Community
March 22, 2026
Veritas Preparatory Students Win State Philosophy Olympiad
For the third consecutive year, Great Hearts students took top honors in classical argumentation, defeating 38 teams from across Arizona.
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The Dispatch
Great Hearts America · Est. 2003 · Published in the tradition
CurriculumApril 8, 2026Vol. XXIII · No. 4
Why We Still Teach Latin — and Why It Matters More Than Ever
In an era of machine translation and large language models, the case for Latin is not pragmatic. It is philosophical. To read Cicero in the original is to discover something about thought itself that translation cannot carry.
Dr. Catherine WellsDirector of Classical Languages, Great Hearts Arizona
Roman stone inscription · Latin epigraph · 2nd century AD
Further dispatches from the academy
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March 5, 2026·Catherine Morse
The Case for Classical Education — A Donor's Perspective
Alumna and benefactor Catherine Morse on why she chose to establish the Austen Reading Fund and what she hopes it will accomplish.
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Curriculum
February 18, 2026
Reading Dante at Fifteen: What Students Say About the Comedy
We asked Great Hearts sophomores to describe their first encounter with the Divine Comedy. Their answers were surprising, and honest.
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Events
February 3, 2026
The Annual Rhetoric Tournament Returns This Spring
Students from 18 Great Hearts academies will compete in written and spoken argument, judged by a panel of faculty and alumni.
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Community
January 14, 2026
Great Hearts Louisiana Completes Its First Semester
After opening in Baton Rouge and Lafayette in fall 2024, Louisiana's first two academies reflect on an inaugural year in the tradition.
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Curriculum
December 9, 2025·James Thornton
What Does It Mean to Read Homer Unabridged?
Great Hearts students read the Iliad in full — all 15,000 lines. A faculty reflection on what changes when nothing is cut.
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