Turtle Mountain Community High School

Welcome to the FIRST year of gardening at TMCHS! 👩🏻‍🌾🧑🏼‍🌾

Our gardening journey officially began on April 30 when we planted seeds in the high school greenhouse for both our outdoor garden and greenhouse growing beds. Since then, we’ve been learning something new every week about maintaining a greenhouse that was originally designed for winter use and adapting it for year-round growing.

Exciting news—last night and this morning, we planted our very first garden bed! 🌿 While we’re getting started a little later than usual, a combination of scheduling challenges and rainy weather delayed our launch. We’re thrilled to finally get things growing!

The best part? The fresh produce from our garden will be used in the TMCHS cafeteria and cooking classes, giving students the opportunity to enjoy and learn from food grown right here on campus. 🥕🥬🌶️

A huge thank you to Monti LaVallie and the school Event Staff, TMC USDA Extension Director Michelle Short-Azure, TMC Anishinabe Campus tilling crew, and garden volunteer Jeanette Laducer for their support, guidance, and hard work in helping this project take root. 🌱💚

We’ll continue sharing updates as the garden grows! In the meantime, feel free to leave positive thoughts, encouragement, and your favorite gardening tips in the comments. 🫜🌶️🥕🥬🥦🐝

Here’s to a season of learning, growing, and harvesting together! 🌞🌻

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Students who participated in the 21st Century Minong camps last week — basketball with DJ McGillis and Dillon Allery, graphic design with Gary Thomas and Adrienne Vondal, and beading with Jessica McGillis and Terri Peltier — your financial travel stipend checks are ready.

You may pick them up from Kristy LaVallie at the high school.

Thank you all for participating and making the camps a success. Have a great summer!

— Candace LaRocque

🚨🌄 Attention Classroom Without Walls Adventurers! 🦬⛰️

If you're attending the **Classroom Without Walls experience in Montana and Wyoming**, it's time to check your school email! 📧✨

Important trip information is waiting for you.

🚌 We'll see you **next Tuesday the 16th**
⏰ **6:45 AM**
📍 **High School Parking Lot**

Get ready for an amazing adventure—we can't wait to hit the road with you! 🌟🐻🏔️

📣 TMCHS Students — Don’t Miss Out on Our 21st Century Summer Enrichment Camps!

The 21st CCLC Minong “A Good Place” summer enrichment groups will be taking place June 8–12, 2026 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. These camps are a great opportunity to learn new skills, have fun, meet new people, and stay active this summer!

🏀 Century 21 Basketball Camp
Build your basketball skills through shooting, dribbling, passing, conditioning, teamwork, and training with DJ McGillis and Dillon Allery. Open to boys and girls in grades 9–12.

🪶 21st Century Beading Club
Celebrate culture and community while learning new beading techniques, creating projects, and making something beautiful with friends.

🎨 Wear Your Vision: Graphic Design
Learn design basics, creative image creation, and graphic design software with Gary Thomas and Adrienne Vondal.

💵 Students may receive $21 per day financial travel assistance for attendance.
🚗 Students must provide their own transportation.
📍 Camps will be held at TMCHS.

Please see the attached flyers for full details and sign-up information. Spots are limited, so sign up soon with the group leaders, Kellie Hall, or Candace LaRocque!

BOOZHOO ALL TMCHS students: The Native Language Immersion Grant is sponsoring summer camps for the month of July. These camps are open to all TMCHS students, including incoming freshman. You will need transportation to get to and be picked up from each camp, but lunch and snacks will be provided. You can apply to any camp you choose, or all four. There are limited spots available so complete your registration asap. The registration forms are in the commons area at TMCHS. There will be a drop box for completed registration forms in the commons as well. Please watch for more updates. If you have any questions, contact Jackie at 477-6471 ext 3277 or Kellie at 477-6471 ext 3109.
GI GA WAABAM IN!

Our last honor rolls for the year! What a great year TMCHS students you make us all so proud!!

Tomorrow morning we will start with sunrise ceremony at 8am at the HS up on the outdoor basketball courts north of the HS. Please bring a lawn chair and wear your ribbon shirts/ribbon skirts if you have them.

Make sure to sign in before heading out there☺️

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🏈 FUTURE BRAVES FOOTBALL REMINDER 🏈
Future Braves Night starts tomorrow!

TMCS students in grades 2nd–8th are invited to join us for an evening of football, competition, and skill development.

📅 June 1
⏰ 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
📍 Future Braves Football

✔️ Skill Work
✔️ Compete
✔️ Play Football

Work. Compete. Play.
Build Skills. Build Confidence.
Become a Brave

Good evening Staff Cultural Professional development will start at 8am tomorrow morning! We are excited for the upcoming days to be full of learning laughter and love! See you all tomorrow morning!

TMCHS phones are currently down, and we are unable to receive incoming calls at this time. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience while the issue is being worked on.

We will provide an update once phone service has been restored.

Thank you for your understanding.