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Turner High School is a fully accredited public high school located in
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, United States, serving students in grades 9-12. It is operated by Turner USD 202 school district.


History

Turner High School dates back to the 1920s, and it still currently stands as the only high school in the district. Turner High School was formerly located in the building that now houses the Turner Recreation Association. In the 1950s, it moved to a new building that now houses Turner Middle School. In the late 1990s, a bond issue was passed to build a new high school facility. The new Turner High School was then built on a piece of land that was once a farm. The farm was torn down, and the new Turner High School opened its doors in 2001. In 1958, several students from Turner High School kidnapped two boys from Washington High School in Kansas City as a prank after Washington beat Turner at a basketball game.


Extracurricular activities

The Golden Bears are classified as a 5A school, which is the 2nd largest classification in Kansas according to the Kansas State High School Activities Association (KSHSAA). Turner High School has activities such as Football, Girls Basketball, Boys Basketball, Volleyball, Wrestling, Baseball, Softball, Girls Soccer, Boys Soccer, Bowling, Track and Field, Cross Country, and more. Turner also offers many academic and athletic co-curricular and extra-curricular opportunities. An example of this would be the Greenbush Virtual Academy, a program that provides continued learning opportunities for adult high school dropouts culminating in a Turner High School diploma.


Notable alumni

* Pat (Huggins) Pettey, Kansas State House of Representatives 1993–1996; Kansas Senate 2013-present. Graduate of Turner High School 1964. * Matt Vogel, muppeteer, voice of
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since 2008, a 1989 graduate of Turner High School. *
Lynn Melton Lynn Melton is an American Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing the 36th district. She has served since 2023, winning the seat in the 2022 Kansas House of Representatives election The 2022 Kansas House o ...
, member of the
Kansas House of Representatives The Kansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the legislature of the U.S. state of Kansas. Composed of 125 state representatives from districts with roughly equal populations of at least 19,000, its members are responsible for craftin ...
.


See also

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List of high schools in Kansas This is a list of high schools in the state of Kansas, grouped by county. Allen County * Humboldt High School, Humboldt, USD 258 * Iola High School, Iola, USD 257 * Marmaton Valley High School, Moran, USD 256 Anderson County * Anderson ...
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List of unified school districts in Kansas This is a list of unified school districts (USD) in the state of Kansas. It is grouped by county, based on the headquarters location of each school district. All school districts in Kansas are independent governments. Kansas has no public K-12 ...


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