogh

Hello and welcome to the new 2017-2018 school year!

I am Mrs. Johnson.  I have lived all over the world but have long considered Arizona home.  A year ago, my family was blessed to be able to move back to the valley and I now live in the Surprise area with my husband Paul and our four children, Benjamin, Levi, Noelle, and Lucas. I have a Bachelor's of Science in Elementary Education from Greenville College.  Before having children, I taught in several public and private schools and was then blessed to stay home for several years. Over the past five years I have come to love classical education and its focus on the Trivium (as our school is so aptly named!), learning in the grammar, dialectic, and rhetoric stages.   I have a passion for literature and history and love to delve into a good book and be absorbed in mind and body.  I am so excited to be back in the classroom this year teaching 3nd grade! We have an amazing curriculum here at Great Hearts and will truly feed both the mind and body of our scholars!

Our wonderful teachers assistant this year is Mrs. Scott.  This is her third year with Archway Trivium East and we are thrilled to have her in our classroom.

A note from Mrs. Scott:

It is a pleasure to (re)introduce myself. My name is Mrs. Scott. My family and I moved from Virginia three years ago to help found Archway Trivium East. I have worked in first grade for the last two years and am so thrilled to be with you all again in third grade. Mr. Scott and I have four superb children, who are the reason we came so far to find such a brilliant school as Great Hearts. Once here, amongst such Truth, Goodness, and Beauty we truly found our home. I am so blessed to work alongside such inspiring administration, teachers, TA’s and scholars that my heart is filled and my soul is buoyed by the virtue surrounding it. Being a teacher has led me to discover for myself what it means to have a sense of wonder and a desire for depth of knowledge. We have such a beautiful and rich curriculum designed to promote arete. There is so much to be shared. My personal study has been focused on literature.  I spent the summer in rapture reading our school’s core reading list and am eager to share my love of literature with you this year.  We have such remarkable books we get to cover in third grade and I cannot wait to delve into them with the scholars. 

​The scholars at Archway Trivium East experience a very rich curriculum.  Our expectations are high, but the instruction and guidance given in class will prepare your scholar for this challenge.  The time your child spends in this classroom will help mold your child's future into seeking the truth, goodness, and beauty of their learning experience.

Mrs. Scott and I are looking forward to meeting, and enriching the minds of our scholars!  If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at rjohnson@archwaytriviumeast.org.

​Mrs. Johnson