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Mrs. Karen Dougherty

2025-08-21T15:02:18-04:00

Mrs. Karen Dougherty is the proud mom of a 2019 Ad Fontes Academy graduate. She loves the school so much, she spent 3 years serving as a member of the Board of Trustees and is honored now to serve as the Head of School. She is a graduate of Bethany College, Bethany, West Virginia where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Fine Arts/Theatre with a minor in Business Management. She and her family have been members of Sterling Presbyterian Church for almost 30 years. Mrs. Dougherty dares you to love this place as she does. [...]

Mrs. Karen Dougherty2025-08-21T15:02:18-04:00

Mr. Michael Muñiz

2025-08-27T14:10:06-04:00

Mr. Michael J. Muñiz is an experienced educator in his 20th year of service. Born and raised in Miami, FL, he recently moved from Dallas after serving for 5 years as an educator and administrator at a classical charter school. Mr. Muñiz is currently nearing the end of his pursuit of a PhD in Leadership Studies at Dallas Baptist University. He has published numerous chapters in books exploring the intersection of pop culture and philosophy. Outside of work, Mr. Muñiz is a devoted family man. He is married with three children. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with [...]

Mr. Michael Muñiz2025-08-27T14:10:06-04:00

Mr. Erik Landstrom

2025-08-22T13:36:07-04:00

Mr. Landstrom is in his 14th year as a Classical educator, and his eighth (non-consecutive) year at Ad Fontes Academy. His passion for Classical education began during his time at Patrick Henry College in Purcellville, Virginia, where he discovered teaching as a vocation. After graduating in 2012, he started teaching K-6 music & drama at AFA, before transitioning to the 5th-grade classroom the following year. In 2019, he discerned a calling to ministry in Collingdale, Pennsylvania, moving with his family to lead an Anglican parochial school in an underserved community just outside Philadelphia. In the summer of 2024, Mr. Landstrom, along with [...]

Mr. Erik Landstrom2025-08-22T13:36:07-04:00

Mrs. Mimsie Houser

2025-08-22T07:00:44-04:00

Mrs. Mimsie Houser graduated from Grove City College with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and holds a Master's in Education and Post-Master's as an educational specialist from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She is also a certified school psychologist. While studying at IUP, she taught undergraduate courses and worked at IUP's Student Support Center where she implemented accommodations for undergraduate students with special learning needs. Being the wife of an often on-the-move army dentist, she has worked in multiple diverse school settings as a teacher, tutor, and therapist for students of all ages. Special interests include curriculum development, study [...]

Mrs. Mimsie Houser2025-08-22T07:00:44-04:00

Mrs. Janet Cooper

2025-08-22T21:50:48-04:00

Mrs. Janet Cooper currently teaches Latin for 4th-6th grades and assists with administrative needs. She has served at Ad Fontes for 20 years as the first-grade teacher (4 years) and as Lower School Principal (15 years). She is a graduate of the University of Chicago with a BA in philosophy and has three grown children, all of whom are graduates of Ad Fontes.

Mrs. Janet Cooper2025-08-22T21:50:48-04:00

Mrs. Dee Dee Kintzing

2025-08-22T06:49:24-04:00

Mrs. Dee Dee Kintzing graduated Summa Cum Laude from Georgia State University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, specializing in Art Education. She has 30+ years of dynamic and creative teaching experience that she brings to her position. Mrs. Kintzing spent 21 years homeschooling her three children from pre-kindergarten through high school graduation. In addition, she has 3 years of teaching Art in a public high school setting and 15 years of teaching Art and a variety of other subjects to a broad range of K-12 students in several homeschool co-ops. She passionately endorses the importance of art education and [...]

Mrs. Dee Dee Kintzing2025-08-22T06:49:24-04:00

Mrs. Anne Simpson

2025-08-22T06:49:54-04:00

Mrs. Anne Simpson is a Level III certified Kodaly teacher, having completed her certification at the Chenaniah Summer Music Institute at New Saint Andrews College in Moscow, Idaho. She has spent the majority of her adult life teaching in a classical setting, seamlessly merging her profound love for music and literacy into an amazing and fulfilling career. As a young adult, she lived in Russia and was privileged to gain experience and training with a classical Russian pianist during that time. Raised in a Christian home, she has pursued a relationship with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, from a [...]

Mrs. Anne Simpson2025-08-22T06:49:54-04:00

Mrs. Janeen Stepler

2025-08-22T13:37:41-04:00

Mrs. Janeen Stepler graduated in 1995 from Cincinnati Christian University with a B.S. in Christian Education. She also has an Associates degree in Deaf Ministry. After graduation, she taught Kindergarten for three years at Manassas Christian School. In order to stay home with her own children, she was a home care provider for many years for children from 6 weeks to 4 years old. A member of New Life Christian Church, she has enjoyed teaching Sunday School for most of her adult life. She is married with three adult children, one who is an AFA alumnus, and one grandson. [...]

Mrs. Janeen Stepler2025-08-22T13:37:41-04:00

Mrs. Kristin McGinnis

2025-08-27T14:07:24-04:00

Mrs. Kristin McGinnis holds an M.S. in Management from Minot State University and a Bachelor of Arts in Religion from St. Olaf College. She developed a love for classical Christian education while homeschooling her four children for ten years, prior to joining the faculty at Ad Fontes Academy. Outside the classroom, she also teaches Suzuki violin and enjoys sharing her love of music with others. She and her husband enjoy the outdoors and take every opportunity to travel with their children.

Mrs. Kristin McGinnis2025-08-27T14:07:24-04:00

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