ICS has established two national fellowships, Arete and Alcuin, to engage experienced school Heads and academic leaders to provide support for the advancement of classical Christian education.

The Arete Fellows are individuals who bring diverse gifts and experience as Heads at established classical Christian schools. These leaders come together for fellowship and collaboration to provide resources, mentoring and training to the next generation of school leaders.

The most articulated value in Greek culture is arête. Translated as “virtue,” the word actually means something closer to “being the best you can be,” or “reaching your highest human potential.” In the Homeric poems, arête is frequently associated with bravery, but more often, with excellence. The man or woman of arête is a person of the highest order of excellence; they use all their faculties: strength, bravery, wit, to achieve real, lasting results.

Arete Fellows

Peter Baur, Marketing Director
Westminster Academy, Memphis, Tennessee
www.wamemphis.com

Peter has been involved in the field of education for nearly thirty years.  He has direct experience in nearly every aspect of K - 12 independent schools including admission, college guidance, development, community service, capital campaigns, conferences, strategic planning, major events, marketing / public relations, property and planning, camp directing, teaching, and coaching.  His experience includes “elite” private schools in Philadelphia, Pa. with over 150 years of history.

In 2002, Peter joined Westminster Academy (Memphis, TN) and as Director of Institutional Advancement and has since applied his experience to nearly every aspect of Westminster Academy’s growth and development including the strategic reassessment of its Westminster Academy’s Mission, Vision, Purpose, and definition of Classical Christian education.  Peter assists other classical schools in strategic planning, admission, brand building, college guidance, fundraising, board development, and event planning.  Peter has presented at national conferences including the Association of Classical Christian Schools and the CiRCE Institute and has spoken at Classical Christian schools throughout the United States.   Peter has one son and is married to Lois.

Liz Caddow
Head of School, Trinity Classical Academy, Santa Clarita, CA
www.trinityclassicalacademy.com

After receiving a Bachelor of Science in Business, Liz Caddow turned to education, earning her Master’s Degree in Education and a History credential from the University of Southern California. She taught in the California public school system for 7 years before founding Trinity Classical Academy. Her passion and leadership have helped Trinity to become one of the fastest growing Classical Christian schools in America, having grown from 28 students in grades K-2 in 2001 to its present enrollment of 320 students in grades K-11. Liz continues to serve as the Head of School at Trinity.

Samuel P. Cox
Head of School, Faith Christian School, Roanoke, VA
www.faithchristian-school.com

A sixth-generation native of Atlanta, now living in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of Roanoke, Virginia, Sam holds the B.S. degree from Wake Forest University, the B.A. from Oregon State University, the M.S. from the University of South Carolina, and the M.A. in History from the College of William and Mary, along with additional graduate coursework at Hebrew University (Israel), Regent College (Vancouver), Jacksonville University, the University of Virginia, and the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. He is a former active duty Army officer and retired Army Reserve officer and has two decades of experience teaching, coaching, and administering at five independent schools around the South, including stints as a history teacher, department chair, dean of students, upper school head, and head of school. He has been the Head of School at Faith Christian School, a K-12 independent Christian classical school of 300 students, in Roanoke, VA since 2001. He served on the board of directors for the Society for Classical Learning from 2003 through 2010, four of those years as treasurer. He is married to Erin Bobel Cox, and they have three children, Anna, Avery, and Charlie, along with two 115-pound Bernese Mountain Dogs.

Rod Gilbert
Head of School, Regents School of Austin, Austin, Texas
www.regents-austin.com

Rod Gilbert serves as the Head of School at Regents School of Austin.  He was the Head of Upper School for four years, and then he became the Head of School four years ago.  Prior to his start at Regents, he was the founding Assistant Headmaster of Trinity Academy of Raleigh in North Carolina. He and Angie have two children.  Katie is 17 and Ryan is 14.  Both of his children are students at Regents School. Over the last eight years, Rod has addressed educators in workshops, conferences, and national association meetings.  He has published several articles in the Society for Classical Learning Journal. When he is not working with Regents, you may find his family tending their Alpine dairy goats.  They tend the goats, and enjoy delightful milk and cheese.  In formal training he completed a B.S. in Economics and an M.Div.  Currently he is completing requirements toward a Ph.D. in Education.

David Goodwin
Headmaster, The Ambrose School (formerly Foundations Academy),Boise, ID
www.theambroseschool.org

He served on the Board of Directors of the school since 1996 and accepted the position of Headmaster in 2004. Prior to 2004, David worked in various corporate marketing roles for Hewlett Packard’s printing and imaging division. Presently, he serves on the board of the Association of Classical Christian Schools and has written, spoken, and consulted on the growth and development of classical Christian schools nationally. David holds a Bachelors of Interdisciplinary Studies and a Masters in Business Administration from Boise State University. David, his wife Stormy, and their three children—Elise, Alex, and Graham-- are natives of the Boise area.

Rev. Robert F. Ingram (Senior Fellow)
Headmaster, The Geneva School, Orlando, FL
www.genevaschool.org

Bob was a Founding Board member of the school in 1993 and served as Chairman of the Board until becoming the school’s Headmaster in 2003. As an ordained pastor in the Presbyterian Church in America, Bob has served as pastor to two churches, one of which he established in Winter Park, Florida. Between those two pastorates he served as the Senior Vice-President of Ligonier Ministries with Dr. R. C. Sproul from 1986-1995. Bob is a graduate of The College of Wooster (Ohio), Pittsburgh Theological Seminary (M.Div. and Th.M.) and will graduate from Geneva College, Pittsburgh, in May 2011 with a Masters of Higher Education.

Within the classical school movement Bob is the President of the Society for Classical Learning, the Senior Fellow of the Arete Fellowship of the Institute for Classical Schools, and does consulting work with schools across the country. He and his wife Marjean have two married daughters who both live in Orlando, and two grandchildren.

Keith Nix
Head of School, Veritas Classical Christian School, Richmond, VA
www.veritasschool.com

Keith Nix is new Head of School at Veritas Classical Christian School in Richmond, Virginia. He served as the Head of School at The Westminster School at Oak Mountain of Birmingham, Alabama, a K-12 Christian classical school. He and his family have been heavily involved in the school for the past eight years, leaving the board in 2004 to become the Head of School. Keith serves on various advisory boards and committees in the fields of education, business, and ministry. Prior to Westminster, Keith was the President of Nixgroup, a consulting firm that focused on leadership development, executive mentoring, and strategic planning. Before that, he worked with Campus Outreach Birmingham for ten years, serving as the Executive Director from 1996-1999. Keith has also traveled and worked in various mission and business capacities around the world. As Leadership Academy Director, Keith is responsible for coordinating development and implementation of programs and services to connect and equip school leaders to lead schools of unparalleled excellence. This includes creative methods to bring national expertise to local schools. Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, Keith attended Jacksonville State University on a tennis scholarship where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. He currently is transitioning to Richmond with his wife, Kim, and three children, Kendall, Koleman, and Anna-Katherine.

The Alcuin Fellowship

The Alcuin Fellowship is a gathering of visionary educators who are either secondary or college level educators who have thought deeply about the renewal of Christian classicism and classical Christian education for K-12 schools. They bring exceptional training, talent and humility to the Fellowship undergirded by their love for God and a zeal for the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Alcuin was the English scholar and educator called by Charlemagne to reform education in the Holy Roman Empire. He served Charlemagne during the 780s and 790s and introduced the seven liberal arts into the schools of the empire. Alcuin was able to recruit some of the best scholars and educators from various nations to serve with him, helping contribute to the flowering of learning we call the Carolingian Renaissance.

Christopher Perrin, PhD, Director
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

James Daniels, Assistant Director
Memphis, Tennessee

Grant Brodrecht, PhD, Geneva School
Orlando, Florida

Kevin Clark, Geneva School
Orlando, Florida

Jesse Hake, Covenant Christian Academy
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Grant Horner, PhD, Trinity Classical Academy, Master’s College
Santa Clarita, California

Ravi Jain, Geneva School
Orlando, Florida

Nicholas Perrin, PhD, Wheaton College
Wheaton, Illinois

Andrew Smith, Westminster Academy
Memphis, Tennessee

William Stutzman, Ambrose School
Boise, Idaho