Why They Left NASA to Start St. George's Classical Academy
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Why They Left NASA to Start St. George's Classical Academy

B2中高级2026年9月21日1小时 1分钟
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Can you teach kids the truth AND prepare them for a secular world?On this episode of Heavy Things Lightly, host John Heers talks with James and Juliana Joyce, founders of St. George's Classical Academy in Boxford, Massachusetts — an Orthodox Christian classical school started from nothing in 2024.James went from astrophysicist at NASA to teaching kindergarten math at a little plastic table. Juliana went from public-school principal of 10 years to head of school, janitor, finance, and furniture-mover. In the middle of writing their business plan during Holy Week 2023, they fell in love, got engaged in October, married in January, an...

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Okay, so I like every now and then to meet people who are smart and interesting and also have to deal with children as an educator. So now look guys, we have, I guess you're the founders and directors. James and Juliana Joyce in Baxford in Massachusetts.

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How would you describe your job right now? And one of you has a Casa con. So how would you describe your job and your life right now? So we did, we both are on the founding board

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of St. George classical Academy and currently I am the head of school. Like any startup, I feel like there aren't a lot of boundaries to our job description. We're teaching.

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