Sam Foat

Early on, Sam devoted much of his effort towards a variety of ministry work, traveling between Florida as well as Wisconsin, where he is from. Upon the completion of his undergraduate degree, Sam accepted a position as a founding faculty member of Treasure Coast Classical Academy, teaching 6th-grade. The school began to rapidly grow, and as a result, there was much serious work to be done. The second year of the school Sam taught 6th-grade Math, additionally serving as the 6th-grade lead teacher. In the school’s third year, Sam taught 8th-grade Literature and served not only as the 8th-grade lead teacher, but also as the faculty head of Upper School. It was during this third year of the school that Sam additionally co-founded the school’s Upper School House System, serving as the program head. In the school’s fourth year, Sam began a new role as the founding Dean of Upper School where he oversaw matters pertaining to academics, culture, and faculty development. Sam has continued in that role for a total of three years and has taught 10th-grade British Literature, 11th-grade Moral and Political Philosophy, 8th-grade U.S. History (interim), and 8th-grade Physics (interim) in addition to his administrative responsibilities during that time. Sam is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Philosophy of Religion through Palm Beach Atlantic University, and enjoys spending time with his wife, Christine, as they both seek to act with virtue and live contemplative lives.  

Vision
I see the work of Classical Education as most similar to the work of gardening: mankind’s first task. A skilled gardener trains nature in order to improve it, as a skilled teacher trains human nature in order that it would begin to improve itself. This kind of work demands virtue as it aims to be in accordance with the divine and immortal, and so, the best kind of education will always be concerned with the good of the soul. 

I see it as an essentially necessary thing that concern be given towards the good of the citizen, as a population that is educated with regard given towards the ends of liberality and happiness will bring about beauty, which will save the world. Therefore I see this work as serious and worthy of great attention and respect. I intend to principally participate and lead in an American Renaissance of culture through Classical Education and reformation of thought in order to magnanimously contemplate the culture from which we benefit. West of Eden is where lost Paradise is found. The Western tradition is magnificent and ought to be celebrated: the soil speaks through the grapes of the garden.