Turtle Lake-Mercer

Please help us welcome Paige Gould to TL-M: Hello! My name is Paige Gould! I am currently finishing my second year teaching, I have taught one year of a combined classroom of Pre-K/kindergarten/1st grade and one year of just kindergarten. I live in Garrison with my two dogs Sunny and Ash, and three cats Munchie, Mack, and Minnie. I enjoy spending time with my family, fishing, and any outdoor activities! I just started working on my master’s degree in Early Childhood Education. I am so excited to teach 3rd grade in Turtle Lake-Mercer!

Please help us welcome Hannah Gilseth to TL-M: Hi! My name is Hannah Gilseth! I have taught kindergarten for the past 3 years, and I am so excited to teach 1st grade at Turtle Lake-Mercer! I live in Garrison with my 15 year old daughter, Ariel, two dogs Bandit and Jade, and two cats Dottie and Bowtie. Ariel and I spend a lot of the summer time at the lake. We also enjoy thrifting all year ‘round! I am currently working on getting my master’s degree in Early Childhood Education! I can’t wait to meet my first grade friends and to be a part of your community!

It's Teacher Appreciation Week! We are thankful for all of our TL-M teachers and all they do to make learning engaging and meaningful for our students! Teaching is a work of heart and our teachers have the biggest hearts! Thank you TL-M teachers, paraprofessionals, custodians, cooks, bus driver, office staff, and substitutes for all you do for our students and each other!

Congratulations to Emry Fiedler! She made it into the Million Word Club today!

Mr. Ziebarth played his guitar and sang some songs in Kindergarten and 1st grade music today while Miss Klein was in marching band practice with the high school!

It's time to order your 2023 Yearbook! How to Place Your Order Online 1. Go to ybpay.com 2. Enter code: 13534923 3. Complete your order and pay online Or if you prefer not to order online, you can send a check to the school. Each book is $35. Contact Laura Fiedler with questions at 701.448.2365 or laura.fiedler@k12.nd.us.

Our students who volunteer with the school coffee shop, Cup of Inspiration, had a field trip this week to Splashdown in Minot. The water park staff complimented them on being a very well behaved group.

Congratulations to Thaddeus Voth! Another entry into the Million Word Club!

A special school election will be held at the Turtle Lake-Mercer School on Tuesday, June 6, 2023 to vote on the question of whether or not to approve a change to a five (5) member board. Visit the link below for more information and absentee voting procedures. https://www.tlm.k12.nd.us/page/election

May is Beef Month! Deb and Rhonda participated in Beef Month, here are few pictures from Tuesday's lunch! Thank you, North Dakota Beef Commission for sponsoring this event!

K,1, and 2 went to the Gateway to science today! They had so many fun hands on experiences! They were also so well behaved! Questions to ask: 1. what was your favorite exhibit ? 2. What exhibit do you wish you could have spent more time at?

Congratulations William Grabinger! He is the most recent entry into the Million Word Club for the school year.

Mrs. Volochenko's Kindergarten spent some time spelling words with magic e today! Some things to ask: 1. How many vowels are there? 2. What sound does the magic e make our vowels say? 3. How many sounds can a vowel make?

Students in FACS Class are working on a Recycle and Redesign project. A couple of questions to ask them about this would be: What is your project idea? How are you creating it? What resources are you using to create it?

4th grader, Aden, created a coloring contest for his classmates. His classmates had to draw and color their picture. A panel of judges, including Hank LaBore from Wednesday's 4th grade water presentation, chose the winning picture. Aden then designed the winner of the contest a one of a kind pair of tennis shoes! Congratulations to Elizabeth on being the recipient of the shoes!

The Joy of Music! Eckroth music helped the 4th grade students try out band instruments today!

Our Special Education Paraprofessionals have worked very hard this year with being flexible with schedules and working with the students here at TL-M. These five received their certification awards today and deserve recognition for all the wonderful work they do throughout the school year.

Mrs. Freeman's 2nd grade has been learning about reading clocks to 5 minute intervals. If you see a 2nd grader, and there’s a clock around, ask them to read the clock and what time it shows. Also ask them if they are reading a digital clock or analog clock!

Special thanks to Hank LaBore today. He brought some great activities about watersheds for our 4th Grade students. Some questions to ask the 4th Graders: What is a watershed?  Tell me about the water web game you played.  Where did you spend the most time as a water droplet?

Mrs. Laib's 8th graders have been studying The Diary of Anne Frank. Today we did a group brainstorming activity in preparation for writing obituaries for all those who hid in the Secret Annex. Questions to ask: Who were those that hid? Why did they hide? What happened after they were caught? What are some of the differences between the play and the actual diary? What is an obituary? What information is usually found in an obituary?