Turtle Lake-Mercer

Happy November!

Week of November 2nd

Happy Halloween from TL-M!🎃

Mrs. Jacobs took 11 kids to the FCCLA District Leadership meeting in Minot on Thursday. We listened to a speaker and participated in activities such as rock painting, making bracelets, and even got to hang out with Dennis the service dog. Kensley was also inducted as our chapters President!

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!