Shannon holds a BSE in Elementary Education from Missouri Southern State University and a MSE in High Incidence Disabilities from the University of Kansas. Her teaching career began in public school in 2007 with her most recent time spent teaching in a Special Education classroom. Mrs. Biggerstaff and her husband Charlie have three boys who all attend Veritas. Her family attends Lawrence Heights Christian Church where they enjoy worshipping and being actively involved in various ministries. Outside of school and church, they love spending time at the lake, kayaking, playing sports, and hiking 14ers in Colorado.

Steve holds a BS and MS in Industrial Engineering and Management from Oklahoma State University. In the last few years, his concern about the prevailing worldview has caused him to look for ways he can help prepare young people for the cultural challenges they are facing. Following God’s leading, he left his 35+ year information technology/engineering career to teach at VCS, a place he knows holds fast to a biblical worldview. He is the husband of Penny, the father of 2 daughters and sons-in-law, and grandfather of 2 girls and a boy. He and Penny attend and serve at Redemption Bible Church in his hometown of Baldwin City.

Kevin is a pastor originally from the Seattle-area. He received a bachelor’s degree in Bible/Family Ministry from Manhattan Christian College, a Master of Divinity degree from The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology, and a Masters in Teaching degree from Kansas State University. He has taught 4th grade and middle school, including electives in Entrepreneurship and Sports History. He is currently the Children’s Pastor at Anchor Church in Lawerence, where he serves with his wife, Lori, who works at the Salvation Army Social Services Office. They share two children, Logan and Kamryn. Kevin has been a pastor for about 20 years, serving in various roles, including children’s, youth, associate, and lead pastor. Prior to moving to Lawrence, he and his family lived in Hays, Kansas. Kevin loves football, particularly the Seahawks (and in second place, the Chiefs!). He is looking forward to working at a school where faith is center stage and we can wrestle openly with matters of spiritual development and discipleship. Be sure to check out the giant Seahawks flag in his office!

Melissa graduated from Missouri State University with a degree in Secondary Education with an emphasis in chemistry. She previously spent two years teaching high school science, five years homeschooling her children, and two years teaching middle school science, math, Bible, drama, speech, leadership, and literature at Genesis Christian Academy. She has taught Algebra I/II and Chemistry at Veritas for two years and Biology for three years. She is seeking her Masters in School Counseling from Emporia State University. She and her husband, Paul, have two children, Noah and Mary Kate. Noah is a senior at K-State majoring in music education, and Mary Kate is a sophomore at K-State majoring in kinesiology.

Kristol has been teaching visual art at Veritas since 2016. She holds a Masters of Visual Communication and Design from Liberty University and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Metropolitan State University of Denver. She is also the owner of Kristol Kumar Photography. As well as the staff photographer for both Topeka City Lifestyle Magazine and Lawrence City Lifestyle Magazine. She and her husband, John, have two sons who currently attend Veritas. Kristol is thankful to be saved by Jesus and covered by His grace daily.

Francesca is a proud 2007 Veritas Alumni. She graduated from Geneva college with undergraduate degrees in Elementary Education and Special Education. She also has her Master’s in Education from Baker University. She is married to her high school sweetheart, Brad, and they have four boys that attend Veritas. Her favorite thing about being at Veritas is that she is able to worship Jesus and mentor her students to become strong in their faith. Outside of Veritas she enjoys reading, baking, drinking coffee, and crafting.

Shanee earned her BA degree in Advertising and Marketing from Iowa State University in 1999. She has been married to her high school sweetheart, Adam, for 24 years and has two sons: Logan (freshman at KU) and Colby (10th grade). She was able to stay home with the boys for many years while her husband served in the Kansas Army National Guard. The military brought the family to Lawrence in 2014. Since being in Lawrence, Shanee has held various elementary school positions including: Instructional/SPED Paraprofessional, reading specialist, and most recently, 3rd and 4th grade classroom teacher. In her free time, she loves to be with family and friends, go boating on Clinton Lake, and snuggle with their Miniature Schnauzer, Scout. She is extremely excited and feels very blessed to be part of the Veritas family!

Wendy, a licensed master social worker (LMSW), earned her BA in Social Work from KSU and MSW from KU. Wendy spent eight years in the Army Reserves during which time she served in Desert Storm as a Hospital Food Specialist and later trained to be a Military Police Officer. She worked in the social work field in the Elderly and Disabled Department at SRS and later as a mental health therapist before taking time away from social work to raise her two daughters—both attended Veritas from kindergarten through graduation. During this time Wendy also worked as a polymer clay artist and continues to do so. She served on the Veritas board for nine years. Wendy came on staff at Veritas in the fall of 2022. She has been married to her amazing husband, Mike, since 1996.

Linda is a graduate of Maur Hill-Mount Academy in Atchison, KS. She has been serving at Veritas since 2001. Before joining staff at Veritas, she homeschooled her daughters for seven years. Mrs. Walton has more than 25 years of secretarial experience having worked for Benedictine College, Grandview Assembly of God Church, American Lung Association of WY, and currently at Veritas. She enjoys spending time with her husband, Scott, two daughters, and granddaughter, Isla. When she isn’t at work she can be found looking for treasures at garage/estate sales, walking, and plant-based cooking.

Penny holds an AA in Sign Language Interpreting from Johnson County Community College. She worked in education for several years. She has been a Children’s Director for over 30 years. Along with being in Children’s Ministry, she also provided seminars for parents. She loves to travel and has been on over 35 mission trips including Turkey, China, Jamaica, Ethiopia, Mexico, New Orleans, Arlington, Detroit. She felt led by the Lord to further the kingdom by teaching the Word, loving, sharing and caring for all that she met on those trips. She is married to her wonderful husband of 40 years, Steve Lyons, Dean of Students at VCS. She and Steve raised their 2 daughters in Kansas, and they have three grandchildren. She loves hosting gatherings in her home along with baking, organizing events, and loving on her grandchildren.

Annette holds a BA in Elementary Education from Ottawa University, a State Teaching Certificate from 1983-1988, and an ASCI Educator Certificate. She has enjoyed teaching at Veritas since 2004 and joyfully homeschooled her children for 13 years, their two daughters later graduating from VCS. Mrs. Tiegreen is married to Roger and together they have 10 grandchildren from their three beloved children's families.

In addition to loving and serving her family, Mrs. Tiegreen’s joy and passion is to serve and glorify God by teaching children to know and love God, His Word, and the lost. One of her favorite ways to do this is by putting scripture, biblical truths, grammar rules, and historical facts to music to help children memorize them. She is grateful God has called her to teach at Veritas where she may continue to love, mentor, and disciple children toward His Kingdom purposes.

April is a graduate of Kansas State University with a degree in Family Studies and Human Services and a minor in Business Administration. She has had the opportunity to be at home with her 3 children for the last 14 years, homeschooling for 4 of those years while teaching at a local enrichment center for the past 3 years.  God has gently been guiding her family towards Veritas for a couple of years now, first through sports, providing a way to enroll her oldest two this past year and making it possible for all of us to be a part of Veritas next year!  As she looks back and sees God’s hand in her story as well as her kids' stories, she gets excited about what God is doing in and through Veritas.  She is eagerly awaiting getting to watch as He moves in her students' stories as well!  She loves connecting with students, encouraging growth academically and spiritually, and instilling a love for learning all the while learning what makes each student uniquely them.  In her free time, April enjoys nightly walks with her husband, hanging out with friends, cheering on her children at all the sporting events/concerts/etc and looking forward to the next adventure her family gets to experience. 

Kimberly was a 1991 honors graduate of the State University of New York at Brockport, earning a Bachelors of Science degree. She grew up in New York but moved to Lawrence as a young adult with her husband and children. She and her husband have two children who attended Veritas. She has been teaching 4th grade at Veritas since 2001 where her students have learned that she leads the classroom with a love of learning and a love of laughter.

Angie is a Kansas State graduate with a degree in Broadcast Journalism. She and her husband, Brian, have two adult children who attended Veritas for a combined 10 years. Angie began teaching at Veritas in 2017 when the Lord equipped her to expand her passion to teach children. It is her goal to exhibit and cultivate the wonder of learning. She spends her free time outdoors, in the kitchen baking up something delicious, and anywhere family and friends are present. A daily walk with her Savior (especially out under the stars) is her source of peace and joy.

Megan received her bachelor’s degree in social work from Kansas State University in 2008 and her master’s in social work in 2011 from the University of Kansas. She and her husband, Chris, have two children: Annie and Silas. Megan has a passion for helping young people know the truth. She is excited to begin this new adventure at Veritas. Her interests are reading and hanging out with friends and family. 

Lindsey is a Kansas native; born in Lawrence and raised in Ottawa. She attended Kansas State University and graduated with a Bachelor of Design in Interior Architecture within the College of Architecture, Planning and Design.  Her professional career began in Santa Monica, CA where she worked as a commercial interior designer. She continued on that path in Lenexa after moving back to Kansas. Lindsey married her incredibly talented husband, Jeff Foster, and became a freelance designer around that time. She has designed many homes in the Lawrence area and continues to help, in a designer's role, within her husband's construction business. They have two beautiful children: Audrey (13) and Zach (12) and for the past 8 years, Lindsey has made the choice to be a homeschool educator.  She has been blessed by that role and has also loved the opportunity to share her passion for all things art through her church community's homeschool co-op, CKC, as an art teacher there. It is by God's providence that she is now humbled and excited to teach art to a new group of students at Veritas. Jesus has her heart and she wants to share that with everyone, big and small, and if she gets to teach art at the same time, then to God be the glory.

Gary grew up in Lawrence and graduated from LHS in 1970. He graduated from Southwestern College in 1974. He taught out in western Kansas for three years, and then came back to Lawrence to start working on his master’s degree at KU. He completed his master’s in 1983. He taught elementary physical education at various schools in Lawrence for over 35 years. Gary retired from the Lawrence school district 9 years ago, and then started teaching all PE classes at Veritas. Gary has coached basketball at Veritas for many years before coming here to teach. He is now part time teaching only the elementary PE classes. Gary and his wife, Julie, have four children and six grandkids. He enjoys doing yardwork, hiking, playing softball, playing with his grandkids, and just staying active.

Stephanie is originally from Southern California,  where she received a Bachelor of Music in Music Therapy from Chapman University Conservatory of Performing Arts in 2009. She did an internship in the Lawrence public schools and while there met her husband, Erick. She applied to work at Veritas at the suggestion of her friend, Lauri Bernet, in 2014 and has worked at Veritas on and off since then. This year Stephanie is excited to be back and teaching her daughter too! In her spare time, she loves being a part of her worship team, concerts, teaching private piano and guitar lessons, kayaking, and anything Disney.

Alisa attended Oral Roberts University and grew up in the Kansas City area. She has worked in the field of education since 2008. Her love for teaching kids is seen most in helping them to know and love God, and from that helping them to grow intellectually and emotionally. Alisa has been married to her husband, Gregg, since 1996, and together they have three kids. Her youngest attends Veritas. Her passion is to grow closer to Jesus everyday, to spend time with her family, and serve God’s purposes together with Gregg in the ministry in their local church. She loves teaching the bible, spending time encouraging women to love the Lord, and eating good food, especially chocolate. As long as she’s with her family, Alisa has fun doing just about anything.

Austin was born and raised in Kansas. He attended the University of Kansas and earned a master’s degree in accounting. While practicing accounting, he discovered his passion and calling to education. At Veritas, he teaches 7th & 8th Latin, Secondary Drama, and Senior Capstone Seminar. He is currently pursuing a master of arts in teaching, with a concentration on classical education from the Templeton Honors College at Eastern University. He and his wife Natalie live in Lawrence, along with their son Blaise. They are grateful for how much the Lord has blessed them.

Stephanie graduated from Southeast Missouri State University with a bachelor's degree in secondary education majoring in biology and minoring in chemistry. She received a Masters Degree in Secondary Education from Baker University. She has taught for more than 3 decades and still enjoys sharing her love of science with students. She feels blessed and is excited to help Veritas students be successful in science. Stephanie and her husband, Rick have two children and 6 grandchildren. She loves spending time with her family, biking, and reading.

Sarah graduated from Bethany College with bachelor’s degrees in both Chemistry and English Literature. After a short stint in pharmaceutical research, she took time away from the workplace to raise and homeschool her four children. During that time, she developed a passion to pass on her love of learning to kids and adults alike. She is grateful for the opportunity to use scientific inquiry and mathematics to show students that all of Creation truly does declare the glory of God. Outside of Veritas, she loves to learn new things, read, run, and talk about Jesus. 

Michelle has a BS in Education from the University of Kansas.   She has been blessed with the opportunity to be a stay at home mom and a homeschool mom for the last 13 years and is now looking forward to a new challenge.  She and her husband, Kent, have four children, the youngest will begin Veritas this year as a Junior.  Michelle is a firm believer in the benefits of a classical education and believes the goal of education is virtue: to seek truth, to love truth, to defend truth.

Jonnie holds a BSE in Language Arts Education from the University of Kansas and she is ACSI certified. She graduated ‘With Highest Distinction’ from KU, with honors, as a Watkins-Berger scholar, Phi Alpha Theta (history honor) and Phi Kappa Phi (scholastics honor). Mrs. Finger has been listed in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers three times. She has been previously certified by the State of Kansas in both Language Arts and Social Studies Education. Before teaching at Veritas, she ran a home-based tutoring business, Class Act Tutoring Services, for 15 years. She has been a teacher at VCS since 1997. Jonnie was the first person to serve as chairperson of the VCS Library Committee. She and her husband, Mark, have 5 children, all who attended VCS. She enjoys collecting books, drinking coffee, and spending time with her five grandchildren.

Katie holds a BS in Mathematics from the University of Texas in San Antonio (UTSA). She moved to Lawrence in 2013 to be part of Bridgeway International, a ministry that serves international students at KU. She started teaching secondary math at Veritas last year. Outside of Veritas, she enjoys trying new foods, spending time with her family in Texas when she can, serving at her church, and crafting in her spare time.

Kevin holds a Master of Divinity degree from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and both a Bachelor of Arts degree in Linguistics and a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism from the University of Kansas. He grew up in Denver and has lived in Lawrence for almost a decade. Before joining the faculty at Veritas, Kevin was the Next Generation Ministry Coordinator at Central United Methodist Church, and he currently attends Free City Church and serves as a drummer on the worship band. Kevin enjoys books, music, and sports, and his favorite phrase to say is, “Jesus is Lord.”

Pastor McFarland holds a BS in Information Systems / Management Science (from Geneva College, PA), a Masters of Divinity (from the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary, PA), and a Doctor of Ministry with emphasis in Biblical Counseling (from RPTS). Father of two VCS students years ago, John served on the Board, then transitioned into teaching high school Bible classes (including worldview, apologetics, and church history), followed by courses in speech, history, government, and senior thesis. Having started teaching with VCS in 2009, John has also coordinated our Worldview Wednesday program from its inception. Veritas seniors are now able to gain college-credit via Baker University for the VCS Speech course. John & Lisa have four daughters and five grandkids (so far), enjoying large gatherings at their new ranch to the east. He pastors Christ Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church in Lawrence, a congregation with deep commitment to this school and its Biblical vision for whole-child Christian education.

Debbie earned a BS in Business/Marketing from Liberty University before beginning her professional career in the business arena, eventually culminating in the role of Director of Marketing at Baker University’s School of Professional and Graduate Studies. She left the business world to focus on her children. During 11 years of homeschooling, Debbie discovered her passion for history and began teaching in a local homeschool co-op. Debbie earned a Master of Arts in History from Grand Canyon University and is in her 9th year teaching at Veritas. Debbie and her husband, Scott, have 3 grown children.

Spencer holds his BS in Christian Ministry from Tabor College and has earned a Master of Theological Studies from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has been teaching at VCS since 2013 and previously taught at Victory Christian Academy in El Dorado, KS. Before teaching, Spencer spent ten years as an Associate Pastor at New Life Equipping Ministry in El Dorado. The Holy Spirit has given him great joy in teaching the glory of God in the preeminence of Christ for the joy of all peoples. Spencer and his wife, Amber, have three precious children.