At Alethia Academy, we aim to develop and nurture a professional, disciplined, and faithful staff that is well compensated and diligent in the disciplines of a classical and Christian curriculum. We desire that they possess a lifelong hunger to learn and grow and that they have opportunity to be refreshed and renewed. We desire to see them coach and nurture new staff and serve as academic mentors to students. We desire them to be professional and diligent in their work, loving God, teaching, and their students. We look to see them maturing in their knowledge of Christ and expect to see their children faithfully walking with the Lord.

Faculty
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Nick Dunlap is in his third year at Alethia Academy. He graduated from the University of Arizona in Religious Studies and Classics. Nick teaches the 5th/6th grade class and enjoys baseball, jazz, and his wife, Betsy.

Thomas Massa was born and raised in Sierra Vista, AZ, Tom Massa graduated high school from Veritas Christian Community School (Sierra Vista's classical alternative) under Dr. Thomas Askew. After high school, he received an A.A. in English with honors from Cochise College, and then he moved to Redding, CA to finish his B.A. at Simpson University. While attending Simpson, he married his fiancée, Candice. They have been happily married for two years, and they are very glad to be back in Arizona!

Board Members
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Phil Henry

Phil and Polly Henry (his wife of more than 13 years) have six children. Phil is a graduate of Indiana University (1992), taking the BS in Secondary Science Education. He has taught in the classroom for four years as a biology and general science instructor. He also has graduate training in cross-cultural education and Gifted and Talented Education. Phil attended Westminster Seminary in California and graduated with the M.Div. in 1999. Phil is currently serving in his third pastorate in Tucson, Arizona, as an assistant pastor for Rincon Mountain Presbyterian Church (PCA). He is their minister for families and youth. This is the second school which Phil has helped to start. The first, Aletheia School in Peoria, Illinois began in 2001 and now has around fifty students. Phil is excited about the group of people God has brought together at Alethia Academy in Tucson and its potential impact on the rising generation for God's glory.

Scott Finch

As Scott M. Finch enters his tenth year as a professional educator he is excited to serve this year as Alethia Academy's Board Secretary. Christo-Classical education is a great passion of his heart which is shared by his wife Jennifer and two children, Colby and Tallis. Scott is the Director of Music at Rincon Mountain Presbyterian Church and is currently pursing his doctorate in music at the University of Arizona. Scott came to the area after from five years of teaching high school at Wheaton Academy. Scott has taught every age group in the private and public school environment as well as one-on-one tutoring. Scott has a Masters degree in Choral Conducting from Temple University in Philadelphia and Bachelors in Music Education from Covenant College near Chattanooga Tennessee.

Rob Reilly

Rob Reilly is a businessman and real estate broker in Tucson Arizona. He is married to Jill and has five children.

Dr. Thomas Askew

Dr. Thomas Askew has served for thirty-one years in God's school system, both as administrator and classroom teacher. With dual certification in elementary and secondary, Dr. Askew has taught every elementary grade and most high school subjects at some point. He also taught one year in public school but was released for good behavior (too good!). Dr. Askew's moved to Tucson in 2001 after twenty-four years in Cochise County, where he started three different Christian schools. His degrees are from West Georgia College and the University of Arizona. His nerdy hobbies are reading everything in sight, writing, linguistics, and trivia-collecting. He and his wife Linda have four sons and are members of Catalina Foothills Church, PCA.

Ryan Jankowski

Ryan was born in the United States but lived the majority of his early life in British Columbia. He returned to the US to study at the University of Kansas where he obtained a BA in Linguistics. Ryan loves to read pretty much anything he can get his hands on and loves discussing the things he has read just as much. Ryan is married to Yunuen and at present they have no children to enroll at Alethia, but look forward to a future home of Alethia students! Ryan is employed as an administrator in GEICO's claims department.