Megan Opitz, the headmaster at Archway Veritas, recently shared her professional journey at the Great Hearts Summit, the annual kickoff event for academy faculty and staff in Arizona. Optiz has dedicated 15 years of service, which accounts for most of her adult life, to Great Hearts, from teaching kindergarten to assistant headmaster and now headmaster. “Since... Read More »
Before classes at Archway Veritas let out for summer break, the academy celebrated their brand-new playground equipment with a special ribbon cutting ceremony. This enhancement, along with a few others across our Archway academies was made possible by the generous support of the Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority (AZSTA), who provides grant funding to promote... Read More »
The campus at Archway Veritas was again transformed into the Sherwood Forest for Robin Hood Day. This annual event serves as the capstone event to the fourth-grade studies of medieval history and celebrates their reading of The Adventures of Robin Hood by Roger Lancelyn Green. Many of us remember some iteration of Robin Hood from... Read More »
Archway Veritas started a new tradition this year by hosting its first-ever Patriot Day, a campus-wide celebration based on their school mascot, the Patriot, and dedicated the day to focus on citizenship, community, and school spirit. The event brought students and staff together for competitions, serving opportunities, and connection. Headmaster Megan Opitz embraced the theme wholeheartedly,... Read More »
Kindergarteners at Archway Veritas recently read the classic story of The Velveteen Rabbit and celebrated the literature and the wonder that the story inspires with a Velveteen Rabbit Day. Sheena Barton, a kindergarten teacher at Archway Veritas, explained that her class has been reading the story all week. “We’ve been talking about what it means to... Read More »
