Turtle Lake-Mercer

Central McLean Homecoming is September 14th - 18th. Here are the dress-up days for TL-M students.

We're bringing back some "Old School" flare with Starter Jackets. There are two options available for purchase. The Starter Sublimated Breakaway is more of a spring or fall jacket. The Embroidered Quilted Pullover is the traditional winter jacket that became very popular in the 90s. There are two samples of the jackets in Mr. Ziebarth's office if anyone would like to look at the material. Since these jackets are custom made, we need to get 12 orders for each jacket before they'll start making them.
The following link will take you to the store where orders can be placed. Fundraising through this project will go toward updating athletic banners in the Ed Rath Auditorium.
https://centralmcleanms.itemorder.com/

Homecoming coronation for Turtle Lake-Mercer School will be at 2:45 PM on Monday, September 14 in the Ed Rath Auditorium. Mila and Colter will be the crown bearers from First Grade this year. This is a public event open to all. This event will not be live streamed, we hope to see many people in attendance.

Thank you to the Mandan American Legion Post 40 for their generous $1,000 donation to the Central McLean Track and Field team for new throwing equipment!

NOTICE CALLING FOR BIDS: Turtle Lake - Mercer Public School District

The Turtle Lake - Mercer Public School District is accepting sealed bids for the following Items:
• Playground equipment: tube slide with steps and rock wall (never used)
• Gym Mats – one remaining– minimum bid of $1,000/mat

Items are sold “as is” and can be viewed at the school by appointment.

Sealed bids must be clearly marked:
"SEALED BID – ___________________________________"
and must be received by:
Date: September 21st, 2026, at the school office.
Time: 4:00 PM

Bids may be mailed or delivered to:
Turtle Lake - Mercer Public School District
Attn: Sheila Schlafmann - Superintendent
P.O. Box 160
Turtle Lake, ND 58575
Or hand-deliver to: Sheila Schlafmann – Superintendent or Laura Fiedler – Business Manager

Bids received after the stated deadline will not be considered.

The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any or all bids, waive any informalities or irregularities in the bidding process, and accept the bid deemed to be in the best interest of the Turtle Lake - Mercer Public School District. The District is not obligated to accept the highest bid.

Questions regarding this solicitation should be directed to:
Sheila Schlafmann - Superintendent
Turtle Lake - Mercer Public School District
Phone: (701) 448-2365
Email: Sheila.schlafmann@k12.nd.us

The last couple of weeks, the Study Skills students have been working on organizational and planning skills. They have created and printed their own calendars to keep track of upcoming events and have created an assignment or homework tracker in Google sheets that they will be using in study skills to keep track of all their daily assignments in ALL of their classes. While the homework tracker may need some adjustments for each student, we have the basis started and will continue tweaking them until they are personalized for each individual student. Talk with your students about how they are going to utilize these 2 different organizing techniques or what works best for your student.

Attention: Due to the road construction in Turtle Lake, the Homecoming Parade and Pep Rally have been moved to Underwood. The Homecoming Football game and dance will still be held in Turtle Lake. Thank you for your patience and understanding. Go Cougars!!

Our 6th Grade students in Mrs. Schumann's class have established a yearly tradition of a September 11 Remembrance Day. This year the event will be hosted at the Turtle Lake Fire Hall on Thursday, September 10 from 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM. This event is open to the public and highly encouraged for past and present firefighters, police officers, EMTs, veterans, and military. If you know of any members of the community that are not on Facebook and don't follow our school feed, feel free to reach out and share the information with them.

Thank you to CHI Turtle Lake Hospital for your generous donation of school supplies!

We're back! The Wave, Turtle Lake-Mercer's School Podcast, is back with a new episode. Check it out at https://youtu.be/uXWeStzSUfU
Thank you to Miss Kvamme and Mrs. Jacobs for joining for the first episode of the 2026-2027 school year.

Today Mrs. A’s 5th graders had some visitors. Kindergarten and first grade came to hear us read and perform our “pipe cleaner stories”. 5th grade has been working on a project where they each got two pipe cleaners and they had to create an object, animal, or person. They had to give it a name, a personality trait, and tell us its favorite thing to do. Then they worked in groups of 3 to write a story that included all 3 of their pipe cleaner characters. When we were done, we helped our guests create their own pipe cleaner characters!  It was a lot of fun and a great way to end the week! Ask your students what objects or characters they created with their pipe cleaners, who they worked with, and what was their favorite part of the stories they heard?

A HUGE shoutout to Faith Hahn on her donation of snacks with Thrivent. Snacks are a big deal in this school. Thank you for making it count at TL-M!

Many hours have been dedicated to our Infinite Campus launch. Today, the meal accounts were all updated to show the most recent balances for all students. If you have not received an email for login information for Infinite Campus, please contact the office. Guardians are encouraged to download the Campus Parent application on a mobile device.

Thank you to Dakota West Credit Union for sno-cones on the first day of school!

Thank you to Logan Staigle, Keith Sundquist, and Isaac Sondrol for getting the goal posts painted on the football field!

Thank you to all of the Turtle Lake-Mercer School families who joined us for Back-to-School Night and the Color Run! 🖤💛 It was wonderful to see so many new and familiar faces back in the building and to have the opportunity to kick off another school year together. A special thank-you to our incredible teachers and staff for their time, hard work, and dedication in getting their classrooms—and our school—ready to welcome students. We appreciate everything you do to make TL-M a great place for our students to learn and grow! We are excited to welcome everyone back and look forward to an amazing 2026–27 school year! 📚✏️🎉 See you Monday, August 17th! Make IT Count!!

Another year, another group of the newest Turtle Lake–Mercer Trojans! Mrs. Schlafmann and Mr. Ziebarth hit the road today to visit our incoming kindergartners at home and deliver a special sign to help them celebrate becoming Trojans! We can’t wait to welcome these little Trojans—and ALL of our students—back through our doors for an amazing 2026–27 school year! Get ready, Trojans…we’re so excited to have you back! 💛🖤

Back to School Update! With the street construction happening in town, we will be moving the color run to the football field/track area for everyone's safety. We hope you join us for at least a couple of laps!
Just a reminder to stop by the office and pay your fees on Thursday during the Open House. If you are writing a check, please write a separate check for meals and activities (course/tech fees, activity fees, and season passes).
We look forward to starting another great year at TL-M! Make IT Count!