“We realized there was really a need here for differentiating of learning,” explains Fig Newton, an entrepreneur in Des Moines, Iowa. He and his wife had extensive national and international experience in ministry and education. When they moved back to Des Moines and got involved with schools there, they saw “students from different cultural backgrounds, economic and social backgrounds that had different needs in their family, and they needed a non-traditional approach to education.”
So they founded Empigo Academy, a faith-based micro high school. The school’s name derives from the Greek word meaning “to impact,” reflecting its mission to creat