Turtle Lake-Mercer

First grade has been working with measurement in math. They used popsicle sticks and cubes to measure classroom items and their friends! First each student made an estimate and then did the measuring. Finally they compared lengths and discussed longest and shortest.

We celebrated Apple Day in Kindergarten! We worked hard on our numbers with apple activities, read some great apple books, learned about the life cycle of an apple tree, and taste-tested all foods made with apples! Some things to ask your kindergarteners are: What was your favorite apple snack? What was your favorite Apple Day activity?

Today is “Constitution Day” and the timing couldn’t be better for 5th grade. We are learning all about the Constitution and we recently finished a project about the Preamble. Each student had a line from the Preamble and they had to create a drawing that represents what their line means. We ended up with a Preamble puzzle and they did a great job! Questions to ask your student: What was your line and what does it mean? Why is the Preamble to the Constitution important?

Turtle Lake-Mercer Music Department is doing a fundraiser for their upcoming music trip in April to Nashville, TN. They are selling Otis Spunkmeyer Cookie Dough (Subway Cookies) and other frozen treats such as muffins, cake rolls, pies, and pizzas. They are also selling from the BELIEVE ‘tis the Season catalog. This catalog provides a variety of stuff for the holiday season including wrapping paper, candles, sugary treats, soup mixes, and a bunch of stocking stuffers. Anything sold from the BELIEVE catalog can be shipped directly to your house no matter where you are located. Anything sold from the frozen food Otis Spunkmeyer catalog will be delivered to the school and students will deliver the orders to local community members before the holiday season begins. All proceeds will go towards the music trip in April or for other music festivals, contests, and trips. Use this link to order or ask a local student for their link to support a specific student on their trip. Thank you for your support! https://www.shopfund.com/shop?t=gs&sid=2993739

Kindergarten is working on balance in PE. We started off the week playing' The Floor is Lava' with our PreK friends using the balancing stones. Ask them to show off their balancing skills at home!

Mrs. Schumann's 6th graders hosted a September 11th: We Remember gathering at the Turtle Lake Fire Hall. Students used their interviewing skills to talk to guests about what they remember about that tragic day. Thank you to all who attended. Question to ask: What were some notable experiences you heard about?

The Turtle Lake Mercer School 2024-2025 yearbook has arrived! Stop in the office to pick up your yearbook. If you didn't order a year book, don't worry we have extra for sale. $40/yearbook

Tonight TLM Pep Club Advisor, Mrs. Voth, hosted Homecoming Pants Painting! It was fun to see all the creative designs! Looking forward to seeing all the CMC jeans on Friday night at the football game!

Aiden Hanson and Bridger Rittenbach joined The Wave today. Check out the show at: https://youtu.be/YuPj4C8dhPg
All episodes of The Wave are published on YouTube and also a link at the top of our school website.

Reminder: Turtle Lake-Mercer School Homecoming Coronation is at 2:45 today in the Ed Rath Auditorium at Turtle Lake-Mercer School. This event is open to the public. We look forward to seeing everyone with this celebration to start Homecoming Week.

Mrs. Schumann's 6th Grade students will be hosting their annual September 11th Remembrance gathering at the Turtle Lake Fire Hall on Thursday, September 11, 2025 from 1:30-2:30 PM. This is an open to the public event.

Underwood High School will be hosting the Central McLean Homecoming Dance from 9:00-11:30 PM following the Homecoming Football Game against Heart River on September 12th. The dance is open to students in grades 7 through 12.

Sharing a book study opportunity through the McLean County Extension Office for anyone interested.

TL-M Pep Club is sponsoring Homecoming Pants Painting in the school cafeteria on September 10th from 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM. Check out the flyer for more information.

Homecoming Coronation for Turtle Lake-Mercer School will be in the Ed Rath Auditorium on Monday, September 8th at 2:45 PM. Congratulations to Jacob Wolf, Aiden Hanson, Ty Makeeff, Bridger Rittenbach, Inaia Way, Brooklyn Tomlinson, and Cheyanne Schumann on being selected to the Homecoming Court. Jospehine Kinn and Orin Wright were selected to be the 1st Grade Attendants.

5th grade showed off their artistic side while working on their writing skills by creating “All About Me” posters. This is a 5th grade favorite and the class of 2033 was no exception. Max even made sure his poster matched the real-live version of himself😉. Questions to ask your student: What were the steps of creating the art portion of your poster? What was your favorite “all about you” topic to write about?

CMC Homecoming is next week! Here are the dress-up days for the week.

The Wave is back! The first episode of the 2025-2026 school year is published! Check out Turtle Lake-Mercer School's podcast at https://youtu.be/RF1nFZlidLc
In this episode Mr. Ziebarth and Mrs. Schlafmann talk about some good need-to-know information for families and community members of Turtle Lake-Mercer School.