
A huge thank you to Dakota West Credit Union for organizing a school supply drive for the teachers and students at TL-M! We have had many other individuals in the community make generous school supply donations as well! Thank you, Turtle Lake - Mercer patrons, for your generosity!!✂️📒🖍


5th grade artists painting sunflowers!





5th grade artists painting sunflowers!





Tomorrow’s (Thursday, September 9th) JH volleyball triangular at Shiloh has been cancelled because they are unable to find officials. We are trying to find a date to reschedule. Practice will be in McClusky.

Congratulations to the following TLM students for being selected by their fellow classmates to be named to the 2021 Homecoming Royalty Court. The final round of voting for king & queen will be held Thursday, Sept 9! Girls: Ashley Bergquist, Amy Klain, Rhea Laib, and Kadence Reiser. Boys: Julius Anderson, Easton Frey, Zac Stute, and Matt Wahl. Good luck to each one of you during the final round of voting!

Homecoming 2021 – Turtle Lake-Mercer Public School
Just a quick update regarding our Homecoming 2021 events. We are hoping homecoming apparel will be here by Friday afternoon for those who ordered items online from Pure Country in Bismarck.
Tuesday, Sept. 7
HC Royalty Voting Round 1 - Grades 7-12.
Thursday, Sept. 9
HC Royalty Voting Round 2 – Grades 7-12.
Friday, Sept. 10
Hallway decorating –period 7.
Monday, Sept. 13 – Formal Day
1. Door decorating completed by today. Theme: TV shows
2. Coronation – 2 p.m. all k-12 students - Gymnasium
Tuesday, Sept. 14 – Hawaiian Day
Wednesday, Sept. 15 – Pajama Day – Bonfire in McClusky – 7-9:30 p.m. No fee. Concessions available.
Thursday, Sept. 16 – Patriotic Day
Friday, Sept. 17 – Spirit Day
1. Float decorating/parade/pep rally in Underwood
2. FB vs Grant County @ Underwood – 7 p.m.
3. Dance at Underwood following football game until 11:30. Door close at 10 p.m. $5 per person at door.

Today’s salad bar is loaded with goodies! Black olives, peppers, peas, carrots, eggs, ham, bacon, chicken, and cheese!



Sign up deadline for DANCE is TOMORROW!
If you want to participate stop by the office to sign up.
Coach is Courtney Blotske. Practice tentatively starts November 1st.

Following CMC Activities on NFHS? You can find all of our rosters on our website by going to www.tlm.k12.nd.us, "Explore" in the top right corner, "documents", and "athletics/activities" folder. You can also download the TL-M app, select "menu", then "documents", and "athletics/activities" and have all of our fall rosters available when you need them!


CMC Junior High Football and Junior High Volleyball Rosters.



Sports photos are being taken after school next Tuesday, September 7. The order form is attached. Or online ordering is available for the first time this year at https://www.platinumphotographynd.com/order-online. Please note that there is an additional $3.00 fee for ordering online.

Your 2021 Cougar Volleyball Rosters. The Cougars play in Underwood on Tuesday against Surrey starting at 5:00!




Turtle Lake Mercer School is hosting a scholarship presentation on 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.


If you are looking for some sport specific Cougar Gear, here are those links:
Football
https://cm21football.itemorder.com/
Cross Country
https://cm21xc.itemorder.com/

Calling all Cougar fans! Here is the link, https://cm21fan.itemorder.com/shop/sale/?saleCode=VQSPM, for your CMC Fan Gear! This online store closes September 2nd at 11:59 P.M.


North Dakota Century Code 23-07-17 mandates all students in kindergarten through 12th grade meet a minimum number of required immunizations prior to school entrance, and each school is responsible for excluding non-compliant students after October 1st. Children enrolling in school after October 1st have 30 days to be up-to-date or claim an exemption, or they must be excluded from school. If your student(s) is not up-to-date on any of the required vaccinations we will notify you of what vaccinations your student(s) need.
https://5il.co/y0ix

The link to order 2021-2022 Central McLean Cougars Homecoming Apparel is up and running and is located at the end of this message. The football roster will be printed on the back of the shirts (not pictured in link).
We have adult and youth short-sleeved shirts, long-sleeved shirts, and hooded sweatshirts. Please remember when completing the online order form to include your school for delivery purposes.
The deadline to order is Sept 1 (so we can get apparel items back to us for distribution at the school before Monday, Sept. 13, the start of Homecoming Week).
Due to inventory issues, the adult-sized XL short-sleeved t-shirts are not available. However, long-sleeved shirts and hooded sweatshirts are available in the adult XL size.
The link to order 2021-2022 Homecoming apparel is as follows:
https://centralhomecoming2021.itemorder.com




Be a leader!


Calling all TL-M Music and Sports Boosters Parents and Community Members!
Please come Wednesday, August 25th @ 7:00 p.m. in the school cafeteria. We will be having a joint Booster meeting to discuss the best way to support the needs of ALL of our students and their activities at TL-M. See you there!
