Donkey Basketball!

Donkey Basketball Tickets are now for sale! Purchase your tickets today at Freeland State Bank, Pat's Food Center, Freeland Sports Zone, and during both the high school and middle school lunch. Tickets are also available through the Freeland Travel Club.

Watch this promotional video to find out more about what Donkey Basketball is!

Donkey Basketball Details

Date: November 4th

Time: Carnival 5:30pm; Basketball Game 6:30pm

Location: 

• Kids Carnival - High School Cafeteria
• Basketball Game - High School Gym

Price: 

• $6.00 in advance
• $8.00 at the door
• NO athletic passes

Coin Drive:
To raise money for the travel club, there is also a coin drive taking place. The purpose of this coin drive is to determine which principal at Freeland gets the privilege of being this year's pooper scooper at Donkey Basketball! Make sure to drop any extra change you have into a principals bin. Coin drive locations are wherever tickets are sold, all of the schools in Freeland, and various local businesses. 

Middle School Happenings...

There has been so much going on at the middle school that the blog has taken a back seat for the last week or two! Here at school, there are some general announcements that you will want to keep in mind, as well as some updates on what else is going on at FMS!

Announcements

• October 21st 7:00pm at the high school CIC room 
• PTO meeting 
• October 22nd at 7:00pm in the auditorium
• Middle School Band Concert
• October 29th-November 5th 
• Book Fair
• We are still in need of volunteers for the book fair! Contact our secretary, Kelly Hartwick, at hartwickk@freelandschools.net if interested.
• October 29th 2:30-4:30pm in the middle school gym
• School Dance!
• We need several volunteers for this school dance. Please email Ms. Hartwick if you are interested.
• November 5th
• Last day of Marking Period One
• Grades will be posted ELECTRONICALLY only for this progress report. No paper report cards will be sent home. Please contact Ms. Hartwick with questions.
• Grades will be posted on Skyward the week of November 9th. 
• November 12th 4:00-6:30pm
• Student Led Conferences

Travel Club Update

Our travel club has been doing a ton to fund raise for the spring Washington D.C. trip. Make sure to mark your calendars because on November 4th the travel club will be hosting a Donkey Basketball game in the high school gym. Please watch the announcements for more details. 

Also, the travel club recently had a car wash and raised a ton of money to support their spring trip! It was a beautiful day, and the students did a great job representing Freeland Middle School. 

Board Presentation Update

Mr. Schwedler will be bringing a group of 8th grade students to the next board meeting on October 28th to present work that they just completed in 8th grade US History on the First Amendment. Students went through a Project Based Learning experience, and will be presenting their learning to the board of education on the 28th.

Trimester End Date Reminder

For all students who are in an 8th grade 1st hour exploratory rotation, or 7th grade students in a 7th hour exploratory rotation this is a reminder that your child in this exploratory is on a trimester schedule instead of a quarter schedule. They will receive a progress report later than all of the other classes. The end date for the first trimester is Friday, December 4th. Expect trimester grades to be posted by Thursday, December 10th. 

Homecoming week!

What a great group of 7th and 8th grade students we have this year. They represented Freeland Middle School so well over the course of Homecoming Week. We had a spirit day every day and students were able to dress up as twins, western, camo, and even got the chance to wear their PJ's one day!

The greatest part about working in the middle school is that not only do our students get involved with our spirit weeks, so do our staff!