Lincoln Academy Faculty & Staff Directory

Academic Affiliations:

B.A. Secondary Education-Mathematics, University of Maine, Farmington

Mr Janik was born and raised in Czech Republic (formerly) Czechoslovakia. About two years before the Velvet Revolution in 1989, Mr. Janik’s parents escaped the Communist regime along with him and his younger brother. Leaving everything and his older brother behind, Mr. Janik’s family started a new life in Connecticut. After attending and graduating from high school, Mr. Janik earned his degree from the University of Maine at Farmington. His first three years of teaching Health were at MSAD #40 (A.D. Gray and D.R. Gaul Middle Schools) in Waldoboro and Union. Trying to expand his horizons and expertise in teaching the secondary grade levels, he then decided to move on and ended up the following three years teaching Wellness at Lincoln/Sudbury Regional High School in Sudbury, Massachusetts. After that he and his wife wanted to start and raise a family and decided to move back to Maine. Loving the the Midcoast area, Mr. Janik added two more years teaching back at MSAD#40. Since then, Mr. Janik has been part of Lincoln Academy since 2006. Currently, as the Wellness Department Head, Wellness Instructor and a dorm parent, Mr. Janik continues to support student’s lives by encouraging them to make healthy and responsible choices, so they may lead better lives and become productive members of our community. Mr. Janik, his wife and children live on campus. They spend their free time traveling, enjoying the outdoors, fishing and playing games. Mr. Janik’s desire is to travel the beautiful USA and of course, take his family to visit Europe, so they get to learn and experience the different cultures and history of Czech Republic and other countries.

Academic Affiliations:

B.S. Community Health Education, Concentration in School Health Education - University Of Maine at Farmington

Liz Matta is a native of Foxboro, Massachusetts. She credits her many great musical experiences in Foxboro, including a performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland and being challenged to think like a band director from an early age by Steve Massey and Ted Hagarty, as the reasons she has such a passion to work with kids, teach music and continue to perform. Ms. Matta moved to Midcoast Maine in August 2000 where she taught at the Great Salt Bay Community School for six years. In June 2006, Liz made the difficult decision to leave GSB and become the Band Director at Lincoln Academy, the area high school. Under Liz’s direction, the Lincoln Academy Band Program doubled in student participation and in the number of instrumental performing ensembles offered in just her first four years. Liz is currently the Visual and Performing Arts Department Chair. In addition to her school responsibilities, Ms. Matta is the Program Director of “Maine Music Outreach”; a non-profit organization whose mission is to empower Maine high school musicians to make a difference in the lives of others. With MMO, Liz has trained and lead groups of high school student volunteers to work and play at the Holy Trinity Music School’s Summer Music Camp in Cange, Haiti, since July, 2012. Ms. Matta has worked with bands and jazz bands throughout Maine as a clinician, is a saxophone/double reeds auditions adjudicator for the MMEA All-State Music Festival and has conducted Honor Bands in Maine and Connecticut. In addition to teaching, Ms. Matta can be heard playing with the Matta-Wing Duo and as a freelance saxophonist.

Academic Affiliations:

B.M. Music Education, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
B.M. Saxophone Performance, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
M.A. Band Conducting, American Band College/Sam Houston State University

Mrs. Petersen has worked at Lincoln Academy since 2015 and sincerely enjoys the one-on-one interactions she has with students from all over the world. Before LA, she taught high school boys at The Deck House School in Edgecomb, Maine.  Mrs. Petersen is active in the local community and serves on the Nobleboro School Board and North Nobleboro Community Association. She loves reading and gardening in her spare time, but most of all, spending time with her husband and two children in midcoast Maine.

Academic Affiliations:

B.S. Biology, Providence College
B.A. Chemistry, Providence College