Thank you to the TL-M Honor Society for providing supper for our teachers tonight during Parent-Teacher Conferences! The soups and salad were delicious!
Another huge "thank you" to the Turtle Lake American Legion for their $10,000 donation to the gym floor restoration project. This was a match to the donation made by TruCommunity Bank! Thank you, Turtle Lake American Legion for your generosity!
Several weeks ago, the North Dakota-based company, BeMoreColorful, donated a virtual reality headset to every public school in North Dakota so that every school could access their platform, CareerView XR. This platform allows students to complete virtual reality job shadows in over 70 different careers. BeMoreColorful's donation, coupled with a grant that was received, means that the TL-M school has 12 headsets students can use to access these career exploration opportunities! During conferences tomorrow night, please feel free to stop by the table Mrs. Slavik will have set up to test out this VR software for yourself or just ask questions about how it all works!
Mrs. Philbrick's 7th grade class is learning about natural selection and adaptations in Life Science. When you come in for conferences on Tuesday, keep an eye out for the camouflaged butterflies around the lobby and hallway by the office. See if you can find all 11 of them! Some questions you can ask these students are:
What are adaptations? How are adaptations related to natural selection?
REMINDER: Parent-teacher conferences are tomorrow, Tuesday, March 19, 2024, from 1:30 to 7:30 PM . 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
Happy Spring Break! Just a few reminder for when we return on March 18th:
Elementary volleyball starts practice in McClusky after school, coach Schneider will be taking a mini bus.
Elementary boys' basketball will have practice in Turtle Lake after school.
Baseball and softball also begin practice in Turtle Lake, these students must have a sports physical and pay the $40 activity fee to the school office.
Have a great break!!
Ms. Gilseth's 1st grade visited RDO in Washburn today for Safety Day! Ask your student what their favorite station was.
The 7th Grade Math class did an activity on "Discovering Pi " in honor of March 14--Pi Day.
questions: 1. Define Circumference of a Circle.
2. What is the numerical equivalent for Pi?
3. Why is March 14 Pi day?
TL-M students got to participate in a school-wide reading time in the gym today! Thank you to all the high school students that read to our younger students!
4th Grader, Emry Fiedler, is the new TLM Pi Champ. She memorized and recited 164 decimals of the irrational number Pi. The previous champion was Joey Cherry with 150 decimals in 2005 as a 7th grader. Miya Smalls and Kaia Anderson recited 100 decimals as seniors in 2020.
TL-M students participated in the Region 2 Academic Olympics on Friday, March 8th at Bottineau High School.
Mrs. Freeman's 2nd grade has been learning about graphs and reading data from graphs. Today they came up with their own survey and surveyed the kindergarteners. They also presented their data to their classmates. Questions to ask: 1. What was your survey question and your answer options? 2. What kind graph did you use to collect your data?
Today, TL-M students and staff in all grades had D.E.A.R. Drop Everything And Read! It was great to see all our students and staff taking time to read uninterrupted for 15 minutes!
Congratulations to Henry Wardner! He is our newest entry into the Million Word Club!
"Books and doors are the same thing. You open them, and you go through into another world." – Jeanette Winterson
Congratulations to Kenzee Hanson! She recently made it into the Million Word Club!
"If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book." – J.K. Rowling
Students in Grades 4, 5, and 7 received Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling. This is done to celebrate reading month in March and encourage multiple grades to read the same book. Thank you to Mrs. Voth for organizing this event! Students in Grade 6 received Momentous Events in the Life of a Cactus as they had already read the book as a class last year. There are activities that Mrs. Voth will be hosting throughout the month to celebrate One-Book-One-School.
Thank you to everyone who came and enjoyed a donut and reading books with your student for Reading Month! A big "thank you" to Turtle Lake Main Street Market for making all the delicious donuts and to the TL-M Family and Community Engagement team for organizing today's activity!
Spring Picture Day is Thursday, March 21.
Order forms will be sent home with elementary students. Additional forms are available in the school office. Or see the attached instruction for ordering online. The school code is EVTSMFJ7Z.
Dear Parent or Guardian. Parent-teacher conferences are scheduled from 1:30 to 7:30 PM on Tuesday, March 19, 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
Turtle Lake - Mercer School has an immediate opening for a special education paraprofessional. If you are interested in this position or learning more about the position, please reach out to Mr. Ziebarth at kurt.ziebarth@k12.nd.us or Mrs. Schlafmann at sheila.schlafmann@k12.nd.us.
