Mabel is a great hearted bernedoodle and one of the new faculty members at Archway Glendale. Her owner and handler is Joy Hanks, the Dean of Students at the academy. Mabel has been trained and certified as a therapy dog and spends a few days a week at the school to provide a myriad […] Read More »

Great Hearts Northern Oaks junior, Benjamin Alcott was announced as a winner of the 2023 Naoko Mitsui Shirane Foundation scholarship which awarded him a summer exchange program to Japan. Among Benjamin’s experiences as a student ambassador, he visited with a former Chairman of Toyota Motors in Tokyo, and the President of the Lexus plant in […] Read More »

One Great Hearts scholar was asked the question, “Which class at Great Hearts was most challenging for you?” Read the honest and thoughtful response from Great Hearts Monte Vista Class of 2024 senior, Archan Rai: During my first few years at Great Hearts, I was faced with so much that was unfamiliar, as anyone would when enrolling […] Read More »

One Great Hearts scholar was asked the question, “Why should you study philosophy in high school?” Read the honest and thoughtful response from Great Hearts Monte Vista Class of 2023 graduate, Abigail Cole: Throughout sophomore year, I strongly disliked all philosophical texts because they were dense and difficult and seemingly unworthy of my time. I treasured […] Read More »

At the end of each school year, fifth graders at Archway Glendale are asked to write a speech about one of the nine virtues they have learned during their elementary education at Great Hearts. Today, we will explore the virtue of Responsibility as written by rising sixth grader, Caitlyn O. Responsibility leads people to thrive […] Read More »