Turtle Lake-Mercer

Attached is the order form for spring sports photos. Copies are also available in the school office.

Students that read Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling had their name entered into a drawing for a prize. Congratulations to the winners! This wraps up a great reading month! Keep reading everyone! "Reading is essential for those who seek to rise about the ordinary." – Jim Rohn

Maggie Kinn is the newest member to make it into the Million Word Club this school year. Congratulations! "Reading is an exercise in empathy; an exercise in walking in someone else’s shoes for a while." – Malorie Blackman

Congratulations to Burke Fiedler! He recently made it into the Million Word Club. "I love the way that each book — any book — is its own journey. You open it, and off you go…" – Sharon Creech

Spring Picture Day is next Friday, April 12. Order online at my.lifetouch.com using Picture Day ID EVTSMFJ7Z. Or stop by the office for an order form.

Kindergarten and 5th grade had Peep day! We took a poll to find out who liked peeps and who didn’t! They worked together to come up with a new peep flavors! This afternoon we used jelly beans, toothpicks, and peeps to make a peep houses! We finished our day by taste testing 6 flavors of peeps and made descriptions with our partners! Happy Easter!

Mrs. Wyman's Kindergarten has been working on their singing voices in music class. They have been doing a song called “Lemonade” and they change it to sing about whatever their favorite drink is. The song includes pouring water from cup to cup. They got to practice their pouring skills today by passing the water from one cup to the next. Questions to ask your student: Can you sing the song for me? How does the game work? Can you show me how to pour water gently?

Congratulations to Thad Voth! He made the Million Word Club today! “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.” Dr. Seuss

Griffin Kraft placed 29th out 160 participants at the ND State Mathcounts competition. Way to Make It Count and represent TL-M School well!

Kindergarten had science experiment Friday! We made borax crystals and it took us two whole days! Some questions to ask: 1:What materials did we use? 2: Are the crystals liquids or solids?

Mark your calendars! The 61st Annual Masonic Scholarship Banquet will be held in Washburn on April 22nd, 2024. This is a banquet to honor students that have achieved excellence in the classroom. Mr. Ziebarth will be completing the list of students in grades 9-12 that will be eligible for the banquet early next week.

Congratulations to Emry Fiedler! She made it into the Million Word Club! "Books and doors are the same thing. You open them, and you go through into another world." – Jeanette Winterson

Lifetouch Spring Pictures that were scheduled for today have been postponed. A new day will be scheduled in the near future.

Mrs. Lelm's 4th grade Circuits! Ask your students: What is a series circuit? What is a parallel circuit?  What is a schematic diagram and can you draw one?  

Thank you to Miss North Dakota, Sydney Helgeson! She visited Turtle Lake-Mercer School today and presented to all of our students on her platform Live United: Building Stronger Communities Together. The students got to ask questions after her presentation and she also sang Part of Your World from The Little Mermaid and The National Anthem for our 7-12 students!

REMINDER: Spring Picture Day is tomorrow, Thursday, March 21. Order forms were sent home with elementary students. Additional forms are available in the school office. Or see the attached instruction for ordering online. The school code is EVTSMFJ7Z.

Thank you to the TL-M Honor Society for providing supper for our teachers tonight during Parent-Teacher Conferences! The soups and salad were delicious!

Another huge "thank you" to the Turtle Lake American Legion for their $10,000 donation to the gym floor restoration project. This was a match to the donation made by TruCommunity Bank! Thank you, Turtle Lake American Legion for your generosity!

Several weeks ago, the North Dakota-based company, BeMoreColorful, donated a virtual reality headset to every public school in North Dakota so that every school could access their platform, CareerView XR. This platform allows students to complete virtual reality job shadows in over 70 different careers. BeMoreColorful's donation, coupled with a grant that was received, means that the TL-M school has 12 headsets students can use to access these career exploration opportunities! During conferences tomorrow night, please feel free to stop by the table Mrs. Slavik will have set up to test out this VR software for yourself or just ask questions about how it all works!

Mrs. Philbrick's 7th grade class is learning about natural selection and adaptations in Life Science. When you come in for conferences on Tuesday, keep an eye out for the camouflaged butterflies around the lobby and hallway by the office. See if you can find all 11 of them! Some questions you can ask these students are: What are adaptations? How are adaptations related to natural selection?