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Maryvale Prep is a tuition-free public charter school offers free full-day kindergarten through an honors high-school curriculum, serving students in grades K-12 offering a classical education that unites challenging academics with the joyful pursuit of character. Because Maryvale Prep is part of the Great Hearts network, families receive the intellectual depth of a well-rounded academy without paying a single dollar of tuition; because we are rooted in Maryvale, that classical promise unfolds in a neighborhood rich with cultural heritage and resilient spirit.
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Virtual Tour
Begin your journey into the heart of classical education with just a click. Watch a virtual tour of Maryvale Prep where we foster virtuous scholars and deep thinkers. Witness firsthand how our teachers inspire a passion for lifelong learning, logic, and moral integrity. This isn't merely a tour of our school; it's a gateway to becoming part of a community dedicated to academic excellence and living the values of Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. Discover the unique spirit of Great Hearts—where every lesson shapes well-rounded, virtuous citizens.
Why Families Choose Maryvale Prep
Mission-Driven Excellence
Everything we do points back to the pursuit of Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. Our well-rounded curriculum—literature, mathematics, science, fine arts, and humanities—invites students into the “Great Conversation” of the Western Tradition.
Personal Growth & High Expectations
From free full-day kindergarten through twelfth grade, Socratic dialogue sparks curiosity while clear routines foster both joy and order. Students meet high academic standards and are supported by teachers who know and love them. (Note: Early-entrance kindergarten seats are currently closed; please check back for updates.)
Character at the Core
Courage, temperance, justice, and wisdom are woven into daily life. We believe the best schools shape hearts as well as minds, forming compassionate young citizens ready to serve their communities.
Academic life at Maryvale Prep begins with wonder and matures into mastery.
Elementary-grade teachers introduce students to the great stories of the West—Aesop, Homer, and Frederick Douglass—while Singapore Math lessons turn abstractions into colorful bar models that even five-year-olds can manipulate. A dual-language Spanish enrichment block in grades K-5 reinforces phonetic awareness and opens a second linguistic doorway, giving bilingual families affirmation and monolingual families a gift that will serve them for decades. Middle-school scholars encounter the formal tools of the Trivium: Latin paradigms strengthen logical thought, Euclid’s Elements reveal that truth can be demonstrated step by orderly step, and science labs ask students to measure desert water retention before proposing conservation solutions for their own neighborhood. By the time students enter high school, the curriculum has widened into an honors sequence recognizable to any classical preparatory academy: literature and Humane Letters every day for two hours, mathematics through calculus, laboratory sciences anchored in original texts, and upper-division Spanish or Latin that equips graduates to read Cervantes or Cicero without translation.
Yet Maryvale Prep refuses to measure success by transcripts alone.
The heart of the program is virtue education woven quietly into everything: the patience required to master a Euclidean proof, the courage to deliver an unflinching speech, the temperance that comes from balanced study and leisure.
Learning Beyond the Classroom
• Field studies in Arizona history, ecology, and civic life
• Service projects that strengthen responsibility and friendship
• Competitive athletics and a performing-arts program that build teamwork and creativity
Maryvale Preparatory Academy — What Sets Us Apart
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Dual-Language Spanish Enrichment (K-5)
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Graduates
Maryvale Prep holds a 100% graduation rate. In fact, the 30 graduates from the Class of 2024 were offered more than $1 million in scholarships -
Fiesta de las Artes
A signature arts night celebrating West Phoenix’s diverse heritage with music, poetry, and dance. -
Charter-League Soccer Powerhouse
Boys’ and girls’ teams regularly finish atop the West Valley standings.
A Welcoming Community for Every Family
Our campus on Camelback near 51st Avenue in Phoenix, makes the academy accessible to families across central and west Phoenix.
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Questions? Give us a call at (623) 247-6095
Start with the virtual tour, then schedule an on-campus tour where you can observe classes, chat with students, and meet faculty. If you share our belief that the best school is one that shapes both intellect and heart, you will find a home here among the Matadors. We look forward to welcoming your family into a tradition that stretches back to Socrates and forward to whatever brave new world our graduates will one day inherit.
With warm regards,
Dr. Crystal Cruz and Ms. Rachel Mercado,
Headmasters
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