Meet Farm School Owner & Director- Allison Huff
After teaching in a traditional classroom for four years and watching her own daughter struggle with being cooped inside all day, Allison Huff and her cousin Jaclyn Jenkins teamed up to create Farm School: a unique outdoor school for children ages two to pre-k.
Soon after partnering together, Farm School moved to Allison’s childhood home, located in Hamilton VA, where Allison developed the school’s signature nature-based preschool curriculum. The school began to grow in leaps and bounds, becoming the Farm School so many know and love today, giving children a unique chance to learn and grow in an outdoor environment. Together Allison and Jaclyn ran Farm School for eight thriving years, sending countless successful graduates off to kindergarten, making quite the mark in Loudoun-even appearing on VOA and in local newspapers for their unique approach to learning.
In January of 2025, Jaclyn and Her family moved away and Allison obtained full ownership of Farm School, promising to continue giving children the opportunity to learn and grow in Farm School’s unique environment.
Allison is a gifted teacher who combines her teaching experience with the gift of her own backyard and environment. She has worked with children from birth to five and is proud she gets to follow her passion everyday. Allison holds a Bachelors of Science in Early Childhood Development and over four years experience in a classroom setting, in addition to eight years of teaching at Farm School.
Meet the Teachers!
Ms. Jen lives in Lovettsville, VA on a 3 acre dairy goat farm with her 11 year old daughter, Romie. Her 20 year old son, Aidan, is an Infantryman in the Army. She and her kids moved to Northern Virginia 6 years ago from Ft. Bragg, NC. She was an army brat growing up and spent the majority of her life in the Southeast. She adores being a mom and is a passionate goat farmer! She opened her farm to the public 4 years ago to share her love for goats and goat yoga! She’s enjoyed volunteering over the last 20 years at both of her children’s schools, various school sports/clubs, as well as hosted schools, both on and off her farm! When she’s not taking care of her herd, you can find her outside getting dirty, on a hike or crafting with her daughter.
Ms. Anna was born and raised in Maryland before moving to Colorado for college and meeting her partner. Together they live in a small town south of Frederick with their dog, cats, chickens, and goats. They own an electric landscaping company that provides emission-free mowing and gardening services to their customers in the DC area. Ms. Anna has extensive experience as an early childhood teacher as she has been apart of various programs in Maryland, Maine, and Colorado. She is drawn to nature-based programs and schools where children spend as much time as possible outdoors and is especially interested in socio-emotional development, helping kids build loving and respectful relationships with themselves, each other, and the natural world. Her favorite things to do are exploring outside, doing open-ended art projects, and engaging in imaginative play. Outside of work you’ll find Ms. Anna spending time in the garden where she loves growing flowers for pollinators and medicinal herbs. She also loves hiking, reading, and doing yoga.
Ms. Lee has lived throughout the United States with her military family. After being overseas while her husband was in the Army, they settled in this part of Virginia in 2000. Lee has an undergraduate degree in Early Childhood Development from Georgia Tech. She has worked many years in day care, church schools, and taught children about wildlife with the Arkansas Museum of Science & History. Some of her favorite activities with children include singing, finger plays, and arts & crafts. Lee loves to sew, garden, and bake. She participates in the Bluemont Fair, the Clarke County Fair and the Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival. She volunteers for fundraising events with Blue Ridge Volunteer Fire & Rescue. She adores her cat Sadie who was adopted from the Humane Society.
Emily is originally from the Midwest (Ohio and Michigan) but relocated to Virginia with her husband Keenan in 2020 to raise their kids closer to both of their families. They love the warm weather and the beautiful nature in Virginia! Emily has two children: Caleb who is four and Daisy who is two and a current Farm School student. Emily is a Visual Arts Teacher (on break to raise her kiddos!) and has over fifteen of years of teaching experience at all grade levels preK through high school. She has also worked with students in non-traditional environments such as sports camps, community centers, teaching English, and Bible Classes/Camp at churches. She has been involved with Farm School since 2021 when she was hired as a substitute teacher and then a morning assistant teacher. Caleb came to school with her and loved it! She continued teaching at Farm School before she took a break to have Daisy in 2023. Now Daisy is two and Emily is excited to rejoin the Farm School staff in the garden and on the admin team. She loves art- painting and photography, running, and she LOVES reading! Also gardening, sewing, baking…. There’s not enough time for all the hobbies she wants to have!
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