Band students will be leaving immediately after school on Tuesday, February 22nd to play at the Regional Girl’s Basketball Tournament in Mandan. Students need to bring their own money for supper. 9th -12th grade boy’s basketball players are excused from playing due to practice. Any students NOT riding the bus home must ride home with a parent and send a note or message to Mrs. Grewatz. Thank you! Go Band!
Another successful Dollars for Scholars Phone-a-Thon last night! Thank you to everyone who donated, bringing in $10,505! The kids had a fun evening!
REMINDER: The Phone-a-Thon for Turtle Lake-Mercer Dollars for Scholars is this is TONIGHT! TL-M Juniors and Seniors will be making calls and/or sending text messages from 6:30-8:30 PM. If you miss their call, please visit https://turtlelake-mercer.dollarsforscholars.org for a pledge sheet that you can complete and send in. Thank you to the community for supporting scholarships for TL-M students! Every dollar received is greatly appreciated and 100% of donations go toward a scholarship for a TL-M student.
The Algebra 2 class solved a Baseball at Fenway Park Quadratic Functions problem using their graphing calculators. Mrs. Cullum shared that the students worked diligently on this problem! Questions to ask these students: What was the height after 2 seconds? When was the ball 80 feet above the ground? If the catcher misses the ball, when does it hit the ground? How high is the ball at its highest point and when does it reach its highest point?
Today 7th and 8th graders competed in the 2022 Math Counts Competition! Students competed in an individual competition and there was a team competition. Questions to ask these students: What question was the most difficult for you? What question was the easiest for you and why? Did you enjoy the competition?
First graders went to RDO in Washburn for Safety Day. Questions to ask your child: Which station was your favorite? Why do we stay away from a PTO when it is running?
Girls' Region 5 Basketball Update:
1. CM will play the winner of the Flasher - Solen game on Monday at 7:30 and Mandan High School.
2. The Region games WILL NOT be streamed.
*Why?? NDHSAA has a $500 per game fee attached to any streaming of the games.
*As of now, no radio stations have reached out.
3. Student fans are encouraged to sit in their respective fan section at all games. Student sections will not be allowed to sit under the baskets.
4. TL-M and Underwood bands will be playing for the 6:00 and 7:30 games on Tuesday evening. CMC Dance Team will be performing during half-time of the 7:30 game on Tuesday. Grace Goven will be singing the National Anthem on Thursday!
5. Admission to the games are set by the NDHSAA and will be $10.00/adult and $5.00/student.
GO COUGARS!!!
Next week is National FFA Week! One of the many activities will be dress up days!
Fourth grade traveled to the Living Ag Classroom today! Questions to ask your student about their day:
What was your favorite session?
What is one crop that ND grows a lot of?
PreK morning routines! Ask your student: What center did you play at today? What friends did you play with at your center?
Girls' Basketball Super Regional Bracket: https://5il.co/15onu.
We will have many students performing at Super Regionals in Mandan:
Central McLean Dance Team - half-time of Tuesday's 7:30 game
CMC Pep Band - Tuesday evening session, games start at 6:00.
National Anthem sung by Grace Goven on Thursday at the 5:45 game.
GO COUGARS!!!
REMINDER: The Phone-a-Thon for Turtle Lake-Mercer Dollars for Scholars is this Thursday, February 17. TL-M Juniors and Seniors will be making calls from 6:30-8:30 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!
The 6th graders took on the challenge of building a bridge that had to be at least 14cm long with toothpicks, marshmallows, candy hearts, and two cups. They had 25 minutes to design and build a sturdy bridge. Two questions you can ask:
1. What type of engineer is involved in the designing and building process of bridges?
2. Which shape is mostly commonly found in bridges and why?
Congratulations to Nora Fiedler, the final Guessing Jar winner! Nora had an exact guess of 53 Hershey Kisses!
Happy Valentine's Day!
Happy Valentine's Day!
Happy Valentine's Day!
4th Grade Electromagnets Lesson. Questions to ask your student are:
How did you make the steel rivet magnetic? What happened as you increased the number of winds?
Congratulations to Zella Anderson, this week’s guessing jar winner! Zella had an exact guess of 48!
Thank you, Bismarck Chick-fil-A for the sweet treats!
