Open House at Gateway Campus
Join us tomorrow evening for an Open House! Jan 9th, 2018 from 6:30 - 7:30 pm. 19705 E. Germann Rd, Queen Creek, AZ 85142
Open Enrollment Time!
Open Enrollment for the 2018-2019 school year is here! Enrollment begins January 1st and closes January 31st, 2018. All interested students must apply by January 31, 2018! Applications received after the Open Enrollment period will not be eligible to enter the Open Enrollment Lottery. All applications submitted after the deadline will be processed on a first-come, first-served [...]
Dollar for Dollar Tax Contribution Opportunity!
Pay online here: Mesa , Gateway , Laveen Arizona tax law (ARS 43-1090.01) allows taxpayers a tax credit of up to $400 per calendar year, if they contribute to extracurricular activities in public schools. This is an actual credit against income tax imposed upon the individual. Contributions that are eligible for a tax credit are donated directly to schools, [...]
Up to the Challenge: Arizona State Fair Art Contest
The Visual Arts Program at Heritage Academy Laveen is constantly striving to allow scholars to show their work in the community. The first opportunity this year was the Arizona State Fair. Ms. Kuecker opened up the challenge to all advanced art scholars. Each scholar was given the criteria and asked to submit at [...]
Getting techie at the Tech Shop!
A field trip to the Tech Shop is a dream come true for many technology-curious students! Last month Mr. Brimhall, from the Heritage Academy Laveen campus, sponsored a field trip to Tech Shop in Chandler. Tech shop is Arizona's largest Maker Space where people go to make personal projects or personally crafted items for small [...]
Varsity Volleyball: Four by Four
This article is reposted from the Heritage Gazette: These past couple of weeks may seem to have been a bit volleyball-less, but not so my friends; the last two weeks have been comprised of away games that our Heroes brought the heat to! To kick us off was the rematch game against LFPA Gilbert. Our [...]
A Matter of Manners
Since at least kindergarten we have all been taught to be nice, share with others, and not talk when the adults were talking. We were told to not talk with our mouths full, not to be crude, and not to scream when we didn’t get what we wanted. As we got older we learned not [...]
Serving A Worldwide Community Through Volunteerism
The Christian non-profit organization, Feed My Starving Children, founded in 1987, provides nutritionally complete meal to malnourished children in many third world countries. Heritage Academy Gateway’s very own National Honors Society, Scholar Council, and Yearbook members took pleasure volunteering at the organization’s Mesa location on February 2, 2017, to pack food that was shipped to [...]
Does Practice REALLY Make Perfect? How Instrumentalists Should Practice
1. Beginners should practice 15-20 minutes per day on three or four days per week; Advanced players should practice 30-60 minutes, as often as possible (this can include multiple practice sessions on a single day, adding up to several hours when needed). 2. Warm up. Brass players should buzz, wind players [...]
Does Class Size MATTER? A Student’s Perspective:
Class size and student teacher ratio Class size and student teacher ratios go hand in hand. Class size is the number of students and teachers in a given class. A student teacher ratio is the number of students compared to the number of teachers. Mrs. Higgins, a Heritage Academy English and History teacher, stated “Anything [...]
