Order your Reading Month T-shirt and support the TL-M FCCLA program. Order forms were sent home with PreK-6 students today and are available in the main office. You can also access the form using this link: https://5il.co/154b3. Please turn in order forms and money to the main office by Thursday, February 10th. We look forward to celebrating Reading Month in March!
The Turtle Lake – Mercer Public School is looking for a full-time K - 12 Music Teacher for the 2022 – 2023 school year. We offer a 183-day contract with a $2,000 co-curricular vocal and instrumental extra-duty pay. Benefits include full single BCBS health insurance plan with a loaded $2,600 HSA (health savings account). We are Model I TFFR (teacher retirement). Turtle Lake – Mercer is a PreK – 12 school located in Turtle Lake, ND. Coaching and advisor positions also available. Salary is dependent upon experience with a base of $39,500 (2021-22 school year base pay).
How to apply: Interested applicants should send letter of application, three letters of recommendation, and resume to Sheila Schlafmann at sheila.schlafmann@k12.nd.us or by mail PO Box 160, Turtle Lake, ND 58575. For questions, please call Sheila Schlafmann at (757) 651-9230 or (701) 448-2365.
Deadline: March 15th or Until Filled
5th graders are playing Win the White House today to learn about the Electoral College.
How many votes does ND have in the Electoral College? 3
What are some states that have the most votes? California, New York, Texas, Florida
Last week’s winners of the guessing jar were McKenna Faulkner and Lily Christensen with an exact guess of 41! This week the jar is filled with Sour Cherry candies! Winner will be announced on Thursday!
Coach Vaagne’s Little Cougars performed at halftime today! Good ball handling, girls!
Yesterday and today in FACS class, eighth graders completed "The Great Ingredient Function Experiment." Students made four variations of chocolate chip recipes. We have a couple of questions to ask your students: What recipe variations did you make? How did the variations change your cookies? And, of course: Will you make me some?
2022 Central McLean Clay Targets Information:
When: April through May
Who: 6th – 12th graders from Turtle Lake – Mercer, McClusky, and Underwood
Contact: Josh Ruffo – (701)421-6896 or josh.ruffo@k12.nd.us
There is a sign-up sheet in the school office for kids who are interested.
The students in our Agricultural Mechanics class started working on small engines today! Questions to ask them are: What are the four strokes of an engine? How does the engine generate electricity for the spark plug?
The Central McLean Cougar Co-op is looking for an Assistant Baseball Coach and TWO Junior High Track Coaches. Individuals must be highly motivated, organized, possess good communication skills, understand and be able to teach the skills needed for the sports, promote and build quality teamwork, and able to work with all types of people. Pay is based on the CMC activity pay scale for coaching. Interested applicants should submit letter of application, resume, and three letters of recommendation to Sheila Schlafmann at sheila.schlafmann@k12.nd.us or mail to P.O. Box 160, Turtle Lake, ND 58575.
Application Deadline: Friday, February 18th.
100 Days of School Fun!!
About three years ago Jeff Adams gave Mr. Buccholz and the Ag classroom a pineapple plant. During that time the Ag department has rebuilt their greenhouse and made many improvements. They now have their first pineapple growing in the greenhouse!
Happy 100th Day of School!!!
Good morning! We continue to battle icy roads and blowing snow, please give yourself extra time when traveling this morning and slow down. School will be starting on-time today.
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.
