Turtle Lake-Mercer

Do you want to work outside this summer and earn $15+/hour? Contact South McLean County Soil Conservation District for an application.

The Phone-a-Thon for Turtle Lake-Mercer Dollars for scholars has been changed to Thursday, February 17. TL-M Juniors and Seniors will be making calls from 6:30-8:00 PM. Visit https://turtlelake-mercer.dollarsforscholars.org for more information or for a pledge sheet that you can complete to send in your donation before the phone-e-thon if you prefer. Thank you to the community for supporting scholarships for TL-M students!

Please use the link to see the board approved 2022 - 2023 TL-M School Calendar. https://5il.co/14qvc

Attention Parents, Family Members, and Community Members. We have our yearly popcorn fundraiser that will help out all our students attend our music trip. All orders will be shipped directly to you if ordered from the site. Students will also be selling popcorn if you want to support a specific student. The students will also have different flavors that vary from the website. Please feel free to share the link to others. Thank you for your support! https://fundraising.popcornopolis.com/pages/turtle-lake-mercer-high-school

The 6th, 7th, and 8th graders have been working hard on building a future city that is waste-free and has a circular economy. Along with a model of their city, the students also had to do extensive research, write an essay, record a presentation, and answer questions in front of various panels of judges. This year we had two teams competing at the Future City Competition in Bismarck on January 22nd. Three students from each team represented our school's Future City program. At the competition, they answered questions about their waste-free city in general, their planning process, what engineers do in their city, and how they would survey the land for their city. No-Waste Nation was represented by Aiden Hanson, Kaden Lelm, and Griffin Kraft. EcoCity was represented by Vivian Schlafmann, Jonas Christensen, and Charlie Sparrow. EcoCity placed 2nd overall for the regional competition, tied for 1st place in the surveying category, and placed 2nd in the Q&A section of the competition.

Updated 2021-22 CMC GBB Roster: https://5il.co/14n2v

Time to have some fun! How many hearts do you think are in the jar?

Good evening, with tonight’s weather and Monday’s forecast (rain, light snow, and re-freezing roads) TL-M will be 2 hours late on Monday, January 24th. Buses will run 2 hours late. Doors will open at 10:00. Teachers and staff report at 10:00. NO pre-k or breakfast. Class will begin at 10:30. Safe travels.

Good luck to these two TL-M Future City teams as they compete in Bismarck today!

These 8th grade students did an amazing job with their mental health awareness posters! Ask them about their project. What mental health illness they chose? Where can you get help in ND if you have these mental illnesses? Why is it important to understand mental illnesses?

Kindergarten has been working on their step and kick! Ask your student “which foot is their dominant foot?”.

Tutoring for K - 6 students begins Monday, January 31st from 3:15-4:15. These forms are being sent home TODAY with all K - 6 students.

TL-M Student Council is hosting a SNOWBALL on Saturday, February 5th from 8:00-11:30 P.M. at the TL-M gym. 7th - 12th grade students from Turtle Lake - Mercer, McClusky, and Underwood are all invited to attend! Admission is $5/person.

Senior, Ashlee Presser, presented on a 1944 Supreme Court Case, Korematso V. U.S., which dealt with Japanese American forced Internment Camps. Questions to ask these students are: 1. Were these camps legal? 2. Were there any internment camps in North Dakota?

Good morning! Roads around Mercer and Turtle Lake have some snow cover and scattered ice. Please give yourself extra time and slow down this morning.

4th grade OREO persuasive writing project. Questions to ask your student: What does “OREO”stand for?   What topic did you choose?   What are “strong”words?  

Turtle Lake - Mercer School has an immediate opening for a paraprofessional. For more information, please contact Sheila Schlafmann at 448-2365 or sheila.schlafmann@k12.nd.us. Applicants should submit a letter of application, resume, and three letters of recommendation. Position is open until filled.

First graders have been busy learning about place value. Questions to ask are: 1. Can you count the place value blocks in the picture for me? 2. In the number 83, is the 3 in the tens or ones place?

6th, 7th, and 8th graders from TL-M will be competing in The Future City Competition in Bismarck this Saturday. This year’s competition is to design a city that has a circular (waste free) economy. Questions to ask these students: 1) What are some types of clean energy and transportation? 2) What is one benefit of a circular economy?

School and buses will run 1 hour late on Wednesday, January 19th to give everyone a little extra time to dig out and drive in the daylight. Doors will open at 9:00 A.M., teachers and staff report at 9:00, breakfast will be served, and there will be PreK.