Ad Fontes Academy
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| Type | Private, Classical Christian |
| Motto | nisi Dominus frusta (Except the Lord build it, those who build it build in vain) |
| Established | 1996 |
| President | Dean Lukenbaugh |
| Grades | K–12 |
| Campus | Centreville Presbyterian Church |
| Color(s) | Burgundy and navy |
| Mascot | Falcon |
| Accreditation | Association of Classical and Christian Schools |
| Website | www |
Ad Fontes Academy (AFA) is a private, classical and Christian school in Centreville, Virginia. AFA teaches kindergarten through high-school (K–12) classes. Ad Fontes Academy provides a Classical Christian education. AFA is accredited by the Association of Classical and Christian schools (ACCS).[1] AFA is a nonprofit school operating under the nonprofit [501(c)(3)] National Christian Foundation for Education and The Arts Virginia Trust. Ad Fontes Academy formerly operated at two campus locations. The lower school (K–5) previously met at Saint John’s Episcopal Church.[2] and the upper school (6–12) meets at Centreville Presbyterian Church.[3] AFA teaches from a Christ-centered, biblical worldview.
History
In November 1995 the National Christian Foundation for Education and The Arts Trust (NCF) was established with the goal of operating a non-denominational, academically rigorous high school in Northern Virginia. Fundamental to NCF's goal was the belief that all labor in vain unless God directs our efforts – nisi Dominus frustra. In September 1996, NCF opened Ad Fontes Academy (AFA). AFA recognizes that “each child is created in the image and likeness of God, the Creator, as a unique human being having a purpose for which he or she is created and is known by his deeds, by whether what he does is pure and right” and that “the knowledge and pursuit of truth, understanding and wisdom has the intended outcome of enabling the individual to fulfill the purpose for which he or she is created.”
When Ad Fontes Academy opened in September 1996, it started with 8 students in grades 9–10. AFA graduated its first class of five seniors in June 1999. In 2000, AFA added Grades 7 and 8 to the high school program. In 2003, Kindergarten was added and grades 1 to 6 the following year for a full K-12 program.[4] AFA founders drew heavily on the ideas in the book Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning[5] when they established the school.
In 2016 AFA celebrated its twentieth anniversary.
Teaching methodology
The teaching methodology is based on The Lost Tools of Learning[6] and Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning.[5] The teachers further utilize the methods in John Milton Gregory's book The Seven Laws of Teaching. [7]
Upper school student life
Sports
Boys
- Baseball
- Basketball
Girls
- Volleyball
Boys and girls
- Soccer
- Cross Country
- Swimming
AFA is a member of the National Christian School Athletic Association and competes in the Northern Virginia Independent Athletic Conference (NVIAC)
Clubs
- Classics Club (Greek and Latin focused)
- Mock Trial (VA Mock Trial Champions: 2009, 2010 and 2011)
- Drama Club
- Sketch Club
- Techne Society
- Odyssy of The Mind (OM)
- Yearbook Club
- Peru Missions Team
- Creative Writing
- Play Reading Club
- Telemachus (Leadership Training)
Other activities
- Annual Fall Student Retreat
- Protocol (autumn and spring)
- Student Council (work in progress)
References
- ^ "Association of Classical Christian Schools - Home". Retrieved November 6, 2016.
- ^ 5649 Mount Gilead Rd., Centreville, VA 20120
- ^ 15450 Lee Highway, Centreville, VA 20120
- ^ "History Timeline - Ad Fontes Academy Private Christian School Northern Virginia". Retrieved November 6, 2016.
- ^ a b Wilson, Douglas (1991). Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning: An Approach to Distinctively Christian Education. Good News Publishers. ISBN 0-89107-583-6.
- ^ Sayers, Dorothy (1947), The Lost Tools of Learning
- ^ Gregory, John Milton (1886). The Seven Laws of Teaching. Congregational Sunday-school and publishing society.