🦇 MRS. HARVEY AND MRS. GRIFFIN’S CLASS WENT FULL BAT MODE! 🦇

These little bats were busy learning, exploring, and proving that first grade brings a whole lot of bat-tastic fun! 🖤🦇

Gotham has Batman. Freeland has THESE GUYS. And frankly, Gotham should probably start updating their security system. 😂💥
about 3 hours ago, Izabella Lopez
Kids with bats.
Kids learning about the bats.
Kids learning about bats.
Kids learning about bats.
👻🎃 Happy Halloween, Falcon family! May your candy buckets be full and your bedtime negotiations be short. 👻🎃
2 days ago, Izabella Lopez
Kids playing games.
Kids coloring.
Kids building with cups.
Kids  making things for Halloween.
Kids playing with cups.
Kids with pumpkins.
A boy with his haunted house.
Kids playing games.
Kids having fun.
It’s time to celebrate our SOAR winners from October, and these Falcons have been giving us plenty of reasons to brag! 🦅✨

They’ve been Showing Respect, staying On task, Always being Safe, and being Responsible… basically showing the rest of us how it’s done. Take notes, people.” 😂📝

While some of us are out here losing our minds over Halloween candy and questionable costume choices, these kiddos are out here making spooktacular decisions! 🧙‍♀️🕸️
3 days ago, Izabella Lopez
Soar winners.
SOAR winners.
SOAR Winners.
🛝🗣️ The Learning Center playground just got an upgrade, and it’s kind of a BIG DEAL! 🙌 We’ve added communication boards so all our friends have more ways to express themselves, share their thoughts, and make sure their voices are heard. Because EVERY friend has something to say, and we’re here to make sure they have a way to say it! 💅💙

Because communication comes in ALL forms, every friend deserves to be understood, included, and part of the fun. That’s the kind of playground energy we’re bringing around here! 💁‍♀️🦅
4 days ago, Izabella Lopez
Picture boards for outside.
Our Falcons took their learning on the road to Leaman’s Green Applebarn, because hands-on learning is at the core of our curriculum!

Fresh air, apple adventures, and enough fall fun to make a pumpkin jealous. These Falcons were having a gourd time! 🎃🍂

A big THANK YOU to Leaman’s Green Applebarn for having us! ❤️ This field trip was the apple-solute BEST. 🍏😎🦅

5 days ago, Izabella Lopez
Kids at an apple orchard.
Kids making apple sauce.
Kids at the farm.
Kids on a hay ride.
Kids at the farm.
🚍 ALERT: We love Principal Lopez, but under NO circumstances are we letting her drive the bus. We've seen how she handles her convertible Pontiac Solstice. 🛑😂

Our amazing bus drivers navigate traffic, noisy kids, and tight corners and they make it look easy—so let's leave the heavy lifting to the pros! Huge shoutout to bus drivers for keeping our kids safe as they drive them to and from school every day. ❤️✨

(Also, if you see Principal Lopez near the ignition... offer her a juice box and slowly back away.) 😉
6 days ago, Izabella Lopez
Principal driving a bus.
🧠💬 THINKING BOARDS, BIG IDEAS, AND A WHOLE LOT OF BRAINPOWER! 😂🤝

Our Learning Center Falcons were sharing ideas, practicing partner talk, and collaborating like they’ve got a board meeting at 3! 💼🤣
7 days ago, Izabella Lopez
Kids working together.
Kids using thinking boards.
Kids using thinking boards.
Kids working together.
Kids working together.
🚒🔥 STOP, DROP, AND GIVE THIS FIELD TRIP SOME RESPECT! 😂🧯Our Freeland Learning Center Falcons visited the Tittabawassee Township Fire Department for Fire Prevention Month! 🚒 They learned from the pros, checked out the fire trucks, and picked up some lifesaving skills. Basically, a pretty 🔥 day at school! 😎

A HUGE thank-you to all the firefighters and Fireman Don for welcoming our crew and teaching our Falcons how to stay safe! ❤️👏 You’re the real-life heroes! 🚒

10 days ago, Izabella Lopez
Fire house visit.
Kids at the fire house.
Kids learning fire safety.
Fireman Don teaching about fire safety.
🍎🥦 Our incredible Nutritional Services team, led by Caila Wellsted, brought the FULL FARMERS MARKET EXPERIENCE to our Learning Center students! And honestly? The shopping experience was better organized than my last trip to the grocery store. 😂🛒

We’re talking personal shopping lists, their OWN CURRENCY, and tiny shoppers with BIG shopping responsibilities. 💰📝 These Falcons came prepared, shopped their lists, picked out fresh fruits and veggies, and took home a produce haul of their own. 🍎🥒🍇

Forget the grocery store. We’ve officially entered our FARM-TO-SCHOOL ERA. 💅🧑‍🌾🧺
11 days ago, Izabella Lopez
Kids shopping at a farms market.
Farmer's Market.
Shopping bags.
Farmers market.
Fresh peaches.
Farmer's market.
Kids shopping the market.
Kids shopping the market.
Kids at the market.
Kids at a market.
Mr. Thornton’s Young 5s students have been putting their curiosity to work as they tackle Pentomino Puzzles! These little problem-solvers are flipping, turning, testing, and occasionally giving those puzzle pieces the side-eye while figuring out how everything fits together. 👀

Learning isn’t always about getting it right on the first try. Sometimes it’s about experimenting, problem-solving, and discovering that your brain is capable of some pretty amazing things! 💡

Big curiosity. Little learners. Serious brain power. 💙💛

#FreelandFalcons #Young5s
13 days ago, Izabella Lopez
Kids doing puzzles.
Our halls are starting to look a little more autumn-approved, and we have Mrs. Hare’s class to thank! 🍁🧡 These little decorators came ready to turn our hallways into a full-blown fall moment, and now the pumpkins are showing off like they pay rent around here. 💅😂
13 days ago, Izabella Lopez
Locker art.
Tree art on a locker.
Tree Art on lockers.
🧦💙💛 It’s MISMATCH SOCK DAY at the Learning Center for Down Syndrome Awareness Month! 💙💛 We’re celebrating what makes each of us unique, spreading awareness, and reminding our Falcons that being different isn’t something to hide — it’s something to celebrate!

Underneath all that questionable sock coordination is a pretty important message: WE DON’T HAVE TO MATCH TO BELONG. ONE FALCON FAMILY. 🦅🧦
14 days ago, Izabella Lopez
Mismatch socks.
Mismatch socks.
Mismatch socks.
Mismatch Socks.
We’re collecting gently used pants for our Learning Center students because accidents happen, mud happens, and apparently pants have shockingly low survival rate at the Learning Center. 🤦‍♀️😂

Help us restock our supply so we can handle the unexpected without launching an emergency search party for a pair of sweatpants. Because “I need a change of clothes” is not the plot twist we need at 10:17 a.m. 😂

👖 Sizes needed: 3T–Kids Large! 📏

Help us keep our Falcons covered... apparently pants are not making it through the school day like they’re supposed to anymore. 🦅
16 days ago, Izabella Lopez
Image of a raccoon needing pants.
Just your average day at the Learning Center… until a STRAY DOG decides to make an unscheduled campus visit. Because apparently, our building wasn’t exciting enough already. 💀

Principal Lopez, naturally, sprang into action and did her civic duty by calling the Tittabawassee Township Police Department and then grabbing a jump rope from Mrs. Miller’s gym supplies. Improvising at its finest. 😂

Forget principal. Forget administrator. MRS. LOPEZ WAS BASICALLY MACGYVER. 🦸‍♀️ One jump rope, a little creativity, and a whole lot of “we’re figuring this out as we go.”

And guess what?! Our four-legged visitor turned out to be a SERVICE DOG who had been reported missing! 🐾 Thanks to the help of Officer Parkinson, this sweet pup was safely secured and reunited with his owner. ❤️

So, the dog made it home, the mystery was solved, and everyone lived happily ever after…

Especially Mrs. Lopez, who was finally able to return to her full-time dream job of PRINCIPAL.👏 Just another day at the Learning Center, folks. We educate children, solve mysteries, and apparently offer impromptu animal rescue services.
17 days ago, Izabella Lopez
Principal and a dog.
🎨💅 New artwork has arrived, and suddenly the office is giving high-end New York art gallery.

Is it abstract? Absolutely. Is it thought-provoking? Totally. Do we feel more cultured just standing near it? Obviously. 😂🖼️

Thank you, Jozie, Vishelle, and Daniel, for sharing your art with us and bringing a little ✨creative sophistication✨ to the office. We’re basically one black turtleneck away from becoming art critics. 🤣🎨
18 days ago, Izabella Lopez
Kids with their art.
It's NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH WEEK so let's hear it for the real MVP's of the Cafeteria, Ms. Meggan, Ms. Beth, and Ms. Kris! Hundreds of hungry kids, approximately 147 different opinions about what they will and will NOT eat, and enough lunchroom chaos to qualify as an extreme sport. And these ladies? SHOWING UP. SERVING UP. SLAYING DAILY. 💅😂

So this week, we’re giving a BIG shout-out to our amazing lunch ladies! Thank you for everything you do! THE CAFETERIA QUEENS. THE LUNCHROOM LEGENDS. THE WOMEN. THE MYTHS. THE REASONS WE SURVIVE LUNCHTIME. 👑🍕❤️
19 days ago, Izabella Lopez
Lunchroom ladies.
Lunchroom lady.
Serving lunch with smiles.
Happy kids with lunches.
🚨 Paging Mrs. Miller’s First Grade Class! 🩺😂

They finished their human body unit, and naturally, opened a medical practice. 🏥 Armed with masks, hairnets and stethoscopes, these little doctors are ready to examine and probably prescribe a healthy dose of recess. 😂 This first-grade class is out here diagnosing people with the confidence of a surgeon on a medical drama. 💀🧠🫀🩺

Your newest medical team is officially on call! Just don’t ask them to bill your insurance yet. Their payment policy is still under review, but we hear Goldfish crackers are an acceptable form of payment. 😉💉🐟
20 days ago, Izabella Lopez
Kids playing doctors.
Kids playing doctor.
Kids playing with doctor tools.
Kids playing with games.
Kids playing with skeletons.
Kids playing doctors.
Kids playing with x-rays.
Kids making letter patterns.
Who needs fancy building materials when you have toothpicks, Play-Doh, and a room full of kindergarteners with BIG ideas? 🏗️

Mrs. Simons’ class was busy building 3D shapes, and honestly, these tiny architects are taking their jobs VERY seriously. 📐 Meanwhile, Play-Doh is being molded into things it never dreamed possible, toothpicks are everywhere, and kindergarten engineering is officially in full swing. We call that a successful lesson around here! 😂
21 days ago, Izabella Lopez
Kids building with toothpicks.
Kids building shapes.
Kids building 3d shapes.
Boy making a cube.
Kids having fun with 3d shapes.
Girl making a pyramid.
Mrs. Franek's library got a little extra adorable today. 🐾📚

Apparently, reading is even better when your audience has four paws and absolutely no opinions about your reading level. 😂

Our therapy dog Basil was promoted to Library Assistant today: listening to stories, accepting pets, and providing emotional support like the professional he is.

10/10 would recommend this library program.
11/10 would recommend Basil. 🐶❤️
24 days ago, Izabella Lopez
Kids with therapy dogs.
Kids with a therapy dog.
Therapy dog int he library.
Kids in library.
Kids with a therapy dog.
Mrs. Peter's lesson plan said “learn about apples,” and somehow she ended up running a tiny applesauce production company. 🍎👩‍🍳

They learned, they peeled, they chopped, they stirred, they tasted… and somehow managed to turn a bunch of apples into a very delicious science experiment. 😂

Basically, today’s lesson was 100% educational and 100% snack-worthy. Who knew learning could be this delicious?
25 days ago, Izabella Lopez
Kids cooking apples.
Kids making applesauce.
Kids making applesauce.
Making apple treats.
Peeling apples.
Enjoying the applesauce.
Making applesauce.