About the Principal

A product of Catholic education from elementary school through college, Mrs. Laura Behee began her career in the Archdiocese of Chicago teaching 3rd grade at St. Wenceslaus Catholic School.  Upon relocating to Texas in 2004, she and her husband enrolled their two sons at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic School in Keller, where Mrs. Behee also began substitute teaching before taking a permanent position at the school teaching 4th grade.  In 2007, her husband’s career took the family back to the Chicago area where Mrs. Behee taught 4th grade at Holy Cross Catholic School until she and her family returned to Texas in 2012.  In 2013, she returned to St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic School teaching 5th and 6th grade English for two years before moving to an administrator role serving as the school’s Curriculum Director from 2015-2017, and became the Assistant Principal in June 2017.

As an educator, Mrs. Behee has served as a mentor to new teachers and, while in the Chicago area, as a mentor and supervisor to student teachers from Aurora University (Aurora, Illinois).  Most recently, Mrs. Behee served as the chairperson of the Accreditation Committee during St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic School’s recent TCCED reaccreditation process. As well, she has served on the school’s Core Values Committee and Strategic Planning Committee.

Mrs. Behee holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Elementary Education from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota and a Master of Education degree in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Texas at Arlington. 

Mrs. Behee and her husband, Rob, have been married for 25 years. They have two sons, Jack and Liam, both of whom have attended Catholic schools since Kindergarten; Jack graduated from Nolan Catholic High School in 2016, and Liam is a 2018 NCHS graduate. 

Mrs. Behee is passionate about Catholic education and believes that Catholic education must strive to enable students to grow spiritually in their Catholic faith, while also developing their intellect and leading them to achieve academic excellence.  Please keep Mrs. Behee, faculty and staff, students, and the entire school community in your prayers as they continue the journey to fulfill the mission of St. Maria Goretti Catholic School.