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Tiger Families: October 6-13, 2024

Small School. Big Opportunity.

Vision Statement:

Mercer School students are empowered to succeed in personal pathways, expand their potential, find joy in learning, and thrive in a diverse and global community.

Spirit Week

Show your school spirit and dress up this week. Dress up days are:

Minion Monday-dress up like your favorite minion
Tuesday-Camo Day
Wednesday-White Out: Wear a white T or go all out and dress in white head to toe
Thursday-Anything But a Packpack: You need to haul your supplies to school, but today use anything but a backpack for your belongings.
Friday-Class Color Day

Seniors-Blue
Juniors-Black
Sophomores-Pink
Freshman-Green
K-8-Black & Orange

Welcome October

Wow! The first month of school zipped by! We entered October with a flurry of....not snow, but excitement and energy! October is filled with plenty of amazing activities to keep us all moving! Engaging classroom lessons, creative projects, outdoor exploration, team-building events--and let's not forget Homecoming--prove our students and staff have hit the ground running.

But don’t just take my word for it—take a look at the photos below that capture some of the incredible moments at Mercer School.

Thank you to our dedicated staff and enthusiastic students for making the start of the school year so special. I can’t wait to see what the rest of the year has in store for us!

Here’s to a fantastic October!

Changing Colors Inspire Trip to Mercer School Forest

On Friday, October 4, we celebrated the changing of colors with a trip to the school forest all morning. Many thanks to our amazing staff for setting up stations before school and making this an amazing student experience. The only complaint I received was next year it needs to be all day.

Below are some pictures of the various activities from the school forest as we celebrated autumn:

Girl in gray sweatshirt and jeans mid air as she jumps into a leaf pile in an pen field surrounded by birch trees

Mr. Griffin combined art and good old-fashioned leaf jumping. Students jumped into the leaf pile and artistic photos were captured.

Boy with black shirt, hat and jeans captured mid-air parallel to the ground as he jumps into a pile of leaves. Students stand in the background. In the background are trees of various colors-green, yellow and red.

High school students walking in the school forest holding clipboards

High School students on a nature scavenger hunt planned by Mr. Davis (above)

and preparing for Capture the Flag led by Mrs. Syverson (below)

Young man with thumbs up other students in the background. Picture outside on a fall day-leaves cover the ground, green and yellow leaves on trees in background.

High School students at a picnic table outside with plastic cups and coffee filters for an experiment on chromatography

Students learn how leaves get their color during a chromatography experiment led by Mrs. Engler. (High school students above, Kindergarten and 3rd grade below)

2 young girls sitting at a picnic table. One holding a plastic cup looking at the other grind leaves with mortar and pestle.

Students at a picnic table smiling as they prepare for a science experiment on chromotography. In the background is a forest and a yurt.

The "Grand Finale" - fall leaf confetti!

Culinary Arts

Girl looking at a small portion of cheesecake as she picks it up from a one of three plates displaying several small cheesecake portions.

Cheesecake? Yes, Please! Culinary Arts students displayed their creations in the school office before offering the treats to staff who readily devoured them!

Union Trades Career Fair

2 Students stand on one side of a table looking at tools a union trade worker displays.

On September 25, 11th and 12th-grade students interested in learning more about trades careers attended the Upper Peninsula Construction Council's "Hands-On Union Trades Career Fair" hosted at Gogebic Community College.

Log-a-Load for Kids

On October 3, students in 3-6 grade took a field trip to a forest in Pence to learn all about careers in forestry. About every 6 years, the Log-a-Load for Kids program comes to Iron County. The program is organized by the Northwest chapter of the Great Lake Timber Professional Association. Students rotate through multiple stations to learn about logging, forestry, wildlife, and how it impacts our local economy.

Money raised from the sale of harvested wood during Log-a-Load for Kids is donated to the Children's Miracle Network.

A group of students adn teachers pose outside in a field with trees in background

State troopers presented at Log-a-Load for Kids

Students learned about all forms of technology

Students were able to see forestry in action

Autumn Leaves Abound!

Girl holding up a poster that has "Autumn Leaves" written on it and 5 leaves of various shades of yellow, brown, orange and red glued on the poster.

K4 Students learned all about autumn leaves this week!

Talent Show

We are holding a Mercer School talent show on October 23. We encourage students of all ages to participate. Whether it’s playing an instrument, singing, dancing, magic, jump rope or something completely different, we’d love to celebrate all of our talented students!

Neon sign with yellow starts pink letters spelling TALENT blue neon spelling SHOW adn a pink microphone on a purple brick wall as the background

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Mercer Happenings

OCT 7 @ 9:00 AM Reading Buddies

OCT 7 @ 4:30 PM Cross Country Meet @ Solon Springs

Oct 8 @ 6:00 PM Varsity Volleyball @ LCO-Varsity plays first

Oct 10 @ 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM Construction Career Day/7-12th grades

Oct 10 @ 5:00 PM MS Girls Basketball @ Bessemer

Oct 10 @ 6:00 PM JV and Varsity Volleyball HOME vs. Mellen-Varsity plays first

PARENT'S NIGHT and Pink Out

Oct 11 @ 11:00 AM Nutritionist Talk/7th-12th grades

Oct 11 @ 6:30 PM Mercer 9-12th Band @ Chequamegon Football Game

Oct 12 7:00 PM-10:00 PM Homecoming at The Great Northern Banquet Hall

Oct 14 @ 8:30 AM Speaker: Billie Botes/7-12th Grades

Oct 16 Early Release 12:15pm/Parent-Teacher Conferences

October 16 Parent/Teacher Conferences 3:00 - 6:00pm

What's for Lunch this Week?

Lunch Menu

Monday, Oct 7

Corn Dogs

Green Beans

Mixed Fruit

Tuesday, Oct 8

SW Chicken Casserole

Corn

Pineapple

Wednesday, Oct 9

Scalloped Potatoes w/ Ham

Peas

Pears

Thursday, Oct 10

Popcorn Chicken

Tator Tots

Applesauce

Friday, Oct 11

Quesadillas

Corn

Pistachio Fluff

Event Information

Coffee with Renae

When?

Wednesday, Oct 30, 2024, 09:00 AM

Where?

Mercer School LIbrary

Attendance Matters

For children and teens, attending school isn’t just about getting an education. It’s about developing their whole selves—emotionally, socially, and personally.

Attending school regularly and in person gives students the ability to follow daily routines, as well as connect with friends, peers, teachers, and others outside their family circle. They’re able to engage and interact, to use their brains and try new things. They can be part of a team. They have a purpose.

Help your child be their best self. Show up to school every day.

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