Welcome to the 2025-2026 School Year!!
I hope everyone had a great summer, and I’m so excited to see everyone!
If you ever have any questions, comments, concerns, family recipes, dad jokes, etc., please don’t hesitate to contact me.
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About Miss Turner
Hello! I am Claire Turner and I am stoked to be here at Lester Prairie for my second year! I graduated from Kasson-Mantorville High School in 2020, and then continued my education at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point where I graduated in the spring of 2024 with a degree in History and Social Studies Education and an Environmental Ethics Certificate. While on campus, I worked for admissions as well as the radio station!
Outside of school, I’m a huge Minnesota Wild and Minnesota Frost fan, so if you ever want to talk hockey, you know where to find me! I have a cat named Vienna and she is the light of my life as well as my biggest pain. She’s a tabby domestic shorthair and keeps me on my toes 24/7.
During high school and college, I spent my summers at Many Point Scout Camp in Ponsford, Minnesota. I love being in the outdoors and it really furthered my want to be a teacher. It quickly became one of my favorite places on Earth. I have met so many lifelong friends there and while I don’t work there full time anymore, I still volunteer during the summer.
I’m so excited to get to know each and every one of you throughout the year! If you ever need anything please don’t hesitate to reach out!
Go Bulldogs!
Miss Turner
1st Hour: Jr High REACH
2nd Hour: 7th Grade U.S. Studies
3rd Hour: 7th Grade U.S. Studies
4th Hour: 8th Grade Global Studies
5th Hour: Media Communication and Design
6th Hour: Prep
7th Hour: Psychology
REACH provides several benefits to students
Relationships: A safe place for students to belong, connect, and support each other.
Education:  Positive learning opportunities through academic support and individual assignment modification as needed.
Accountability: A staff support network committed to helping students succeed with parental support.
Character: Skill building activities that encourage positive academic and personal growth.
Hard work: An atmosphere that encourages students rising to the level of expectations.
In addition, staff assisted goal setting with weekly self-evaluation for students are provided in the following areas:
- Successful school behavior
- Interpersonal communication skills
- Coping strategies
- Relationships with peers and family
- Academic skills
- Problem solving skills
This class will focus on United States history with an emphasis on citizenship and government. Students will learn about people, issues and events of significance to this nation’s history from 1800 to present day. Students will examine important historical documents for their lasting impact on the American people, economy, and government.
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader” -John Quincy Adams
This class will introduce students to both the human and physical fields of geography and will be centered on the five main themes. Students will learn about the various cultures, languages, governments, histories, and religions that make up each region of the world. Students will learn the locations of countries as well as the main physical features of the world. We will explore the global problems and issues that each region experiences and how we are all tied together in one global community.
“In studying about other cultures, we learn more about ourselves and our relationship to all things in this world” -Eustace Conway
This class involves the production of a school news report with an emphasis on learning on how to use film equipment, film editing software, and production techniques. This class also involves designing creative media that will be presented on TV’s and other media outlets on school grounds. One part of this class will be to run the board in the gym for sporting events. Students will be REQUIRED to attend. This is part of your grade, failure to show up will result in a grade reduction. The board will need to be run during volleyball, boys, and girls basketball.
“We live in a media culture and whoever controls and influences and uses media the best has the power for change.” -Paul Watson
The purpose of this Psychology class is to introduce students to the systematic and scientific study of the behavior and mental processes of human beings and other animals. Students are exposed to the psychological facts, principles, and phenomena associated with each of the major subfields within psychology. You will also learn about the methods psychologists use in their science and practice.
“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change” -Wayne Dyer
