A student may see her after school planning ALHS’s annual Tiger’s Roar. Or a student might hear her voice announcing a school activity. It is possible that students have smelled some odd fragrances while walking by her science classroom. Students have probably felt her influence in their science classroom as they go through the text book, which she helped choose. No matter what role a student plays in the high school, they have most likely been affected by science teacher Lynda Kiesler.
Fifteen years ago Albert Lea High School gained a new science teacher. She wasted no time in getting involved in the district by becoming a junior high boys’ basketball coach.
“I coached basketball for six years, then I retired from that and moved into more of the officiating; scoring and announcing,” Kiesler said.
Kiesler currently keeps score for basketball and volleyball games, announces for numerous high school events and co-organizes the Tiger’s Roar-Albert Lea High School’s annual talent show. She is also very involved in the high school’s committees, like the K-12 science curriculum committee. She is also a building technology coordinator.
Math teacher, Mindy Kruger, has been the other coordinator of Tiger’s Roar with Kiesler for the past four years.
“I think that she is a valuable member of our staff because she is very dedicated to her job and the students,” Kruger said.
Kiesler has a wide variety of students in her classes of AP Biology, Zoology, Sophomore Biology, Anatomy and Physiology, and Food Science. The favorite part of her job is, in fact, her students.
“I love to see them learn and understand things,” Kiesler said.
Addison Petersen, a student of Kiesler’s, has seen her dedication to the school in the three different classes she has taken with Kiesler as the teacher.
“I really like her as a teacher,” Petersen said. “She is passionate about what she teaches and makes the class fun.”
Along with teaching at the high school, Kiesler is also an adjunct faculty member at Riverland, meaning she sometimes teaches classes there when needed. But school related activities aren’t all that keeps her busy. She also is in a ten piece band called Powerhouse that plays for events all over Minnesota. Kiesler has always enjoyed music and that is what first got her involved in Tiger’s Roar eleven years ago.
“I have a background in music and performing, so it was an interest of mine,” Kiesler said.
All this involvement does force Kiesler to put in long hours. On an average day she arrives at six forty-five and doesn’t get home until about six o’clock. However, this doesn’t include the extra time she commits to after school functions. Her dedication has not gone unnoticed by her students.
“She does extra study sessions before or after school to make sure everyone understands the material, and it helps a lot.” Petersen said.

No matter if you see Kiesler’s influence at ALHS or not, it is there just the same, and the school is a better place because of it.
“I am so glad that I have had the opportunity to have Mrs. Kiesler as a teacher,” Petersen said. “I have learned so much and can’t thank her enough.”