Interim Headmaster Rachel Janssen recently opened Curriculum Night at Glendale Prep with a personal experience she had as a mother that changed the way she viewed education, both as a parent as well as an educator. Inspired by Susan Wise Bauer’s The Well-Trained Mind, Janssen was determined to offer her children the kind of classical education she […] Read More »

Most freshmen start high school with small steps, but Scottsdale Prep’s Jackson Day is already climbing to incredible heights—literally. A nationally ranked rock climber, Day has made a name for himself on the competitive climbing scene while balancing the academic challenges of high school. Day’s love for climbing began as a casual monthly outing with […] Read More »

Great Hearts Chief Academic Officer, Jake Tawney, can now add published author to his title. His new book, Another Sort of Mathematics: Selected Proofs Necessary to Finally Acquire an Education in Mathematics was officially released on Amazon by publisher, Encounter Books. While Tawney oversees much of the curriculum for Great Hearts academies, he shared that this is not a […] Read More »

Before classes begin at Great Hearts academies across the Valley, faculty and staff members gathered to kick off the new school year at the Great Hearts Arizona Summit. This “homecoming” of sorts welcomed over 2,000 employees who celebrated the past, present, and future of the growing charter school network with their colleagues. After being directed […] Read More »

Before the start of every school year, Great Hearts welcomes new teachers at the annual New Faculty Orientation. Some have come to us from other countries, and others are familiar faces at our academies. These alumni, former students shaped by Great Hearts’ classical education, are now returning to their alma mater as faculty. Their stories […] Read More »