REMINDER: First District Health Unit will be at the school next week on October 19th to give flu shots. If you would like your child to receive a shot, please return the consent form to the school as soon as possible. Forms are available in the school office or visit www.fdhu.org. Thank you!
REMINDER: Turtle Lake Mercer School is hosting a scholarship presentation tomorrow, Wednesday, October 13th at 5:30 PM. Parents of students in grades 9-12 are invited. A representative from North Dakota Department of Public Instruction will be here to explain changes to the state scholarship programs.
PINK Night is Tuesday, October 12th! Wear pink to school and come to cheer on the Cougars that evening when they play the Wilton-Wing Miners!
Do you have buttons and fabric straps you would like to donate? Our Family and Consumer Science teacher is working on projects with her students and would appreciate whatever you have to give.
CMC Junior High Girls' Basketball Parent/Player Meeting.
When: Wednesday, October 13th @ 6:15 pm
Where: Turtle Lake Gym/Lunch Room
What: Hand out schedules, Remind App, and handbooks. Discuss plans for the season and answer any parent/player questions.
The 8th grade FACS students helped Mrs. Voth repurpose an old book that fell apart by sewing several pieces of paper together to make bookmarks for the library! “Sew” cool!
Picture Day is Thursday, October 28, 2021.
Forms are going home with students this week. Or you can order online at mylifetouch.com using school code EVT8KGQJH. Retakes are scheduled for November 22, 2021.
REMINDER: Turtle Lake Mercer School is hosting a scholarship presentation next Wednesday, October 13th at 5:30 PM. Parents of students in grades 9-12 are invited. A representative from North Dakota Department of Public Instruction will be here to explain changes to the state scholarship programs.
Mrs. Voth visited the Bismarck Public Library Book Sale today and brought back tons of books for our library! Happy Reading!!
Yesterday, members competed in the District 2 Leadership Conference. It was a successful day. Congratulations to all who competed. The results are as follows.
Creed
Austin Wall- Gold, top 3
Prepared Public Speaking
Rhea Laib- Gold, high individual, & advancing to State!
Extemporaneous Public Speaking
Remi Laib- Bronze
Employment Skills
Mya Kittler- Bronze
Demonstration
Troy Bergquist- Silver
Greenhand Quiz- Gold team, 2nd place
Remi Laib- Gold, 3rd place
McKenna Faulkner- Gold, 4th place
Kaden Lelm- Gold, tied for 5th place
Kaleb Lelm- Gold, tied for 5th place
Mya Kittler- Gold
Carson Ravnaas- Bronze
Ty McKeef- Bronze
Cheyenne Schumann- Bronze
Inaia Way- Bronze
Brooklyn Tomlinson- Bronze
Advanced Quiz- 2nd place team & advancing to State!
Amy Klain- Gold, high individual!
Rhea Laib- Gold, 4th place
Kadence Reiser- Bronze
Zachary Stute- Bronze
Conduct of Chapter Meetings- Silver team
President: McKenna Faulkner- Silver
Vice President: Remi Laib- Silver
Secretary: Mya Kittler- Silver
Treasurer: Kaleb Lelm- Gold, Treasurer of the Day!
Reporter: Wyatt Wagner- Gold, Reporter of the Day!
Sentinel: Irie Irwin- Silver
Parliamentary Procedure- Gold, 2nd place & advancing to State!
President: Amy Klain- Gold, President of the Day!
Vice President: Rhea Laib- Gold, Vice President of the Day!
Secretary: Troy Bergquist- Bronze
Treasurer: Zachary Stute- Gold, Treasurer of the Day!
Reporter: Kadence Reiser- Bronze
Sentinel: Reagan Rust- Gold, Sentinel of the Day!
Members advancing to State will compete at State LDE Day on November 22nd. Advanced Quiz will compete at State Convention in June. Congratulations and Good Luck!!!
Thank you to St Olaf Church for your generous donation to the school.
7th grade FACS students were practicing their babysitting activity by reading their books (with finger puppets) to pre-k today!
Just a reminder that the Junior High football team plays Surrey tonight in Underwood at 5:00 PM. The Junior Varsity is traveling to New Salem for a 6:30 PM game. This is a change to the original schedule as Surrey did not have enough for a Junior High game. GO COUGARS!
Mrs. Buccholz’s 7th grade FACS students finished their finger puppets that accompany a children’s book! This was one of their projects for their childcare unit!
Today Mrs. Lelm’s 4th graders received a surprise popcorn party from Mr. Ziebarth for being an outstanding class of readers! So far they have read over 1,350,381 words this school year! Way to go 4th grade, keep reading!!
Each month students in Miss Myhre’s 2nd grade will be getting a new book thanks to their Scholastic book sponsors! This month’s book was “We Don’t Eat Our CLASSMATES” by Ryan T. Higgins.
Under ESSA, all public school districts receiving federal funding are required to notify the parents of each enrolled child in the school regarding the performance measures outlined in the state's accountability system. The attached letter is Turtle Lake - Mercer's 2021 annual notification of school accountability.
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Mr. Todd Wolf, also known as "The Chess Guy," was in a number of classrooms today teaching our students some of the basics of chess! Mr. Wolf began playing the game in 1989 and is the 2015 ND state champ and former president of the ND Chess Association.
8th grade FACS sewing machines and felt projects.
