Enjoy the pictures of some great activities that took place this week with our elementary students collaborating with one another, and even Mrs. Quast's third graders working with the 6th graders to code and build their "floats" with robots!
Our second graders used balloons to design their own Thanksgiving Day Parade floats. Such a great way to use imagination and creativity. We want to wish you a great holiday weekend filled with memories with family and friends! We will see you all back at school on Monday, November 27.
This week Fifth Grade partnered with the "Water on the Go" program sponsored by Consumer Energy to work on the Design & Engineering Process! The "Water on the Go" program presented how quickly "invisible" pollutants enter the watershed and fifth graders were challenged to design solutions to protect the watershed. The students also created models of their solution ideas and explained their findings based on their investigations!
Third grade students in Mrs.. Helmreich’s third grade class finished up their final Junior Achievement lessons with Mrs. Stacy Causley today! They learned about money choices-earn, save, spend and donate. We learned how each choice affects the others. Finally, we built a city consisting of a multipurpose area, housing area, agricultural area, business area and industrial area!
So many of our classes have started and are working through lessons for Junior Achievement! We thank all of our volunteers for their time in our classrooms.
4th Graders from Mrs. Crook's class wrote letters to our Veterans that will be going to the VA Hospital in Saginaw. Thank you to all of our veterans near and far for serving our country!
5th grade students from Mrs. Somers's science class took part in a design challenge. They had to apply scientific concepts and use collaborative teamwork to build a vehicle that would land 2 alien marshmallows safely on Earth without falling out. Students experienced both failures and successes throughout the engineering process just like engineers do each day. See the amazing products that came from this challenge!
Fourth graders went on a field trip today to the Dow Tennis Classic! They made everyone proud and even got compliments from the Midland Tennis Center staff. Thank you to Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Huckeby and the 4th grade team for organizing such a wonderful opportunity for our students.
This week's FCSD staff highlight is Mrs. Heidi Zwerk!
Attention Learning Center and Elementary Families---We are celebrating homecoming week with some fun spirit days next week!
Thank you to Girl Scout Troop 50388 (and their parents) for cleaning and clearing out the garden near our back entrance at the elementary school. It looks wonderful!
We Are HIRING!
FES: Picture Day this Wednesday, August 30!
Students from Ms. Deb's Deer Bus when on a safari ride last week! Sun glasses, special music, dress ups, stuffed animals, and special treats filled the bus ride to and from school. Such a fun way to kick off the long weekend!
Students from Ms. Clark's high school STEM Class made and read comic books to third and fourth grade classes today. The students enjoyed their expression while reading and loved their creative work. The students did a wonderful job!
Attention Falcons!
Freeland Community School District is proud to present Matilda the Musical Jr. for the upcoming 2023-24 school year. Show dates are set for November 17-19. Below you will find audition and sign up information.
Auditions - Saturday, June 3 (11:00-4:00) 30 minute time slots
Callbacks - Monday, June 5 (4:00-7:00p if needed)
NOTE: There will be a $50 production fee for all cast members in order to participate. This fee will cover the student's t-shirt and materials for the show. Scholarships available to those who qualify. Production fees will be due at the first rehearsal during the first week of the school year. There will be NO summer rehearsals.
Go here to get started: https://tinyurl.com/FreeMatilda
Please contact deschainez@freelandschools.net or murraya@freelandschools.net if you have any questions.
Summer Opportunity for grades 3rd-8th (grade for 2023/2024)!
The FES 5th and 6th grade students had a great day of learning during their Career Day today! Thank you Ms. Castillo, Ms. Furst, and Junior Achievement of North Central for helping to support our students learn about different careers today!
Eighth Graders from Mrs. Meitler's math classes taught our 2nd-6th grade STEM students how to use their coding knowledge and the TI-inspire calculator to program rovers to draw shapes and also make music and light shows. After, our 2nd-6th graders taught the 8th graders all about our eSports program! It was a great morning of learning for everyone!
Happy Mother's Day! In writing class, the fifth graders wrote essays about the impact their mothers or an influential mother figure has on their lives. The writing prompt was "Why does mom or a special person deserve a day of pampering?" They submitted the essays and the team worked with The Avenue in Saginaw to honor these special people with gift cards, and 6 students were chosen to present their special people with gift baskets donated by The Avenue. Such a special way to honor our special people and our mothers for all that they do!
We hope that all of our mothers have a special Mother's Day weekend!
Fourth grade students in Mrs. Crook, Mrs. Taylor, and Mrs. Dobson's classes took some time out of their day to focus on some Affirmation Day this week. They wrote affirmations that focused on building self confidence. The students colored affirmation pictures, and even got some bracelets! They are amazing, smart, strong, beautiful and unique!
FES Families "Chalked the Walk" yesterday to kick off teacher appreciation week! We sure do appreciate our teachers and thank you for making our sidewalks so colorful to show appreciation for our teachers and staff. Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!
