The small but mighty PreK class had their last day today. They started the morning off with a delicious family breakfast cooked by Mrs. Anderson's husband, Casey. Breakfast was followed by a Kindergarten signing event. 3 TLM PreK students along with a new recruit signed their letters of intent for Kindergarten for the 2026-2027 school year! We are so excited to watch these students grow and learn in the future here at TLM.
Today was our last Turtle Talk for the 2025-26 school year. We had fun with our new shades and chalk!
Thank you New Salem American Legion Post #91 & Tipsy Turtle for your generous donations for the FCCLA D.C. Trip and new Cougar mats for the gym. We appreciate your generosity!
TL-M School hosted a small awards ceremony this morning for grades 7th-12th to recognize students who have lettered and received awards. Congratulations to our students who have lettered in their sporting events & to our music students for receiving awards. We are proud of you for "Making It Count" at TL-M!
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Mrs. Lelm's 4th grade had a fun filled field trip day at the Heritage Center, Capitol and Fort Mandan. At Fort Mandan we played Native American games!
A HUGE APPLAUSE for our Kindergarten Teacher, Mrs. Volochenko, who was nominated through the Dakota West Credit Union teacher appreciation giveaway. She was the second place winner to receive a $250 gift card. TL-M is proud to have such an amazing role model and teacher to be a part of our amazing staff. Thank you Mrs. Volochenko for all that you do to MAKE IT COUNT at TL-M!
Mr. Vasbinder is offering Summer School again this summer in the month of June. Please reach out to Mr. Vasbinder at Jason.Vasbinder@k12.nd.us or 448-2365 if you are interested in enrolling your student.
4th grade is enjoyed some smoothies and slushies today from Badlands as a reward for winning the annual Staff Wars in music class. This is a competition that includes the whole class naming the treble clef notes. 4th, 5th, and 6th grade compete against each other and have several weeks to try and get the top score as a class. This involves each student to know their treble clef notes and working together to win.
Congratulations to Jovie Blotter! She is the newest member to enter the Million Word Club.
”Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” – Frederick Douglass
”Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” – Frederick Douglass
2nd grade visited their pen pals over in Underwood! It was a fun afternoon together! 🤗📝
Mrs. Lelm's fourth grade ND Roughrider Hall of Fame living museum. Who did you choose to study? Why is that person a famous North Dakotan?
Fifth Grade had a great day in Bismarck today. We started out at Theo Art School (this has become such a favorite 🤩) and then onto KXMB Studios. We got a tour of the studio and then got to do a lot of behind the scenes production and we all got a chance to play news anchor (even Mrs. A got to do a sports broadcast). We were in studio for the live broadcast of the Noon Show and got to say hello at the end! We ended our day at Pizza Ranch and left with full bellies and big smiles 😊. Ask your student what was the hardest part of the whale painting we did, what surprised you the most about KX and what goes into producing a news segments, and what was the best part of the day?? (Pizza Ranch is my guess but I feel like we enjoyed it all)!
Yesterday, the third graders had Camping Day at school! Students spent the day rotating through exciting camp-themed activities like multiplication fishing, a firewood parts of speech sort, and other activities. One of the favorite activities was making s’mores using a solar-powered oven. It was a great day full of learning, teamwork, and fun!
What was your favorite part of Camping Day?
How did the solar-powered oven make the s’mores?
Elementary is celebrating the last 10 days of school with fun activities. Today's activity was tattoo the principal! Today is full of laughs and smiles. Thank you Mr. Ziebarth for being a great leader and a good sport for our school.
The seniors decided classes would start outside this morning. They took a lot of time to move all these outside! Thank you to all the 7-12 students who helped put everything back in order to start the day. Another good laugh.
The 4th, 5th, and 6th graders had fun at their elementary track meet in Underwood today!
K, 1, and 2 took a field trip to the Garrison Dam Fish Hatchery and Audubon Wildlife Refuge! At the hatchery, they learned about raising fish and even got to touch some fish and turtles! At the refuge, they made bird feeders and took a nature walk!
The seniors enlisted the help of the principal's wife, Jamie, today and snuck into Mr. Ziebarth's basement to start the morning. Another good senior prank that gave a chuckle.
Day 1 of 10 days until summer started with Hat day today! K-5 were able to pick out patches to iron onto some hats; they will be able to wear their hats to school tomorrow!
