We are excited to meet you and are happy to help you through our application process. Our admissions staff will work with you during the admissions process to make sure we can provide the educational opportunities your student needs, and ensure that your student can be successful in our accelerated non-traditional program.
Herberger Young Scholars Academy is designed to meet the academic and social-emotional needs of highly gifted students. The small school size and low student:teacher ratios create an intimate community pursuing non-traditional, integrated, and interdisciplinary knowledge to foster skills that enhance social-emotional well-being, and to prepare graduates to be globally minded citizens.
Herberger Young Scholars Academy offers the Cambridge International Examination Curriculum, a curriculum that offers extensive flexibility for our unique learning environment, while at the same time maintaining a high caliber of rigour throughout our programming.
Herberger Young Scholars Academy offers a small school environment with outsized opportunities. Our reduced number of students allows us to create close meaningful relationships with students as they grow, and our relationship with Arizona State Universtiy allows us to offer learning opportunities unlike any other school in the country.
As an independent school, Herberger Young Scholars Academy relies on the generosity of donors like you to help us provide exceptional learning opportunities for highly gifted students.
The Gary K. Herberger Young Scholars Academy brings an interdisciplinary approach to gifted learning, offering profoundly gifted young people advanced educational opportunities commensurate with their abilities, strengths and interests.
Congratulations to Thespian Society Executive Board members Drew and Sidney! The A-Level duo earned three Superior awards at the AZ Thespian Regionals for performing a duet scene. This means that they can compete in the International Thespian Excellence Awards Competition at the Virtual International Thespian Festival this June.
Thespians Sidney and Chariot won at this weekend's Central Region Poetry Out Loud Competition! The A-Level and IGCSE scholars will go on to represent HYSA at the State Poetry Out Loud Competition on March 15th. The state and national competitions will be held virtually.
Congratulations to Omkar on reaching the Chapter Invitational Competition this year in MathCounts. Omkar placed 5th overall at the Central Phoenix Chapter Competition and will be competing again for the right to move on to the State level competition on February 25th
Please join us in congratulating Sidney on her poem, Unconventional Freedom, which will soon be published in ASU's Canyon Voices Literary Magazine. This piece came out of her AS Lang unit on The Great Gatsby, where students, after studying various historical and cultural elements of the 1920s, were asked to write a didactic poem about that time period. WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU, SIDNEY! Keep up the fabulous work!
The Gary K. Herberger Young Scholars Academy (yes, it’s a mouthful) is a fantastic school. My teachers present an unsurpassed depth of material. Even more importantly, HYSA supports a teaching style that’s respectful of each student’s individual needs and empowers us to find our strengths and develop them. I’m proud and thankful to be a HYSA student.
Parent of 2 HYSA Javelinas
From the first time we toured the Gary K. Herbeger Young Scholars Academy, we knew this school was special. We enrolled our oldest and watched him fourish in the truly caring and individualized environment. When our daughter also was identified as gifted, we knew there was only one place we trusted. Thank you HYSA!
The Gary K. Herberger Young Scholars Academy seeks and accepts students for admission without reference to race, color, religion, age, disability, national and ethnic origin, sexual orientation, or gender. Admissions and financial aid decisions are made independently.