Great Hearts student achieves perfect ACT score

Audrey Beermann, a junior at Glendale Preparatory Academy, is among the less than 1% who received a perfect score on the ACT. Last year, more than 1.9 million students took the college standardized test. Of these students, fewer than 3,800 received a perfect composite score of 36.

SARRC, Great Hearts Academies partner for Autism Screening Project

SARRC and Great Hearts are taking an innovative approach through the “Screening In Schools” project that aims to screen students—who may have been misdiagnosed or undiagnosed—by identifying social challenges to then prompt a formal autism evaluation.

Great Hearts students win awards at the Young Artist Exhibit at the Tempe Festival of the Arts.

Best in Show - Madeline Liu, Reflections, 10th Grade, Trivium Preparatory Academy
2nd Place Overall - Hope Huisman, Winter Warmth, 8th Grade, Veritas Prep Academy

Great Hearts Texas athletes participated in the Special Olympics

Congratulations to our athletes who participated in the Special Olympics this year, an annual event that gives participants with intellectual and developmental disabilities a chance to showcase their athletic skills. There were 50 Great Hearts scholars from grades Kinder through 6th who competed in the 10, 25, 50, 75, 100 and 200 meter races.

Great Hearts academies bring back a love of Latin

Latin books are flying off the shelf at Cheever Books in San Antonio, partly due to the study of Latin inside our Great Hearts academies.

“Latin helps students understand the culture and connect that knowledge to our 21st century diverse America.”

Great Hearts Texas Board Member publishes book

Congratulations to our Great Hearts Texas Board Member and newly published author Shannon Sedgwick Davis for the release of her book “To Stop A Warlord”.

Scottsdale Prep student named as a 2019 U.S. Presidential Scholar

Amy Zhou accomplished many things as a high school student including recently being named as a 2019 U.S. Presidential Scholar! The competition started with nearly 3.6 million seniors; 5,200 students were identified as candidates and Amy became 1 of 621 semifinalists from across the country before ultimately being named 1 of 161 Presidential Scholars!

When a dog literally eats your homework

Turns out the age-old excuse, “My dog ate my homework,” is true.

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at Maryvale Prep

The Marley Center for the Performing Arts is officially open on the Maryvale Preparatory campus.

Maintaining a perfect 4.0 for four straight years

Ten Chandler Preparatory graduating seniors have the distinction of maintaining a 4.0 grade point average during their entire four years of high school. The weighted GPA behind a 4.0 at Great Hearts if 4.857

Archway Trivium East builds rock climbing wall inside the school

It serves as a wonderful enhancement to their athletics program and an opportunity for students to apply problem-solving skills in a creative way.

Arete Prep Archery Team qualifies for WORLDS!

FOX 10 featured the Arete Prep Archery Team earlier this year as they prepared for Nationals. ? We're happy to let you all know that the team qualified for WORLDS! They'll be going to Nashville in July to participate!

Great Hearts Texas Superintendent stops by Western Hills for lunch

Students at lunch challenged Aaron Kindel to a Quiz Bowl

Chandler Prep senior receives prestigious scholarship

Smith College has selected Chandler Preparatory Academy's Emily Drennan as a 2019 /2020 recipient of the The STRIDE program scholarship that also includes a paid research position with a Smith professor beginning in her freshman year.

Highlights from the Great Hearts Spelling Bee

These kids can S-P-E-L-L! Check out some of the toughest words these spelling bee champions faced at the Great Hearts Spelling Bee.

Archway Glendale 3rd grader gets to "RULE THE SCHOOL"... for a day

Channel 3 stopped by Archway Glendale to feature the school's "Headmaster for the Day."

Chandler Preparatory Academy has 3 National Hispanic Scholars

Chandler Preparatory Academy has 3 National Hispanic Scholars: Dashenka Madsen, Olivia Vilaboy and Sophia Berberian. These students scored in the top 2.5% on the PSAT/NMSQT among all Hispanic and Latino test-takers and have been invited to participate in the National Hispanic Recognition Program.

Great Hearts Monte Vista student makes it to state

Mitchell Baran, a 7th grader at Great Hearts Monte Vista, is the first Math Counts member from GHMV to make it to State.

? Great Hearts had three distance runners go under 10 minutes in the 3200m race

Two athletes, Adam Whitehead (Arete Preparatory Academy) and Jordan Black (North Phoenix Preparatory Academy), had two of the best performances ever in Division 4 history.

Trivium Prep senior chosen to serve as the Sr. Beef Ambassador of Arizona

Trivium Preparatory Academy senior, Kailee Zimmerman, has worked for the Arizona Beef Council as the Jr. Beef Ambassador for the last two years.

Representing Our Charter School at the San Antonio MLK March

Great Hearts Monte Vista families marched alongside other public, charter, and private schools at the San Antonio MLK March

Arete Prep senior signs with Wesleyan University

Congratulations to Brennan Weir of Arete Preparatory Academy. The 6'2", 205 pound receiver signed with Illinois Wesleyan University to play football.

Chandler Prep student receives honorable mention

Congratulations to 2022’ Isabel Garcia, Chandler Preparatory Academy's 3A Metro East Region Honorable Mention as voted by the Coaches!

Members from the Arete Prep Advanced Archery team is headed to the National Competition

Arete Prep Coach George Portillo earned high honors at the state competition, taking home NASP’s (National Archery in the Schools Program) Coach of the Year Award. Coach Portillo has done an incredible job growing the Archery program at Arete Prep.

Veritas Prep alumni reunite over winter break

Reunited and it feels so good! Alumni from Veritas Preparatory Academy got together over winter break to get caught up with one another.

Chandler Prep student receives Girl Scouts Gold Award.

One of Alyssa’s greatest passions is fostering kittens for the Arizona Humane Society (AHS). This passion guided her in developing her project for her Girl Scouts Gold Award.

Scottsdale Prep girls soccer A and B teams win the Great Hearts Middle School League Championship

Overall Record: 9 - 0 - 1
Conference Record: 9 - 0 - 1

Chandler Preparatory Academy Senior Ali Cohen represented the United States at the English Speaking Union in Hangzhou, China

Ali was one of 30 students who made it to the semifinal round on the topic “Let us be true to one another”.

Anthem Prep baseball teams wins the Great Hearts Middle School League baseball championship

Through an education that extends beyond the classroom, Great Hearts educates the entire individual, mind and body at the Elementary, Middle and High School level.

Chandler Prep athlete named "Player of the Year"

Chandler Preparatory Academy's Justine Cooper has been named "Player of the Year" in Arizona's 2A Conference.

The Veritas Preparatory Mock Trial teams placed 15th and 16th in New York at the World Championship

Emily Gates received an exceptional recognition, being selected as the 4th best advocate in the world. Isabella Barrett and Claire Harris were recognized as two of the top 15 witnesses at the world championship.

Cicero Prep student takes 1st place at Science Fair

6th Grader Caitlin Ulreich-Power, from Cicero Preparatory Academy, took 1st place at the Arizona Science and Engineering Fair in Chemistry for the elementary division.

Scottsdale Prep student won first place nationally in an essay writing contest

Udi, a Scottsdale Prep student, participated in an essay writing contest by American Geosciences Institute for Earth Science week and won first place nationally. This years topic was “Finding Art in Earth”. They had to write a 300-word essay on how elements of nature have influenced art. Udi wrote about the art of writing.

North Phoenix Prep’s volleyball team was featured on the AIA Volleyball Bracket Show

2018 AIA Volleyball Bracket Release Show
Brackets for 1A-6A postseason

Mr. Jay is recognized as an outstanding teacher for the month of October

Mr. Jay from Archway Scottsdale was honored by 99.9 KEZ for being the OUTSTANDING TEACHER of the month for October

Trivium Prep FFA Student Cole Lozon Places Top 3 in National FFA Agriscience Fair

Trivium Preparatory Academy’s Cole Lozon placed in the top 3 for Environmental Sciences in the Agriscience Fair at the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana. Cole finished 2nd in the final placements within the Environmental Sciences division of the competition.

Arete Prep finding success behind freshman QB McClelland

Arete Preparatory Academy won six of its eight regular season games under a freshman quarterback who is among national passing leaders.

Trivium Prep is 8-0, ranked No. 2 in 1st 2A season

“The kids are excited but have a humility about them,” Spencer said. “We still have more work to be done. We are never satisfied. They always want more whether in school or on the field. They like a challenge and pushing themselves to be better.”

3 Great Hearts academies were nominated for best private or charter school

Chandler Preparatory Academy, Glendale Preparatory, and Arete Preparatory Academy were all nominated by Arizona Foothills Magazine

Arizona high school kicker leaves game to catch flight, misses out on shot at state record

Arete Preparatory Academy's senior kicker, Frank Kalogirou, was 11 for 11 on extra points before he had to leave in the fourth quarter to catch a flight to Haiti. "He informed me before our first game that he had planned a church mission trip to Haiti during our fall break and would miss the last regular-season game," coach Clinton Smith said.

Great Hearts Irving choir performs

? The Great Hearts Irving Upper School Choir performs at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new campus! ?

Joselynn Edwards qualified for the Junior Olympics in synchronized swimming

Trivium Preparatory Academy's Joselynn Edwards qualified for the Junior Olympics in synchronized swimming and competed at state prior to the Junior Olympics. At state, she won gold in the team event and bronze in individuals. At the Junior Olympics, this summer in Oxford, OH, her team placed 23rd in the nation.

Chandler Prep alumna Emily Michael discusses her current work in the Peace Corps

After graduating from The University of Arizona in 2016 she joined the Peace Corps. Emily is an Education Volunteer in Uganda, serving as a Literacy Specialist at a primary school in Arua, West Nile region.

❗️HOT TAMALES❗️at Archway Cicero

Every April students at Archway Cicero sneak into Headmaster Matt Vlahovich’s office to “decorate”. This year Hot Tamales were everywhere! He’s a good sport about it. Plus, the scent of cinnamon radiated the halls… can’t go wrong with that. In previous years his office has been filled with sticky notes and balloons.