Turtle Lake-Mercer

Thank you to the ladies from the Butte Lutheran Church for their generous donation to the school. All of us at the school appreciate these items!

The cross country meet in Underwood has been moved to Thursday, October 3rd in Underwood at the golf course! Races begin at 3:30 p.m. Following the high school races we will be having an elementary race for ages pre-k - 6th grade. This opportunity is open to all PreK-6th grade students: Pre-k - K will run 1/4 mile 1st- 3rd grade will run 1/2 mile 4th-6th grade will run 1 mile This will start approximately 5:15 p.m. depending on the timing of the high school race. We look forward to seeing you all supporting our runners from pre-k - 12th grade!!

The Community Memorial Hospital will host the Annual Hospital Supper Tuesday, October 1st from 5 PM - 7:30 PM in the Turtle Lake-Mercer School.

Turtle Lake - Mercer School is proud to share several updates from this summer! We replaced all the windows in the upper elementary and high school hallway, replaced the cafeteria entrance doors, replaced the doors to the hallway from the cafeteria with fire proof doors, new ceiling tile in the cafeteria, and added some new lobby furniture! With generous donations from TruCommunity, Turtle Lake American Legion, and Falkirk we redid the gym floor. Stop by and get a tour of you would like a closer look at our beautiful school!

Yesterday, third grade used goldfish crackers to represent arrays for multiplication by arranging them in rows and columns. Questions to ask a third grader: 1. If you have 3 rows of 4 how many do you have in total? 2. If you have 5x3 what would your array look like?

Kindergarten celebrated Johnny Appleseed Day yesterday! Some activities that were done: Apple descriptive words, graphing of our favorite kind of Apple, do red, green, or yellow apples float, and we even had a little taste test with toppings! Questions to ask: Which is the most popular apple in our class? Do apples sink or float?

Kaden Lelm and McKenna Faulkner sat down with Mr. Ziebarth for another episode of The Wave. They talked about FFA events and competitions that are upcoming and throughout the year. Check out The Wave at https://youtu.be/3rJwT9RdRHA

Please come cheer on your High School Cross-Country team Monday Sept. 30th for their home meet in Underwood at the golf course! Races begin at 3:30 p.m. Following the high school races we will be having an elementary race for ages pre-k - 6th grade. This opportunity is open to all PreK-6th grade students: Pre-k - K will run 1/4 mile 1st- 3rd grade will run 1/2 mile 4th-6th grade will run 1 mile This will start approximately 5:15 p.m. depending on the timing of the high school race. We look forward to seeing you all supporting our runners from pre-k - 12th grade!!

Floats are ready for the parade at 1:00 on Main Street!

Homecoming is tomorrow!! Parade starts at 1:00, Pep Rally at 2:00 down Main Street Turtle Lake, and game at 7:00. Dance for students in grades 7-12 starts after the game. Admission is $5. Doors close at 10:00, dance ends at 11:30. GO COUGARS!!

If you ordered a homecoming shirt, they will be available for pick up tomorrow morning in the school office starting at 8:00 AM.

The community event with Donovan Tolbert was a great time! One theme that came out of his talk for the community was the positive impact of serving others. Our Turtle Lake-Mercer Community's greatest strength is we have people willing to serve others. Thank you to all who attended!

Today our Homecoming greeters were the 9-12 volleyball girls! Tonight they play in Underwood starting at 5:00! Head on out and cheer on the girls in Underwood or stop by the TL-M and watch JH volleyball starting at 4:30!

Today our Homecoming greeters were girls' golf!! These girls have a big qualifying meet coming up on the 20th in Bottineau! Good luck ladies!

If your student enjoyed Donovan Tolbert today, you're in for a treat tonight! Come out to hear Donovan speak at 6:30 in the Ed Rath Auditorium. Doors will open at 6:00. Donovan will be available for a meet and greet session after his presentation. His message was very powerful and impactful for our students today. Don't miss out on this opportunity to interact with a very special person, Donovan Tolbert. All are welcome!!!

2nd grade learned a new reading game today called sound toss. Question and challenge to ask your student. 1. How do you play sound toss? 2. Try playing this game with your family!

It's Homecoming Week! Classrooms doors are full of spirit! This year's theme is "Breakfast of Champions"! Make sure to join us on Friday for all the festivities! Parade at 1:00, Pep Rally at 2:00, and game at 7:00! Dance at TLM following the game for grades 7-12, admission is $5.00, dance ends at 11:30.

This morning our Homecoming Week Greeters were Cross Country and Cheer! They were in the lobby welcoming TL-M students as they entered the building today!

Today in 5th grade, we made ice cream! We are studying all about states of matter in science and this activity taught us how applying energy (cold) to a state matter (liquid) can change it into a different state. Into a small ziplock bag we measured cream, milk, sugar, and flavored extract and then added the sealed bag to a larger bag of ice. Adding course salt to the ice made it even colder (my salt was pink Himalayan hence the pink color). A little food coloring and lots of bag churning and we eventually ended up with the “solidification” of our liquid into ice cream! Questions to ask your student: What was the hardest part about making the ice cream? What flavor did your group make? What energy force caused the liquid to change to a solid?

The 2024 Central McLean Cougar Homecoming Parade will take place at 1:00 PM on Friday, September 20th. We are still in need of some people willing to drive the Homecoming Kings and Queens from all three schools in the parade. If you or someone you know has a convertible to drive these students, that would be greatly appreciated. Another option that was thought of was to transport the Kings and Queens in golf carts. If you would be willing to drive either of these options, please reach out to Mr. Ziebarth. Also, Community Floats are welcome in the parade. Parade lineup will be in the school parking lot with a start time of 1:00 PM.