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Publication of the Freeland Community School District • 710 Powley Drive • Freeland, MI 48623

Volume 31, No. 3November 2008

www.freeland.k12.mi.us

PRST STDU.S. Postage Paid

Permit No. 26Non-Profit


BoxholderPOSTAL CUSTOMER

District Mission StatementThe purpose of the Freeland Community School District is preparing students to be

successful adults through excellence in education.

District Phone Numbers and Office HoursOffices are open Monday through Friday

District Office. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695-5527Matthew A. Cairy, Supt.- Linda L. Foco, Assistant Supt.

7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.Freeland High School (Grades 9-12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695-2586

Jon Good, Principal -Barry Weldon, Assistant Principal7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Freeland Middle School (Grades 7-8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692-4032Chris Arrington, Principal

7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.Freeland Elementary School (Grades 3-6) . . . . . . . . . 695-5371

Timothy Parson, Principal8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Freeland Learning Center (Grades ECDD-2) . . . . . . . 695-5721Beverly Beyer, Principal

8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.Transportation/Buildings and Grounds . . . . . . . . . . . 695-5101

Patrick Hart, Director7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Athletic Director/Community Ed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695-5986Jeffrey Bell, Director7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

HS/MS Events Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692-4030

Food Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695-2586Jackie Coffey, Director

7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Take a MomentBy Matt Cairy, SuperintendentAs I am writing this, the 5th game of the World Series has been suspended by rain in the bottom the 6th inning. It is a very unique situation where a tremendously important baseball game has been stopped, to resume at some later date. It provides a rare opportunity to reflect on the game to this point, and look at all the possibilities as to how it might end. This made me think about how seldom we stop what we are doing to reflect, and take the time to carefully consider our next step. We are too often wrapped up in our “game” and cannot find the time to step away and think about where we are, how we got there, or where we want to be. This is a huge challenge for your school district, as we strive for improvement. It is also a challenge I would put in front of each parent and Freeland resident, as members of our community. What can the Freeland Community School District do to better educate the children of Freeland? How can the Freeland Community School District better serve this community? Is their something you can do to help provide for our children? The more we think about what we want for our future, and communicate these ideas, the better job we will do in planning to make it happen. Please take the time to reflect on your schools, and let us know how we can better serve the needs of this community and our students.

The Super Week of Homecoming

The week of September 29 through October 3 was Homecoming Week. The theme for the week was Super Heroes. The festivities included Powder Puff on Tuesday night with a tightly contested game of flag football between the Jr. and Sr. girls.

The entire court was introduced at the royalty assembly with the King and Queen announced at the football game. New this year was the addition of gentlemen to the court.

The Homecoming Parade was headlined by the FHS Marching Falcons. The football game had perfect weather for an outstanding performance by the Falcons who were victorious in a hard-fought game.

The Marching Falcons headline the homecoming parade.

Kate Gricar tries to elude tackles from the junior girls in the Powder Puff game.

Homecoming Royalty Queen Allie Seager and King Spencer Toth enjoy their reign.

Photo courtesy of Jeff Schram

Meal Magic Online Access!

Food Service Department is pleased to announce parents may now go to www.LunchDeposit.com and view account balances and meal histories. Directions may be found on our website or picked up in the school offices. Student ID numbers are needed when signing up. High school and middle school students know their number or a parent may look the number up in School View. The number is also available on report cards. Letters went home with Learning Center and Elementary students the last week of October. Please call Jackie Coffey at 695-2586 should you have questions or problems accessing the accounts.

UPCOMING EVENTSNovember 20 Powley Street Singers, 7:00 p.m. @ HS

AuditoriumNovember 21 LC 1st Grade Thanksgiving, 9:30 – 11:00

a.m.November 24 Board of Education, 7:00 p.m. @

ElementaryNovember 24 & 25 1st and 2nd Grade Conferences, 4:00

– 7:00 p.m.November 24 & 25 Elementary Conferences, starting at 4:00

p.m.November 24 & 25 MS Conferences, 4:00 – 7:00 p.m.November 24 & 25 HS Conferences, 4:00 – 7:00 p.m.November 26 – 28 NO SCHOOLDecember 11 MS Concert, 7:00 p.m. @ HS

AuditoriumDecember 15 Board of Education, 5:30 p.m. @ HS

Media Ctr.December 16 HS Holiday Concert @ 7:00 p.m. @

AuditoriumDecember 22 – January 2 WINTER BREAKJanuary 16 1⁄2 day for students; Marking Period

EndsJanuary 19 NO SCHOOL; Teacher Work DayJanuary 26 Board of Education, 7:00 p.m. @

Elementary

Junior Haley Niedzwiecki catches a pass that results in a short touchdown run during the Powder Puff game. Photo courtesy of Jeff Schramm.

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CREATIVE CLASS: The students in Mrs. Benkert’s second grade class reached twenty-five points for cooperative classroom behavior thus earning the privilege of selecting their classroom reward – which was to have a “Crazy Hair Day!” Top-knots, asymmetric hair, and colors of green, pink, blue, and red were everywhere! FLY AWAY: The first grade students learned about the insect characteristics and their life cycles as

they watched caterpillars become beautiful butterflies. What fun it was to let them fly away in our garden!

INSECT INTEREST:The first grade students spent the months of September and

October learning all about insects. To culminate the first

grade insect characteristic unit, Margaret Breasbois from the Saginaw County Mosquito

Abatement Commission visited the Learning Center

and gave a presentation. The presentation included a power

point show, learning about mosquitoes, looking at live

praying mantis, beetles, and mosquitoes. Looking through

a the compound eye was awesome!

MEET MISS POSCAL!Miss Poscal is the new second grade teacher at the Freeland Learning Center.

She is an enthusiastic and friendly teacher who loves to work with her students. She has created a “homey”classroom environment that enhances learning. Miss Poscal collaborates with her colleagues for planning lessons

and uses parent volunteers to assist her instructional program. Welcome to the Freeland Learning Center, Miss Poscal!

Emiley Hardy, Courtney Payk, Emily Wegner, and Erica Lamb are busy working on their “compare and contrast essay” in Mr. Nixon’s sophomore English class.

Ronald Makl prepares to use the vertical CNC mill to make a prototype golf club head. R&M Machine tool in Freeland generously donated the mill.

Haylie Kitsch and Ashlie Melzo display their Mole Day project, which was to determine that a ‘mole’ of cupcakes would stretch from Florida to Egypt.

Mrs. Marcie Rousseau assists Sarah Walker and Kelcie Geese with their “compare and contrast essays” in sophomore English.

WHERE THERE’S SMOKE... Fireman Don visited students to promote fire safety.

The high school teacher cadets designed their own picture books and read them aloud to FMS students. Middle school students evaluated Kelsey Hathaway and the other cadets based on their attire, voice inflection, use of visual aids, interaction with students, and the moral content of each story!

FHS Student Learning

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Study Island Trip to Splash Village

A contest was created to promote the use of the Study Island website over the summer months. The Study Island website provides challenging questions for the students to answer in order to play a variety of games. Students going into grades 4 - 6 were eligible for the contest. 134 Freeland Elementary School students participated in the contest. The students worked all summer to achieve the goal of 10 hours of use on Study Island. The following Freeland Elementary students achieved the goal, Matthew Bluer, Derek Booms, Anthony Cook, Ben Gibson, Jacob Hoffman, Adam Landeryou, Taylor Richards, Jack and Garrett Richardson, and Aiden Vanloo. These students, each chose a guest to accompany them on a field trip to Splash Village in Frankenmuth. The contest was sponsored by Freeland Elementary Student Council.

SUPER SCIENTISTS: Students from Mrs. Cripe’s third grade class are busily classifying animals.

YOUNG LEADERS: The 2008-2009 Student Council was recently elected at Freeland Elementary School. The fifth and sixth grade classes vote on a representative for each classroom. The Student Council at the Elementary School helps throughout the year with various activities such as popcorn sales, the Senior Citizen lunches, a food drive, morning announcements, and Kids Helping Kids during Walleye Festival.

Elementary Student Council (Front L-R): Alex Crane, Alaina Gilginas, Taylor Herring, Kyle Suitor, Dylan Shaw, Melanie Padgett (Back L-R): Josh Beltz, Kayla McQuinn, Brooke Taylor, Kayle Brilinski, Becky Bell (not pictured, Blake Rose).

“FUN”D RAISING: Lindsay Guster helps Mrs. Barthel with her “Cruisin’ Cooler” to celebrate the magazine sales at the elementary school.

ADULT VOLUNTEERS NEEDED AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWe are looking for adults who can give at least an hour a week to work with individual

students. No special skills are needed, just a desire to help. You would be working with students who need extra one-on-one assistance with language arts or math. We will pair you with the grade level and subject area that you are comfortable with. If you can help

or would like further information, contact Kate Freeman at 695-5371.

FMS Parents Are Invited To ….

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When: Monday, November 24th and Tuesday, November 25th

(4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.)

Where: Each teacher will meet with parents in their individual classrooms.

(Please bring your students schedule and/or report card with you.)

Time: Each parent will be allotted the maximum of 15 minutes with each

teacher, if necessary. Due to time constraints, it is not possible for

every conference to last the maximum time allotment. If you feel you

need more time with an individual teacher, please sign up in the office

before you leave for the evening. Teaching staff will contact you as

soon as possible to set up an individual appointment.

FMS Scholastic Book Fair

When: Friday, November 21st

Time: before school, lunch, and 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Monday, November 24th and Tuesday, November 25th


Where: Room 80

READING TO 100: Mrs. Bain’s 3rd hour class is working hard to meet the goal of reading 100 novels by May 15th. So far, the kids are ahead of schedule. Max Lodge, Madison Behm, and Macey Miller are doing their part to achieve this goal.

COLLEGE BOUND: The seventh grade teachers are raising post-secondary education awareness by promoting many colleges in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference by displaying the donated shirts, banners, and brochures in each classroom. FMS students are reminded daily about the importance of a college education.

READY FOR LONDON 2012: The seventh grade team of teachers created a fun and engaging assembly for our students recently. The assembly was a capstone to a thematic unit that extended into each content area. The theme was the “Olympics.” English classes studied “myths and legends,” and students in social studies had fun learning about ancient Greece and Hercules. Science and math students mastered the metric system by converting measurements and graphically organizing them in a variety of ways. Each homeroom “became” a different country for the unit, and proudly displayed their flag. Students researched facts and displayed informational posters in the circle area of our school. Top students in each homeroom were even given the honor to be the flag-bearers of the assembly ceremony. Eric Chesney, Katie Reams, Brandon Younglao, Jeremy Flood, and Adam Porath had fun competing in the “paper javelin” throw.

Elementary Principal ThoughtsBy Tim Parson

As mentioned in my October article, we implemented an intervention that was successful at the middle school last year called IPOD ( I need to work on Preparedness, Organization and Dependability) with fifth and sixth grade. In short, we provide students with missing or incomplete work the opportunity to finish their assignments with a teacher at lunch and/or after school. In the first month of school, this was so successful that we have expanded the program to fourth grade. We have seen equally successful results with these students.

Another year of MEAP testing is complete. I want to thank so many parents for their cooperation in getting your children to school on testing days well rested. I know some of you rearranged appointments to have students take tests on the scheduled days. The new testing schedule made make-ups extremely challenging.

BOOK CLUB: Fourth graders from Mrs. Taylor’s class are immersed in their book club! They enjoy reading and discussing the books.

High School Office Phone Numbers The High School office has been issued additional phone numbers in order to serve the community more efficiently. They are:Main Office – 695-2586Counseling Office – 695-5526Attendance/Athletics – 695-5525Athletic Director – 695-5986Events Line – 692-4030

CAUGHT FOR “GOOD MANNERS!” When they least expect it – the students from the Learning Center might receive a “good manners” slip to enter into one of the drawings for prizes that Mrs. Miller, gym teacher, and Mr. Guenther, music teacher, host each month. The adults watch and listen for the students to use skills such as saying, “please” and “thank you,” listening, following directions, and saying “I’m sorry.”

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P.T.O. News for the Freeland Elementary & Learning Center

Upcoming meetings are November 4 and December 2 at 6:45 in the media center at the Elementary School. As always, there will be babysitting and refreshments provided. We’re looking forward to seeing you!

Some events we are currently working on include Frosty’s Shoppe, Mother-Son hockey, and Math and Science Night. There are many others as well, so please get in touch with a PTO board member to find out how you can get involved.

Wow! Pumpkin Festival was a huge hit again this year, and we had so many wonderful and creative entries! The winners are listed below; thanks to all who participated, helped out, and donated to make this fun event the success that it was!

PreSchool Kindergarten First Grade Second Grade Third Grade1st Place: Amelia Behm Luke Cairy Izabella Rosebush Noah Mehl Tanner Hare2nd Place: Makenna Fruk Larkin Wegner Matthew Quinlan Ema Lynch Caitlyn Rohde3rd Place: Madigan Franklin Sydney Herring Madelyn Snider Jordan Ingraham Alexa Walker

Fourth Grade Fifth Grade Sixth Grade Seventh Grade-Adult1st Place: Morgan Buxman Tori Delgado Brenna Dill Dan Wegner2nd Place: Emma Snider Ally Duley Ashtyn Hare Taylor Spitz3rd Place: Taylor Hinkley Alexandra Crane Megan Schmidt Jim Spaulding

Congratulations to all our winners and to everyone who entered such fabulous pumpkins. We are already excited to see what you have for us next year!

Co-Presidents Secretary TreasurerMissy Beyer 692-2411 Sonni Magyar 695-2682 Nasie Snider 695-9005Wendy Franklin 695-6752

PUMPKIN FESTIVAL!

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Study Island Trip to Splash Village

A contest was created to promote the use of the Study Island website over the summer months. The Study Island website provides challenging questions for the students to answer in order to play a variety of games. Students going into grades 4 - 6 were eligible for the contest. 134 Freeland Elementary School students participated in the contest. The students worked all summer to achieve the goal of 10 hours of use on Study Island. The following Freeland Elementary students achieved the goal, Matthew Bluer, Derek Booms, Anthony Cook, Ben Gibson, Jacob Hoffman, Adam Landeryou, Taylor Richards, Jack and Garrett Richardson, and Aiden Vanloo. These students, each chose a guest to accompany them on a field trip to Splash Village in Frankenmuth. The contest was sponsored by Freeland Elementary Student Council.

SUPER SCIENTISTS: Students from Mrs. Cripe’s third grade class are busily classifying animals.

YOUNG LEADERS: The 2008-2009 Student Council was recently elected at Freeland Elementary School. The fifth and sixth grade classes vote on a representative for each classroom. The Student Council at the Elementary School helps throughout the year with various activities such as popcorn sales, the Senior Citizen lunches, a food drive, morning announcements, and Kids Helping Kids during Walleye Festival.

Elementary Student Council (Front L-R): Alex Crane, Alaina Gilginas, Taylor Herring, Kyle Suitor, Dylan Shaw, Melanie Padgett (Back L-R): Josh Beltz, Kayla McQuinn, Brooke Taylor, Kayle Brilinski, Becky Bell (not pictured, Blake Rose).

“FUN”D RAISING: Lindsay Guster helps Mrs. Barthel with her “Cruisin’ Cooler” to celebrate the magazine sales at the elementary school.

ADULT VOLUNTEERS NEEDED AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWe are looking for adults who can give at least an hour a week to work with individual

students. No special skills are needed, just a desire to help. You would be working with students who need extra one-on-one assistance with language arts or math. We will pair you with the grade level and subject area that you are comfortable with. If you can help

or would like further information, contact Kate Freeman at 695-5371.

FMS Parents Are Invited To ….

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When: Monday, November 24th and Tuesday, November 25th

(4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.)

Where: Each teacher will meet with parents in their individual classrooms.

(Please bring your students schedule and/or report card with you.)

Time: Each parent will be allotted the maximum of 15 minutes with each

teacher, if necessary. Due to time constraints, it is not possible for

every conference to last the maximum time allotment. If you feel you

need more time with an individual teacher, please sign up in the office

before you leave for the evening. Teaching staff will contact you as

soon as possible to set up an individual appointment.

FMS Scholastic Book Fair

When: Friday, November 21st


Monday, November 24th and Tuesday, November 25th


Where: Room 80

READING TO 100: Mrs. Bain’s 3rd hour class is working hard to meet the goal of reading 100 novels by May 15th. So far, the kids are ahead of schedule. Max Lodge, Madison Behm, and Macey Miller are doing their part to achieve this goal.

COLLEGE BOUND: The seventh grade teachers are raising post-secondary education awareness by promoting many colleges in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference by displaying the donated shirts, banners, and brochures in each classroom. FMS students are reminded daily about the importance of a college education.

READY FOR LONDON 2012: The seventh grade team of teachers created a fun and engaging assembly for our students recently. The assembly was a capstone to a thematic unit that extended into each content area. The theme was the “Olympics.” English classes studied “myths and legends,” and students in social studies had fun learning about ancient Greece and Hercules. Science and math students mastered the metric system by converting measurements and graphically organizing them in a variety of ways. Each homeroom “became” a different country for the unit, and proudly displayed their flag. Students researched facts and displayed informational posters in the circle area of our school. Top students in each homeroom were even given the honor to be the flag-bearers of the assembly ceremony. Eric Chesney, Katie Reams, Brandon Younglao, Jeremy Flood, and Adam Porath had fun competing in the “paper javelin” throw.

Elementary Principal ThoughtsBy Tim Parson

As mentioned in my October article, we implemented an intervention that was successful at the middle school last year called IPOD ( I need to work on Preparedness, Organization and Dependability) with fifth and sixth grade. In short, we provide students with missing or incomplete work the opportunity to finish their assignments with a teacher at lunch and/or after school. In the first month of school, this was so successful that we have expanded the program to fourth grade. We have seen equally successful results with these students.

Another year of MEAP testing is complete. I want to thank so many parents for their cooperation in getting your children to school on testing days well rested. I know some of you rearranged appointments to have students take tests on the scheduled days. The new testing schedule made make-ups extremely challenging.

BOOK CLUB: Fourth graders from Mrs. Taylor’s class are immersed in their book club! They enjoy reading and discussing the books.

High School Office Phone Numbers The High School office has been issued additional phone numbers in order to serve the community more efficiently. They are:Main Office – 695-2586Counseling Office – 695-5526Attendance/Athletics – 695-5525Athletic Director – 695-5986Events Line – 692-4030

CAUGHT FOR “GOOD MANNERS!” When they least expect it – the students from the Learning Center might receive a “good manners” slip to enter into one of the drawings for prizes that Mrs. Miller, gym teacher, and Mr. Guenther, music teacher, host each month. The adults watch and listen for the students to use skills such as saying, “please” and “thank you,” listening, following directions, and saying “I’m sorry.”

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CREATIVE CLASS: The students in Mrs. Benkert’s second grade class reached twenty-five points for cooperative classroom behavior thus earning the privilege of selecting their classroom reward – which was to have a “Crazy Hair Day!” Top-knots, asymmetric hair, and colors of green, pink, blue, and red were everywhere! FLY AWAY: The first grade students learned about the insect characteristics and their life cycles as

they watched caterpillars become beautiful butterflies. What fun it was to let them fly away in our garden!

INSECT INTEREST:The first grade students spent the months of September and

October learning all about insects. To culminate the first

grade insect characteristic unit, Margaret Breasbois from the Saginaw County Mosquito

Abatement Commission visited the Learning Center

and gave a presentation. The presentation included a power

point show, learning about mosquitoes, looking at live

praying mantis, beetles, and mosquitoes. Looking through

a the compound eye was awesome!

MEET MISS POSCAL!Miss Poscal is the new second grade teacher at the Freeland Learning Center.

She is an enthusiastic and friendly teacher who loves to work with her students. She has created a “homey”classroom environment that enhances learning. Miss Poscal collaborates with her colleagues for planning lessons

and uses parent volunteers to assist her instructional program. Welcome to the Freeland Learning Center, Miss Poscal!

Emiley Hardy, Courtney Payk, Emily Wegner, and Erica Lamb are busy working on their “compare and contrast essay” in Mr. Nixon’s sophomore English class.

Ronald Makl prepares to use the vertical CNC mill to make a prototype golf club head. R&M Machine tool in Freeland generously donated the mill.

Haylie Kitsch and Ashlie Melzo display their Mole Day project, which was to determine that a ‘mole’ of cupcakes would stretch from Florida to Egypt.

Mrs. Marcie Rousseau assists Sarah Walker and Kelcie Geese with their “compare and contrast essays” in sophomore English.

WHERE THERE’S SMOKE... Fireman Don visited students to promote fire safety.

The high school teacher cadets designed their own picture books and read them aloud to FMS students. Middle school students evaluated Kelsey Hathaway and the other cadets based on their attire, voice inflection, use of visual aids, interaction with students, and the moral content of each story!

FHS Student Learning

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CYAN

MAGENTA

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Volume 31, No. 3November 2008

www.freeland.k12.mi.us

PRST STDU.S. Postage Paid

Permit No. 26Non-Profit


BoxholderPOSTAL CUSTOMER

District Mission StatementThe purpose of the Freeland Community School District is preparing students to be

successful adults through excellence in education.

District Phone Numbers and Office HoursOffices are open Monday through Friday

District Office. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695-5527Matthew A. Cairy, Supt.- Linda L. Foco, Assistant Supt.

7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.Freeland High School (Grades 9-12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695-2586

Jon Good, Principal -Barry Weldon, Assistant Principal7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Freeland Middle School (Grades 7-8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692-4032Chris Arrington, Principal

7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.Freeland Elementary School (Grades 3-6) . . . . . . . . . 695-5371

Timothy Parson, Principal8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Freeland Learning Center (Grades ECDD-2) . . . . . . . 695-5721Beverly Beyer, Principal

8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.Transportation/Buildings and Grounds . . . . . . . . . . . 695-5101

Patrick Hart, Director7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Athletic Director/Community Ed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695-5986Jeffrey Bell, Director7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

HS/MS Events Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692-4030

Food Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695-2586Jackie Coffey, Director

7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Take a MomentBy Matt Cairy, SuperintendentAs I am writing this, the 5th game of the World Series has been suspended by rain in the bottom the 6th inning. It is a very unique situation where a tremendously important baseball game has been stopped, to resume at some later date. It provides a rare opportunity to reflect on the game to this point, and look at all the possibilities as to how it might end. This made me think about how seldom we stop what we are doing to reflect, and take the time to carefully consider our next step. We are too often wrapped up in our “game” and cannot find the time to step away and think about where we are, how we got there, or where we want to be. This is a huge challenge for your school district, as we strive for improvement. It is also a challenge I would put in front of each parent and Freeland resident, as members of our community. What can the Freeland Community School District do to better educate the children of Freeland? How can the Freeland Community School District better serve this community? Is their something you can do to help provide for our children? The more we think about what we want for our future, and communicate these ideas, the better job we will do in planning to make it happen. Please take the time to reflect on your schools, and let us know how we can better serve the needs of this community and our students.

The Super Week of Homecoming

The week of September 29 through October 3 was Homecoming Week. The theme for the week was Super Heroes. The festivities included Powder Puff on Tuesday night with a tightly contested game of flag football between the Jr. and Sr. girls.

The entire court was introduced at the royalty assembly with the King and Queen announced at the football game. New this year was the addition of gentlemen to the court.

The Homecoming Parade was headlined by the FHS Marching Falcons. The football game had perfect weather for an outstanding performance by the Falcons who were victorious in a hard-fought game.

The Marching Falcons headline the homecoming parade.

Kate Gricar tries to elude tackles from the junior girls in the Powder Puff game.

Homecoming Royalty Queen Allie Seager and King Spencer Toth enjoy their reign.

Photo courtesy of Jeff Schram

Meal Magic Online Access!

Food Service Department is pleased to announce parents may now go to www.LunchDeposit.com and view account balances and meal histories. Directions may be found on our website or picked up in the school offices. Student ID numbers are needed when signing up. High school and middle school students know their number or a parent may look the number up in School View. The number is also available on report cards. Letters went home with Learning Center and Elementary students the last week of October. Please call Jackie Coffey at 695-2586 should you have questions or problems accessing the accounts.

UPCOMING EVENTSNovember 20 Powley Street Singers, 7:00 p.m. @ HS

AuditoriumNovember 21 LC 1st Grade Thanksgiving, 9:30 – 11:00

a.m.November 24 Board of Education, 7:00 p.m. @

ElementaryNovember 24 & 25 1st and 2nd Grade Conferences, 4:00

– 7:00 p.m.November 24 & 25 Elementary Conferences, starting at 4:00

p.m.November 24 & 25 MS Conferences, 4:00 – 7:00 p.m.November 24 & 25 HS Conferences, 4:00 – 7:00 p.m.November 26 – 28 NO SCHOOLDecember 11 MS Concert, 7:00 p.m. @ HS

AuditoriumDecember 15 Board of Education, 5:30 p.m. @ HS

Media Ctr.December 16 HS Holiday Concert @ 7:00 p.m. @

AuditoriumDecember 22 – January 2 WINTER BREAKJanuary 16 1⁄2 day for students; Marking Period

EndsJanuary 19 NO SCHOOL; Teacher Work DayJanuary 26 Board of Education, 7:00 p.m. @

Elementary

Junior Haley Niedzwiecki catches a pass that results in a short touchdown run during the Powder Puff game. Photo courtesy of Jeff Schramm.

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