Matt Nevius teaches Philosophy at Chesterton Academy of Omaha, as well as History 9 and Theology 12. A convert to the Catholic Faith, he has worked with the youth both as a Vocational Rehab counselor and a volunteer youth minister. He has also worked as a Graduate Student Assistant at Liberty University while working on his Master's degree in Philosophy.

Mr. Nevius has a BA in Philosophy and Religion and an MA in Philosophy from Liberty University. He wrote his MA thesis on the nature of human dignity.

Mr. Nevius has a wife and five children. He enjoys reading books to his children and spending time with his wife. They also enjoy hiking, camping, volunteering at their parish, spending time with friends and family, and other outdoor activities.

Msgr. Robert Laliberte grew up in St. Anthony’s Parish in Fargo. After graduating valedictorian from Shanley High School in 1964 and spending two years at St. John’s, Collegeville, MN, he received the Basselin Scholarship to Catholic University in Washington, DC, where he completed an MA in philosophy and an STB in theology. His teaching has centered around Scripture, philosophy, and Hebrew.

Upon retirement in 2011, after residing two years in New Hampshire, he now divides his time between Fargo and Omaha, where he has helped found the Chesterton Academy of Omaha, a small classical high school, and is learning Spanish to bring the sacraments to the burgeoning population of hispanic immigrants.

Jessen Jesse teaches Science, Math, and History for the Chesterton Academy of Omaha. Mrs. Jesse completed her B.A. in Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, where she also met her husband and received her J.D. from the law school. After she graduated, they lived near Notre Dame for 3 more years and she worked as an attorney for Indiana’s Department of Child Services. Her first introduction to the Chesterton Schools Network happened when her college roommate married the headmaster of a Chesterton Academy in Ohio. When she moved to Omaha in 2022, she was excited to find a Chesterton Academy here. She taught Mock Trial at the Academy in the spring of 2023 and loved the school so much she came back to teach more. Mrs. Jesse loves music (especially vinyl records), roller coasters (especially Cedar Point’s Steel Vengeance), baking, reading, going on road trips with her husband, and babysitting her niece and nephew.

Mrs. Jessette Berggren teaches Literature and Drama at the Chesterton Academy of Omaha.  Mrs. Berggren studied English at Nebraska Wesleyan and is trained and certified as a writing instructor by the Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW).

Her experience in drama encompasses 25 years with minor and lead roles in many different community theatre and operatic productions.

Her love of classical literature and her study of educational methodologies, both classical and modern, have led her to enthusiastically embrace the Chesterton curriculum as the best way to help young people understand the goodness, beauty, and truth of their Judeo-Christian heritage while also helping them traverse the current cultural pitfalls of atheistic humanism.

A lifelong Catholic, Mrs. Berggren and her family are members of the Church of the Holy Spirit in Plattsmouth.

Nicole Stransky is now in her third year of teaching Latin at Chesterton Academy of Omaha. Mrs. Stransky received her BA in Liberal Arts from Thomas Aquinas College. Wanting to change the world through law and politics, she applied to law school and received a full scholarship to Ave Maria School of Law. However, after a semester, she elected to marry her husband Brian and start a family over completing a Juris Doctorate, and she’s never looked back.  She has discovered her passion for teaching, for she believes that it is through education, the drawing of hearts and minds to an encounter with Jesus, that the most important change takes place, the salvation of souls.

Mrs. Stransky worked for many years as a tutor with the Mother of Divine Grace homeschooling program. She homeschooled her own four children with MODG for 10 years, moving around the country while her husband served on active duty in the U.S. Army.

She feels indebted to Providence to have three daughters currently attending Chesterton Academy and is excited to see what their future holds.  When she is not prepping for class or driving her kids around the universe, she enjoys a relaxing escape in classic literature and in music.  She is also fond of gardening, birding and enjoying the great outdoors with her children, and playing board games with her family.

Deanna Pierre teaches Algebra 1 and Algebra 2 at Chesterton Academy of Omaha, and this is her second year at Chesterton.  She received a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M University in 1985 and an M.B.A. from University of Nebraska - Lincoln in 1988.  She worked in project management for the federal government for a few years until she became a mom.

Deanna is the wife of Lloyd, her college sweetheart and spouse since 1985, and the mother of five very lovable adult children and two adorable grandsons (though one has not yet emerged from the womb but plans to in December 2024!).  She very much enjoys teaching Algebra and has taught for the last few years from home for an online Catholic homeschool curriculum in addition to homeschooling her own children.  She quickly discovered that the students at Chesterton are absolutely amazing and a joy to teach!

Deanna enjoys spending time with her family, especially weekly Sunday dinners, bonding with her 2-year old grandson, and doing many other things to keep things running smoothly at home.  She is a faithful Catholic and active in the St. Vincent De Paul Society.  And most of all, Deanna is extremely grateful to God for His Providence.

Rev. Mr. Ron Reno teaches Fine Arts and Art History at Chesterton Academy of Omaha. After graduating from the University of Kansas, Ron intended to be a graphic designer for a corporation, a publishing house or a print shop. Instead, Ron worked for several years for Safeway Stores, Inc. and became a store director for Safeway. He has worked for other companies over the years but he always felt beckoned to do art again. For the last 15 years Ron has donated his paintings and prints to any sound and Godly organization that requested. Most of his art was sold at auction for the glory of God. Through those donations and Fr. Scheibelhofer, he became introduced to Chesterton Academy of Omaha, where he has taught since 2016. Ron loves teaching and opening God’s possibilities through art to his students.

Ron serves as a Deacon at Saint Stephen the Martyr Anglican Church in Sioux City, Iowa. He has been married to his bride Louise for 47 years now and together raised two children, Philip and Anne.

Originally from Chicago, Kat Doebel moved to Papillion in 1991 when her husband’s Air Force career brought them to Offutt Air Force Base. Kat and her husband Martin have 3 grown children and 3 very young grandchildren.

Kat earned a BS in Music Education Vocal/Choral emphasis from the University of Illinois- Urbana/Champaign and a Masters in Music Education from the University of Nebraska – Omaha. Since moving to the Omaha area, Kat has been involved in a number of musical organizations. She was the choir director at Gross Catholic High School in Bellevue for 23 years, retiring in 2015. As vocal music instructor, she was the music director for Gross Catholic musicals as well as music director for St. Bernadette’s summer musical productions. In addition to being a cantor, she directed the Junior Choir for 10 of years at St. Columbkille parish in Papillion. This choir was one of two selected to perform in the first touring company of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’s Omaha run. From 2003-2010, Kat directed the high school choir affiliated with The Nebraska Children’s Choir; Choral Arts Society Teens. Upon the dissolution of that organization, Omaha Academy Choir was formed. That choir’s final concert was May 2021. While this appeared to be a final retirement, God had other plans with a call from Chesterton Academy of Omaha.

From 1991 to present, Kat has been a cantor at Boys Town Dowd Chapel. Kat also sings with Omaha Chamber Singers. Kat and her husband now live on a hardwood tree farm in Council Bluffs. While it may be on the other side of the Missouri River, it is still part of the Omaha area they consider home.

Mr. Jesse is a part-time teacher who loves the search for truth. That’s why he decided to graduate with two degrees: one a BS in Electrical Engineering, the other a BA in Theology. He enjoys learning about both physics and metaphysics, playing board games, solving all sorts of puzzles, and going on long walks with his wife, Jessen.