April 1, 2022

By the time our students are seniors, they have been guided through the process of reading some of the toughest literary classics (Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, Plato’s Republic, Crime and Punishment, Hemingway’s The Old Man and The Sea, Dante’s Divine Comedy, Utopia, Homer’s Odyssey – to name a few) and have been given the tools to ask thoughtful questions and defend their own statements. Reading and thoughtfully discussing these works, prepares them, most importantly for life with the ability to lead and reason with ethical insight, but also, for their final and toughest assignment at Great Hearts: The thesis. These written works by our students oftentimes supersede many theses and dissertations you will see written at the collegiate level. Our seniors have spent their whole year, and maybe their Great Hearts career, preparing for this very moment. The students have spent their year reading, re-reading, researching, and posing questions to their peers and theses advisors. They have followed this work by writing and rewriting drafts, and finally after an entire year (or more than), they are ready to defend their statements and ideas before a panel of teachers, their peers, and families.

The quality of education at Great Hearts is truly unparalleled and is only possible with your generous support of our Community Investment campaign. Thank you to families who have donated and make this educational model possible. If you haven’t yet given, click below to make a daily difference for your students and teachers.

Dear families,

The Heart 4 Others (H4O) and Horticulture Culture (formerly Gardening) student groups are hosting a Campus Beautification Project on Friday, April 8 and need your help! In order to “beautify” our campus, supplies are needed for various small projects (i.e. garbage bins, bags, gloves, brooms, soap, buckets, tools and compost for gardening projects). An Amazon Wish List has been created with the supplies needed, and our students are cold calling nurseries to secure tree and shrub donations. Please consider purchasing a much needed item from our Amazon Wish List to help with this project and help our students develop and take care of shared spaces around campus.

Thank you for your support! From H4O and Horticulture Culture.

Support our Teachers: Teacher Appreciation Lunch Thurs, Apr 7

Lunch Volunteers Needed: CLICK HERE to sign up.

High School Decades Dance: Sat, Apr 2 from 7 - 10 pm; advance tickets $15 or $20 at the door

NO HOT LUNCHES OR SNACKS ON: Mon, Apr 4 & Tues, Apr 5

All Middle School Coffee Shop: Tues, Apr 5 @ 6:30 pm via Zoom CLICK HERE for meeting link.

Meeting ID: 978 2578 9396

Passcode: 559343

Extra Curriculur Plays: Fri, Apr 8 @ 6:30 pm AND Sat, Apr 9 @ 2 pm

Studio Art Night: Wed, Apr 20 @ 5 - 7 pm in the Library and Courtyard

All High School Coffee Shop: Thurs, Apr 21 @ 6:30 pm via Zoom CLICK HERE for meeting link.

Meeting ID: 965 0193 1446

Passcode: 480736

8th Grade Promotion: Tues, Apr 26 @ 6 pm in the gym; details coming soon

Spring Concert: Thurs, Apr 28 @ 7 pm

CLICK HERE for the Family Calendar

Contact Lead College Counselor, Ms. Rebecca Arguello with questions.

Several student drivers have been seen parking in the archway parking lot. PLEASE DO NOT PARK IN THEIR PARKING LOT. There is FREE parking across Baseline Road next to Auto Zone.

Students AND Parents: Do NOT park at Wedgewood, INSPIRE, the medical facilites (across the street) or in the neighborhoods. Those locations are private property. If you park in the private parking lots, cars may be ticketed or towed.

Grand Canyon University offers free tutoring for grades K - 12. The tutors are GCU students and they have online, phone and in-person availability. CLICK HERE for more information.

Arete Prep would like to implement the text messaging system for important information about events, safety alerts and more.

You can opt out any time by replying to one of the message with "Stop."

CLICK HERE for all Arete Prep Athletic info.

2021-2022 UPDATED Family Calendar: CLICK HERE for the calendar

Booklist: CLICK HERE for Arete Prep Booklist.

Middle School Lab Notebooks: All middle school students need a lab notebook for class: CLICK HERE to purchase. Students can pick them up in the front office after the purchase is made.

Uniforms: Purchase uniforms from Anton Uniforms, CLICK HERE for website info.

Dress Code: CLICK HERE for the Dress Code.

Lunches: Click here to for instructions and order. Volunteers are needed for lunch periods, sign up HERE. No children may accompany volunteers. Reminder: there are no microwaves available for students. Snacks are for sale during lunch.

Volunteers Needed: Arete Prep volunteers must have a security clearance to volunteer; CLICK HERE for clearance instructions.

Prep Students with Archway Siblings Drop-off and Pick-up: For drop-off: drop your prep student with the archway student at the archway double doors. Prep students need to walk around the front of the admin building and enter the prep building on the east side of the campus. Prep students are not allowed in the archway side. For pick-up: have prep student walk to archway MPR for pick-up with archway sibling. Prep student will need to walk around the front fo the admin building and the west side of the MPR. Prep students are not allowed in the archway playground or in their building.

MIDDLE SCHOOL: There will be a cart inside the front office doors from 10:20 am - 11:20 am for lunches, the cart will be moved to the courtyard at 11:20 for students to pick up lunches.

HIGH SCHOOL: There will be a cart inside the front office doors from 11:15 am - 12:15 pm for lunches, the cart will be moved to the courtyard at 12:20 for students to pick up lunches.

PLEASE NOTE: there will be no supervision of the lunch cart and we will not be responsible for lost lunches. Door Dash/Uber Eats will need to be delivered onto the cart as we will not accept them in the front office. Middle school can be delivered between 10:20 am - 11:20 am and HS can be delivered between 11:15 am - 12:15 pm. BE SURE DELIVERY PERSON HAS YOUR STUDENTS NAME ON THE ORDER. We are not responsbile for lunches not marked with students names.