Turtle Lake-Mercer

The 8th grade Health students finished off the semester presenting to the Kindergarten and 1st grade classes. They presented on physical health, mental health, eating healthy, dental hygiene, and screen time.

Due to the No Travel Advisory, there will not be school Thursday, December 18th.

Turtle Lake - Mercer School will start at 10:00 A.M. on Thursday, December 18th. There will be no breakfast or PreK. Any further decision regarding school will be made by 8:30 in the morning.

David Neff, guest speaker came to Foundation of Agriculture class and talk about how to cut 45 degrees angles in the right direction on an angle iron. Why is it important to make sure your cutting in the right direction? How hard is it to cut angle iron?

December Turtle Talks included puzzles, ornament making, snacks, and conversation! Always fun to see our students working together!

The first semester is almost complete. The Honor Roll Report will be completed when we return in January along with Report Cards. Many of our TL-M students take classes online through CRACTC and we wait until we get those grade reports before completing our local reports. Stop in with any questions regarding PowerSchool.

The 7/8 grade world geography class got to play the role of cartographers and create their own continent with their own individual countries.

Questions to ask: How do mountain ranges affect climate? What all needs to be on a map legend? What creative names did they come up with for their continent and countries?

December has been full of themed fun for Miss Gould's third graders, and today was Polar Express Day! Third graders kicked off their day with a Polar Express escape room, solving puzzles and completing challenges to earn their very own tickets to hop aboard the Polar Express. Afterward, we dove into the magical world of The Polar Express, reading the book and watching the movie. The students then did a compare and contrast activity to explore the similarities and differences between the book and the movie. Here are a few questions you can ask a third grader about today: What was your favorite part of the Polar Express day, and why? How was the book different from the movie? Which did you like better?

Physical activity has many benefits for learning, including improving early math skills, social emotional skills, and communication and language skills. PreK has a new movement activity we can do indoors when it's too cold to go out. Bowling! Thanks Howard and Joan Anderson for donating this set to the PreK!

Today, Mrs. Laib's Writing Workshop class went to the 1st grade room to do an activity with our Writing Buddies. Today's writing was "If I had a pet reindeer..." We made sure that the 1st graders used a topic sentence, transition words, and a closing sentence in their paragraphs. We love writing activities with our buddies!

Hello again, that didn't take long. Shortly after the delay post we were put into a No Travel Advisory. There will be NO school on Tuesday, December 9th. Stay home and stay safe everyone.

Good morning, TL-M. Weather calls are always a tough one. There are lots of factors at play today. We will be starting with a 2 hour delay to buy some time on making a final decision. Schools will start at 10:00, no breakfast or PreK. I will provide an update by 9:00. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

On Friday, ND DPI released the 2024-25 School Performance Data on the Insights Dashboard. Please review Turtle Lake - Mercer's letter to families here: https://aptg.co/J7tGLH. A direct link to the Insights Dashboard can be found on our website or by visiting https://insights.nd.gov/. As always, reach out to Mrs. Schlafmann or Mr. Ziebarth if you have any questions regarding TL-M's dashboard and data. Thank you.

4th Grade Making Electric Circuits: How are a series and parallel circuit different?   What items were conductors?  Insulators?  

Just a reminder that tomorrow, Saturday, December 6th, is the 5th/6th grade dance from 7:00-8:30 followed by the 7th-12th grade Snow Ball from 9:00-11:00. Admission is $5.00. Both dances are open to Underwood and McClusky-Goodrich students.

The past two days three of our educators had the opportunity to take the Level 1 PECS (picture exchange communication system) course offered through Pyramid. PECS is just one of many AAC (augmentative/alternative communication) options schools can offer students with different communication needs. We are excited at the opportunity to offer this AAC option for our students now and into the future as a way to communicate with their teachers, peers, family, and community. We would also like to recognize our special education staff: Miss Weiand, Mrs. Clyde, Miss Bridget, Miss Shammy, Miss Sarah, and Miss Brittany for all they do for our students each and every day - they show patience, love, creativity, and strength in everything they do. December 2nd was National Special Education Day and today was International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

TL-M had 12 Mission Accomplished students in the month of November. Thanks for Making It Count and helping make TL-M a great place for all learners!

Check out the latest episode of The Wave. Mr. Ziebarth sits down with two kindergarten students, Tycen and Neveah to talk about happenings in school and the upcoming Christmas events. You can view the podcast at https://youtu.be/dF3BVxOz-so
You can also search "The Wave - Turtle Lake-Mercer School" on YouTube or find the videos on the school website.

Please join the TL-M Music Department for not one, but TWO wonderful music opportunities! Hope to see you there!