Dr. Malachy Rodriguez is a middle school music teacher at Lincoln Prep and going on his 13th year with Great Hearts. According to Headmaster Eric Tope, Rodriguez is a hit with students who often affectionately shout out, “Doctor” when they see him in the halls. Rodriguez was born and raised in Texas and lived with... Read More »
The Team Behind the Team of a High School Football Game by Jon Rickey Hopefully all of us have had the opportunity to attend a Great Hearts high school football game on a Friday night, or mid-week for JV and Frosh/Soph games. But many fans will never know the amount of planning and hard work... Read More »
When Arizona families look at a Great Hearts transcript or report card, you may notice something new beside every 10th, 11th, and 12th grade course: a “CL” designation. Those two letters now identify the courses as College Level, reflecting the depth of the Great Hearts curriculum and complementing expanded college credit opportunities such as Dual... Read More »
Nathan Frumkin has been teaching science at Lincoln Prep for nearly a decade, but his accomplished career began with publishing peer-reviewed research in animal behavior and ornithology. His early work focused on mockingbirds, a fitting subject for someone who would eventually join a classical academy where students study To Kill a Mockingbird. Frumkin’s love for nature... Read More »
Dr. Michelle Paull serves the students and faculty at Lincoln Prep, a Great Hearts academy in Chandler, Ariz., as the assistant headmaster where she also teaches 8th grade science. Earth and the planetary sciences have always been a passion of hers, inspired by her father, an engineer working on the Hubble Space Telescope. With her impressive... Read More »