Ad Fontes Academy
25th Anniversary Fountain Newsletter
October 2020 Issue
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Dear AFA Family and Friends,
We are very excited to share with you that Ad Fontes continues to meet in-person, strengthening our Christian community and student learning while implementing practices to maximize community health. We have worked hard to offer our typical school programs with some creative twists. Our students have been resilient and risen to the challenge!
We are also kicking off our 2020-21 Growing Deeper Roots Campaign and our 2021-22 Virtual Open House season. Please help us share these opportunities to get connected to Ad Fontes.
We hope you enjoy a few of AFA’s October highlights!
Soli Deo Gloria,
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Dean Luckenbaugh
President, Ad Fontes Academy
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AFA In-Person School Activities |
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Upper School Fall House Event
The Houses of Ad Fontes were not going to let the pandemic stop the joy of the house competition season. The first on-campus event of the year was a unique competition in which students went on a scavenger hunt for items needed during the pandemic, decorated face masks in the styles of their houses, and built a hand-sanitizer slingshot. Students and faculty alike enjoyed seeing members of the houses demonstrate incredible spirit. Romans were dressed as gladiators and the Iliumites had their own house scent for the competition (it was only slightly oppressive). Ultimately, House Rome was victorious, but everyone enjoyed the chance to come together as a community and enjoy a day of friendly competition.
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Christmas in October
For our kindergartners’ study of Germany they learned that German children don’t hang stockings at Christmas, they put their shoes outside the door instead. Our youngest students practiced this tradition and discovered a little Christmas magic in October. Sounds like “hands on learning” we can all get excited about!
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PE with a Flair
Our PE classes have been working on jump rope skills. Watch this clip to see some of the ladies from the 6th grade show us how it’s done!
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The Sentence Jingle
What do AFA kindergarteners learn? Jingles! Jingles help our students commit important facts to memory easily.
One of the jingles our kindergarteners have already learned this year is The Sentence Jingle. Here’s an at-home recitation so you too can learn the 5 simple rules!
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Hobbit Feast
Last week our 5th grade students embraced their study of Tolkien’s The Hobbit with a Hobbit Feast! There was eating, eating and more eating all day, with quests and challenges as well. The morning weather was perfect for Gandalf’s big photo shoot.
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National History Bee
Earlier this month, AFA students Nathan (8th) and Matthew (6th) participated in the Regionals section of the National History Bee, and advanced to Nationals! When Matthew’s match came down to a tiebreaker question to make the Regional playoffs, he answered correctly because of his 3rd grade project on Benedict Arnold. Matthew ended up with the highest score of the Virginia students for his level and 5th place overall for his level. Well done!
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25th Anniversary AFA Alumni Podcasts with Dave Mathwin
In honor of our 25th anniversary, we are having podcast interviews to catch up with some of our 169 alumni. Our first two episodes involve 8 of our alumni graduating in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2011! Enjoy!
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Episode 14: All 6 Ball Family Graduates |
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Episode 15: Micah and Amy (Crabtree) Lindsay (our first alumni marriage - of 6!) |
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Grandparent Prayer Initiatives
On the first Saturday of September 2016, these five Ad Fontes grandparents began a monthly meeting at Jireh coffee shop in Centreville to pray for Ad Fontes. They now begin their fifth year of gathering to bring all Ad Fontes praises and needs to the Lord. These grandparents are part of a larger AFA Grandparent prayer team that includes 22 families in 11 states. We give thanks for our faithful grandparents loving our school through prayer. It bears rich fruit in the lives of our students.
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2020-21 Enrollment Season Has Begun! |
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AFA Virtual Open Houses - Share with a Friend!
Please encourage friends to come join us for one of our Virtual Open House events where they can meet teachers, staff and students, tour the campus, and visit classrooms. You can forward this link and they can click on the photo to register for a slot in November or December.
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AFA Mom on TV
AFA Mom Laura Harders spoke to Fox5News about how much her children appreciate being back in class in person. Click on the photo to view the clip!
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Kindergarten At Ad Fontes - Two Moms and A Teacher |
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What's so special about Kindergarten at Ad Fontes Academy? Our Admissions Director, Beth Strachan, sat down with 2 AFA moms and our kindergarten teacher to talk about just that! We hope you'll listen in on what they had to say.
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We are pleased to announce that Evelyn Newberger has joined AFA staff to support and expand our fundraising program. Evelyn has loved AFA from a distance through close friendships with Ad Fontes alumni and staff and she is excited for the opportunity to increase financial giving to Ad Fontes. Evelyn has a B.A. in Global Studies from Arizona State University, and has worked for 7 years supporting international development projects and has experience in fundraising, communications, and non-profit development.
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Growing Deeper Roots Campaign Kick-Off - $250,000 Goal
As we celebrate our school’s 25th anniversary this year, we look back with gratitude to the leaders who birthed and nurtured Ad Fontes while also looking forward to our Future Vision. This year, Ad Fontes’ creative COVID response has revealed the deep roots we have as a Christ-centered community with an academic program of the utmost excellence and grace that develops mature leaders, critical thinkers, and skilled communicators and has brought us a record enrollment of 218 students.
This has brought us to a Defining Moment that will put Ad Fontes on solid financial footing so that in 2021 we can begin working towards the goal of purchasing our own property. We have recently launched the Growing Deeper Roots Campaign with the goal of raising $250,000 by June 2021. We have already raised near $110,000! Please consider joining us in fulfilling this goal!
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Thank you for reading our newsletter, The Fountain! 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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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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Ad Fontes Vision: Ad Fontes Academy is a K-12 Christ-centered classical school with a beautiful, permanent campus serving 500 students that is established and financially sound, providing skilled, caring teachers who partner with Christian families to: support and challenge students of varying academic levels through a robust liberal arts and sciences, fine arts, and athletics program; equip current students and well-rounded graduates and alumni to think critically and excel in a wide range of vocations; and walk with students on their journey to love God and serve their neighbor, preparing them to be salt and light in the world.
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