Last Friday, 10 students from FHS volunteered to help as mentors in Mrs. Koehler's STEM class at the elementary school. Our high school students are looking forward to mentoring again once every month. Pictured here is Madison Murray with her elementary partners.
As part of their rhetoric unit, students in Mrs. Howson's English 9 Honors class recently learned Aristotle’s Three Appeals, and they used their knowledge of ethos, pathos and logos to build and sell a gingerbread house that they created.
FHS is proud to highlight Mrs. Worth this week!
The FHS Student Council is hosting our next blood drive on Monday, December 4th. Community members are also invited and may sign up on the Versiti website or by scanning the QR code in the post. Please email Jen Neal at nealjm@freelandschools.net with any questions.
Attention all Freeland community members over the age of 16. The Freeland High School Student Council is hosting our next blood drive on December 4, 2023. Please scan the QR code to make an appointment. Every donation helps to save lives, so please donate!
Congratulations to FHS senior Avery Mantei, who was recognized as our DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) Good Citizen today! This award recognizes and rewards high school seniors who possess the qualities of dependability, service, leadership, and patriotism in their homes, schools, and communities. We are so proud of you Avery! She is pictured here with her parents, Matthew and Brook Mantei, and with her Guidance Counselor, Mrs. Essex.
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.
