Our Faculty

Mrs. Jane Burton - Principal

A native of Lancaster, Ohio, Mrs. Burton graduated from Hillsdale College with a B.S. in Chemistry and Math, and then went to the University of Virginia where she earned an M.Ed. in Mathematics Education. She worked with IBM as a systems engineer for twelve years, before devoting herself full-time to homeschooling her four children.

In 2003, she helped found St. Anthony Academy where she enrolled her children and became a member of their teaching staff.

In addition to teaching math, grammar, and poetry, Mrs. Burton currently serves as St. Anthony Academy’s principal.

Mr. John Henderson - Vice Principal Religion/History/Math/Latin

Raised in Columbia, Maryland, Mr. Henderson graduated from the Catholic University of America, where he was a member of Eta Sigma Phi, the national honor society for classical studies.

Mr. Henderson spent two years discerning a vocation to the religious life at a monastery in New Hampshire before teaching middle school social studies, religion, and PE at a Catholic school in the Archdiocese of Washington.

Mr. Henderson values the classical curriculum and is excited to teach at the Academy.

Dr. John Corso - Civics, American Government

He is president and chief executive officer of Strategent Corporation, a management consulting firm. Dr. Corso teaches Strategic Management for the Master’s Degree in Project Management program at Georgetown’s School of Continuing Studies.

Dr. Corso served as an internal management consultant and senior-level program manager for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs from 1999 to 2018. Prior to that, he was a professional logistician and contracting officer. He is a former U.S. Navy Supply Corps officer, having retired at the rank of Commander in 2002.

Dr. Corso holds a doctorate in public administration from the University of Southern California’s Price School of Public Policy, a master's in general administration from Central Michigan University, and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business.

Mrs. Theresa Kleeman - Lower School

Mrs. Kleeman received her B.S. in Biochemistry from Northern Michigan University and then worked as a research assistant in the biochemistry department at Louisiana State University. She later moved to North Carolina where she worked in the pharmacology department at Duke University. She left this position to become a full-time wife and mother, during which time she traveled the country with her military husband and homeschooled her children.

Upon settling in Fairfax, Virginia in 2012, Mrs. Kleeman enrolled her children in St. Anthony Academy and joined their teaching staff. She has served as a teacher of middle school math and science, but has found her niche in teaching students in grades K-3, whose curriculum she developed.

Mrs. Kleeman is currently in charge of the lower school, where she also continues to teach.

Mrs. Mary Lou Loftus - Upper School

Mrs. Loftus is one of the founding members of the Academy, having served as one of the original teachers and its first principal. Currently, she teaches several writing classes using the Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW) method as well as a myriad of Literature and Religion courses.

A graduate of Christendom College with a B.A. in Philosophy and a minor in Economics, her teaching career began in a small, Catholic school in Ohio in 1993 with middle school and high school composition and literature classes.

She lives in Front Royal, Virginia, with her husband, Sean, and their 7 children, three of whom are graduates of SAA and four who are still attending the Academy.

Mr. Daniel Graham - Upper School History and Logic

A former parent of a St. Anthony Academy student, Mr. Graham holds a Master's Degree in Business Administration from the University of Alabama. For 15 years, he worked on large documentation projects in the U.S. Army and in high tech consulting firms. His work is published in trade and peer review journals ranging from law, finance, and accounting to risk management and engineering. He was founder and managing editor of the Journal of Practical Applications In Space. He is an award-winning author of 5 science fiction novels.

Miss Annie Lynch - Lower School

Originally from Annapolis, MD, Annie was homeschooled for most of grade school and high school. After her family moved to a small farm in Gettysburg, PA, she spent her summers helping out on the farm and working for our Pennsylvania State Senator, Doug Mastriano, and spent the school year attending Thomas Aquinas College in Massachusetts. Annie graduated from Thomas Aquinas College in 2025 with a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts.

Mrs. Adrienne Henzel - Kindergarten

Our kindergarten teacher is Mrs. Adrienne Henzel. She formerly taught history for high- and middle-schoolers in the Fairfax County public schools. She also taught history and English as a second language at international schools in the Middle East.

Mrs. Henzel earned her BA in European Studies from George Mason University and a teaching certificate from Texas Women’s University.

Mrs. Henzel’s three children studied at St. Anthony’s. With her extensive teaching background, we are overjoyed to have her caring for our kindergartners!

Mrs. Monica Ward

Raised in Grand Rapids, MI as the third of ten children, Monica values the enriching liberal arts education she received both through her homeschool curriculum and her parish's classical academy. She graduated from Christendom College in May, 2025, with a BA in philosophy and has found a lasting home in VA since her wedding in late June.

Monica loves all things musical--whether singing, playing and teaching piano, or fiddling--and enjoyed her position as the Lower School Music Teacher for Chelsea Academy while finishing up her senior year at Christendom. Her experience teaching thus far has been beautiful and fulfilling, and her love of all things Catholic and classical makes her more than excited to join St. Anthony' Academy's faculty!

Mrs. Lindy Rackiewicz - Science

While growing up in a military family and traveling throughout the United States and Japan, Mrs. Rackiewicz developed a love for geography. This led her to pursue a B.A. in Geography, which she received from the University of Mary Washington in 1973. Following graduation, she worked for the U.S. House of Representatives Republican Research and Policy Committees, and as a Legislative Aide for a Michigan congressman on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

She left her career to become a full-time mother, raising six children and homeschooling three of them for eight years.

In addition to volunteering for over twenty years in both the boys’ and girls’ scouting programs, Mrs. Rackiewicz served as a substitute teacher and a volunteer in several capacities at Seton School in Manassas. Her love of geography, science, and Virginia history led her to a teaching position at St. Anthony Academy in 2004.

Mrs. Rackiewicz continues to share her love for “exploring God’s world” in science and geography both with her students at St. Anthony Academy and her 20 grandchildren.

Mrs. Dawn Kuker - Music

Mrs. Dawn Kuker is a professional singer and choir director in the Northern Virginia area. She has served as a cantor and also directed youth and middle school choirs at local parishes in the Diocese of Arlington.

She has extensive vocal training, and she shares her knowledge of vocal pedagogy and enthusiasm for singing with her students. She is trained in the Ward Method of Music Instruction, which is unique

as an integrated approach to music education designed for children in Catholic schools. She uses this vocal-based method “to foster beauty through the joy of singing.”