It's Homecoming Week! Classrooms doors are full of spirit! This year's theme is "Breakfast of Champions"! Make sure to join us on Friday for all the festivities! Parade at 1:00, Pep Rally at 2:00, and game at 7:00! Dance at TLM following the game for grades 7-12, admission is $5.00, dance ends at 11:30.
This morning our Homecoming Week Greeters were Cross Country and Cheer! They were in the lobby welcoming TL-M students as they entered the building today!
Today in 5th grade, we made ice cream! We are studying all about states of matter in science and this activity taught us how applying energy (cold) to a state matter (liquid) can change it into a different state. Into a small ziplock bag we measured cream, milk, sugar, and flavored extract and then added the sealed bag to a larger bag of ice. Adding course salt to the ice made it even colder (my salt was pink Himalayan hence the pink color). A little food coloring and lots of bag churning and we eventually ended up with the “solidification” of our liquid into ice cream!
Questions to ask your student:
What was the hardest part about making the ice cream?
What flavor did your group make?
What energy force caused the liquid to change to a solid?
The 2024 Central McLean Cougar Homecoming Parade will take place at 1:00 PM on Friday, September 20th. We are still in need of some people willing to drive the Homecoming Kings and Queens from all three schools in the parade. If you or someone you know has a convertible to drive these students, that would be greatly appreciated. Another option that was thought of was to transport the Kings and Queens in golf carts. If you would be willing to drive either of these options, please reach out to Mr. Ziebarth.
Also, Community Floats are welcome in the parade. Parade lineup will be in the school parking lot with a start time of 1:00 PM.
Coronation was held today! Congratulations to our 2024-25 Homecoming King, Wyatt Wagner, & Queen, Sadie O'Shea.
Come out and support the Cougar Volleyball team October 8th for Pink Night ! Order your pink night shirt by September 20. Forms can be picked up in the office.
Donovan Tolbert is two days away from making a huge impact at Turtle Lake-Mercer School! September 18th, we will have a student presentation at 10:30 AM followed by a Teacher Professional Development Opportunity at 1:30 PM. The big event of the evening is a free open to the public presentation for the entire Turtle Lake-Mercer Community as well as surrounding areas. This public event starts at 6:30 PM in the Ed Rath Auditorium. Doors will open at 6:00 PM. Check out Donovan's website at donovantolbert.com
Also, check out the his promotional video at https://vimeo.com/818114764
We can't wait to see everyone at this incredible event!
This morning we had some special greeters to welcome our TL-M students and kick off Homecoming Week! A handful of our Central McLean Football players were in the lobby to welcome our students to school!
Homecoming Lunch will be at the American Legion this year! Check out the poster for more information. Students from Turtle-Mercer School in Grades 7-12 will walk over for lunch on Friday. This is free to the TL-M Students!
Looking for new Cougar gear? Did you know Central McLean has a 24/7 online store located on our website? Shop online anytime at https://shop.game-one.com/north-dakota/underwood/central-mclean-cougars
Come out and listen to the pep band play at tonight's home football game!
Science experiment Friday in Kindergarten today! We did soda science using pop and mentos! We have been learning many science terms the last couple of weeks! We have used words like Hypothesis, Outcome, and materials!
Questions to ask: When doing a science experiment what is our first guess called?
What do we call what happens in the experiment when it’s over?
Special thanks for Mrs. Swanson's class for helping out with painting the numbers for tonight's home football game!
Join us on September 18th at 6:30 PM at the TL-M School for Donovan Tolbert! This event is open to the community! Let's fill the gym and get motivated!! Check out donovantolbert.com for more information!
The 6th Graders hosted a September 11: We Remember fellowship gathering at the Turtle Lake Fire Hall yesterday. Students talked to those attending about their experience on that tragic day. Thank you to everyone who attended! Question to ask these students: What were some notable experiences you heard about?
Homecoming is next week! Here are the dress-up days the Turtle Lake-Mercer Student Council selected for 2024. Mr. Ziebarth made a mistake on the first post. Here is the updated post.
Episode 2 of the wave featuring Charlie and Zella has been published on YouTube. Check it out at: https://youtu.be/CNtxGyiTmoU
Congratulations to the 2024 Turtle Lake-Mercer Homecoming Court! Students in grades 7 through 12 were given the opportunity to vote for four young men and women to represent Turtle Lake-Mercer School. The candidates for Queen are: McKenna Faulkner, Irie Irwin, Mya Kittler, and Sadie O'Shea. The candidates for King are: Andrew Eichhorst, Morgan Maxwell, Karson Rust, and Wyatt Wagner. Two first grade students were randomly drawn to be the crown bearers. Olivia Berndt and James Schwalk are the lucky students chosen. The students will vote for King and Queen later this week. Homecoming Coronation will take place at 2:15 PM on September 16th in the Ed Rath Auditorium at Turtle Lake-Mercer School. All are welcome to attend.
Just a reminder for student drop-off (8:00-8:30) and pick-up (3:15) all vehicles dropping off and picking up students should be using the front row of the student parking lot and then following the sidewalk to enter through door 2. We ask that all vehicles follow this same procedure regardless of the presence of a school bus. Thank you for your cooperation!
The 2024 Central McLean Cougar Homecoming Parade is Friday September 20th at 1:00 PM in Turtle Lake. It has been tradition to have the Homecoming Kings and Queens from each of the three schools ride in a special vehicle in the parade. If you have a vehicle that would be great for transporting kings and queens in the parade, contact Mr. Ziebarth at the school.
