School type Charter Director Kimberley Colburn Grades 6-12 Phone +1 310-478-9900 Founded 2006 | Established 2006 Headmaster Julia Gillingham Enrollment 410 students (2013-14) Mascot Chargers | |
Address 11500 W Olympic Blvd #318, Los Angeles, CA 90064, USA District Mesa Preparatory Academy Inc. Similar Wildwood School, University High School, The Archer School for Girls, New Roads School, Notre Dame Academy Profiles | ||
Arete Preparatory Academy (formerly Mesa Preparatory Academy) is a public charter school in Mesa, Arizona. It is part of Great Hearts Academies.
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In 2014, the school moved to a location in Gilbert. The school changed its name to Arete Preparatory Academy and its mascot from Monsoons to Chargers.
Curriculum
All students study Latin in the middle school, and many continue those studies, adding Greek, in high school, or engaging in an immersion experience with Spanish or French. Sciences are approached through discovery, modeling, and labs. Each senior writes a thesis on one of six ideas and defends the writing against faculty critique in a public setting.
Athletics
Arete Prep (while under the Mesa Prep name) became a full member of the Arizona Interscholastic Association for high school athletics effective in the 2012-13 school year.
In May 2012, Mesa Preparatory Academy won the Charter Athletic Association state baseball championship, after Our Lady of Sorrows Academy in Phoenix, a traditionalist Catholic school affiliated with the Society of St. Pius X, refused to play in (and thus forfeited) the championship game against Mesa Prep because MPA's team included a female infielder.