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Welcome to Tempe Preparatory Academy

Building for Our Second Decade

The Academy is a traditional liberal arts school with small classes, a core curriculum designed for university- and college-bound students, and centered in an ethos reflected in our identity as a community of learners.

One principal underlying assumption of the Academy is that each of our students has a natural affinity for all that is knowable and of lasting value summarized by the triad: truth, beauty and goodness (the Verum, Pulchrum, Bonum of the school logo). The other is that each of our students has a rightful claim to the rich cultural heritage identifiable with Western Civilization and its chief historical sources:  Athens, Jerusalem, and Rome (the Athenae, Hierusalem, Roma of the other half of the logo).

All students at the Academy take 6 years of the following: Fine Arts -- including Music Performance and Theory, Studio Art, Poetry, and Drama; Math and Science -- including Calculus, Biology, Chemistry and Physics; Language -- including 2 years of Latin and 4 years of Modern Language; and English and History .

In the 9th through 12th grades, English and History are combined in our Humane Letters Seminars: these are 2-hour long, daily seminars, directed Socratically and revolving around readings from Western Civilization's best works in philosophy, drama, history, autobiography, poetry, novels, and essays. Students learn to read carefully, discuss clearly, and write coherently.

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Tempe Prep News

2008 Summer School

Summer School Information is now available.  Summer session will run June 2nd - June 20th.  Classes will be held Mon-Fri 8:00a.m. - 12:45p.m.  Please click here for our Summer School Brochure.  Registration for Summer school has been extended through May 30th.  

Posted by Ms. Flores on 04/23/2008

2008-2009 Calendar

The 2008-2009 School Year Calendar was adopted by our Board of Directors on April 10, 2008, please click here to download.

Posted by Ms. Flores on 04/21/2008

May 2008 Community Newsletter

TPA Community Newsletter for May 2008

Upcoming events: 

May 8 - Board Meeting 6-9 pm, Student Union

May 15 - Parent Organization meeting, 12-2 pm, Pyle Adult Center

May 14-16 - Senior One Act Plays, 7pm, Zelman Center

May 29 - All School Awards, 8:20 - 11:30am, Tempe Center for the Arts

Newsletter also available in the 'Files for Parents' on the Parents page.

Newsletter Editor: Shelley Thomas

Posted by Mrs. Newman on 04/20/2008

Date: Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

Time: 11:30am to 3:30pm

Location: Phoenix International Raceway

Cost: $50/ticket (please click here to purchase tickets under captial campaign) 

To RSVP for the TPA200, reserve your ride around the track, and choose your lunch selection, please complete the form (click here and select TPA 200 RSVP Form) and email Ms. Donovan at mdonovan@tempeprep.org.

Posted by Ms. Flores on 03/10/2008

Registration for the 2008-2009 School Year

Our open enrollment period for TPA has expired.  The Lottery for 7th grade will be held April 10th at 8:00p.m. at our monthly Board of Directors meeting.  Lottery notifications have been sent to all families that submitted their application prior to Mar. 15th, 2008.  If you have not received your notification, please contact Dannette Flores at dflores@tempeprep.org  or 480-839-3402 ext. 101.   Applications are still being accepted for all grades.  Any applications received will be placed on the waiting list in the order they are received.  To complete an application please click here. 

Posted by Ms. Flores on 03/07/2008

Tempe Preparatory Junior Academy

Our open enrollment period for TPJA has expired.  The Lottery for 6th grade will be held April 10th at 6:30p.m. at our monthly Board of Directors meeting.  Lottery notifications have been sent to all families that submitted their application prior to Mar. 15th, 2008.  If you have not received your notification, please contact Dannette Flores at dflores@tempeprep.org  or 480-839-3402 ext. 101.   Applications are still being accepted.  Any applications received will be placed on the waiting list in the order they are received.  Please click here  for an applicaiton. 

*Successful admission into TPJA does not guarantee admission/enrollment into Tempe Preparatory Academy.  However, it will guarantee enrollment in TPJA for grades 6-8. 

Posted by Ms. Flores on 03/01/2008

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