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AD FONTES ACADEMY
SEPTEMBER 2018 ISSUE
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Dear AFA Friend,
As we kick off the start of another year at Ad Fontes, we want to share with you what's NEW for 2018: new student leadership, new classes & clubs, new teachers and new volunteers!
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With the start of a new year, it's easy for students, teachers and parents to become submerged in the details of school.
At Orientation, President Dean Luckenbaugh encouraged parents to hold onto the bigger picture of Ad Fontes' mission and vision. He also introduced a few new phrases we can use to express what AFA is all about:
- Emboldening Faith - Christian Discipleship and Community
- Engaging Intellect - Classical Education
- Embracing Purpose - Well Rounded Students
These terms help us to express what AFA seeks to accomplish through its programs and community, and we look forward to exploring their meanings in future issues of the Fountain.
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Cindy Stewart graduated from George Mason University in 2004 with a B.S.Ed. in Health and Physical Education, and has spent the last 13 years teaching physical education for Prince William County Public Schools.
In addition, Mrs. Stewart has coached soccer, volleyball, basketball, and sponsored clubs for fitness, running, jump rope, and kickball.
She even coached both the AFA girls volleyball and soccer teams between 2002-2004.
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Coach Stewart is very excited to join Ad Fontes Academy and really enjoys working directly with the students! She is currently coaching the AFA Cross Country team and is working with the AFA volleyball teams.
This winter, Stewart will coach both the boys and girls middle school basketball teams. In the future, she hopes to continue to expand the physical activity opportunities at AFA, including the new tennis club.
Coach Stewart believes it is important to not only teach our students the importance of being healthy and active but also give them the tools they need to stay healthy and active throughout life.
We are glad to have Coach Stewart with us!
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Several motivated upperclassmen and women have shown inspiring initiative this year by founding several of their own clubs and programs:
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Shakespeare Play
Current Senior Abigail Smedley and Junior Emily Smith are directing Shakespeare's
Comedy of Errors
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including casting, set design and costumes.
Come see their performance on
November 2nd at 7pm
at Christ Central Presbyterian Church!
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Senior Servant Leadership
AFA's Seniors, pictured here at the high school retreat, have taken proactive leadership in creating a positive school culture, including leading Morning Meetings each day.
Mr. Luckenbaugh observed, "Even as they are getting ready to leave AFA, they are deepening their investment in the community."
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Leadership Club
Faith Paiz, a Senior in her sixth year at Ad Fontes, has begun the school year with a continuation of her lunchtime Christian leadership study, The Commission.
This encouraging and uplifting club leads Upper School students to dive deeper into their personal relationship with Christ and grow in being a graceful and faithful leader.
Faith and fellow Senior Anna Darling modeled this leadership at the high school retreat leading the girls in evening conversations on faith and life together, then setting up a system of notes of encouragement during the school week.
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The goal of education is not simply to put information in the head. The goal of education is a transformed life.
-Dr. Glenn Kreider
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New Families
Ad Fontes Academy welcomes 47 new students and their families!
AFA welcomed Victor (K) and Alejandro (4th) Harris to the Lower School (pictured right) on their first day.
Their family recently moved to Virginia from Houston, Texas!
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New Social Gatherings
Hosted by the Parent Association (AFPA), new and returning parents enjoyed getting to know one another as they gathered at Bull Run Winery for the year's first All-School Meet-Up.
Join us
October 22nd
for our next Meet-up!
- Lower School - Chick-fil-a in Chantilly
- Upper School - Shilla's in Centreville
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AFA is pleased to offer the following for the 2018-19 school year:
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- Robotics, an after-school class for 4th-6th grades
- French, a new high school foreign language class
- Cooking, a new student-led club in Upper School
- American Sign Language, a new Upper School Elective
- Functional Programming, first in a three-year cycle of Computer Science electives
- Tennis Club, a new sport offered for 3rd-12th grades
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If you have any questions or would like to learn more about the classes or clubs being offered to students at Ad Fontes Academy, please contact President Dean Luckenbaugh.
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New Volunteer Opportunities
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AFA teachers and staff are thrilled to have the support of the Ad Fontes Parent Association and its 62 Volunteers (and counting)!
If you missed this year's new
Volunteer Catalog
which features Upper, Lower and All-School Volunteer Opportunities, click below for a downloadable copy. You can also print the corresponding
Volunteer Checklist
or simply e-mail
AFPA
with your choices.
We welcome the help of our grandparents, too!
Special thanks to new parent Alena Rice for being the Lead Coordinator for Lower School Lunch! Alena, pictured below, serves Chick-fil-a lunch with Parent Volunteer Autumn Lui to joyful 3rd grader Austin Hendrick.
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Also, our Class Parents are coordinating
in-class
volunteer opportunities like feasts, parties, field trips, and more throughout the year. To get involved inside the classroom, contact AFPA to be matched up with your Class Parent.
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Thank you for reading our newsletter,
The Fountain
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We hope we have provided content that gives you a deeper connection not only
to the mission of AFA, but also to the people that make up this great school community!
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Want to see more of Ad Fontes Academy?
Come to our next
Pastries with Parents Event
on
October 26th
at 8am!
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Admissions
: 571-348-0784
Lower School
: 703-673-1145
Upper School
: 703-673-1145 x102
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15452 Lee Highway
Centreville, VA 20120
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We value and appreciate your support to further the mission of Ad Fontes Academy.
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The Ad Fontes Mission
To glorify God by assisting Christian parents in equipping their children to be servant leaders through a classical education based on eternal biblical truth.
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