Seraphim Danckaert

Seraphim Danckaert started as Head of School at Allen Academy on July 1, 2022. Mr. Danckaert is an experienced educational leader with a passion for balanced excellence — fostering a school culture where children and adolescents thrive in all domains: academic, athletic, artistic, and personal. Mr. Danckaert began his teaching career in a program at Boston University for talented High School students. He has taught Latin, Greek, literature, and history, with an emphasis on strong student engagement through project-based learning and real-world application. Before coming to Allen Academy, he was Headmaster of St. Peter's Classical School in Ft. Worth, Texas. Mr. Danckaert is a graduate of Canterbury School in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. He holds a B.A. in Classics from Hillsdale College and an M.Div. from Holy Cross in Brookline, Massachusetts. He also completed advanced graduate studies at Boston College and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Seraphim and his wife, Anne, have been married for 17 years and are blessed with five children, all of whom are students at Allen Academy.