Meet the fine educators who comprise the faculty of Trinity Lutheran.

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Faculty

Carol Podwils Music carol.podwils@saints.org Mrs. Carol Podwils has been teaching at Trinity since 1976. She is a graduate of Concordia University, Seward, NE with a major in Art and Music. Carol is married to Mark and has two grown children (who both graduated from Trinity) and a two grandsons. Fun fact: Carol and her husband own a Harley!     Amber Dermody Music amber.dermody@saints.org Miss Amber Dermody is a Concordia University, Seward graduate and instructs our 3rd-8th grade music, band and choir. Amber is from Iowa and is in her 7th year of teaching. Fun fact: Amber took dance lessons for 18 years and once sang in the Sydney Opera House of Australia.			Carole Nase Spanish carole.nase@saints.org Mrs. Carol Nase has a Masters in Education from Portland State University. She and her husband Steve have three children, Alex, Daniel and Christina who is a 6th grader at Trinity. Mrs. Nase was born in Spain and still has dual citizenship. Fun Fact: Mrs. Nase lived in Spain, Germany and Italy and didn’t move to the States until she was 18.     Rachel Schendel Junior Kindergarten/Spanish rachel.schendel@saints.org Rachel Schendel has a Masters degree in Education and Multi-Disciplinary Studies from Eastern Oregon University. Her minor is in English and she has a Spanish endorsement. She has 11 years of teaching experience at the Elementary and High School level. She is a graduate of Bend High School and is married to Scott. She has two boys at TLS, Zane who is 4 and Gabe who is in 1st grade. She loves tennis, volleyball, scrapbooking, singing, and traveling to Mexico and Europe. Fun fact: Rachel was almost pick-pocketed in Madrid!

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