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Teacher of the Year

Lauren Klauss, SEMS Teacher of the Year 24-25
Lauren Klauss, the Teacher of the Year at South Effingham Middle School, has been teaching for five years. Her experience teaching horseback riding lessons made her realize she wanted to be a teacher. This, combined with her love of reading and writing, led her to become an ELA teacher. Ms. Klauss says her experiences with ESOL students from Korea were some of her most memorable teaching moments. She learned much about them and their culture as she helped them settle into our culture.