NEW FACES ON CAMPUS
Chris Seibert
Dave Johnson
Head of Lower Schools / St. Mary Campus
Athletic Director / Regis Campus
I greet you with GREAT enthusiasm in introducing myself as a part of the leadership team at Regis St. Mary. I have enjoyed learning about the past and present of this community and how important it has always been to the families of the area. Of course, I am even more excited about its future and being a part of where God will be leading it!
I am very excited to join the leadership team at Regis St. Mary! I am proud to say my administrative career has placed me near the Regis community over the last 15 years. God has created an amazing place for students to succeed academically while they consider how God desires to be seen and heard through them.
What would be important for you to know about me? I’ll start with my first vocation, as a father and husband. I have been married to my amazing and joyful wife Roberta for 29 years. We have four beautiful children–Zachary (27), Sarah (25), Cecilia (23) and Sean (21). Our family is God’s greatest gift to me. I'm sure you’d want to know about my career in education. I’ve done just about everything in this field since I began teaching in 1994— 18 years of classroom teaching in elementary, middle, high school and special education as well as 10 years of K-8 administration and high school counseling, with lots of coaching sprinkled in. In all, 28 years as an educator—in public schools, Diocesan schools, charter schools and Jesuit schools. It has been an adventure, and one that I hope has prepared me well for this journey to Regis St. Mary. Finally, I think you’d want to know what makes me tick. That’s hard to summarize, but I’d offer four things to start: living my mission statement (the Catholic faith), striving for excellence, enjoying the journey and building relationships. These begin to describe where I come from, what I value and what I want to bring to Regis St. Mary. I look forward to the day we will meet! We begin together to ask for God’s grace and Our Lady’s intercession.
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REGIS. ST. MARY CATHOLIC SCHOOL
I am married to an amazing woman (Sheri). We have been married for 33 years. We have two daughters Alexandra (28) and Makenzie (26) and two sons Gabriel (18) and Eliason (16). I am originally from Missoula, Montana and graduated from Crescent Valley High School in Corvallis. I attended Western Oregon my freshman year of college, then transferred to Azusa Pacific University where I finished a BA of Psychology and MA in Education with a focus on Special Education. I have since served for seven years as a special education teacher, eight years as an athletics administrator and six years as a behavior specialist including working with patients at the state hospital in Salem. I tried out for track my senior year in high school and did exceptionally well. I didn't know it then but it was the beginning of a testimony of our God working through a young man as a decathlete. I won four USA championships, competed in the 1988 and 1992 Olympic games, achieved American and World Record performances and a Bronze Medal in Barcelona 1992. I became an author in 1994 (Aim High), then tried to make another Olympic team in 1996. I retired in 1997 and began my journey in education. The Olympic experiences were amazing but do not compare to seeing a student become confident in themselves. The new light in their eyes shines more brightly than Olympic medals. I pray I can focus on our heavenly Father's instruction and “Stand In The Gap” (Ezekiel 22:30) for our students.
