What would you do if you had a winning lottery ticket in your hand? Most of us would try to use the winnings to make some sort of positive change in our life. Something that will have the greatest impact on our future. That’s exactly what families throughout the Valley are thinking about as we prepare... Read More »
At Great Hearts Academies, we place a high value on literature and seminar in our high school Humane Letters classes, where the goal is to help students obtain an enlarged understanding of ideas and values by means of Socratic questioning and active participation. While reading these texts, a seminar allows students to discuss freely and learn... Read More »
We have been introducing several incredible leaders and experts in classical education who will be speaking at the 2024 National Symposium for Classical Education on March 20-22 at the Phoenix Convention Center, hosted by the Great Hearts Institute. We are particularly excited to announce the latest addition to the lineup, the Honorable Anthony J. Abbott,... Read More »
by Dr. Paul Weinhold, Director of Continuing Education Allow me to begin with a seemingly inauspicious and miniscule grammatical observation: the verb “to flourish” is intransitive. Like many things that go unnoticed, I admit that this diminutive fact seems inconsequential at first. It certainly does not recommend itselfas a flashy headline for the promotion of graduate... Read More »
Born and raised in Peru, Archway Cicero art teacher Laura Thurbon’s artistic journey began at the young age of 16 when she began painting murals in her home city. She studied for eight years at the National Fine Arts School in Lima, where she graduated with a degree in painting and fine arts education. At... Read More »