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CARY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (NC)2026 Administrators Summit |
Thursday
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Time |
Event |
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8:00 AM – 3:00 PM |
Check in (if arriving for tour/classroom visits) Campus Tours / Classroom Observations / Admin visits (one-on-one or group) |
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12:00 – 1:00 PM |
Lunch available for leaders |
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3:00 PM – 6:00 PM |
Afternoon Break |
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6:00 PM – 7:30 PM |
Welcome and Worship and Dinner |
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7:30 PM – 8:30 PM |
Session 1 – Nate Walker – Sustaining the Leader: Personal Spiritual Sustainability |
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8:30 PM – 9:00 PM |
Situation Room Scenarios: Small Group Response and Discussion |
Friday
| 8:15 AM – 9:00 AM | Arrival, Check in, and Coffee |
| 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM | Welcome, Worship, and Devotional |
| 9:45 AM – 10:00 AM | Break |
| 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM | Session 2 – Nate Walker – Sustaining Christian Education |
| 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Situation Room Scenarios: Small Group Response and Discussion |
| 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Lunch |
| 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | Session 3 – Sustaining Classical Education |
| 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM | Situation Room Scenarios: Small Group Response and Discussion |
| 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM | Closing and Final Announcements |
Recommended Hotel
Fairfield by Marriott Inn & Suites Raleigh Cary
1120 Ledsome Ln, Cary, NC 27511
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LEADERSHIP SHOULDN’T HAPPEN ALONE.
The ACCS Regional Administrators Summits are designed specifically for heads of school, board members, and administrators. Join us for two days of practical encouragement, honest conversations, and meaningful fellowship with peers who understand the unique challenges of leading a classical Christian school.
Two cities.
Two experienced voices.
Two opportunities to gather with fellow school leaders.
Our theme for the 2026-27 school year is Sustainability. The classical Christian school movement has been growing for 30+ years now. What will sustain it for the next 30 years? How will we sustain our schools, the mission we have been given, and even ourselves during this time?
Let’s explore this topic together.
Speakers
Nate Walker
Author of Gospel Education: Jesus as Lord of the Classical Christian School (Lexham, 2026).
Holds degrees in mathematics from Western Washington University and an MDiv from Covenant Theological Seminary.
Founding pastor of Christ Church Bellingham (PCA) and Trinity Classical School.
Andrew Kern
At the moment of writing, Andrew Kern has seven grand-children. More trivially, having founded the CiRCE Institute after co-authoring Classical Education: The Movement Sweeping America (with Dr. Gene Edward Veith), he has been compelled to serve as its president.
Andrew also bears primary culpability for The Lost Tools of Writing, a classical rhetoric and writing resource. Since establishing CiRCE to serve classical educators through research and consulting while developing and providing integrated resources, Andrew has trained and apprenticed innumerable home and school teachers, heads of school, and school boards.
He has also defined, defended, practiced, and supported classical education at many conferences, conventions, and book retreats. Andrew helped start Providence Academy in Green Bay, WI in 1993, Foundations Academy (now Ambrose School) in Boise, ID in 1996, The Great Ideas Academy in Charlotte, North Carolina in 2001, and Regents School of the Carolinas in 2006, and the CiRCE Apprenticeship around the same time.
He and his wife, Karen, live in North Carolina, and their five more or less classically educated and more or less home educated children and ever more grandchildren live in various places, ranging from Uganda to Georgia, depending on when you ask.
EVENTS
Fellowship with peers while visiting your host school. Join discussions, tap into keynote speakers and ACCS updates, and get input from others around the table.
SITUATION ROOMS
Experience small group mixers working through real-life and relevant fictional situations.
TWO DAYS
School visits on Thursday; meetings, speeches, situation rooms, and leadership sessions on Friday.
CONNECTIONS
This is your opportunity to share experiences, strengthen your school in a local network, and make connections with the men and women working to move classical Christian education forward in your part of the world.