Sarah Sponcil is a Veritas Prep alumnus who graduated the Great Hearts academy in 2013. Since high school graduation, Sponcil’s journey has included playing college volleyball, an Olympic career, and most recently playing for a professional indoor volleyball league, signing with the Grand Rapids Rise, part of the Professional Volleyball Federation (PVF).   Sponcil found the curriculum to […] Read More »

Dario Estrada, who goes by DJ, is the father of Ava Estrada, a fourth grader, and Dario Estrada, a second grader. Both his children attend the Phoenix campus of Great Hearts Christos. Great Hearts Christos academies are separate, faith-based, non-profit, private school arm of the Great Hearts organization committed to creating and offering the best ecumenical Christian academies […] Read More »

Jackie Wang, a senior at Glendale Prep, recently documented her senior trip to Washington DC, sharing her experiences throughout the week. Wang admits that she had planned to journal the trip for herself before being asked to write a daily blog for the Great Hearts network. “We just tried to see all the sites that DC has […] Read More »

Last fall we announced ten seniors from Great Hearts Arizona academies qualified as National Merit Semifinalists. We are pleased to announce that each of them has been named National Merit Finalists. Each student has been recognized as one of the 15,000 highest scoring entrants of the PSAT, qualifying them for recognition in the National Merit Scholarship Program as finalists of […] Read More »

Julian Vera, a senior at Maryvale Preparatory Academy was excited to learn that he was recognized as a National Hispanic Scholar. The National Hispanic Recognition Program (NRHP) recognizes outstanding Latino and Hispanic high school students who earned high scores on the PSAT, the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test during their junior or sophomore years. While the NHRP is not a […] Read More »