Turtle Lake-Mercer

Today we honored our local veterans with a program. 💙❤️

Thank you to all of our Veterans for your service. Please join us at TL-M tomorrow starting at 12:45 for our Veteran’s Day Program.

Student teacher, Miss Chelsea Laswell, had the fourth grade write paragraphs about the good traits of a veteran. Mrs. Laib’s freshmen came in and helped the students proofread and publish the paragraphs.

Our Student Council will be hosting a Veteran’s Day program (open to the public) beginning at 12:45 p.m., Friday, November 12, in our gymnasium to honor those who have served in the military. Grace Goven will be playing Taps (named by Congress in 2012 as the National Song of Remembrance). Her performance will be followed by a flag-folding ceremony conducted by Miss Ziebarth’s sixth-grade students, after which we will enjoy a program entitled “Letters From Home,” a memoir by ND Federal Jury Administrator Candy Schafer. Veterans in attendance will be invited to an ice cream social afterwards.

FACS students are busy sewing sock mokeys!.

Physical Science learning about elements of the periodic table. Today their bell ringer asked for two properties if metals followed by a precision partnering activity! Some questions you can ask about today’s nonmetal lesson are: Which special groups are included in the nonmetal group? What kind of bonds do nonmetals usually form?

Watching Junior High Girls' Basketball on NFHS? Here is a link to the 2021 roster. The roster can also be found by going to our TL-M app, Menu, Documents, Athletics/Activities or by visiting our website at www.tlm.k12.nd.us, Explore in the top right corner, Documents, Athletics/Activities. Go Cougars! https://5il.co/11mce

Please see the attached document on the latest COVID guidelines for TL-M. The new guidelines allow individuals who are household contacts to attend school with monitoring by school staff. Please contact the school if you have any questions. Thank you. https://5il.co/11hsb

Congratulations to everyone who had their buckets filled this week! Also, a huge thank you to everyone who took the time to share a positive thought and fill someone’s bucket!

CMC plays Standing Rock on Thursday, November 4th at 7:00 in Turtle Lake. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for students. CMC Passes do not work for Region games.

Don’t forget to join the TL-M band and choir tonight at 7:00 for their Fall Pop Concert and Fundraiser!

Jim Upgren from ND DPI was at the school this afternoon teaching students about the updates for the ND CTE and Academic Scholarships. Questions to ask these students: if you earn a D in Algebra II do you qualify for the scholarship? What is the minimum GPA required to receive the Academic or CTE scholarship? How many credits of CTE courses does a student need in order to qualify for the CTE scholarship? Reminder, Jim is giving the same presentation to parents tonight at 5:30 at the school. Hope to see you there!

REMINDER: Turtle Lake Mercer School is hosting a scholarship presentation tomorrow, Tuesday, November 2nd at 5:30 PM. Parents of students in grades 9-12 are invited. A representative from North Dakota Department of Public Instruction will be here to explain changes to the state scholarship programs.

REMINDER: Pajama Day tomorrow!

Thank you to all of our local businesses for helping make Halloween special!

Students had a great time dressing up for Halloween today!

TL-M staff showing their Halloween spirit! Don’t they look great?!? 🎃

6th grade pumpkin catapults! Questions to ask the 6th graders about what they learned: What is your design goal? What type of energy did your catapult use? What makes the projectile go the furthest? What happens when you move the fulcrum?

The Physics class helped the kindergarten class with a pumpkin activity today! Some questions to ask your kindergartener are: How many seeds did your pumpkin have? Did your pumpkin sink or float? How many cubes tall was your pumpkin?

Monday, November 1st, will be Pajama Day for all students. We hope everyone has a fun and safe Halloween on Sunday!