Classical Fellowship Tampa Bay, FL

Shannon is a retired Air Force officer, devoted wife, and mother of four cherished children, including two Challenge IV graduates. Over the past decade homeschooling with Classical Conversations, she has served as a Foundations Tutor, Challenge Director, and Support Representative — walking alongside parents and students, encouraging them to trust God as they use the classical tools of learning to become lifelong learners.

A lifelong learner herself, Shannon is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Classical Studies at Southeastern University with a concentration in English Literature and Rhetoric. She hosts book clubs, participates in Bible Study Fellowship, and invests deeply in young adults as they seek to follow Jesus and discern His calling for their lives — whether that leads to college, a trade, missions, secular work, or any other worthwhile pursuit.

Classical Fellowship in the Tampa Bay area is a weekly, in-person community for Challenge IV graduates — a place where the classical conversation that began in Challenge continues, deepens, and takes root in whatever calling each student is pursuing. Shannon is building a community where families and graduates alike are met with warmth, wisdom, and the steady encouragement to take the next step in trusting God.

"I'm excited to help provide a Christ-centered classical community for young adults across the Tampa Bay area. I believe the Classical Fellowship program fills a critical need by fostering meaningful fellowship while equipping students to apply the classical arts to their unique vocational paths and life pursuits."

— Shannon Castaneda

Classical Fellowship Site Director — Tampa Bay, Florida

No matter what your student's calling, pairing SEU Online with Classical Fellowship means

that your Challenge IV graduate doesn't have to lose classical community and Christian

formation that has been built.

Classical Fellowship is where those fifteen skills keep being practiced — in community, with

a Site Director who knows the CC model, alongside peers who share the same classical,

Christ-centered foundation — while your graduate pursues wherever God is leading them.

You don't have to watch it stop at graduation. There is a place for it to keep going.

FALL 2026 REGISTRATION OPENS SOON

Sites: Tampa Bay, FL | Atlanta, Georgia | Indianapolis, Indiana | Dallas, Texas | Georgetown, Texas | Culpeper, Virginia

Four seminars. Two years. Weekly community. Classical formation.

Classical Fellowship Information Meeting - Challenge IV Grads & Alumni | Rising Challenge III & IV

CC Plus Programs Information Meeting - Foundations | Essentials | Challenge Families

Registration link: Coming Soon!

Questions: fheil@classicalconversations.com