Fr. McLaughlin was installed as pastor at St. Francis of Assisi Parish in June of 2012 and became president of Humphrey St. Francis School at the same time.  He is a native of North Omaha, and his parents Tom still live in the house in which he grew up. He has two brothers and a sister, and is blessed to have great nieces, nephews, great nieces and a great nephew.

As a Catholic priest, he is committed to Catholic education and has spent the past several years in personal and professional development to assist in this ministry. He splits his time between his ministry in the parish and the ministry within the school.  He is an avid reader and enjoys several diverse hobbies.

Mrs. Dunn has been in education since 2001.  In the nine years as a teacher she taught fourth grade, a combination first-second grade, first grade, and a combination kindergarten-first grade.  In the fall of 2010, Mrs. Dunn began her first year at St. Francis as the K-12 principal.

She and her husband are blessed with four children, one daughter and three sons.  The family’s favorite pastime is camping whether it is tenting in the backyard or traveling thousands of miles away.  Mrs. Dunn appreciates the outdoors, nature, and reading.

Mr.  Kessler is a mathematics teacher at Humphrey St. Francis.  He is the head coach of the football, basketball,  and golf team.  He also serves as the athletic director.  Mr.  Kessler is a St. Francis alumnus and has been teaching at his alma mater since 2001.

Mrs. Missy Braun is the K-12 School Counselor at St. Francis Schools. After graduating from St. Francis in 2001, she received a Bachelor’s Degree. from Doane College in K-12 Physical Education and a Biology endorsement. She has been in teaching full time for 6 years with one year of substitute teaching. In August of 2016 she received her Master’s Degree in K-12 School Counseling from Chadron State College. Besides being in the school system, she is also the Development Director and Alumni Relations Coordinator at St. Francis and is a certified Volleyball Official in Nebraska. Missy is married and has six children. She enjoys spending time with family and scrapbooking in her spare time.

Miss Stacie Baumgart is the second grade teacher at St. Francis School. She has been in education since 2006. She started teaching at Boys Town in Omaha Nebraska for one year and has been with St. Francis since.  She enjoys taking walks, reading, going to sporting events and spending time with her family.

Mrs. Sheila Hassenstab has been the grade school secretary since August 1, 1995.  Her husband, Tim, is Manager of A&H Building & Supply in Humphrey.  She has 4 children and 2 grandchildren.  All of her children have graduated from Humphrey St. Francis.  She enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, walking the family dog, Duke, and playing tennis on a league in Columbus.

Mrs. Terri Wilshusen has been the high school secretary since March 1, 1991 and also is one of the school’s bus drivers. Her husband, Russ, is a sales representative for Dayco Products, an automotive parts manufacturer. She has a son, daughter-in-law and 2 granddaughters in Lincoln. She likes to run, bike, read, crochet, walk & play with their rescued greyhound, Flyer, go to road races with her running family, go to Flyer activities, and spend time with family. She is proud to be a St. Francis graduate and a descendant of charter members of St. Francis Parish in 1883; Gerhart and Frank Brockhaus. She loves her job at St. Francis and feels she has the best job in the world!

Mr. Korus began teaching art classes at Humphrey St. Francis in 1981, where he is also the head volleyball coach, and head boys and girls track coach. He enjoys extended family, alone time, and solving puzzles.

Mrs. Pam Goering teaches K-12 Vocal/General Music, Fabric Arts and Foods and Nutrition. She has been in education for 21 years. She is married to a fabulous Hy-Vee smoker of food. She has three grown children with 6 grandchildren.  She enjoys sewing, quilting, and making harmony!

Sharon Swanson is the High School science instructor for St. Francis.  She teaches the 9th grade Physical Science, Biology, Chemistry, Anatomy & Physiology, and Physics classes.  Sharon graduated from St. Francis High School, CCC (then Platte College), Wayne State College and has graduate hours from a number of colleges. Before teaching at St. Francis, she has taught at Fremont Bergan, Columbus Middle School, Scotus High School and Monroe High School.

Sharon and her husband Mike have 4 married children and 7 grandchildren.  Her favorite activities are activities with family, gardening, reading, walking, crossword and other puzzles, and baking.   Sharon is a member of St. Bonaventure Church where she is an EMHC and works on various activities.

Mr. Tim Wiese is a 7-12 Mathematics Teachers at St. Francis School, assistant One-Act Director, a Sophomore Class Sponsor, and Head Robotics Coach. He has been in education since 2014, all at St. Francis. He lives on a farm north of Lindsay where he farms on the side with his father, Steve, and brother, Alex. His mother, Melissa, is an X-Ray Tech at Boone County Health Center in Albion, and sister, Olivia, is an ER Nurse at Nebraska Medicine in Omaha. He enjoys being outside, sports, movies, and tinkering with projects in his garage.

Mr. McPhillips is the junior high english, religion, and geography teacher. He is a St. Francis Alum and has moved back to Humphrey after graduating from the University of Nebraska Kearney for his first year of teaching at St. Francis. He coaches speech and drama and enjoys playing sports, biking, golfing, writing, directing and performing.

I am originally from Sidney, IA and graduated from Peru State College (1993-BAed-Social Science) and the University of Nebraska at Kearney (2000-MAed-Curriculum and Instruction). Since the fall of 1993, I have taught at Humphrey St. Francis. In 2005, I was named Omaha Archdiocesan Rural Teacher of the Year.

I am the mother of two and married to a social studies teacher. The social sciences have been my passion since I was in grade school. I owe much of that devotion to my parents who loved taking our family on “field trips” to regional museums and to several great teachers that I had growing up that instilled the love of learning.  It is a privilege and an honor to be an educator.

Mrs. Tina Schumacher has been teaching English at St. Francis since 2003.  She continues to teach high school English as well as maintains the high school library collection. Mrs. Schumacher also directs the one act play for competition in the fall.  She enjoys reading, writing, golfing, and spending time with her husband and her five children.

Mrs. Tanya Niedbalski is the Junior High Earth and Life Science’s teacher, 8th grade English teacher, and 7th grade and 8th grade Reading teacher. She is married and has three grown children. Her hobbies include reading, traveling, flower gardening, golf, and 4-H.

Krista Kravig has been the business teacher at St. Francis since 2014. She teaches 7-12 business courses as well as elementary computers.  She also helps coach junior high and high school volleyball. Previously, Krista, worked as a paraprofessional at Winside Public Schools and spent many years working as a personal banker. Krista is loving teaching and is thankful she has finally found her true passion!

Father Wayne S. Pavela was assigned to St. Francis High School and Holy Family High School as Campus Minister and Teacher in June of 1997.  He spends his mornings at St. Francis and the afternoons at Holy Family.  He teaches four core high school Theology classes.  He is the Campus Minister and heads up the Campus Ministry Team which consists of seven other lay faculty members.  He is a member of the Crisis Team and the Catholic Schools Week Committee.

His greatest joy is to watch our young people grow in their faith and knowledge as they prepare to fulfill the mission of St. Francis schools and become contributing members of our Church, community, and society.

Sra. Sherry Runnels is the K-12 Spanish teacher at St. Francis. She has taught since 1969 throughout the states, and for the Department of Defense in Okinawa. Japan. She is married to Pastor Jim and they have 9 daughters, 30 grandchildren, 1 great and 12 foreign exchange daughters. She enjoys family, reading, writing and gardening.

I have been teaching and coaching since 2000; 3 years at public school and 12 years at St. Francis. I have been married for 14 wonderful years and have five children, 4 girls and 1 boy. I enjoy sports, camping and lifting weights.

Mrs. Rebecca Classen is the Food Service Manager at HSF, a position she has held since 2015. She is married to Bob and they have 6 children: Austin, Evan, Kolbe, Isaac, Emma and Clara.

Rebecca has a college degree in nursing. She has a passion for health, fitness, cooking and loves to spend time with her family.

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I was raised in Elgin. Attended St. Boniface Grade and Pope John High School until Sophomore year. Family moved to Columbus and I finished last two years at Columbus Scotus. I moved to Humphrey in 1974 and was employed by Ford Dealerships and local parts distributor. Began working for St. Francis Parish/Schools in 1994 and am currently employed there. I enjoy collecting metal lunch pails, older table radios and other odds and ends as a hobby.  I have served on the St. Francis School Board, Humphrey City Council, coached little league baseball and softball and was on the St. Francis 500 committee. Currently I volunteer on the Humphrey Rescue Squad and have served for the last 33 years, 25 as Rescue Captain.

My wife and I have four children: Justin and wife Melissa, children Allison and Jack live in Overland Park Kansas . Jared and wife Tiff,  children Alivia and Preston live in Humphrey as do our son Jesse and daughter Jennessa. My wife Jane has been employed at Lindsay Mfg. for the last 41 years.

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