Scottsdale Prep senior, Sumedh Seetharam, was recently featured as one of the 10 Great Hearts seniors to be recognized as National Merit Semifinalists. But Seetharam was also recognized over the summer by ABC 15 and the Scottsdale Progress for giving 130 kids ages 7-12 free karate lessons with the help of the Dragon Kim Foundation, which enables teens to develop and implement... Read More »

For the third year in a row, the Athletics Department of Scottsdale Preparatory Academy, home of the Spartans, received the prestigious Great Hearts Directors Cup. This is only the fourth time this award has been presented, with Veritas Prep winning the cup in its inaugural year in 2019. But after that first year, the trophy has... Read More »

Several of our preparatory academies utilize the House System to facilitate a greater sense of community in our schools. The House System is designed to break down barriers created by academic level, age, or extracurricular interests so that every scholar can find a community. When scholars are sorted into Houses, they find a group of... Read More »

To all Great Hearts Parents of a High School Senior, You have hopefully had a few discussions about college or next steps with your senior. We’ve had several of these conversations at our house, as well. They always took place in passing, whether it was my daughter daydreaming out loud about where she wants to go,... Read More »

  “Knowledge about the ideas embodied in the Constitution and the ways in which it shapes our lives is not passed down from generation to generation through the gene pool; it must be learned anew by each generation.” -Sandra Day O’Connor In 2018, then Arizona Governor Doug Ducey proclaimed September 25th to be Sandra Day O’Connor... Read More »