Nathan Frumkin has been teaching science at Lincoln Prep for nearly a decade, but his accomplished career began with publishing peer-reviewed research in animal behavior and ornithology. His early work focused on mockingbirds, a fitting subject for someone who would eventually join a classical academy where students study To Kill a Mockingbird. Frumkin’s love for nature... Read More »

Dr. Michelle Paull serves the students and faculty at Lincoln Prep, a Great Hearts academy in Chandler, Ariz., as the assistant headmaster where she also teaches 8th grade science. Earth and the planetary sciences have always been a passion of hers, inspired by her father, an engineer working on the Hubble Space Telescope. With her impressive... Read More »

Suzanne Kilani-McCauley, or Mrs. McCauley as she is known to her drama students at Glendale Prep, spent some of her summer break at the Broadway Teachers Workshop in New York City, the home of Broadway Theatre, as part of Great Hearts commitment to professional development of our teachers. The workshop, designed for drama teachers from across the country,... Read More »

The Veritas Prep Falcons opened their football season under the Friday night lights against Camp Verde. But this was no ordinary season opener. It was the first game played on the newly overhauled Freedom Field, featuring brand-new field lights, stadium bleachers, fencing, and a press box. The Freedom Field was made possible by the generosity of two... Read More »

Great Hearts has always been a place of family for Brooke Stephens, the assistant headmaster at Chandler Prep, with her own two daughters attending Archway Chandler and Chandler Prep. But it became even more of a family affair when Stephens introduced her brother, Kyle Bagwell, to the classical charter network of schools. Bagwell now teaches... Read More »