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Emily Goodwin is the founder and CEO of the board at Sardis Classical Christian Community, a hybrid program integrating rigorous academics, the arts, and whole-family formation. A mother of four boys, three with learning challenges, she has spent over a decade exploring educational models that cultivate skill, character, and a love of learning. Emily develops Sardis’s curriculum, ensuring its classical, Christ-centered vision shapes every aspect of instruction. Her award-winning essay on paideia, “Little Christs: Enculturation Leads to Authentic Growth,” reflects her commitment to forming students and families in the rhythms of faith and learning. She has guided Sardis through its early growth, building a skilled team and a community that transforms families and students alike. Emily holds an associate’s degree in Education, a bachelor’s in Christian Ministry, and multiple certifications in leadership development and classical pedagogy.
Hybrid classical education is often misunderstood as a compromise, but at its heart it is a profoundly faithful model for forming students and families into Christ-centered lives. This workshop demonstrates how hybrid schooling restores the household as the central site of worship, learning, and virtue cultivation.
Emily Goodwin is the founder and CEO of the board at Sardis Classical Christian Community, a hybrid program integrating rigorous academics, the arts, and whole-family formation. A mother of four boys, three with learning challenges, she has spent over a decade exploring educational models that cultivate skill, character, and a love of learning. Emily develops Sardis’s curriculum, ensuring its classical, Christ-centered vision shapes every aspect of instruction. Her award-winning essay on paideia, “Little Christs: Enculturation Leads to Authentic Growth,” reflects her commitment to forming students and families in the rhythms of faith and learning. She has guided Sardis through its early growth, building a skilled team and a community that transforms families and students alike. Emily holds an associate’s degree in Education, a bachelor’s in Christian Ministry, and multiple certifications in leadership development and classical pedagogy.