BURNT RANCH SCHOOL

                                    FEATURED TEACHER 

                                          Mr. Rudy Breuning

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"Born and raised in Michigan, I spent my first two college years at

Western Michigan University studying Behavioral Psychology.

At 20 years of age I moved to Alaska, where I worked in an after

school program with Kindergartners and first graders. Summers

I spent in the Alaska "Bush", living in indigenous villages, where

I taught swimming/cold water survival to Inupiaq (arctic) , Yu'pik,

and Athapaskan (Yukon River) children and youth.  In 1985 I

moved to Arcata, where I earned a B.A. in English, an M.A. in

Education, and most recently, a Teaching Credential.

My work history since moving to California was predominantly

in Outdoor Science schools, (4 of them), where I served as Field

Instructor, Site Director, Head Naturalist, and Medical Technician.

For 5 years I was the Healthy Start Coordinator at Trinity Valley

Elementary. Most recently I worked as a Project Coordinator and

Grant Writer for the Seventh Generation Fund. I was the founding

Coordinator of the Raven Project in Eureka, founding Lead Ropes

Course Instructor in Freshwater, and the founding Vice President

of DreamQuest in Willow Creek. I also served briefly as the start-up

President of the Trinity River Land Conservancy. More importantly,

I am the proud father of 3 great girls, and live happily with my wife

Arlene in the home we built by hand over 7 years, right here in

Burnt Ranch, where we hope to age gracefully."

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