Kalos Christian Academy Leadership
Our board, administration, faculty, and staff are dedicated to leading Kalos Christian Academy’s students to be free thinkers who love the Lord Jesus Christ. Discipleship of our students to love the Lord, with their heads, hearts, and hands. We are dedicated to humbly serving parents in the education of their children with a classical Christian education.
By starving the sensibility of our pupils we only make them easier prey to the propagandist when he comes. For famished nature will be avenged and a hard heart is no infallible against a soft head.
C.S. Lewis – The Abolition of Man
Board of Directors
Brenda Risner, Board Chair
As a Culture Coach and Leadership Trainer, Brenda Risner works with leaders and teams to build and maintain healthy work cultures where employees are happier, work together better, and produce better results.
Anne Reddekopp, Board Secretary
Anne is a devoted mother and grandmother who homeschooled her children using the philosophy of Charlotte Mason. She holds a deep respect for Mason’s vision of education as the cultivation of wonder, attentiveness, and a lifelong love of truth and beauty.
In addition to serving on the KCA Board, Anne teaches Art History. She is a gentle and thoughtful instructor who shares her expertise with warmth and care. She creates a nurturing environment where students are encouraged to flourish in both skill and appreciation for the arts.
Tim Lawson, Pastoral Leadership
Tim is the senior pastor at Winnwood Baptist Church. He is a father of three, and sees the growing need in our culture for Christian education.
Taylor DiRoberto, Pastoral Leadership
Taylor DiRoberto serves as Pastor of Preaching and Leadership at Northside Fellowship in Kansas City, MO. Prior to planting Northside in 2021, Taylor also served on staff at Northland Church in Kansas City. Taylor served for 7 years at Midwestern Seminary, ultimately serving as Assistant Dean of Spurgeon College and Assistant Professor of Christian Studies.
He is happily married to Sara, and they have three children—Cora, Josephine, and Wesley. In his free time, Taylor enjoys playing music, lifting weights, and reading any good book you suggest.
Faculty and Staff
Amber Kaspar, Founder, Head of School, and Teacher
Bachelor of Arts, Kansas State University
Amber Kaspar is the Co-Founder and Head of School at Kalos Christian Academy, where her passion for education and faith converge. As a devoted wife to Co- Founder, Matt Kaspar and mother of three, Amber brings a deeply personal conviction to her work: that children flourish when they are loved, known, and shaped within a Biblical worldview. She grounds her approach to education in the Charlotte Mason philosophy, honoring the whole child and nurturing a lifelong love of learning. Amber founded Kalos not simply to build a school, but to cultivate a community where truth, goodness, and beauty weave through every lesson — and where every child stands recognized as an image-bearer of God.
Amy Gay, Office Manager and Teacher
Bachelor of Arts, Iowa State University
Amy brings a genuine love of language and culture to her classroom. Spain captured her heart during a transformative year at the Universidad de Valencia. There she immersed herself in the history, culture, and beauty of the Spanish language. Her travels to Mexico and Puerto Rico deepened that passion, giving her rich cross-cultural experiences. Amy believes studying languages provides countless opportunities to connect with people and share the love of Christ. Amy doesn’t just teach Spanish — she invites students into a wider world.
Spanish I, Spanish II, Spanish III, Grammar Spanish, Latin
Deborah Boetig, Teacher
Master of Health Administration, Cornell University
Deborah holds degrees in Biology (BS Rutgers University) and Administration (MHA Cornell University). A Charlotte Mason homeschooling mother of five amazing children, she is passionate about quality Christian education that awakens the soul. Additionally, one of her favorite ways to experience God is through His Creation – whether that be in nature, through a great living book, or in the science classroom. Deborah brings her Charlotte Mason experience and approach to Kalos and enjoys seeing her students delight in Creation.
Honors Biology, Honors Chemistry, Grammar Nature Study
Emily Hart, Teacher
Latin I, Latin II, Medieval Humanities, British Literature
Matt Tabke, Teacher
Dennis Knight
Apologetics, Rhetoric
Kalos Christian Academy does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, or ethnicity. Kalos Christian Academy admits students of any race, color, or ethnicity to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at Kalos Christian Academy and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, or ethnicity in the administration of its educational policies, admissions policies and procedures, and other school-administered programs.