Tomorrow, September 27th, is Pajama Day for homecoming! Dress in your favorite, most comfy pjs!
The 6th graders went on an archaeology dig. We dug for artifacts in a M&M cookie! When you see these students ask them: What is archaeology and artifacts? What does it me to excavate? How is archaeology and paleontology different?
Congratulations to our 2022 Homecoming King and Queen, Keaton Rust and Daisy Sparrow!
Tomorrow is formal day for students and staff at TL-M, dress your best! Coronation will take place at 2:30 in the gym! Good luck to our homecoming candidates!!
8th Grade Math Students using “Precision Partnering” to interpret continuous graphs and discrete graphs. The students then presented their findings to the class. Questions to ask your students: What is the difference between a continuous graph and a discrete graph? In a continuous graph what does a horizontal line represent?
PreK has started learning the letters of the alphabet. This week they read a story called The Big Box an ABC Book. In the story, some kids get a big box and go through a bunch of different ideas of what they could make with the box. One idea for each letter of the alphabet! Today PreK found a big box and came up with their own ideas. They voted and decided to make a cave! Questions to ask: What other things could you make from a box? What letter does cave start with?
8th grade volleyball tournament in Wilton this Saturday, September 24th. Good luck, Cougars!
Thank you to Mrs. Voth, Mrs. Laib, Vivian Schlafmann, and the Pep Club for your work on the new CMC signs here at the school! Mrs. Voth received funds from Turtle Lake American Legion and Washburn American Legion to purchase fence decorations.
We are currently raising funds to add a Trojans fence sign on the opposite side of the playground. If you would like to contribute, please reach out to Mrs. Voth.
Homecoming Coronation is on September 26 at 2:30 in the Turtle Lake-Mercer Gymnasium. Public are welcome to attend.
Homecoming Coronation in the picture: Left to right, Eastyn Rittenbach, Chloe Harr, Keaton Rust, Grace Goven, Landon Faulkner, Daisy Sparrow, Daniel Miller
Homecoming Prince and Princess: Sawyer Vaughn, Lakyn Ziebarth
2021-22 Notification of School Accountability Report. Please visit https://uat.insights.nd.gov/Education/District/28072 for information on Turtle Lake - Mercer Elementary and High School.
Parent Notification - https://5il.co/1iak7 and Website Notification - https://5il.co/1iak8
Kindergarten has been working on numbers 0-5 . We have used vocabulary like more than, less than, equal to. We have also been introducing different ways to show our numbers like 10 frames, dice, fingers, dominos, and tally marks!
Cougar Volleyball Dig Pink Night Shirt Fundraiser forms will be in the school offices and sent home with students tomorrow (9/21)!
This year's proceeds will be split between the Ralph Driessen and Sheila Majors families!
*Orders will be accepted thru Wednesday, September 28th.
*Turn in order form and payment to any of the school offices
*Checks need to be made payable to Underwood Public School
Come out and support Cougar Volleyball on October 18th for Pink Night and wear your shirt!
Today in Mrs. Slavik’s class the third graders talked about what it means to be a bucket filler versus a bucket dipper. They participated in a bag sort activity where they had to decide if different scenarios were filling others buckets or dipping into others buckets. After the lesson, they were given a kindness BINGO challenge so they can practice their bucket filling skills! Questions to ask your students include:
1: What does it mean to be a bucket filler?
2: What does it mean to be a bucket dipper?
3: Why is it important to be kind?
2022 Homecoming Dress Up Days! If you need some Trojan Throwback apparel, we still have for sale for $5 each! Proceeds go back to support TL-M activities! They will be available in Mrs. Schlafmann’s office.
The 7th Graders in Mrs. Buchholz’s FACS class have been learning about child development and babysitting. After learning about the ages and stages of children, they worked with a partner to create an original game or toy. Some questions to ask them would be: What is your game or toy? What age group is your game or toy for? How much would you sell your game or toy for?
Miss Klein would like to share her new music department page "Music Note" with our TL-M families and community! You can find "Music Note" by visiting www.tlm.k12.nd.us, going to the "more" on the right-hand side and then click on "Music Note" to see everything that is happening in grades K - 12 in regards to music! You can find links to a calendar, newsletter, and class syllabus!
4th grade conductors and insulators activity!
What test materials were good conductors of electricity? Why was it important to have the switch closed and the wires hooked up securely?
The 2022 Central Mclean Cougars Homecoming Parade will be in Turtle Lake on September 30 at 1:00. Community organizations are invited to place a float in the parade. Parade lineup will be at 12:45 in the student parking lot. Contact Mr. Ziebarth with any questions.
REMINDER: Flu shots will be given at our school on Wednesday, October 19, 2022, beginning at 8:00 am.
This year you can register by paper or online at www.fdhu.org. Consents will be accepted up to the day of shots. However, we encourage staff and parents to have either online or paper consents completed by this Friday, September 23rd.
The JH/JV football games on Monday, September 19th are in Wilton, not Washburn. Good luck Cougars!!🏈