Turtle Lake-Mercer

2nd grade did a math trick or treat today 🎃, visiting 6 different staff members! They were posed with a math question at each stop and had to answer it correctly before getting their treat! Questions to ask: Who did you all visit? What were the math questions like?

Yesterday, our students came together for our first Turtle Talk activity of the school year! 💛🖤 Students spent time rock painting, getting creative, and connecting with one another. Turtle Talks are all about building relationships, strengthening connections across grade levels, and creating a sense of belonging throughout our school. What better way to kick off the year than with a little creativity and time together? We’re excited to keep these connections going throughout the year!

TL-M has their very own signed copy of The Hoopster in our library! Our 2026 Central McLean boys' basketball team is on the front cover!

Thank you to everyone who voted for our first annual Pumpkin Decorating Contest! Here are your winners: 1st place - ET - Mrs. Leah Anderson 2nd place- Scary Clown - Mrs. Lelm 3rd place- Donut Box - Mrs. Clyde Honorable Mention - Old Lady in Rollers - Mrs. Sannes

LOST AND FOUND!!! Do any of these items look familiar to you? Items will be available to be picked up through this week. All items remaining will be donated.

Fall picture retake day is set for Wednesday, November 18th. If you are interested in ordering pictures for retake day, please have your student stop at the office to pick up a picture order form or go online to order.

Website: mylifetouch.com
Picture Day ID: EVT2CJSFG

Call the office at 448-2365 with any questions. Thank you!

Week of October 26th activities:

Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grades went to the Magic City Discovery Center! Students and teachers enjoyed lots of STEM activities! We want to thank the Lui Ravnaas Foundation for sponsoring our field trip.

A new episode of The Wave is visible @ https://youtu.be/lkibdB5GHoM
Iyla and Lizzie sit down to talk about the recent Junior High Honor Band Concert and Dessert, Music, and More.

Come join the music department tonight as they celebrate Halloween! Enjoy some themed desserts, snacks, and refreshments while listening to our talented students perform. The concert starts at 7pm in the Ed Rath Auditorium.

Kindergarten and Spanish 1 partnered up to do kindergarten's annual Pumpkin investigations and carving! They worked together to measure how tall and round the pumpkins were, count the seeds, and see whether the pumpkins float or sink. They followed the investigation with pumpkin carving. We even had some first-time carvers!

Week of October 19th Activities.

Congratulations to the JH students Hadley Ziebarth, Asher Anderson, Bridger Martin, Iyla Kraft, Lizzie Britton, Kinnsie Hansen, Emry Fiedler, Tayvin Hahn, and Elliott Britton on there nomination and participation in the Region VII Junior High Honor Band!

From the cornfields to the classroom! After learning all about the design and fun of corn mazes, our creative 6th graders took on a cardboard engineering challenge. Students had to step into the shoes of maze designers—developing a unique theme, mapping out their paths, and building cardboard mazes complete with tricky wrong turns and dead ends! Questions to ask these students: What was the trickiest dead end you built into your maze? What part of your original drawing was way harder to build out of cardboard than you expected?

Falkirk Mine is getting a new dragline and our students got to participate in a naming contest. Each class had the opportunity to submit one name winner. The winning names were from left to right: James - Big Digger, Colter - Dakota 64, Ty - Big Foot, Braydon - The Eagle, Killian - Flickertail
Good luck, everyone!

On Monday, October 19, we will have Human Trafficking Education for students in Grades 6, 10, and 12. This educational initiative is to be in compliance with the recent legislative bill that was passed. Students in Grade 6 will receive the presentation titled "How to Be Safe: In Person and Online". Students in Grades 10 and 12 will receive the presentation titled "Protecting Yourself & Others: Understanding Human Trafficking and Online Safety".
This curriculum is developed and shared by the 31:8 Project. You can view more information at: https://www.318project.org/student.html
Also, the attached forms have an Opt-Out Form and will be sent home with students. Please contact Mr. Ziebarth with any questions.

📝 Attendance Matters 📚Here are our September attendance figures for the school year.

Four Turtle Lake-Mercer students spent their day on Saturday in Bismarck singing in a state wide festival titled “Surround the State in Song.” This is an honor choir festival made up of 5th-7th grade students selected by the teacher or director to represent their school. The festival happens in multiple cities all around North Dakota on the same day literally surrounding the state in song of young voices! Our students rehearsed with around 70 other students from the Bismarck area and performed in a final concert showing all what they have learned in just a few hours together. Great job representing our school!

Next week at TL-M: PT Conferences are Monday from 3:30-9:00. The Region 7 Honor Band Concert is Friday at 3:00 in the gym.

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