Another great night of music!! Great job, Mrs. Wyman and students! It was a fun night of music, bingo, and dancing! Thanks to everyone for coming out and supporting the TL-M music program!
Dessert, Music, and More is set up and ready for you! Come out to the Ed Rath Auditorium and enjoy an evening with the TL-M Music Department!! The show starts at 7:00!
Good morning! We are still running on a 90-minute delay this morning. Buses will run where possible. Please communicate with your driver if your road or yard are plugged. Thank you and have a good day!
Good evening TL-M families! To give our bus drivers some daylight and everyone a little extra time, we will be starting classes at 10:00 A.M. on Friday, October 27th. Doors will open at 9:30, there will not be breakfast. Dessert, Music, and More will still be at 7:00 P.M. tomorrow evening. We hope to see you there!
Good morning TL-M families. With the forecast of an additional 6-10 inches of snow predicted for today we will be moving to our virtual option today. There will be no in-person instruction today. Please use the instructions from yesterday's message to locate your virtual learning plans for your child. Thank you and have a great day!
Good Afternoon,
The Turtle Lake-Mercer Administration team is monitoring the weather that we are anticipating. We will continue to communicate through our app, Facebook, and text messages if we make changes to the school day schedule. If we transition to a virtual day, plans have been sent home with elementary students and can be found at https://www.tlm.k12.nd.us/ under the "Explore" tab, then "Documents", then "Virtual Learning Days". Students in grades 7-12 have access to learning activities through Google Classroom or activities that have been sent home by individual teachers. Thank you for your patience as we monitor the weather conditions.
Mrs. B’s Independent Living class wrapped up their communication unit today by making cup phones. A couple of questions to ask these students are:
Explain ways to be an active listener.
What is the communication process?
Explain how an assertive, passive and aggressive listener responds.
Our staff highlight of the day is Miss Paige Gould! Miss Gould is our 3rd grade teacher. She is in her first year at TL-M. One thing she is proud of that she did this summer is she started her Masters in Early Childhood Education and completed her first 4 classes of the program with A's! This year she is looking forward to teaching a new grade and getting to know the students and staff at TL-M! This year she is going to "Make IT Count" by building positive relationships with students and encouraging students to do their best with everything they do inside and outside of the classroom. Thank you, Miss Gould, for being part of our TL-M team! We appreciate you!!
Congratulations to Elizabeth Britton! She is the first TL-M student to enter the Million Word Club this year. Students who read 1 Million words during the school year will get a certificate and Million Word Club shirt at the end of the school year. Keep up the great work!
"Books are a uniquely portable magic." - Stephen King
REMINDER: Parent-Teacher conferences are tomorrow from 1:30 to 7:30 PM on Tuesday, October 24, 2023. Register online at https://www.ptcfast.com/schools/Turtle_Lake_Mercer. Please note that school will dismiss at 1:00 PM the day of conferences.
Congratulations to Inaia Way and Royce Wardner for being selected to participate in this year’s Northwest International Festival of Music in Minot! Inaia will be playing trumpet in the symphony band and Royce will be singing in the Nova Choir. The festival takes place on November 3-4 at Minot State University.
Our staff highlight of the day is Ms. Susan Davis. Susan has been the business manager at TL-M for the last 12 years.! This summer she enjoyed taking care of the flowers she planted. She is looking forward to seeing all the students come back and seeing how much they've grown over the summer. She is going to "Make IT Count" by doing her part to continue the great atmosphere that has been created here at the TL-M school! Thank you, Susan, for all you do! We appreciate you!
Many thanks to the Turtle Lake American Legion for another round of generous donations to support our TL-M students and staff!
Please join the TL-M Music Department on Friday, October 27th at 7:00 PM for "Through The Decades" Dessert, Music, and More! We hope to see you there!!
Class Pictures are NOT being taken today because the photographer is sick. We will now do class pictures on November 20 along with individual photo retakes.
REMINDER: Parent-Teacher conferences are next week from 1:30 to 7:30 PM on Tuesday, October 24, 2023. 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.
REMINDER:
There is no school this week on Thursday or Friday for Teacher's Convention.
Also school dismisses early at 1:00 PM next week, Tuesday October 24, for Parent-Teacher Conferences.
Mrs. Laib's 7th hour Study Skill classes are solving a digital escape room to work on reading and following directions skills. Questions to ask: How easy was it to 'skip directions' if they thought they knew what to do? What was the hardest part of the escape room?
Our staff highlight of the day is Ms. Hannah Gilseth. Ms. Gilseth is our 1st grade teacher, this is her first year at TL-M. This summer she enjoyed going to the lake with her daughter, she also started her Masters program in Early Childhood Education. This year she is looking forward to getting to know her students and the Turtle Lake - Mercer communities. She is going to "Make IT Count" by building relationships with her students. She hopes to create a safe and loving environment for her students. Thank you, Ms. Gilseth for being part of our TL-M team! We appreciate you!!
Kindergarten and the Freshman got to carve pumpkins today. They also measured how tall and how round they were. They counted the seeds and learned how to estimate! Questions to ask:
1. How many seeds did your pumpkin have?
2. Did your pumpkin float?
