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Mrs. Karen Dougherty

2024-08-24T21:38:39-04:00

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 Dougherty2024-08-24T21:38:39-04:00

Mr. Michael Mũniz

2024-08-25T14:14:49-04:00

Mr. Michael J. Mũniz, is an experienced educator in his 19th 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. Mũniz 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. Mũniz is a devoted family man. He is married with three children. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with [...]

Mr. Michael Mũniz2024-08-25T14:14:49-04:00

Mrs. Mimsie Houser

2024-08-24T21:53:24-04:00

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 Houser2024-08-24T21:53:24-04:00

Mrs. Dee Dee Kintzing

2024-08-24T21:54:17-04:00

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 Kintzing2024-08-24T21:54:17-04:00

Mrs. Anne Simpson

2024-08-24T21:55:00-04:00

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 Simpson2024-08-24T21:55:00-04:00

Mrs. Janet Cooper

2024-08-24T22:28:08-04:00

Mrs. Janet Cooper teaches Latin in the lower school. Prior to Ad Fontes, she was a teacher and principal at another start-up classical school. She began at AFA as a first-grade teacher for four years before becoming the Lower School Principal. Mrs. Cooper holds an associate degree in Liberal Arts from Oxford College at Emory University and a bachelor's degree in Tutorial Studies (Philosophy) from the University of Chicago. She is married to Peter and has three children: Prentice, Emma and Ezra (all AFA graduates).

Mrs. Janet Cooper2024-08-24T22:28:08-04:00

Mrs. Gina Wisor

2024-08-25T14:18:41-04:00

Mrs. Gina Wisor is our K-6 P.E. teacher as well as a teacher's aide. She is working towards completing her Elementary Education degree. Before joining Ad Fontes, Mrs. Wisor homeschooled her two children through 3rd grade. She also served previously at another classical Christian school as a kindergarten teacher’s aide, the K-6 recess teacher, and an on-staff substitute teacher. Her children are current students at AFA. She enjoys physical activities, sports and being active outdoors. She and her husband also enjoy gardening and growing their own food.

Mrs. Gina Wisor2024-08-25T14:18:41-04:00

Mrs. Janeen Stepler

2024-08-24T22:01:34-04:00

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.

Mrs. Janeen Stepler2024-08-24T22:01:34-04:00

Mrs. Maryanna Kim

2024-08-24T22:02:48-04:00

Mrs. Maryanna Kim graduated from the University of Virginia with a B.A. in Fine Arts and a minor in Architecture. She received an M.A. in Education from George Mason University with a teaching certificate in PK-6 and an endorsement in art. With eight years of public school experience, Mrs. Kim taught third grade, sixth grade, and elementary art. Her experience also includes being a children's ministry coordinator, Sunday School teacher, and youth leader. She continues to enjoy volunteering at her church for VBS and various events. Mrs. Kim and her husband have three young boys, two of whom are current [...]

Mrs. Maryanna Kim2024-08-24T22:02:48-04:00

Mr. Erik Landstrom

2024-08-25T14:20:35-04:00

Mr. Landstrom is in his 13th year as a Classical educator, and his seventh (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 Landstrom2024-08-25T14:20:35-04:00
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