Faculty and Staff

“The pleasures arising from thinking and learning will make us think and learn all the more."

-Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics

Founders Classical Academy seeks and employs faculty members who have a demonstrable history of excellence in an academic discipline, who convey knowledge to young people with charisma and clarity, and who practice and train students in the virtues of honor, respect, service, excellence, and perseverance.

Faculty members engage students in the pursuit of the true, the good, and the beautiful. Each teacher at Founders is a professional who is esteemed and supported by a faculty of friends striving for excellence.

Headmasters

Mrs. Niki
Swagerty

Assistant Headmaster: Grammar School

Mr. Gene Holloway

Headmaster

Mr. Jeremy
Jordan

Assistant Headmaster: Upper School

Mrs. Elizabeth
Nied

Grammar School
Dean of Students

Mr. Robb Wasielewski

Upper School
Dean of Students

Nurses

Ms. Stephanie Norvell

Grammar Nurse

Mrs. Erica Mahns

Upper Nurse

Grammar Administrative Staff

Mrs. Elle Rivera

Office Manager &
Grammar Enrollment

Mr. Jim Powell

Grammar Records
& Office Aide

Mrs. Cheryl Saxton

Grammar Reception
& CNP Coordinator

Mrs. Kristen
Colley

Office Aide

You may email attendance notes to fcafmattendance@responsiveed.com

Upper Administrative Staff

Ms. Elisa Miller

Office Manager &
Upper Enrollment

Mrs. Leah Clark

Academic Advisor

Mr. Chase Gray

JupiterEd, Records
& Testing Coordinator

cgray@responsiveedtx.com

Ms. Leslie Hargus

Purchasing Coordinator


lhargus@responsiveedtx.com


Mrs. Angela
Sawyer

Office Aide

Ms. Samantha Waugh

Records & Digital Communications

swaugh@responsiveedtx.com

You may email the school office at fcafmUpper@responsiveed.com

Instructional Support

Mrs. Diane Stephenson

504 Coordinator &
Dyslexia, Grammar School

Mrs. Margaret
Jones

504 Coordinator &
Dyslexia, Upper School

Ms. Pam Killingsworth

Instructional Support Lead

Mrs. Debbie Farver

Special Education Office Manager

Mr. Garrett Frosch

Resource Teacher: Upper

Fine Arts

Mrs. DeeDee Baker

Grammar Music

Ms. Holly Feemster

Grammar Art


Mrs. Amber Jordan

Upper Art &
Yearbook

Mrs. Rachel Moreno

Upper Music &
Symphony Orchestra

Mrs. Shaina Thomas

Theater &
History

Athletics

Mrs. Janie
Creek

Athletics Coach & PE

Mr. Garrett
Smith

Athletics Coach & PE

Mr. Matthew Steadman

Athletics Coach & PE

Mrs. Shawna Lapteanu

PE & Health

Kindergarten Teachers

Mrs. Kristi Brooks

Ms. Mary Jo
Gomez-Uranga

Ms. Delaine Keenum

First Grade Teachers

Mrs. Shannon O'Shaughnessy

Second Grade Teachers

Ms. Teresa Gardea

Ms. Meredith Hamiter

Ms. Becky San Juan

Third Grade Teachers

Ms. Michelle Little

Miss Melinda Ortego

Fourth Grade Teachers

While Mrs. Johnson is on maternity leave, we will start the year with our beloved
Mr. Holloway Senior.

Mr. Gene
Holloway Sr.

Mrs. Elle Johnson

Ms. Carolina Herrera

Mrs. Denise
Salloum

Fifth Grade Teachers

Ms. Ruth Joy Orr

Upper School Teachers

Mrs. Ranjana Duggal

Upper Mathematics

Ms. Sarah Lenski

Upper Mathematics

Mr. Justice Swarthout

Mathematics & Science

Mr. Jason Stevenson

Science, Biology, &
Outdoor Education

Mr. Myles Dempsey

Science &
Chemistry

Mr. Tyler Dubek

Physics & Pre-Calculus

Mrs. Nicole MacDougall

Latin II & III

Ms. Catherine Alvis

Latin I

Ms. Helen Rodriguez

Spanish I & II

Mrs. Shaina Thomas

Western Civ. I, History,
& Theater

Ms. April Amsbaugh

Western Civ. II &
History

Mr. Mark Russell

Western Civ. III, Paideia, & Personal Finance

Mrs. Amy Wasielewski

6th Grade English
Language Arts

Mr. Bobby Lueck

Middle School Literature

Ms. Marie Gillespie

6th Grade Grammar & 7th Grade English Language Arts

Ms. Aubrey Lively

8th Grade Logic & 11th Grade American Literature+

Prof. Amanda Hunt

Composition & English II+

Instructional Aides

Ms. Susie Abraham

Mr. Chris Anderson

Ms. Kelsey Fleetwood

Mr. Marcus Goodwin

Ms. Farrel Reid

Lunchroom Coordinator: Mrs. Kati Lumpkin