In 8th grade health class they did a “Rank our Snack" activity. Questions to ask are: Which snack was the healthiest that they had? Which snack had the most sugar? Which snack had the most protein? Which snack had the most fat?
The 8th grade students learned about Digital Citizenship today in FACS class. Edutech and the McLean County Sheriff’s Department presented on how to stay safe when using social media.
8th grade discovering Pi lesson. The students drew a circle with a radius of 7 cm using a ruler and compass. They then placed M&Ms around the outer edge and from edge to edge through the center. We then counted the number of M&Ms around the outside, which is called the circumference, and the number of M&Ms edge to edge through the center, which is called diameter. They then divided the circumference by diameter and discovered the quotient was approximately 3.14!!!! Questions to ask your student: What is the formula to find the circumference of a circle? Ask them to recite Pi to 5 decimal places. Did you enjoy eating the M&Ms when you completed the activity?
January 26 activity update: No JV/V girls' basketball game in Wilton this evening, the game has been postponed to tomorrow night in conjunction with the boys' games. No C squad boys game tomorrow. Tomorrow's game schedule will go 3:00 JV girls, 4:30 JV boys, 6:00 V girls, and 7:30 V boys.
Turtle Lake - Mercer basketball boys in grades 7 - 12 will have an open gym (not mandatory) after school today with coach Anderson and coach Quintane. Thank you, have a great evening!
TLM School is hosting the annual Preschool Screening next Tuesday, January 31. Children who are 3, 4 or 5 years old are welcome to attend. Please call the school office at 448-2365 if you would like your child to be screened.
Come out for Donkey Basketball tonight! Various teams from the community will be competing. Tickets are $10 at the door. Preschool and under are free.
The North Dakota High School Activities Association (NDHSAA) signed a multi-year partnership with ND ScoreFeed. This is an app you can download and use to follow local sports scores. Fans can download the free app on their mobile devices at www.NDScoreFeed.com or find ND ScoreFeed in your app store on your mobile device. If you're looking for a quick way to follow scores for Central McLean Cougar Athletics, this is a great app. If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Ziebarth.
2nd grade explored different percussion sounds in music class this week. They had to find instruments that made a ‘scratching’ sound and instruments that made a ‘boom’ sound. Questions to ask your students: What instruments did you play in music this week? What did they sound like?
5th and 6th grade created frozen pictures/statues in music class this week. They recreated historical events, movie scenes, and portrayed emotions. They talked about what a tableau is and how to express emotion through pictures, poems, and sounds. Questions to ask your students: What is a tableau? What does creating a tableau have to do with music?
Sixth grade recently finished a STEM project on catapults. They learned about 2 kinds of catapults (mangonel and trebuchet) and built a catapult prototype according to certain criteria and constraints. They used marshmallows as ammunition and graphed the results. Questions to ask them are: What type of catapult did your team build? How could you improve your catapult?
Another calendar change for the 2022-23 school year calendar. There will be school on Monday, February 20th, this is a Storm Make-up Day. You can find the updated 2022-23 calendar on our website or using the link: https://5il.co/1niqr
The school board approved the 2023-2024 TL-M School Year Calendar at their January meeting. You can access the calendar using the link below or by visiting our website and going to "explore", "documents", and then "School Year 2022 - 2023" to find the calendar.
https://5il.co/1nip2
Kindergarten learned how to play roll and read today! Some questions to ask.
1.What new vowel sound did we learn?
2.How do we spell cup, up, sun?
The Biology students are working through their Molecular Biology unit, and last week they made candy DNA molecules and extracted DNA from strawberries. Some questions you could ask these students are:
1. What did the extraction buffer do to the strawberry cells?
2. What are 2 structural differences between DNA and RNA?
2nd grade made paper quilts for art!
Questions to ask your students: 1. How did you make your paper soft like a quilt? 2. What did you use to color your quilt and why?
The Hazen Bison Boosters is hosting a 3 on 3 basketball tournament on Saturday, March 11th in Hazen. Registration is first come first serve per division, but the deadline to register is March 1st. Divisions are Boys: Grades 3/4 and 5/6 and Girls: Grades 3/4, 5/6, 7/8, 9/10, and 11/12. For additional information contact Mrs.Schlafmann.
Turtle Lake-Mercer School will be working with Jostens to provide an ordering platform for Letter Jackets. Students can visit the attached link to view the options that have been designed for Trojan and Cougar jackets.
https://www.jostens.com/apps/store/customer/1050654/Turtle-Lake-Mercer-High-School/
Semester 1 for the 2022-2023 school year is officially complete. Report cards have been printed and will be mailed home. Congratulations to all students on the Honors, High Honors, and Highest Honors lists!
FACS 8 wrapped up their last cooking lab with a Chili Cook Off Competition. Some questions to ask them are:
-How did you make your chili?
-What did the chilis taste like?
-Who won?
REMINDER: TL-M will have school on Monday, January 16. This is a make up day for the snow days we had off in December. If your student will be absent please call the office to let us know.
