Officials of National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) recently announced the names of more than 16,000 Semifinalists in the 72nd annual National Merit Scholarship Program. We are pleased to introduce nine exceptional scholars from Great Hearts academies who qualified for this round of the national program. Over 1.2 million juniors in about 20,000 high schools entered the... Read More »

Sandra Day O’Connor Civics Celebration Day is observed annually in Arizona on September 25 to honor the historic legacy of the first female U.S. Supreme Court Justice and prominent Arizonan Sandra Day O’Connor. With the support of the Jack Miller Center, keynote speakers were deployed from Arizona State University’s School of Civic and Economic Thought at four... Read More »

Preparations are underway for the 2027 Great Hearts National Symposium for Classical Education, taking place February 24–26 at the Tempe Mission Palms Hotel in Tempe, Ariz. The annual “big tent” event for classical education is hosted by the Great Hearts Institute and welcomes educators, scholars, and leaders from across the country. But in the meantime, we... Read More »

It has been said that the study of one language yields insights into others. That’s one reason Latin has been part of a Great Hearts education from the very beginning. While Latin may seem like a language of the past, its influence is still all around us, in the words we use, the books we... Read More »

At Trivium Prep, seniors received a required training that was a bit different from the Great Books, fine arts, or Socratic discussions they are accustomed to in an average school day, but the CPR training they received could be among some of the most impactful life lessons they will learn at Great Hearts. Under A.R.S. §... Read More »