Mr. Haufler has a B.S. in Biology from St. Mary's College, and an M.S. in Biology from U.S.C. He has done electron microscopic research on jellyfish, extensive diving in the kelp forest of Santa Catalina Island (U.S.C's Catalina Marine Science Center), and helped in the startup of CIMI (Catalina Island Marine Institute). He has taught in private K-12 schools for 19 years, was a real estate broker for tax-deferred exchanges, and owned an environmental consulting corporation. Mr. Haufler will be teaching Middle School Science and Latin, 7th and 8th grade Spelling/Vocabulary. He moved to Reno two years ago, and is very excited about his third year of teaching at Brookfield School.
My name is Gretchen Brugman and I teach 5th and 6th grades in all subjects.   I have a BA in psychology from Scripps College in California, and a multi-subject CLAD Teaching Credential from National University.   This is my first year at Brookfield, and I am excited to be here.  I live in Truckee, where I have been with my husband and our two crazy dogs for the past 9 years. I previously taught in a self-contained 7th grade classroom for 3 years at the Sugar Bowl Academy. Most recently, I spent two years teaching English in grades 6-12 at Forest Charter School in Truckee. I love the outdoors, especially trail running, skiing, mountain biking, and splashing around in Donner Lake. I fel there is nothing more exciting than learning, and I look forward to a year full of it with my students at Brookfield.

Mr. Miller - Grades 7/8, Middle School - Italian, English

 Buongiorno e benvenuti a Brookfield! I am extremely excited to teach at such a well established school! I am a native Nevadan from Las Vegas. My undergraduate is a B.A. in Political Science with a minor in Italian from UNLV, my master's degree is in Education from NOVA, and I am fluent in Italian because my family is from Sardinia. Teaching for 6 years has been a supreme calling in life. I have other passions including: The outdoors, which is awesome, Cars are super fun, and who doesn't love to cook?