Turtle Lake-Mercer

Math Department Pi Day (3.24) Activity Alert! Seniors read Circumference and the Dragon of Pi to 3rd grade students. Math students measured the distance around a circular object (circumference) and the distance across the circular object (diameter). Students calculated the value of Pi by dividing circumference by the diameter. Students also wrote about their Pi activity! Students divided a real pie (thank you TL Main Street Market!) into three equal parts with .14 (1/7th) left over. Questions to ask students: Explain what 3.14 means in terms of the diameter and circumference of a circle. Why is Pi Day celebrated on March 14th?

Happy Pi Day!!! Thank you, Turtle Lake Main Street Market for the fresh baked pies!!!

There will be no Tutoring after school this week. Enjoy the Spring Break!

The 6th graders are learning about density, volume, and mass! Yesterday, they completed different tasks to learn more about them. For one task, they modeled the density of different liquids and objects by layering them in a graduated cylinder. For another task, they used water displacement to measure the volume of irregular shaped objects. Some questions to ask them: 1. What is the equation for finding density? 2. How do we use water displacement to find the volume of an object? 3. What will happen when you place liquids with different densities on top of each other?

Mr. Vasbinder’s 7th graders chose their own essay topics, wrote a persuasive essay, and created 4 minute presentations. Topics ranged from gene splicing to 4-day school weeks and everything in between. Questions to ask these students: What was your topic? What were the 3 main points you made in your argument?

Mrs. Cullum’s 7th grade math class has been working on applying their knowledge of finding percent increase. This week they used their computers to find the average prices for certain items in 2022 and found the percent increase from 1956. Questions to ask: Which item had the greatest percent increase? What item had the greatest dollar amount increase? How do you calculate Percent of Increase?

Congratulations to Kenzee Hanson! Kenzee won the Book Worm Guessing jar contest with a guess of 57! There were 58 worms in the jar.

Hello TL-M Families, We need your help in providing feedback through the Culture and Climate Survey: https://eprovesurveys.advanc-ed.org/surveys/#/action/188088/p35665 Please take a 5 - 10 minutes to complete this brief survey to let us know how we are doing here at TL-M. Thank you for you time!

TL-M FFA Banquet TONIGHT! Join us at 6:30 P.M. for steak, potatoes, dessert, and more!

Mrs. Lelm’s 4th graders are learning about the transfer of energy. Questions you can ask these students are: What evidence of energy transfer did you observe?   Which system was the most fun to experiment with?

Thank you to Sandy Tomlinson on your years of dedicated service to the TL-M School!

Mrs. Cullum’s Geometry class is working on Right Triangle Trigonometry Posters for the classroom to help them understand and remember the formulas. Questions to ask these students: What are the 3 main trig ratios and can you define them? Describe the hypotenuse of a Right Triangle. State the Pythagorean Theorem.

Washburn Lions Club Carnival - Saturday, March 12 from 3-6PM Turtle Lake Mercer students and their families are invited to the Washburn Lions Club Carnival in Washburn this Saturday. There will be kid games, bingo, ham raffle and food from 3-6 PM at the Washburn Memorial Building.

Today our TL-M teachers and administrators met in their Cross Pollinated groups to update each other on the progress of our school-wide goals! Our four teams are: Family and Community Engagement, School Culture and Climate, Data Literacy, and Academic Instructional Practices. Great things are happening at TL-M!

Congratulations to Amy Klain! Amy was awarded the Class B Honorable Mention Academic Allstate Award from the North Dakota Association of Secondary School Principals. One hundred ninety-six high school seniors were nominated by their school principal and compete for the honor on a state-wide basis in both Class A and Class B divisions. Student selection is based on overall grade-point averages, ACT or SAT test scores, extracurricular activities, community involvement and leadership qualities.

The Book Fair is here and that means another fun Guessing Jar! Thank you, Mrs. Voth!!

This Thursday - Donuts and Adults: 8:00-8:30am! Students are invited to bring an adult before school to read in the lobby area, have a donut, and check out the book fair.

This Friday begins the Junior High Boys Basketball Tournament in McClusky! Central McLean will play the winner of Washburn/Center-Stanton at 7:15 P.M. Good Luck, Cougars!!!

Dear Parent or Guardian, Parent-teacher conferences are scheduled from 3:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Monday, March 14, 2022. Our school is using PTCFast.com to parent-teacher make signups as convenient as possible this year. Please enter the following web address into your browser window: https://www.ptcfast.com/schools/Turtle_Lake_Mercer If you do not have internet access to sign up, please contact us via phone at 701-448-2365. Please note Mrs. Marquita-Grewatz will not be available during conferences March 14. Best Regards, Mr. Heyd PreK-12 Principal

2nd grade has been reading Dr. Seuss books and working with solids and liquids.. what better way to learn about BOTH than making oobleck!? First we listened to the story Bartholomew and the Oobleck, then we made oobleck and talked about its properties. Questions you can ask your student: 1. Is oobleck a solid or a liquid? 2. What makes oobleck change from a solid to a liquid?