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Great Hearts Academies April 25, 2023

Great Hearts Gala Heads West

Save the date for the 6th annual Great Hearts Gala on Saturday, September 30th from 7 – 11 p.m. at Earnhardt Lexus’ showroom in Phoenix. This year, Great Hearts Arizona is heading West for How the West was One. The 2023 Western-themed Gala is presented by Liberty Buick and Liberty GMC. [insert 2022 Gala Video: […] Read More »
Great Hearts Academies April 24, 2023

Great Hearted Teachers Triumph at the Symphony

The Phoenix Symphony recently performed William Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast and Dr. Thomas Bookhout, The Phoenix Symphony Chorus Master, was excited to have Great Hearts teachers participate as members of The Phoenix Symphony Chorus, the performing partner of Arizona’s only full-time professional orchestra, for this performance. Dr. Bookhout also serves as the Glendale Prep music teacher […] Read More »
Maryvale Prep April 21, 2023

Maryvale Prep Has Something to Howl About

There was excitement in the gymnasium at Maryvale Prep as the upper school scholars filled the bleachers to welcome special guests. Howler, the mascot for the Arizona Coyotes, visited the Great Hearts academy along with the Coyote Cheerleaders (Squad 48) and the Coyotes’ Chief Impact Officer, Nadia Rivera. After a hockey-related challenge that played out […] Read More »
Great Hearts Academies April 18, 2023

Eight Schools, One Voice

Eight Great Hearts Preparatory Academies will come together to present the Great Hearts Honor Choral Festival at Camelback Bible Church on Friday, April 21st, 2023. The event is a ‘festival-like’ experience for our top choristers across the Great Hearts Arizona network. Students have been preparing this music all semester and will spend the day of […] Read More »
Great Hearts Academies April 17, 2023

Battle of the Bards

Lincoln Carpenter, a fourth grader from Archway Cicero, was named the Great Hearts Bard at the annual poetry competition held last week. 12 finalists, comprised of third, fourth, and fifth graders from Great Hearts Arizona lower schools competed for the title, but Lincoln won the judges and the audience over with his recitation of “The […] Read More »