FIFTH OPENING – The Sitka seine boats Hukilau and Rose Lee pump herring aboard this afternoon at the end of Deep Inlet during the fifth opening in the Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery. The opening was being held in two locations beginning at 11 a.m. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson) 

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By SHANNON HAUGLAND

Sentinel Staff Writer

The scent of pumpkin and crust wafts from Meggan Turner’s first floor classroom at Sitka High as dozens of kids learn about pastry, nutrition, teamwork and public service.

“We’re making 50 pies for the ANB Hall Thanksgiving dinner,” said Turner, who teaches food and nutrition, and special education, classes at the school. “We’re also making one pie for each student to take home to their families for Thanksgiving.”

The kids were hard at work Tuesday morning, mixing batter for pumpkin pies, filling the pie crusts, overseeing the baking, and cleaning up. The class is for all ages, learning abilities and skill levels, and has a job training element, both of which appeal to Turner.

Sitka High School freshmen Marley Bayne, Marley Richards and Cheyenne Greenhalgh mix up pumpkin pie batter in the school kitchen Tuesday. Students in Meggan Turner’s class are baking 50 pies for the ANB/ANS Community Thanksgiving Dinner. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)

“The safety elements, a lot of communication exercises and teamwork exercises,” she said. “I think that transitions into any real job, especially a kitchen job.”

The students work in groups of four, and Turner incorporates a number of skills and academic teaching into the pies project.

“I like cooking alone – it’s harder to cook with other people,” Turner said. “So we do a lot of team building. And then we have measurements, math skills, workplace skills. I hope that they come out of this class having fun cooking so that they know they can take a recipe – recipes are easy to find – they can go home and cook more for their families.”

Turner also likes the service element of this particular project.

“I hope they know they’re giving back to their community, and feel a sense of ... goodness that comes out of doing something and giving it to someone else, and knowing you’re making a difference in someone else’s life,” she said. “So even with something as simple as pumpkin pie, you can give to others and give back to your community. And that’s why we do this project.”

Robert Lindstrom, 17, came into the class with experience that included baking.

His favorite thing to make is shepherd’s pie, but he said pumpkin pie comes with its own challenges.

“The hardest thing is probably shaping the pie,” he said, and not making the crust too thin. Asked whether it was his favorite class, he nodded. “For sure.”

Kanen Alley-Jarquin, 17, has taken the class already, but wanted to sign up again. She also works at Campfire Kitchen, the pizzeria.

“I took Ms. Turner’s class as a freshman and loved it, so I begged my counselor to let me take it again. I love it,” she said. “One of the things (Turner) has us do is get our food workers card at the beginning, before we start cooking, and I think that’s such a great thing. It helps you work in a kitchen and do anything really. And it’s so much fun.”

Alley-Jarquin said the mix of ages and students has been a highlight, since it has helped her “broaden her social group.”

Turner’s food and nutrition 1 classes – of 24 students each – starts with food safety and knife safety, before moving on to the various cooking and baking lessons.

“Then we go into the kitchen and start with breads, then to easy entrees,” Turner said. “It kind of all builds into more and more complicated meals. We do full meals right before lunch, and they usually take their meal and go with them to lunch.”

Turner is a special education teacher and case manager by training, but took on this class more than a dozen years ago to offer a course to all students of all abilities, giving them a time to interact with their peers in a natural way.

The 50 pies from SHS will join another 50 donated by Mt. Edgecumbe High School students, for the ANB/ANS community Thanksgiving dinner 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday at ANB Founders Hall, 235 Katlian Street.

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