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In
this issue:
- Graduation Speaker
- Basketball Tournament
- Teacher Feature
- Spring Carnival
- Heart in the Game
- College Counseling
- Re-enrollment
- Prom
- Health Notice
- Tennis Camp
- Yearbook
- Attendance
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Upcoming events:
- 3/2/20 Re-enrollment
- 3/3/20 8th Grade Field Trip
- 3/4/20 Campus Beautification project
- 3/7/20- Basketball Tournament
- 3/16-3/20 Spring Break
- 4/4/20 NPX Spring Carnival
- 4/18/20 Prom
Dates to note for 20-21
August 6 First day of class
October 5-9 Fall break
December 21- January 4 Winter Break
March 15-19 Spring Break
May 27 Last day of classes
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Announcing NPX Graduation Speaker
Our graduation speaker this year is Senator Paul Boyer. Mr. Boyer is in his eighth year at the state legislature, with the last two as a state senator in District 20, which includes much of Glendale and North Phoenix. He just completed his sixth full year of teaching Humane Letters with Great Hearts - three years of 10th-grade Humane Letters, two years of 11th-grade Humane Letters, and one year of 12th-grade Humane Letters. If you ask him which year of Humane Letters is his favorite, he’ll probably respond by saying “that’s like asking, which is better – air, food, or water?”
He has served as the House Education Committee chairman at the state legislature for the last four years and is in his second year as the Vice-Chair of the Senate Education Committee.
He holds a B.A. in English from A.S.U. West and an M.A. in Communication Studies from A.S.U. West. He is currently pursuing an M.A. from the University of Dallas in Humanities with a Classical Studies emphasis, of which he is currently learning Ancient Greek for his Master’s thesis.
He and Beth married five years ago on Pi Day (March 14, 2015). They have a beautiful one-year-old baby boy and a Yorkie Terrier named Mr. Bingley.
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MARCH 7
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, 2020
GH North Phoenix Community Basketball game!
Our Headmasters are pumped up and ready to go!
Click on the video below to check out a few of their skills
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Teacher Feature: Mr. Pagani
By Bianca Rodriguez (Grade 11)
Mr. Pagani teaches high-school level Latin and Greek, as well as Senior Humane Letters. He has been teaching for 15 years. He was born and grew up in Argentina, but he also grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. At the university level, he studied Liberal Arts at St. John’s College in Santa Fe and Classical Philology at the University of Cincinnati. He enjoys reading books, writing, and learning languages. He also enjoys running foreign language clubs or summer courses such as Latin verse composition, Old English, Old Norse, Old Irish, Classical Hebrew, and more.
What, in your opinion, is the best part about teaching at NPX?
“You, the students, are the best part about teaching at NPX. I see how hard you are working, and how much you are learning. Whenever you are striving to do your best (no matter what the outcome) you are a living inspiration to all of those around you. My senior Humane Letters students have written amazing papers this year. The writers care not only about proving a thesis statement, and getting the job out of the way, but they have taken the time to craft beautiful sentences. My Latin and Greek students reflect on how much they have learned this year and they let me know it. Every day amazing things happen in the classroom. Right now the seniors are grappling with Hegel’s Philosophy of History. This is by far the hardest book in the curriculum, but it is also full of beautiful ideas to contemplate. It is rewarding to see you, the students, succeeding, and it is good to be in your company day after day, contemplating beautiful things. Whether we are singing the invocation of the Muse in ancient Greek, observing changes in the Latin sub-oblique subjunctive tenses, or slowly following Dante and Vergil up the mountain of Purgatory, and lamenting with Hegel those lost civilizations of the past, life is rich and rewarding every day, because I get to see you accomplishing these beautiful things.”
What advice do you have for your students?
“Make the most of every day. Each one of us only gets so much time in this world. Every day is one day less. Make the most of today, and make sure those you love know it.”
Is there a piece of literature that you wish was included in the school curriculum?
“Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. You may discover when you read this book that it is the greatest story ever written. I will not reveal any spoilers. Go and read this book! The Hobbit should be restored to the middle school curriculum.”
For more student journalism and news, read the
ACTA GLADIATOR
, North Phoenix Prep’s student newspaper.
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March 4th Science Fair and Campus Beautification Project!
After school, March 4th please visit the Science Fair which will be located in the MPR.
Then, stay and please participate in the campus beautification project by helping to plant flowers and paint the pots in our courtyard.
A big thank you to the PSO and Pep Club for organizing the event and to Moon Valley Nursery for donations of plants and soil!
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SPRING CARNIVAL 2020
You don't want to miss this year’s Spring Carnival on April 4th!
The whole community will be out to enjoy the food trucks, vendors, Ferris wheel, multiple carnival rides, rock climbing, bungee jumping and bounce houses!
Help make this event great!
Volunteer opportunities
& Check out the dates & times that Early Bird ticket will be sold on campus- starting next week!
BONUS! If you purchase your tickets during the community basketball game next
Saturday, March 7
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you will received
10 FREE
raffle tickets!
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GLADIATORS!
All Athletes that participated
in our Fall, Winter & Spring Athletics Program
are eligible
to win a FREE Sports Season!
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College Counseling
Class of 2020,
March is just around the corner and it’s time to submit your name (in first, middle, last order) with proper punctuation and correct spelling / spacing for your diploma. If your name requires an accent mark, please be sure to include it. Only use legal names and not nick names. The name that you submit will be the name that is printed. Your name MUST be submitted on or before Wednesday, May 4, 2020!
The University of Arizona recently launched the
Pell Pledge Grant
, which will help cover the cost of base tuition for Pell-eligible Arizona residents starting in the Fall 2020 semester!
To receive the Pell Pledge Grant, students must:
Class of 2021
Thank you to all our junior students and their parents who attended Rising Senior Night! We also want to extend a special shout out of thanks to those who expressed an interest in being a part of the Senior Dinner Event Team! You can expect to hear back from College Counseling next week regarding this exciting opportunity! If you were unable to attend last night’s college planning event, please come to the Senior Commons during Lyceum next Monday or Tuesday or stop by the College Counseling Office during lunch to pick up your college information packet!
Remember to sign-in to your Naviance account today to ensure you have access. If you have problems logging in, please come to the College Counseling Office for help with changing your password.
Class Course Selections are due by next Friday, March 6, 2020. As Headmaster Jacobson mentioned last night our Administration will do their very best to ensure that students are pleased with their Senior Year course schedule.
Many students have recently asked about AP Testing. Here are a few resources to start the AP/ Dual Enrollment/ Testing for credit conversation.
ASU’s AP credit equivalency guide
AP Student Success at the College Level / CollegeBoard Resource
Kathleen M. Miller | College Counselor
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Re-enrollment
North Phoenix Prep families should have received a notification email regarding re-enrollment which begins Monday, March 2nd. Great Hearts enrollment will be sending an offer to the email address associated with your parent portal. You can login to your parent portal beginning March 2nd to access the application, answer the required questions, download and print the packet, and bring with the required documents to the front office (
via appointment only- see below
). Please help us by completing this by March 13th. Thank you!
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Junior/ Senior Prom is April 18th
Lost in Space
Saturday, April 18th
7 pm - 10 pm
94 Hundred Shea
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Great Hearts Corona Virus Announcement
Please read the Great Hearts informational flyer addressing health related questions, including the Coronavirus. This document (pictured on the right)
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Seth Korey Tennis Academy offers a spring break camp for students of all ages and levels. Click on the link below for additional information.
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YEARBOOK ORDERS
Please follow this link to order yearbooks through PICTAVO!
Parents of Senior Students- purchase Senior Ad's still available!
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Email is preferred to phone call- Thank you!
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GREAT HEARTS BOARD OF DIRECTOR MEETINGS
May 14, 2020
Board meeting notices are posted at least 24 hours in advance on the
North Phoenix Prep website. The notice will include time, location and agenda.
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North Phoenix Preparatory | 14100 N. 32nd Street | Phoenix, AZ | 85032 | 602-996-4355
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