Classical Christian schools feel a real tension: we want campuses that are warm and welcoming, but we also know we live in a world where wise preparation is necessary. This session will connect the classical Christian goals of cultivating wisdom, virtue, and a love for what is true, good, and beautiful to the everyday work of keeping a campus safe.

Rather than treating security as a separate “tactical” world, we will look at it as one way we love our neighbors and protect the children God has entrusted to us so they are free to worship, learn, and play. Using The Ambrose School (North Campus) as a case study, we’ll walk through how one school has actually organized safety roles, written simple procedures, and trained staff and volunteers in a way that fits a Christ-centered, classical culture.

Attendees will leave with clearer categories for thinking and talking about security in their own communities, along with practical ideas and examples they can adapt—whether they are just getting started or looking to strengthen what they already have. The goal is not to turn schools into fortresses, but to help them be prepared, not afraid.

Ddario Giomi serves as the Facilities Manager and Security Lead at The Ambrose School’s North Campus in Garden City, Idaho, where he has helped develop a practical, scalable operations and security plan tailored to a classical Christian school setting. Before stepping into school safety work, he spent five years in the U.S. Army, deploying to Afghanistan and Iraq and attaining the rank of Sergeant, followed by fourteen years as a police officer, including assignments on SWAT, a gang unit, and as a firearms instructor. Dario is currently completing his B.S. in Criminal Justice at Boise State University. He and his wife, a nursing professor, have two sons at Ambrose and are members of Eagle Christian Church. He is passionate about helping classical Christian schools become both warmly hospitable and wisely prepared—schools that are prepared, not afraid, as they protect Christ’s little ones.