Conference Schedule

  • 12:30pm | Doors open & registration

    1:00pm | Welcome | Heatherly Sylvia

    1:15pm | Opening Keynote | Timothy Knotts, “An Invitation into Humanity”

    2:15pm | Breakout Session 1

    • Stephanie Wilbur, “Formed by That Bright End: Faerie tales and the Moral Imagination

    • Alexandra Gonzalez, “Making History Memorable for Homeschoolers and Life-long Learners”

    • Heatherly Sylvia, “Becoming a Bibliophile”

    • Sarah Abbott, “Mimetic Teaching in Mathematics”

    • Ron Jung, Christian Halls International, “Purposeful Discipline”

    3:20pm | Breakout Session 2

    • Aaron Bittner, “The Good, True, and Beautiful, Arthur Cycle"

    • Kenneth Hansen, Hillsdale K-12, “On the Forgotten Virtue of Civic Piety”, Aquinas, Aeneas, and Adams

    • Karen Carlson, LILAC Connections, “Be Found Faithful: Daily Discussions of Stewardship with Students”

    • Timothy Knotts, “Urania and Astronomy: A Musical Approach to Mathematical Education”

    • Rebekah Mower, Classical Conversations, “Paideia out of Chaos: Classical Education in a Busy Home.”

    4:15pm | Keynote | Sarah Abbott, “Simon Says”

    6:00pm | Meet & Greet dinner | Local Restaurant *See separate registration

  • 8:30am | Doors Open

    9:00am | Welcome | Timothy Knotts

    9:10am | Keynote | Alexandra Gonzalez, “Enduring Under Adversity”

    10:40am | Consortium Address | Heatherly Sylvia

    11:10am | Poetic Knowledge Panel | Sarah Abbott

    12:00pm | Catered Lunch

    1:00pm | Breakout Session 3

    • Heatherly Sylvia, “Creating a Classical Family Structure: mentoring and Discipleship"

    • Sarah Abbott, “The Nature and Cultivation of Poetic Knowledge”

    • Lee Wishing, Grove City College, “Sell Them Hard on Seeking Power and Love”

    • Sharon Carlson, Gordon College, “Today’s Telemachus: Mentoring Students in Their Journey of Faith”

    2:00pm | Breakout Session 4

    • Stephanie Wilbur, “Good Enchantment: Introducing Poetry to Children”

    • Alexandra Gonzalez, “A Workshop on ‘Mimetic Writing’”

    • Eric Cook, Society for Classical Learning, “Forming Humility in a Cultured Age”

    • Jennifer Devereux, “The Paideia of Latin: Incorporating Comprehensible Input in a Grammar-Translation World”

    3:15pm | Keynote | Heatherly Sylvia, “Creating ‘the Last Homely House’”

    4:00pm | Closing | NECCE Team