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?
6th grade competed in a relay game in Phy Ed, to win they need to be the first team to get the cards to spell out FAST and then tell Ms. Kramer what FAST means.
Questions to ask your students: Why do we act FAST when we suspect someone is having a stroke? What does the acronym FAST stand for in helping to determine if someone is having a stroke?
Kindergarten has been working on their teen numbers by using groups of tens and ones! We did a write the room, geo boards using teen numbers and ten frames, and link and learn with teen numbers!
Some questions to ask are :
A group of 10 and 5 more is?
A group of 10 and 2 more is?
The Turtle Lake - Mercer School has the following openings:
-Assistant cook - immediate opening
- Elementary teacher - 2022-23 School Year
Interested applicants should contact Sheila Schlafmann at sheila.schlafmann@k12.nd.us or (701)448-2365.
School board election will take place June 14th. Three positions to be filled. If interested, file an application with Susan Davis by April 11th at 4:00 P.M.
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JH Boy’s Basketball bracket for the tournament in McClusky beginning Friday, March 11th. Go Cougars!!!
Today the kindergarten class had a counseling lesson on mindfulness! They rotated through five different stations where they got to use their five senses to mindfully play with a variety of objects. Some questions to ask your students about mindfulness are:
1) What are your five senses?
2) How do we use our senses to be mindful of the things around us?
3) What words did you use to describe play-doh?
Today the 8th graders in FACS got to make their own T-Shirts! They designed their own design and learned how to press them today. Some questions to ask these kids are: What kind of paper do you need to do this? What material of shirt do you need for this? What type of ink do you need for this? How long do we press the shirts for?
It's March 1st and that means its reading month! Here are just a few things we would like to do to have fun and encourage our students to read.
* Wednesday March 2 – Wear your Reading month shirt
* Thursday March 10th – Donuts with Adults – Students are invited to bring an adult to read with and meet in the lobby/library area before school to read and have a donut.
* Thursday March 24th – Reading Buddies – We invite everyone down to the gym at 12:35. We will pair up a high-school student with an elementary student and spend a little time reading together. (about 20 minutes )
* Also remember the Book Fair will be going on in the library from March 7-15th.
Mini Cougar Summer Basketball Camp for Girls or Boys Grades K-6!
Coach Vaagene is looking to host a two day summer camp for girls and boys on June 15th and 16th. If you have not yet turned in an interest form, please do so by the end of this week. Payment is NOT do at this time. Forms can be returned to the school office or directly to Coach Vaagene. Thanks
Miss Maria Wirtz is finishing up her last day of student teaching in Kindergarten today! Today they enjoyed donuts and surprised Miss Wirtz with a special gift! On Monday she will be joining 2nd grade!
4th grade has been busy teaching each other about ND livestock.
What animal is used to protect sheep herds?
How much honey does a bee make in her lifetime?
We've gotten word there may be a scam going around where a caller states credit card information is needed for an ACT study guide to be mailed to your student. A list of free study resources was provided to all juniors. The school is not requiring any additional resources be purchased.
Just a reminder that tonight’s CHAMPIONSHIP is at 7:30 in Mandan. This will be broadcast on CMC Athletics Facebook page. Thank you to TruCommunity Bank, Sheridan Animal Hospital, and Mechanics Plus for making this possible! GO COUGARS!!!