Outdoor Education Staff

Cheryl Mast
OEE Coordinator
Homeschool Nature Study, Gr 6-8

​Cheryl has served as Coordinator of Outdoor & Environmental Education at Amigo since 2001. With a BA in Education (Goshen College), ten years of private and public school teaching, and almost 30 years of facilitating team-building initiatives, Cheryl thrives on opportunities to lead and teach outdoors. In her free time, she enjoys photography, gardening, wilderness trip camping and exploring the wonders of God's creation.

Colton Eby
Youth Program Director
Homeschool Nature Study, Gr 3-5

​Colton has served as Amigo's Youth Program Director since 2020. With a BA in Youth Ministry (Bluffton University), five years as a camp counselor, and frequent substitute teaching, Colton brings skills in youth leadership and teaching to his Outdoor Education role. He takes great joy in learning new information, including identification of trees, flowers, and birds. Colton also enjoys hiking, disc golf, board games, reading, and playing guitar.

Jeanna Zabel
Outdoor Education Teacher
Homeschool Nature Study, Gr K-2

​Jeanna has been involved in Amigo's homeschool program since its inception in 1999. After homeschooling her four children for almost 30 years, Jeanna continues her life as an educator by teaching Outdoor Education at Amigo. Jeanna enjoys playing games with her kids, making various hand crafts, and playing with her pets. She likes to be outside and help students learn and explore outdoors.  

Lois Oyer
​Outdoor Education Teacher
Homeschool Nature Study, Gr K-2

Lois has been connected with Amigo for many years, in part because she brought her first-grade students to Amigo on Outdoor Ed field trips before she retired from teaching in the Middlebury Community School district after 28 years. Lois enjoys nurturing her students' curiosity and helping them grow excited about the natural world. She volunteers with a team of bird banders in the summer, where she gets the opportunity to see the birds up close. Lois also enjoys reading, sewing, knitting, gardening, and going for walks.

Kahlil Schertz
​Outdoor Education Teacher
Homeschool Nature Study, Gr 3-5

Kahlil has been involved in Amigo's Outdoor Education program since 2024. A retired fourth-grade teacher, Kahlil enjoyed teaching at Middlebury Community Schools for 30 years, especially when teaching science. He loves animals, which led him to working with horses for 3 years at Stable Grounds, a horse therapy non-profit connected to Middlebury Schools.