Written by Ruth Oliver Arete Prep 2017 Valedictorian, 3-sport athlete, received a perfect ACT score, and will be attending Arizona State University’s Barrett Honors College in the fall of 2017. While Great Heart seniors enter their final year of high school worried about balancing school, Senior Thesis, and college applications, their families have another concern: […] Read More »

The language may be dead, but Latin is alive and well in schools around the country. In an article published in the June 8th, 2017 issue of the Wall Street Journal, Nina Sovich wrote, “Latin and Ancient Greek, once the purview of elite private and Catholic schools, are showing up in public school classrooms across […] Read More »

The information landscape has changed tremendously in the last decade. Thanks to social media, 24-hour cable news networks, and a little thing called the internet, news and information is available a la carte. With this influx of specifically targeted information, the abstract question arises, has society forgotten how to think when we can pick and […] Read More »

Maryvale Preparatory Academy, a K-8 school, will open its doors to a brand new $20 million campus in the fall of 2018, and will grow into a K-12 academy by 2022. The school will be located near 47th Avenue and Camelback Road, and will be large enough to serve 1,200 scholars. The new school will […] Read More »

This week, Ruth Oliver completes her time at Arete Prep Academy, where she has been a major contributor to the campus community. During her time at Arete, Ruth has been active as a Lead Mentor in the Mentor Program, a member of the Student Life Team, a Peer Tutor, a member of the Science Bowl […] Read More »