Welcome back! Summer went by in a flash, but I’m so excited for this school year!
If you ever have any questions, comments, concerns, family recipes, dad jokes, etc., please don’t hesitate to contact me. The best way to get ahold of me is by email, but if call works better for you, we can make that work.
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About Miss Turner
Hello! I am Claire Turner and I am stoked to be here at Lester Prairie for my first year! I teach junior high social studies and high school psychology. 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 Certificate. As much as I loved Stevens Point (Roll Dawgs!), I am so excited to be back in Minnesota for my teaching career!
Outside of school, you’ll often find me reading or on some sort of trip, whether it’s a road trip to a national park with my partner, or in downtown Boston visiting friends. I just recently became an aunt and I have been s
o excited to take on this new role! My favorite movie is Mamma mia! and my favorite band is ABBA, although Taylor Swift and Hozier are close seconds. 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’ve spent almost every summer since my freshman year of high school at Many Point Scout Camp in Ponsford, Minnesota. I love being in the outdoors and teaching kids all about different topics like environmental science or kayaking. I’ve met so many of my close friends there as well as my partner! I’m excited to transfer over a lot of the stuff I’ve learned from camp into the classroom!
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
This class will focus on United States history with a strong 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 the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights and Supreme Court decisions for their lasting impact on the American people, economy, and government. Students will also create and use detailed maps of places in the United States and conduct historical research on a topic in the nation’s history.
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader” -John Quincy Adams
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This class will introduce you to both the human and physical fields of geography, and will be centered on the five main themes. You will learn about the various cultures, languages, governments, histories and religions that make up each region. Students will learn the locations of every country in the world, as well as the main physical features throughout the world. You will also get to know each regions’ cultural aspects and what makes them unique. We will also 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
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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
