Kindergarten enjoyed flashlight reading today! Questions to ask: What was your story about? What was one sight word from today’s story?
Mr. Vasbinder's seventh graders sharpened their presentation skills this week. Turns out public speaking is hard, even in front of people you know, but with practice it gets easier! You can ask these students what their topic was and how they made their slideshows.
Mrs. Freeman's 2nd grade practiced their spelling words in shaving cream today! Questions to ask your student: 1. How do you spell bear? 2. How do you spell hair?
NOTICE OF SPECIAL SCHOOL ELECTION
Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, June 6, 2023 a special school election will be held at the Turtle Lake-Mercer School, McLean County, North Dakota to vote on the question of whether or not to approve a change in “Article VI-Provisions of Plan”, “C- Concerning the School District and the School Board”, of the Reorganization Plan for the Turtle Lake-Mercer Public School District No. 72, as amended in 2015, with one of the following options to be approved:
OPTION 1: THE DISTRICT SHALL BE A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH A SCHOOL BOARD CONSISTING OF FIVE (5)) MEMBER ELECTED BY THE VOTERS AT LARGE FOR 3 YEAR TERMS.
OPTION 2: NO CHANGE TO THE REORGANIZATION PLAN AS AMENDED IN 2015
Polls Hours: Polls will be open at 7:00 AM and close at 7:00 PM.
By order of the School Board of Turtle Lake-Mercer Public School District No. 72.
Susan Davis
Business Manager
Turtle Lake - Mercer will have a 2-hour delay on Thursday, February 23rd. There will be no PreK and no breakfast. Doors will open at 10:00. Buses will run where possible, if your yard is blocked please communicate with your driver. Thank you.
High School FACS students paired with the Kindergarten class on a project. The high school students helped their kindergarten partners draw a monster and interviewed them about their monsters. They then went back to class, sewed their monsters, and wrote a story to go with them. Today, the kindergarten students received their monsters and story book and everyone had a great time!
Mrs. Christensen's fifth grade is reading the novel The Tiger Rising. Each corner of their classroom has a different comprehension question on Fridays that they discuss with their group. If you see a fifth grader, ask them to tell you about this novel and who their favorite character is so far!
The Central McLean Co-op is in need of the following coaching positions:
Assistant Softball - begins March 20th
Junior High Track - begins March 9th
Interested applicants can call Mrs. Schlafmann at 448-2365.
Congratulations to Bridger Martin and Lily Christensen! They are the newest members of the Million Word Club.
Tonight's Region games have been moved up to start at 4:00 and 5:30. Central McLean will play Garrison at 5:30 at Mandan High School. Good luck Cougars!!!
Mrs. Philbrick says, "I love teaching because of the opportunities it provides for building relationships with students. Helping students relate the things they learn in school to their lives outside of school can be a challenge but it so rewarding when it finally ‘clicks’."
With Girls Basketball Regionals starting tomorrow, just a quick reminder from the tournament directors:
💥 Students sections will be marked and located next to the wall adjacent to their fan section.
💥No student sections are allowed under the basket.
💥 Tournament admission fees are not included with the season passes.
💥Adults are $10.00
💥Students are $5.00
💥Live-streaming of the games will be available by NDHSAA on
https://psp.network/live
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CMC Cougars play the Center/Stanton Wildcats on Monday, Feb 20th, at 7:30, in Mandan High School.
Good luck team and GO COUGARS!
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There will be a MANDATORY meeting for all students, and a parent, who are participating in Trap Shooting this spring. The meeting will be held on Sunday, February 26th at 5:00 p.m. at the Turtle Lake Wildlife Club.
Mrs. Laib's English 11 class conducted Character Autopsies today as part of their novel study of Until They Bring the Streetcars Back. Questions to ask: 1) What is the book about? 2) Who are the main characters? 3) What are some of the 'parts' of their characters you wrote about?
Good afternoon, we apologize for the short notice, but White Shield just cancelled the C squad boys basketball game for today. There will be no C game, JV will start at 6:00 in Underwood. Go Cougars!
Mrs. Schumann's 6th graders have just finished learning about genetics and heredity. They made a delicious candy DNA model. Questions to ask these students: What does DNA stand for? How do the 4 bases in DNA match up on the double helix?
4th Grade Living Ag Classroom:
What ND crops did you learn about? What was your favorite booth? How was lunch?
Miss Anderson says, "I love teaching because I enjoy working with kids! I like getting to know them and helping them learn new things."
Mrs. Anderson says, "My love for teaching came later in life, but it came in loud and clear! I decided to get my sub license in 2018 because I liked the idea of the flexibility. In the fall of 2019, I was asked to sub full-time in kindergarten and by October, I knew that I had found my calling. I love teaching because I can make a difference every. single.day! I love that I learn and grow every day! I love looking at the face of a student who just realizes he/she finally understands whatever skill we've been working on all week. That "aha" moment that is instantly recognizable by the look on their faces. I take my responsibilty, as a teacher, very seriously and consider it an honor to be able to be part of each of my students' lives! They teach me every day too! Teaching makes me better across all areas of my life! My only regret is that I didn't discover my passion for teaching much sooner!"
Good morning! I have been out checking roads this morning across our district and they are clear. Some gravel roads and yards may have drifting so buses will run where possible. We will be starting on time today. Doors open at 8:00!