An impressive 25 Great Hearts Arizona scholars from the Class of 2026 were acknowledged as they signed their letters of intent to play college sports during special signing ceremonies at their academies throughout the Valley. Only about 6% of high school student athletes earn the opportunity to compete athletically at a collegiate level, making this […] Read More »

Great Hearts celebrated along with leaders and families of Apache Junction at the groundbreaking ceremony of the charter network’s 25th academy in Arizona. When Great Hearts Blossom Rock opens in 2027 to K-5 scholars in the master-planned community of Blossom Rock, it will be the first Great Hearts academy in Pinal County. It was standing room […] Read More »

This year, Great Hearts Anthem will celebrate a meaningful milestone with the graduation of its first group of students to complete their entire K–12 journey within the Great Hearts community. These 12 seniors in the Class of 2026, that we have ceremoniously named Legacy Seniors, began their academic careers as kindergartners in the same academy. They […] Read More »

The Cicero campus in central Scottsdale recently gathered for a school carnival that included students and families from both Archway Cicero and Cicero Prep. “The field was packed with more than 1,000 people for the event which included bounce houses, food trucks, balloon animals, carnival games, and the highly popular faculty dunk tank,” explained Brighton Demerest-Smith, […] Read More »

This article originally appears on ON Classical Education. “Great Hearts is built on goodwill” – for several years I’ve repeated and championed this sentiment to my colleagues. I attribute the statement to Great Hearts Co-Founder, Dr. Daniel Scoggin, and although I do not recall the circumstance in which he first uttered it to me, it’s […] Read More »