Great Hearts Academies July 12, 2017 Follow Your Academy on Social Media If you’re looking to stay up to date on school activities and more, make sure you follow your academy on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Find Your Academy on Facebook Great Hearts Academies | Great Hearts Texas | Great Hearts Alumni Anthem Preparatory & Archway Anthem | Anthem Prep PSO | Anthem Prep Athletics Arete Preparatory […] Read More »
Great Hearts Academies June 28, 2017 The Great Books at Great Hearts The Great Books and ideas of the Western Tradition serve as a foundation to the Great Hearts program across all K-12 grades. “The Great Books are works that have stood the test of time as exemplary for their beauty, eloquence, impact on history, and profundity in addressing the essential questions of what does it mean to […] Read More »
Great Hearts Academies June 28, 2017 Understanding the Socratic Method at Great Hearts “The Socratic method is based on the example of one of the greatest teachers who ever lived, the 5th Century B.C. Athenian teacher, Socrates,” explained Great Hearts Co-Founder, Dan Scoggin. Plato writes about his mentor Socrates, recording conversations he holds with other supposedly wise men of Ancient Athens. Socrates was an unconventional philosopher of his time. […] Read More »
Great Hearts Academies June 26, 2017 Understanding STEM at Great Hearts Great Hearts does not solely strive for Truth, Beauty, and Goodness through the Humanities. This pursuit continues in the disciplines of math and science, where a scholar seeks the essence of reality as well. In fact, in the Ancient World, many of the great philosophers were also scientists. So to at Great Hearts, we view […] Read More »
Great Hearts Academies June 12, 2017 Senior Thesis: The Great Hearts Capstone Receiving a Great Hearts education is a unique experience, just ask our seniors who will write and defend a thesis paper centered around one of the six great ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness, Justice, Equality, or Liberty. “We want our students to have three special experiences at the end of their Great Hearts education,” said Andrew […] Read More »