Freeland High School

FHS students in Mrs. Clark's class spent time making their own notes, building a thinking classroom. Who says learning math can't be fun?

Last night's Freeland's Got Talent was a rousing success! A special thanks to our judges: Mr. Schmidt, Mr. Lelo, Mrs. Wells, and Mr. Townsend. The winners of the evening were as follows: First place Student Council Act - The Sophomores Fan Favorite Act - Cayden Chatfield singing with his backup dancers, Owen Senkowski and Ben Barringer Judges Favorite - Rachel Svetic - Magic Act Pie Eating Contest winner - Bryson Lynch Overall winners - Oskar Lossnitzer in third place (piano) Devon Williamson in second place (piano) Mason Fleming and Bella Reed in first lace (piano and singing) FHS has so much talent. Thanks to all who came out to watch!

FHS students in Mrs. Hoffmann’s Spanish 3 class have designed colorful and creative Guatemalan barriletes, or kites, as their Day of the Dead cultural project. They are currently reading a novel that takes place in Guatemala and have been learning about the country.

FHS students in Mrs. Howson's English 9 Honors class are learning rhetorical devices and they had to create a costume and FlipGrid lesson for their assigned device and teach it to the class today. They did an amazing job, displaying both knowledge and creativity!

FHS is so proud of our Youth Ambassadors, Wyatt Henning and Mimi Gowenlock! As Saginaw County Youth Ambassadors, they are spending the year working with students from all around the region to focus on leadership. Check out this video they have been featured in and helped create. https://youtu.be/UUydaGymCnM

Congratulations to our FHS students who were inducted into the National Honor Society! The 37 inductees are pictured here along with their advisor, Mr. Lelo, and NHS officers, Wyatt Henning, Isabella Reed, Ava Reed, and Mason Fleming. Our officers did an amazing job sharing their thoughts on the four pillars of NHS - leadership, character, service and scholarship. We celebrated their accomplishments and are so proud of these students who received this recognition.

FHS students in Mrs. Howson's Literary Art Club recently had the opportunity to meet over Zoom with professional graphic designers Liz Johnson of Braid Creative and Andrea Eves of Latcha. The designers shared their background, education, and careers in the field with our students. We appreciate them donating their time and expertise!

FHS students in Mr. Keson's class completed a Rocket Design Project . We are so pleased with their results. Check out their class video to see the final launch. https://youtu.be/F3VzsKvM2Is

FHS students pictured here with their teacher, Mrs. Richardson, are our LINKS students, and they attended a Leadership Day at the Millet Center to learn with students from Birch Run and St. Charles. Topics discussed were looking at different viewpoints, person first language, and making friendships with people of all abilities. We are so grateful for our students who serve as a LINK to their peers and appreciate the extra support they provide to students within our building.

Great work to all of our seniors who participated in College Application Week! Students worked together with our College and Career Advisor and Guidance Counselors to prepare for life after high school and their post secondary plans.

Our Students Leading Students group from the high school will be sponsoring a food drive October 23 - November 17th. Students will be competing against other second hour classes and a prize will be given to the class that collects the most items. Please consider dropping off any donations to the high school during this time, as all food donated is distributed in our local community.

Congratulations to our FHS students who have been accepted into the Saginaw Career Complex National Technical Honor Society. These students worked hard to be inducted by the NTHS , and we are so proud of them! Ahren Awad - Medical Academy Riley Latoski - Education Nolan Proctor - IT and Cybersecurity Kaitlyn Schuette - Education

Our sophomore class visited MiCareer Quest last Friday. Students were exposed to a variety of career pathways, while getting some hands on experiences in these career fields.

FHS spirit competitions are in full swing this week for Homecoming. Today, each hall was decorated with our board game themes and judged for spirit points. Seniors have Candyland, juniors have Life, sophomores have Jumanji, and freshman have Hungry Hippos.

Last week, many of our sophomores who are taking STEM or Honors Physics , attended the Auto Show in Detroit. Students had a great time learning while seeing some cool new automobiles.

FCSD is pleased to highlight Mr. Ciaran Byrne, who teaches in our high school Engineering and Woodworking courses. Ciaran has been with our district for 6 years, and has been teaching for 18 years. When asked what he enjoys most about his position he said, “Freeland is an amazing community and our students feel supported. Our teaching staff is great. I really enjoy working with our students. We have students that are motivated and find success because they are willing to work for it.” As both teacher and coach, he has had many positive experiences at FHS and lots of special memories have been made so it was hard to pick one favorite memory. When not working, he likes to spend time with his wife and children doing various activities as a family. We are so grateful to Mr. Byrne for the work he is doing here, and look forward to continued success as his students interact with him every day.

Time is running out to register your entry into the Homecoming Parade. Applications are due by NEXT Friday, September 22. If you would like to participate in the parade, you must fill out this application and submit it to Jen Neal at FHS by Friday, September 22. Detailed instructions are in the application. https://docs.google.com/document/d/12cJpPY1lW2yzvgbFkxHAbjzt9N2Fgmv9v0l6MCqai_w/edit

FHS was excited to host our new student "Meet and Greet" today. Student Council members shared cider and donuts from Leaman's. were introduced to our new students, then played some games to get to know one another and made new friends as they worked together this morning. Welcome to all of our new students at FHS!

Congratulations to the following students who have been nominated to represent FHS as 2023 Homecoming Court Members! Seniors Alexis Fiorenza Paige Kloha Avery Mantei Hailee Martinez-Hines Ava Wolinski Dan Duley Marcos Hill Oskar Lossnitzer Sam Talaga Aiden Watkins Juniors Paige Darrow Lilly Spencer Owen Case Eli Hescott Sophomores Rachel Maize Emma Wells Brody Geth Zander Wheatley Freshman Mya Horner McKenna Koehler Eli Humpert Garrett Kain

Homecoming is the week of September 25. If you are interested in participating in the parade that Friday, please complete this application and return it to Jen Neal at the High School by Friday, September 22 at 3 pm. Applications are also available in all district offices.