“The Socratic method is based on the example of one of the greatest teachers who ever lived, the 5th Century B.C. Athenian teacher, Socrates,” explained Great Hearts Co-Founder, Dan Scoggin. Plato writes about his mentor Socrates, recording conversations he holds with other supposedly wise men of Ancient Athens. Socrates was an unconventional philosopher of his time.  […] Read More »

Great Hearts does not solely strive for Truth, Beauty, and Goodness through the Humanities. This pursuit continues in the disciplines of math and science, where a scholar seeks the essence of reality as well. In fact, in the Ancient World, many of the great philosophers were also scientists.  So to at Great Hearts, we view […] Read More »

Receiving a Great Hearts education is a unique experience, just ask our seniors who will write and defend a thesis paper centered around one of the six great ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness, Justice, Equality, or Liberty. “We want our students to have three special experiences at the end of their Great Hearts education,” said Andrew […] Read More »

Written by Ruth Oliver Arete Prep 2017 Valedictorian, 3-sport athlete, received a perfect ACT score, and will be attending Arizona State University’s Barrett Honors College in the fall of 2017. While Great Heart seniors enter their final year of high school worried about balancing school, Senior Thesis, and college applications, their families have another concern: […] Read More »

The language may be dead, but Latin is alive and well in schools around the country. In an article published in the June 8th, 2017 issue of the Wall Street Journal, Nina Sovich wrote, “Latin and Ancient Greek, once the purview of elite private and Catholic schools, are showing up in public school classrooms across […] Read More »