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  • Prospective AFA Parents – Upcoming Events
    May 15, 2013

    Ad Fontes has multiple opportunities this Spring to experience the distinctive classical Christian education at Ad Fontes.

    Lower School (Grades K-4) Tours:  Wednesdays May 22 at 10:00 a.m.
    St. Johns Episcopal Church, 5649 Mount Gilead Road, Centreville

    To RSVP for a tour or schedule an alternate time , please contact Paula Sloan, AFA’s Admissions Director, at 571-345-4755 or admissions@adfontes.com.

  • 2012-13 Senior Profile: Emma Cooper, Deep Reflection
    May 15, 2013

    Although Emma may not always initiate, anyone who strikes up a conversation with her quickly discovers that she is not only warm and caring, but also deeply insightful. Emma has grown up steeped in Classical Christian culture, but it’s easy to see that she thrives here by nature rather than merely nurture. “The education at AFA is wonderful. I wouldn’t enjoy having an ‘easy ride’ to graduation,” she explains. It’s no secret that Emma enjoys being challenged. She loves to read the classics, even during the summer, and she chose to write her senior thesis on Nietzsche and Christianity.  

      Emma Cooper Senior Thesis - NIETZSCHE: THE PHILOSOPHER ANTI-CHRIST

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  • 2012-13 Senior Profile: Lauren Sloan, Finding a New Passion
    May 14, 2013

    In 2008 Lauren Sloan and her family moved from Lynchburg to
    Northern Virginia in pursuit of a better gym. “I started gymnastics when I was five,” said Sloan, who began attending AFA in 2010, her sophomore year. Sloan and her two older brothers began training at Capital Gymnastics National Training Center in Burke, Va. “We all excelled and competed in many state, regional and national championships. My brothers even went on to compete at the World Championships.”

    “I really wanted to go on to college gymnastics,” said Sloan, who typically practiced five hours a day, five days a week.

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