School Mission
- The mission of Tempe Preparatory Academy (TPA) is to enable students, grades 7-12, to acquire critical reasoning and communication skills and to explore the cultural and scientific achievements that are at the heart of the liberal arts and sciences. No less important, TPA will foster a scholastic environment that emphasizes uncompromising integrity, creative imagination, community service and a lifelong quest for learning.
| Curriculum |
- Foreign language(s) taught: French, German, Latin, Spanish, Greek I and II.
- This school has a particular instructional focus on accelerated learning, honors, college preparation.
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Instructional Program Highlights
- Tempe Prepatory Academy is a traditional liberal arts school with small classes, a core curriculum designed for university & college bound students, an ethos in our identity as a "community of learners."
- A core curriculum: all students take fine arts, science, math, language (Latin & modern), English & history/humanities each year from grade 7 through 12.
- No class has more than twenty students, allowing close interaction between teacher and students and among students themselves.
- High school literature and history are studied in the context of a daily two-hour Humane Letters seminar.
| Activities and Sports |
- Girls sports: basketball, cross country, soccer, track and volleyball.
- Boys sports: basketball, baseball, cross country, football, soccer and track.
- Clubs and extra-curricular activities include: Speech and Debate; Model United Nations; Odyssey of the Mind; music ensembles (instrumental and choral).
- This school has the following art(s) programs: theater/drama, art, chorus and Extra-curricular music ensembles.
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Parent and Community Support
- Parents can become involved through the Parent Organization; and through various volunteer activities. Each spring the parent organization hosts a school wide Renaissance fair that is highly supported by the entire community.
Other news or notes
- consistently rated "Excelling" by state of Arizona
- outstanding scores on standardized testing (state & national, including SAT)
- high acceptance rate to competitive colleges/universities (Boston U.; U.of Chicago; Pomona/Claremont Colleges)
- strong involvement of students in extracurricular activities
| College and Work Preparation |
- Less than 20% of graduates go to 2-year colleges.
- 80-100% of graduates go to 4-year colleges.
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| Technology and Facilities |
- 9 students per computer.
- 100% of classrooms are connected to the Internet.
- This school offers wireless internet (wi-fi) access to students.
- This school was established in 1996.
- No transportation is provided to this school.
- Recent or upcoming renovations: Tempe Prep is located in a very modest facility. Our richness in learning is found in the quality of our faculty, students and parents. Our facility was previously a church which we have rennovated for school use. This past summer we were fortunate to experience a face lift with new furniture, paint and carpet.
- Gymnasium and physical education facilities: While we have a thriving athletic program, we do not have any athletic facilities other than an outdoor weight room. We rent external facilities for our practices and games.
- Library facilities: Our library is like the rest of our school, small and humble. The library contains resource texts that are primarily used by our faculty.
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| Admissions and Enrollment |
- Graduates typically go to: Arizona State University, incl. Barrett Honors College.
- About half of the students at this school come from the neighborhood where the school is located.
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| Safety, Discipline and Support |
- Safety and discipline-related resources include: After school or lunchtime detentions; In-school suspension; closed campus. Other safety and discipline-related resources include: TPA takes great pride in upholding the highest academic and behavioral expectations of our students.
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| Other Features and Highlights |
- This school has an emphasis in: classic liberal arts.
- Regular classroom hours: 8:30 to 3:00.
- Accredited by American Academy of Liberal Education in 2002.
- Principal has been at this school for 2 years.
- Principal has 30 years of experience.
- Foreign language(s) spoken by staff: French, German, Italian, Latin, Russian and Spanish.
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| Source of Data |
Additional information, including curriculum and special programs, was either submitted to GreatSchools by a school official or comes directly from the school or school district's Web site. This page was last updated on 01/14/2009. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of information submitted by school officials.
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