Great Hearts Arizona is excited to share some remarkable achievements across our academies. For the third year in a row, our Great Hearts Archway K-5 schools have been recognized by the Arizona Department of Education as the highest-performing network of elementary schools in the state. The news of this achievement came by way of the Arizona State Board... Read More »

At Archway Veritas, scholars and faculty recently held their time-honored annual event, Great Hearts Great Books Day. This day is a celebration of literature, where the lower school students and staff dress up as their favorite characters from beloved books and historical figures they’ve learned about in school. The day is designed to reinforce the importance of reading... Read More »

In observance of Sandra Day O’Connor Civics Celebration Day, Archway Veritas engaged their elementary students in a series of mock trials to deepen their understanding of the court system. The event, designed to bring civics to life for these young minds, featured Andrew Gould, a former judge and justice of the Arizona Supreme Court with over 20... Read More »

This year’s Great Hearts Arizona Summer Camps, which ran from June 3rd to June 28th, were a huge success. Hosted at Great Hearts Archway (Grades K-5) academies across the Valley, the camps and kinder readiness programs served an average of 800 scholars per week, totaling over 1,240 scholars throughout the summer. This marks one of... Read More »

Archway Veritas recently hosted a special concert featuring five brass musicians and a pianist from The Phoenix Symphony. According to Headmaster Megan Opitz, this is not an isolated event at the academy, which places great value on exposing scholars to the fine arts. They come multiple times a year to perform different classical music based on... Read More »