St. Francis Academy
LEADERSHIP
Jace Yarbrough
While not leading morning, noon, and evening prayer at SFA, he is a partner at a litigation firm headquartered in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. He also serves as an officer in the US Air Force reserves. He holds a Juris Doctorate from Stanford Law School and bachelors degrees in Electrical Engineering and Government from the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to law school he served on active duty, taught high school in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, and studied at the John Jay Institute for Faith, Society and Law. He and his wife, Liza, have four children, ages 1 - 11, and attend Saint John Paul II Catholic parish in Denton.
Elizabeth Yarbrough
Elizabeth ("Liza") teaches Spanish, Music, Latin, Math Fun, and Language Arts. She has been homeschooling her children for four years, while also offering private piano lessons, singing in church choir, leading Zumba fitness classes, teaching in prior co-ops, and homemaking. She received a BA in Music from the University of Texas at Austin, a teaching certificate from Texas State University, and has taught in a variety of schools, states, and countries before staying at home with her kids. Called to be a teacher, she loves not only teaching her own little ones, but also forming the hearts, minds, and souls of other children in our community. She is thrilled that SFA gives her the chance to do both.
Marianna Wallace
Marianna earned a Bachelor in Fine Arts from the University of North Texas in 2012. She has since been involved in education and spends her time using her gardening and homestead experience to show children God's beauty through His creation. Her passion is for plotting and cultivating her four acres with fruit trees, vegetables, ducks, and livestock. Marianna teaches several courses at SFA including drawing, gardening, farming, and language arts.
Parker Wallace
Parker holds a Master of Business Administration and Master of Arts in Global Leadership from Dallas Baptist University. He works in adult and higher education learning as an instrucitonal designer and course developer. Parker is actively involved in local entrepreneurship communities and owns his own Denton-based small business. He and his wife, Marianna, have three children, ages 6mo - 9. He assists in administrative and educational leadership at SFA and attends Singing Oaks Church of Christ in Denton, Texas.
Headmaster / Board Chairman
Head of Curriculum
Game and Groundskeeper
Executive Director / Board Member
Andrew Beck
Andrew Beck is Partner at Beck & Stone, a brand consultancy for institutions such as University of Texas at Austin, the New College of Florida, and the Claremont Institute. He graduated from Katherine Gibbs in New York City with an AS in Digital Media. During his career on Madison Ave he was a judge for the One Club’s prestigious Young Guns competition and lectured at the City University of New York on design, advertising, and entrepreneurship. The homeschooled son of a pastor, he spent four summers leading Christian missions trips across Europe on which he met his wife, Janelle. They have six children together and attend Saint Francis Academy.
Board Member
Robert Knox
Robert Knox is the Director of Programs at a Denton-based non-profit spay and neuter clinic. He has served his community in this role for the past 12 years performing tasks such as grant writing, staff training, product development, marketing, and web administration. He graduated in 2012 with a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing from the University of North Texas.
Head of Development