Born and raised in the Valley of the Sun, Lisa San Miguel grew up in West Phoenix (Maryvale) and attended Maryvale High School.  “Maryvale is a community that is dear to my heart.  My parents still live in the same home,” said San Miguel.  “My parents taught my brother and I about commitment and hard […] Read More »

“It’s fitting that I became a P.E. teacher since I started playing competitive sports at the age of five,” recalls Archway Veritas Coach Peter Caschetta.  “I remember my father filling my pockets up with change to make sure I made the weigh-ins for tackle football and being one of the only players on my tee-ball team that […] Read More »

Mr. Samuel Heisman, Founding Head of School at Great Hearts Harveston, reflected on conveying the Great Hearts model of classical education in a new region. “I admit…I was not a stellar student in high school or in undergraduate studies. In high school I lacked the drive to learn; and, in college, I found it, but […] Read More »

“We learn best in community, by listening to one another, sharing our convictions in good will, and refining our ideas over time according to a shared standard of truth.  The great legacy of Western Culture, from Socrates to today, is that sincere conversation about matters of great importance essential to human flourishing, refining our own […] Read More »

Dr. Toyin Atolagbe, Headmaster at Archway Classical Academy Lincoln, recently shared her story, from the classical education that she received in Nigeria to her journey as a leader at Great Hearts. When I think of the kind of education I received in Nigeria, I remember the words of Plato, “You know also that the beginning […] Read More »