NDHS Faculty Changes for 2025-2026

Jordan Eastridge

Detailed below faculty changes for the 2025-2026 school year.

Jeremy Burford

Jeremy Burford (’96) will transition from teaching Journalism, Web Broadcasting and Yearbook, to the Communication Arts Department. He will be teaching sophomore English II, Advanced English II and Junior Composition courses.

Tom Hulshof

Tom Hulshof is joining the team as the agriculture education teacher. His expertise will allow him to successfully lead the agriculture program at Notre Dame with classroom courses and the creation of an FFA chapter. His course load includes Agricultural Science I and II, Agribusiness Sales, Marketing and Management, Agricultural Construction, Animal Science, and Horticulture.

Justin Keusenkothen

Justin Keusenkothen (’14) is leaving Notre Dame after seven years at the high school. He has taken a position as the Digital Media Director for the Encyclopedia of Catholic Theology, founded in Cape Girardeau. The Encyclopedia of Catholic Theology (ECT) is an online, open-access resource providing readers with a contemporary presentation of the teaching of the Catholic Church.

“As a theology nerd, I can’t help but get excited (about ECT),” he said. “It’s like bringing Word on Fire or the St. Paul Center right here to our hometown. The spiritual and intellectual formation ECT offers will deeply enrich our community. I truly believe an integration of ECT with Notre Dame will strengthen faculty and staff formation—and by extension, student formation. Our missions aren’t just aligned; they’re the same. I pray our community takes full advantage of this opportunity to know and love the Lord more deeply.”

Keusenkothen graduated from Notre Dame in 2014, and went on to attend the Franciscan University of Steubenville, OH. Upon his college graduation, he was hired to work in Notre Dame’s counseling office for two years. He then moved to the classroom, teaching Civics for a short period, and then Theology III, where he taught for the past four years. In addition to teaching, he has led the junior Emmaus Retreats for three years, served as the music ministry lead for school Masses, and has advised St. Joseph’s Club.

“For 15 years, I’ve been tethered to ND in some capacity,” he said. “Since 2010, I’ve either been a student, a member of the summer maintenance crew, or a counselor and teacher. For half of my life, this institution has been a constant presence. There are many things I will miss and many blessings I have certainly lost to memory. But what I believe I will miss the most are the people I am privileged to work with and the students I was blessed to teach. Undoubtedly, it is God’s will that my family and I are called to this new chapter, but you can never replace the bonds, friendships, and memories that come from a place like Notre Dame.”

Anthony Kuenzel

Anthony Kuenzel is joining the Notre Dame faculty as the Theology III instructor for the 2025-2026 school year. Prior to coming to Notre Dame, he served as an estate and appellate attorney.

Kuenzel grew up in both Franklin County, Missouri, and South St. Louis City. He received a Jesuit education for both high school and law school, and has been involved in pro-life work as a practitioner.

Kuenzel said, “Theology continued to play a supportive role in my personal and professional life until I felt I could no longer ignore the call to teach. Notre Dame Regional High School offered the rare opportunity to teach both theology and law, as well as be of service to a broad and engaged Catholic community.”

Notre Dame Principal Paul Unterreiner said, “Anthony brings a passion for the Catholic faith, a sharp legal mind, and a heart for teaching. His background in apologetics and constitutional law will enrich our Theology Department and help our students think critically about living their faith in the modern world.”

Kuenzel is married to his wife Jalesia Kuenzel, and is the father of five children.

Andy Peters

Andy Peters was teaching part time during the 2024-2025 school year. He is moving into a full time role for the upcoming year.

Peters will be taking over Yearbook and the newly created Digital Media Lab and Strategy class. He will continue to teach Information Technology, Computer Science and Advanced Technology.

Additionally, Peters will serve as the head coach for the school’s new esports program.

Mallory Siebert

Mallory Siebert (’10) has taken a position at St. Augustine Catholic School to teach fourth grade for the 2025-2026 school year. She will continue to be the assistant girls softball coach at Notre Dame.

During her time at Notre Dame, Siebert has been part of the Communication Arts Department, teaching Mythology, sophomore English II, Advanced English II and Junior Composition. She has had nine generations of “Sieblings” as a freshman homeroom teacher.

Outside of the classroom, Siebert has served as a freshman class co-coordinator, worked with the National Honor Society, Lock-In and Project Prom teams, and was the coordinator of Notre Dame’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) club. She has attended nine of the Joan Strohmeyer summer mission trips, and has also taken an active role in the school’s retreat program.

“I can confidently say that every retreat experience I have had through ND, including when I attended as a student, have been some of my favorite and special spiritual memories.”

She says working with her aunts, Mrs. Schaefer and Ms. Whistler, has been one of her favorite things about working at Notre Dame, but mostly, building relationships with coworkers and students has been the biggest blessing.

“ND will always be home to me. I graduated from ND and in many ways have grown up here, in multiple different aspects of my life. It has taught me so much and the Bulldog Pride that I hold will always run deep. I truly couldn’t be prouder to ‘bleed blue,’” she said. “I am a better teacher, Catholic, and person because of my students. They have been the kids I don’t have yet, and I am blessed to know each and every one of them. My amazing coworkers made every single day of coming to work not only bearable, but fun! I will miss the way I felt walking into the building every morning, seeing the smiling faces saying ‘good morning’ in the hallway, the high fives and ‘good things’ that would always make me smile, the way we prayed for and together, and the way we encouraged each other as a Notre Dame family…that is what I will miss the most.”

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