Faculty
Dr. Douglas LeBlanc
Dr. Douglas LeBlanc was born and raised in various parts of the southeastern United States. During his homeschooled high school years, he first felt the calling to be a teacher. Dr. LeBlanc has now been working as a humanities instructor in Catholic classical education for over a decade. He holds a BA and an MA in English, and a PhD in Humanities.
Sharing the good, the true, and the beautiful with his students brings Dr. LeBlanc great joy. Moreover, he prays daily that he will be a docile instrument of God in the lives of the young men and women in his charge.
Dr. LeBlanc enjoys spending time with his nieces and nephews, playing piano, and playing pingpong and pickleball. He also enjoys doing academic research; his work has been published by various institutions, including Oxford University.
Ivana Ackerman
Born in Zurich, Switzerland, Ivana Ackermann moved to Boise, Idaho with her parents and four siblings when she was eleven. Mrs. Ackermann was a proud member of the inaugural faculty at Chesterton Academy of Notre Dame in Spokane, where she taught both humanities and fine arts for two years. Mrs. Ackermann enjoys teaching and ministering to students of all ages, and has served as a youth minister and sacramental preparation teacher in various capacities. Mrs. Ackermann is also an adjunct faculty member in Religious Studies at St. Martin's University.
Mrs. Ackermann holds a Master of Arts in Biblical Languages from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA and a Bachelor of Arts in English-Linguistics with a minor in Music from Boise State University. During her graduate studies, Mrs. Ackermann spent two years living and teaching at the Oakland Catholic Worker, where she learned the joy of living, learning and serving in community.
In her freetime, Mrs. Ackermann enjoys spending time in the great outdoors with her husband Marc. She also makes joyful noises with her vocal chords and her trombone. Mrs. Ackermann is excited to rejoin the Chesterton world at Chesterton Academy of St. Michael and to teach two of her favorite courses, Latin and Old Testament.
Frank Pease
Frank Pease was born and raised in western Montana. Other than his first 2 formative years spent at a one-room schoolhouse, Mr. Pease was blessed to attend Catholic schools for the rest of his education, ultimately receiving his B.S. in Mathematics from Loyola University, Chicago.
Mr. Pease enjoyed a 36-year career as a computer professional, but upon retirement in 2016 began a second career teaching small high school level math classes for home school co-ops in the Seattle area (Labyrinth and St. Anne Academy). Mr. Pease looks forward to teaching the CASM Geometry students.
Mr. Pease and his wife, Tu, live in Bellevue, WA, and are the parents of Jean Paul, Angela, and Phillip, and grandparents of Oliver, Amelia, and Daniel. Mr. Pease is active in his spiritual and social village, St. Louise de Marillac parish. In his spare time, Mr. Pease is a year-round bicyclist.