Ad Fontes Academy

Ad Fontes Academy

nisi Dominus frusta
(Except the Lord build it,
those who build it build in vain)
Location
Centreville, Virginia
US
Information
Type Private, Classical Christian
Established 1996
Grades K–12
Campus Two Locations
Color(s) Burgundy and Navy
Mascot Falcon
Accreditation Association of Classical and Christian Schools
Website www.adfontes.com

Ad Fontes Academy (AFA) is a private, classical and Christian school. AFA teaches Kindergarten through High-school (K-12) classes. The Ad Fontes Academy provides a Classical Christian education and is located in Centreville, Virginia. AFA is accredited by the Association of Classical and Christian schools (ACCS). 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 operates at two campus locations. The lower school (K - 5) meets at Saint John’s Episcopal Church.[1] and the upper school (6 - 12) meets at Centreville Presbyterian Church.[2] 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.[3] AFA founders drew heavily on the ideas in the book Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning[4] when they established the school.

Teaching methodology

The teaching methodology is based on The Lost Tools of Learning[5] and Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning.[4] The teachers further utilize the methods in John Milton Gregory's book The Seven Laws of Teaching. [6]

Upper school student life

Sports

Boys

  • Baseball

Girls

  • Volleyball

Boys and Girls

  • Basketball
  • Soccer
  • Cross Country

AFA is a member of the National Christian School Athletic Association and competes in the Northern Virginia Independent Athletic Conference (NVIAC)

Clubs

Other activities

  1. Annual Fall Student Retreat
  2. Protocol
  3. Student Council

References

  1. ↑ 5649 Mount Gilead Rd., Centreville, VA 20120
  2. ↑ 15450 Lee Highway, Centreville, VA 20120
  3. ↑ History of Ad Fontes Academy
  4. 1 2 Wilson, Douglas (1991). Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning: An Approach to Distinctively Christian Education. Good News Publishers. ISBN 0-89107-583-6.
  5. ↑ Sayers, Dorothy (1947), The Lost Tools of Learning
  6. ↑ Gregory, John Milton (1886). The Seven Laws of Teaching. Congregational Sunday-school and publishing society.

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