5th grade had a root beer float party in music today as a prize for winning “Staff Wars” against 4th and 6th grade. The 4th, 5th, and 6th grade have been competing on identifying the treble clef staff notes all month. In the end 5th grade got the highest score. Something to ask your 4th, 5th, or 6th grade student is: How many lines and spaces does the music staff have? What are the note names of the lines in the treble clef staff? What are the note names of the spaces of the treble clef staff?
Today the 6th graders attended Scrubs Camp at Northland Health Center in Turtle Lake. They learned about the dental field, nursing, giving shots, chiropractic field, being a surgery tech, a medical lab tech, and learning how to cope with stress. A HUGE thank you, Northland Health Centers, for hosting this amazing event.
Questions to ask these students: What health career most interested you? What was your favorite activity of the day?
FACS 8 Kicked off their cooking unit with a fruit smoothie lab. They learned about safe food handling, foodborne illnesses, food safety, how to use a blender, and nutrition information about fruit this week. A couple of questions for these students are: What ingredients went into your fruit smoothie? What was your lab job for this lab? What were your lab responsibilities? How did the lab turn out?
Mrs. Volochenko's Kindergarten is learning about plants and living things. They started a kindergarten greenhouse with grass seed!
Question to ask:
What three things do plants need to stay alive?
Turtle Lake-Mercer School is in need of gently used band instruments to rent out to students. Instruments could include Flute, Clarinet, Oboe, Saxophone (Any Type), French Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Euphonium. If you have any instruments, you are willing to donate to the school or sell at a low cost, please contact Mrs. Wyman or drop it off at the school. Please only drop-off instruments that are still in relatively good condition, as damaged instruments will not be helpful. Thank you for your support of the TL-M Music Department!
Today's Reading Month Activity was Glow Stick Reading with our Turtle Talk buddies!
REMINDER: The deadline for filing to have a candidate’s name printed on the ballot for the Turtle Lake-Mercer School District No. 72 is before 4:00 p.m., April 7, 2025. For more information, visit our website at https://www.tlm.k12.nd.us/page/election.
The 27th STEM Toothpick Bridge Building Project has begun! Students in Mrs. Cullum's 9th-12th grade math classes are all building bridges. The competition will take place Wednesday, April 16th at 9:00 AM. The public is invited to attend the Bridge Breaking Competition. Ask your student:
1. How do you convert 58 grams to pounds?
2. How is the winner determined?
Enjoying the memories of our 2024-2025 school year. What a great year it has been so far! What's your favorite memory? #Memories
2nd grade did their annual basketball classroom transformation day. We did many fun activities revolving around basketball! Questions to ask: 1. What was your favorite activity? 2. What book won the book tournament?
The Turtle Lake-Mercer FFA Banquet is Sunday, April 13th in the Ed Rath Auditorium at Turtle Lake-Mercer School. The meal will begin at 5:30 PM followed by the banquet. State FFA Treasurer, Anna Palmer, is the special guest speaker.
The 3rd graders embarked on a fun and creative research project, where they first learned about famous people from history. They used books and online resources to gather facts and details about their chosen individual, taking notes on their accomplishments, major contributions, and important events in their life. After completing their research and writing a biography about their famous person, the students then turned their focus to the artistic side of the project: creating a potato head that resembled their famous person. Using materials like markers, construction paper, and various craft supplies, they carefully designed a potato character that captured the look and spirit of the person they had studied. The final result was a blend of creativity, research, and hands-on fun!
Questions to ask a third graders:
1. Who was the famous person you chose and why are they famous?
2. What materials did you use to create a potato head resembling their famous person?
Parent / Teacher Conferences today! School will be dismissed at 1:00 pm today.
See you soon!
8th grade FACS paired with Kindergarten to hand sew some monsters. The kindergarteners drew a picture of a monster and answered some questions about their monster. Then, the 8th graders sewed their monster and wrote a short story to go with it. Since March is reading month, the 8th graders spent time this morning reading the kindergarteners their story! This project was loved by all.
A couple of questions for these kids could be: what does your monster look like? What was your story about?
This morning we continued our Reading Month activities by having a few of our boys basketball players read to classes in the lower elementary!
Reminder: Parent/Teacher Conferences are on Tuesday, March 18, 2025 from 1:30 pm - 7:30 pm. Get signed up to meet with your student's teacher. School will be dismissed for the day at 1:00 pm.
Congratulations to Brooklyn Tomlinson for being selected to participate in the ND All-State Treble Chorus. Students are selected through a live audition process that happens in a January. She will be traveling to Bismarck on March 23-25 to participate in the festival.
Thank you to everyone who joined us for Donuts with Adults this morning! It was a huge success! Thank you, Mrs. Voth, for organizing today's event!📚
Occupationally Applied Math students are tax accountants. Deciding on which tax form to use.
What is the difference between 1040EZ, 1040A, and 1040?
What is AGI?
The ND State Scholastic Chess Tournament is March 29th at Shiloh Christian School in Bismarck. The attached flyer has more information.
