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.




Time to have some fun! How many hearts do you think are in the jar?


Good evening, with tonight’s weather and Monday’s forecast (rain, light snow, and re-freezing roads) TL-M will be 2 hours late on Monday, January 24th. Buses will run 2 hours late. Doors will open at 10:00. Teachers and staff report at 10:00. NO pre-k or breakfast. Class will begin at 10:30. Safe travels.
Good luck to these two TL-M Future City teams as they compete in Bismarck today!


These 8th grade students did an amazing job with their mental health awareness posters! Ask them about their project. What mental health illness they chose? Where can you get help in ND if you have these mental illnesses? Why is it important to understand mental illnesses?




Kindergarten has been working on their step and kick! Ask your student “which foot is their dominant foot?”.



Tutoring for K - 6 students begins Monday, January 31st from 3:15-4:15. These forms are being sent home TODAY with all K - 6 students.


TL-M Student Council is hosting a SNOWBALL on Saturday, February 5th from 8:00-11:30 P.M. at the TL-M gym. 7th - 12th grade students from Turtle Lake - Mercer, McClusky, and Underwood are all invited to attend! Admission is $5/person.

Senior, Ashlee Presser, presented on a 1944 Supreme Court Case, Korematso V. U.S., which dealt with Japanese American forced Internment Camps. Questions to ask these students are:
1. Were these camps legal?
2. Were there any internment camps in North Dakota?


