Mrs. Freeman's 2nd graders had a special pilot on their flight today! Jay Schlafmann came and flew their plane! He answered many of our pilot questions and even gave us a pin! ✈️
This Wednesday is Pajama Day!! Wear your favorite pjs or Christmas pjs to school!! Just a reminder that school dismisses at 1:00 on Thursday.
Mrs. Volochenko's Kindergarten and Mrs. Philbrick's 9th grade classes made gingerbread houses today! Some questions to ask
1. How many graham crackers were used?
2. What was your favorite candy you used?
Today, the 5th grade created a "Be The Light" tree with Mrs. Slavik. Students put a variety of sayings on light bulbs to help the whole school find their motivation to finish out the school year strong! Questions to ask your students:
1: Why is kindness important, especially around the holidays?
2: What was one of the sayings you put on a bulb?
Today Ms. Gould's 3rd grade took the opportunity to spread Christmas cheer to the residents at the hospital. We read aloud books, colored, and sang Christmas songs.
Questions to ask your student:
What book did you read?
Who were the characters in your book?
What was your favorite part about your trip to the hospital?
Mrs. Wyman's 4th grade created their own arrangement of a song today in music. They picked out the instruments to use and when to play the instruments. Something to ask your child is…
What was the song about?
What instruments did you use and why?
What instruments sound most like a blacksmith?
Mrs. Wyman's 6th grade recorded the choir song they sang at the concert titled “When Santa Claus Gets Your Letter.” The link to listen to it is…. https://youtu.be/G2ne5DfvN2M?si=9bCsYfe31T4ZGPIY
Have a Merry Christmas!
Mrs. Freeman's 2nd grade has been learning about holidays around the world and traveling to many different countries in the month of December. Questions to ask your student. What do you need to get onto the plane? What is your favorite thing about the plane ride? What is your favorite place you’ve traveled to so far?
Students from Turtle Lake-Mercer Student Council attended the 2023 North Dakota State Student Council Convention December 10th through December 12th. Kyle Willkom was one of the keynote speakers and he challenged students to write a poem about leadership and submit it. Ariel Gilseth submitted a leadership poem and won Kyle's book, Action Packed Leadership!
The students in grades seven through twelve we be taking part in a Christmas Cornhole Tournament on Thursday, December 21st. If anyone has a cornhole set that they would be willing to borrow to the school for the day, please contact Mr. Ziebarth.
Mrs. Laib's Junior Class did a Character Twitter activity where they had to create tweets based on the characters in The Crucible. We also did a "mock witch trial" where many were accused of stealing a cell phone.
Questions to ask:
1)What was the only way to save yourself if you were accused?
2) What connections can you make between the Salem wit h trials and your own life?
3)What was your role during the mick trial and how did you feel about it?
We hope you join us TONIGHT for the TL-M Christmas Concert at 6:15! It will be sure to put you in the Christmas spirit! See you there!
Just a reminder to come out to the Ed Rath Auditorium on Tuesday, December 12th at 6:15 for the TL-M Christmas Concert! Hope to see you there!!
Our students took advantage of the sticky snow today to put some teamwork into making giant snowballs on the playground.
The C, JV, and Varsity boys' basketball games for tonight in Turtle Lake have been postponed. The make up date has not yet been determined, but will be announced once we get a date.
Mrs. Schlafmann and Mr. Ziebarth surprised the staff today by delivering some holiday cheer with hot cocoa and sweet treats.
The Turtle Lake-Mercer Family and Community Engagement Team and the Turtle Lake-Mercer Student Council are happy to host two wonderful events on December 9th in the Ed Rath Auditorium at Turtle Lake-Mercer School. The first event is the Family Dance at 7:00 PM. This event is open to TL-M families with students in PreK-6 Grades. Following the family dance will be the Snowball Dance for Students in Grades 7-12 from 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM.
Please join the TL-M Music Department on Tuesday, December 12th for Santa is Coming to North Dakota! The elementary concert will start at 6:15 PM followed by the band and choir at 7:30 PM! See you there!!!
The Life Science students have been learning about biodiversity and biomes around the world. Their assignment was to create a 'biorama' of a biome of their choice, followed by a gallery walk to grade each other's biomes with rubrics. Some questions to ask your student are:
1. What biome did you choose and where is it located in the world?
2. What does biodiversity mean and why is it important?
It's the most wonderful time of the year!
We are encouraging all staff and students to help create a festive environment by dressing up in Christmas gear or Christmas colors on Fridays in December. Tomorrow, Friday December 1st, is National Grinch Day. We look forward to seeing everyone's holiday outfits.
