Turtle Lake-Mercer

TLM Families, Picture retake day and class photos will be done on Monday, November 4. Forms will be sent home with your student. Thank you!

This week, TL-M teachers and staff participated in an Underground Spirit Week! It was so much fun when the kids started noticing that something was going on! Ask your student about the days. Have a great weekend Turtle Lake - Mercer!

Join the TL-M band and choir for a night of fun! They will be performing pieces from a variety of movies. A popcorn bar will be provided and Movie Scene Bingo cards will be sold for $1 per card. A free will offering will be taken at the door. The music and fun will start at 7pm on October 29th in the Ed Rath Auditorium, come join us!

Check out the newest episode of The Wave, Turtle Lake-Mercer School's Podcast. Brooklyn and Inaia are featured in the newest episode and they're talking about TL-M Band and Choir and the upcoming events and competitions. You can find episodes on YouTube, at the top of the school webpage, or at the following link: https://youtu.be/5bliexISws4

Algebra I—Rates -Ratios- Proportions ND Sate Map Project The students used the map coordinates to find the location of cities, such as Calvin, Wales, Flasher , Clyde , and Forman. They measured the distance in inches between two of the cities on the map and used the map scale and proportions to find the actual distance between the two cities, as the crow flies. 1. Where is Calvin ND? 2. What does “as the crow flies" mean? 3. What is the “as the crow flies” distance from Flasher to Calvin?

Occupations Math The occupation for the day was Electrician. We had Electricians working in our building moving outlets and installing outlets for the Tru Community Bank ATM to be placed in the Gym Lobby. The electricians talked to the students about how they use math in their occupation. Questions to ask: 1. How do Electricians use math? 2. What career advice did the electricians give to them?

The weather has cooled off this week. Just a reminder that elementary students will not be allowed to wear shorts from now until next spring when the weather warms up. The Cold Weather Recess guidelines for what students are expected to wear outside for recess are attached. Please help your child be prepared for outside recess by checking the weather and sending them with appropriate clothing.

The FACS I class has been working on Jean quilts this semester. Most have gotten to the construction stage. A couple of questions to ask these students are: 1: What size quilt are you making? 2: What are the size(s) of your quilt blocks? 3: How do you thread a sewing machine? And wind a bobbin?

Fourth grade minnow respiration activity.   What does it mean that a fish is cold-blooded?  What happened to the rate of the minnow’s breathing when you added ice to the water?  

Any Turtle Lake-Mercer students that are interested in purchasing Letter Jackets or Class Rings can do so through the following website: https://view.vidreach.io/q/RcD699ak Letter Jackets must be ordered by October 25th in order to receive them by Christmas.

Kindergarten and Anatomy partnered up today to do some pumpkin math and carving! They started by making measurement guesses. They then used unifix cubes to measure height, used links to measure how big around, counted seeds, checked to see if they sink or float, and got to finish by carving them! Fun was had by all! Questions to ask: 1. Do the pumpkins sink for float? 2. How many unifix cubes tall was your pumpkin?

The Cougars have qualified for football playoffs! The game will be played in Turtle Lake on Saturday October 19th @ 2:00. If you would like to go, the tickets can be purchased on gofan.co. They are $10/adult and $5/student if you purchase them digitally, but if you buy them when you get here it is $15/adult. Plan ahead and use gofan.co to get your tickets for Saturday's game!

Attention Parent or Guardian! Parent-teacher conferences are scheduled from 1:30 to 7:30 PM on Thursday, October 24 2024. Register online at https://www.ptcfast.com/schools/Turtle_Lake_Mercer. If you need help with registration, call the school office at 701-448-2365. Please note that school will dismiss at 1:00 PM the day of conferences. Best Regards, Mr. Ziebarth PreK-12 Principal

Seven of our Turtle Lake-Merced 6th graders participated in Surround the State in Song festival on Saturday. This festival happens simultaneously in seven North Dakota locations for students from 5th-7th grade. The purpose of the festival, is to get young students singing all over North Dakota and celebrate the beauty of music. These students put in extra time to learn the music and participated in a full day of singing!

TLM Families, Friendly reminder that Monday, October 14, flu vaccinations will be available at the school to students. Send your flu vaccination registration form to the school with your student if you would like to participate.

With a classmate in Florida and riding out Hurricane Milton this week, 5th grade switched up our schedule and did a fun lesson about hurricanes. We focused on Hurricane Helene and became amateur meteorologists for the week. First we looked at data from all 5 days of Helene’s path starting with where it started as a tropical depression in the Caribbean. We then categorized the hurricane using hourly data and wind speeds. We graphed the wind speeds over the 5 days. Finally, we tracked her path by plotting latitude and longitude coordinates on a map color coding the path based on wind speed (category)!  Thanks to Karson for always being such a great help! This lesson was fun but challenging😎. Questions to ask your student: 1. What was the highest category reached by Helene and where was she located when the wind speeds were the highest? 2. What gives hurricanes the energy to become as powerful as they are? 3. What happens to the wind speed when a hurricane makes landfall?

Kindergarten has been working on reading decodable readers for the last couple of weeks! Today, they could practice partner reading while using a fun pointer finger to help with tracking! Questions to ask: 1. What is your favorite part about learning to read? 2. What was our story about?

2nd grade gave their opinions on what they thought Mrs. Freeman should be for Halloween. Question to ask: What do you think your teachers should be for Halloween and why?

PreK has been learning all about fire safety. Today they got a visit from our Turtle Lake Fire Chief and one of the firetrucks. Students got to check out everything on the truck and even spray some water! Questions to ask: What should you do if your clothes catch fire? Stop Drop and Roll How many wheels were on the fire truck today? 6 What number do we call in an emergency? 911 What should we do if a building we are in is on fire? Get low and go!

Congratulations to Evi Markley, Ariel Gilseth, Brooklyn Tomlinson, and Inaia Way as they were selected to participate in the 46th annual Northwest Festival of Music at Minot State University! Evi, Ariel, and Brooklyn were selected for the choir. Inaia was selected for both the band and choir, but will be participating in the band. These girls will be traveling to Minot on November 1st and 2nd to sing and play with others selected from around the state.