Press Room

Cultivating the Hearts and Minds of Parents  It’s a crisp October morning at Archway Arete Classical Academy. Beth Goulden walks through the front office doors with a smile and a wave to the staff. The rest of the school begins the day with the Pledge of Allegiance and a moment of silence. Beth’s smiling face […] Read More »

“When the time came to fly our unit in, I specifically chose a seat at the very back of the Chinook,” Osman Toruno explains. Coach T, as his flag football team of 5th and 6th graders call him, takes a seat on the brand-new bleachers at Arete Preparatory Academy in Gilbert. He clarifies that ‘The Chinook’ […] Read More »

Re-organized three years ago, KINGDOMS has flourished at Archway Chandler! Kingdoms are a community within a community. You have your outside community, your school community and then you have your Kingdom. Each student is placed in their Kingdom, named for a land in literature, starting in kindergarten, staying with the same Kingdom through their Archway years. Each […] Read More »

Ask anyone at Chandler Prep where the rabbits, mice and other animals are, and they’ll all point in the direction of room 211! The Life Science room where Mrs. Mary Goodwin has been teaching at Great Hearts since 2009. Her classroom is always a buzz with an assortment of creatures! Mrs. Goodwin has been blessed […] Read More »

Giving Tuesday at Archway Cicero and Cicero Prep 2024 is the tenth anniversary of the opening of the Cicero campus! The founders of Great Hearts knew that the academies that they proposed would cost more than what the state funds would cover. They truly believed that if families found value in the educational experience that […] Read More »