Freeland Elementary School

The FNV Griffins advanced in Regional play by defeating Mt. Pleasant in the opening round of the MHSAA state hockey tournament 5-0. The Griffins now advance to Saturday night's Regional Semi-final against Flint Powers, 7:00 pm @ Iceland Arena in Flint. Go Griffins!

Parents of Future Falcons: Kindergarten Registration is from 5:00 - 7:00 this evening @ the Freeland Learning Center. Please come any time during that window, should take around 45 minutes. Questions? Call 989.695.5721 or email Principal Lopez at lopezi@freelandschools.net

Due to technical difficulties, Mrs. Stahl's Tuck-In Tuesday event was rescheduled for tomorrow. Tuck-In Thursday will be at 7 p.m. For more information about these events, click the link below. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hLY9QLrLUXwILAXEH7F_1oR7eAtXqSV6/view?usp=sharing

Fourth grade students at Freeland Elementary were treated to a talent show this morning, sponsored by the Kindness Club. All of the performers did an outstanding job and exhibited a great deal of courage.

Today, 5th and 6th grade students participated in the school spelling bee.  First place for 6th grade is Julia Molinar and 2nd place is Tucker Mika.  In fifth grade, first place is Zachary Freier and second place is Morgan Shepard.

Twenty elementary students competed in the school level National Geographic Bee. Nathan Anaya finished in 1st place, followed by Zander Wheatley in 2nd place and Morgan Shepard in 3rd place. Nathan will take an online qualifying test and have an opportunity to move on to the state level competition held at Western Michigan University.

Ms. Darrow's class did a close read on the book Snowballs, played VOCABULARY SCOOT with students writing definitions and drawing pictures of vocab words on one another's papers, and ended with a STEM project. Students made a catapult and measured how far their objects went!

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"The Kindness Club" held a pancake breakfast for our amazing paraprofessionals at Freeland Elementary.

While learning about matter and its different properties, Mrs. Williams’ 2nd grade class designed and made hats to protect them from the sun. They explored various properties such as softness, a materials ability to soak up water, and stiffness.

Mrs. Trainor’s class was fortunate to have Mrs. Wilder read them The Christmas Ship which was written by Carol Crane, a Michigan author.  This enhances their study of Michigan, as it is a story  about a shipwreck during a trip from the Upper Peninsula to Chicago while delivering Christmas trees.

Students in Mr. Harrison’s 6th grade classes made commercials showing off his students’ creativity. The students were given the task to create a fictional product that can accurately add and subtract decimals. Then they had to make their most convincing sales pitch in the form of an infomercial to be shared with the class.

A HUGE thank you to DuPont for a $2,500 grant towards our K-6 STEM program!

Frosty Shoppe fun!! Don’t forget that the Frosty Shoppe is open until Wednesday. Thank you to all the volunteers helping students shop and wrap. We appreciate you.

Our very own elementary school Robotics team, called “Robo Force Team #4883” (Makenna Geurts, Mia Hileman, Lauren Messing, & Grace Mullen), presented to Mrs. Chislea last week. They are working on a project focused on creating an accessible playground for our school, and making recess fun for ALL students- especially students who have physical disabilities. We are so proud of these girls! They have great ideas and thoughtfulness towards their peers. These young community members will make a difference for the lives of others.

The students in Ms. Darrow’s class studied the book titled Balloons over Broadway this last week. They worked on digging deeper into vocabulary and comprehension. They completed their study with a stem project with Ms McKees class. We made our own balloons and finished the day with a parade.

4th graders from Mrs. Crook’s class are busy learning about Thanksgiving by being actively engaged in a Thanksgiving scavenger hunt!

Freeland Elementary Student Council (2-6) would like to sponsor Michigan vs. Michigan State day on Friday, November 15th. Wear your team colors!

The Freeland Middle School (6-8) wrestling team has a successful opening week of wrestling. They defeated four teams and outscored their opponents 197-87. Ela Mae Klopf was the wrestler of the week. She secured a victory by pin against her St. Louis opponent. The quickest pin of the week goes to Brigham Smith, who needed only 10 seconds to pin his Hemlock opponent. That is a fast pin! 6th Grade Winners for the week Bryson Lynch Easton Rosebush Ela Mae Klopf Zack Clark Brigham Smith Great job 6th grade!

Fifth Grade Social Studies students participated in an Explorer Exhibit Walk this week! To conclude their explorer research, the kids had an opportunity to go into the other Social Studies classes to observe and learn from each other.