We also had the privilege of our middle school choir singing carols for us this morning during 1st hour. Thank you Ms. Williamson, and all of the middle school choir for brightening up our day today with some classic holiday tunes!
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Spreading Holiday Cheer
The middle school was really in the festive mood this week. We had a spirit day today where students could wear whatever festive outfit they want. We have students dressed in holiday PJ's, ugly Christmas sweaters, Santa hats and more!
Ready, set, DODGE BALL!
Yesterday, Freeland Middle School had an extremely successful dodge ball tournament. The middle school student council put on the Feliz Navi-Dodge Ball tournament as a way to earn money for the council, and also have a fun activity for students to do before we go on winter break. Our winning team, the Pancakes, included Jaden DeBeau, Evan Dubuque, Tyler Bauer, Jack Dreyer, and Aiden West. Congratulations on your win! Our teacher team was unfortunately eliminated from the tournament early on. A special thanks goes to Mr. Schwedler, Mr. LaFond, Mrs. Hannon, Mr. Townsend, and Mr. Shaw for participating in our tournament yesterday. Thank you to student council for a great event for our middle school!
AND THE WINNERS ARE... THE PANCAKES!
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Freeland Fabricators Robotics Tournament
The Freeland Robotics Club hosted their inaugural FIRST Tech
Challenge tournament at Freeland Schools this past weekend. 32 middle school
teams from across the state competed for only five advancements to the state
level. The FMS Robotics team, FTC #5386, the Freeland Fabricators, received the
Connect Award which honors a team that has proven their efforts in community
outreach. During robot play, they won 4 of 5 matches, placing 6th thereby
qualifying for the playoffs. Although
they narrowly lost in the semi-final match, their hard work paid off as their
final overall rank put them just a single spot away from qualifying for the
state championship!
Freeland Robotics Club would like to thank Nexteer
Automotive, Dow Chemical, and FIRST in GLBR for sponsoring the team and this
event. Additionally, we would like to
thank our many volunteers including FRC Team 5166, robotics club parents, FCSD,
Freeland Boy Scouts, FAA, & Hungry Howie's for making our event a huge
success!
Congratulations Freeland Fabricators!
Monday, December 14, 2015
PSAT, MiPhy, and More!
Assessment Update
Last Wednesday our 7th grade students successfully completed the MiPHY test to provide the county with data on our students social and emotional needs, as well as basic health needs in the county. This data is completely anonymous, and will be used at a county level to look at trends seen in our students throughout all of Saginaw County.
The 8th grade students also had a big testing day last Wednesday. They completed their first ever PSAT experience! The test began right at 7:30 and ended just in time for lunch at 11:30. The test assesses three key areas - reading, writing, and math. The areas of social studies and science are embedded throughout each of these three areas.
Click the below links to learn more about some of the key elements in each of these areas:
Last Wednesday our 7th grade students successfully completed the MiPHY test to provide the county with data on our students social and emotional needs, as well as basic health needs in the county. This data is completely anonymous, and will be used at a county level to look at trends seen in our students throughout all of Saginaw County.
The 8th grade students also had a big testing day last Wednesday. They completed their first ever PSAT experience! The test began right at 7:30 and ended just in time for lunch at 11:30. The test assesses three key areas - reading, writing, and math. The areas of social studies and science are embedded throughout each of these three areas.
Click the below links to learn more about some of the key elements in each of these areas:
We should receive the results from this test sometime in January or February. These test results will guide our building wide goals on ensuring our students are career and college ready. Parents will also be provided the SAT results for their children.
M-Step results are continuing to be processed by the state and district. We expect to mail these results for both 7th and 8th grade students to you sometime in January.
Fun happenings around school
Check out Mrs. Bain's classroom working on a close reading activity in 7th grade English.
Plan on joining us for TWO concerts on Tuesday, December 15th. Our choir concert will be performing at 6:30pm, and our band concert will follow at 7:00pm. Both concerts will be held in the high school auditorium.
Please make sure to complete the parent survey for all middle school students when you get a chance. This will only take about 10 minutes of your time and contains very valuable information for us to use to continue to improve the school.
And... one more announcement
We have our first dodge ball tournament of the year scheduled for next Tuesday, December 22nd at 2:30pm. Teams of 5 can sign up in the middle school office before Thursday. Each team will pay a $10.00 entry fee. Admission into the tournament will be $1.00 for all students not participating in the tournament, and is free for those who are in the tournament. Be prepared to compete against our teacher team next Tuesday! :)
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Middle School Parent Survey
Thank you to those of you who completed the middle school parent survey during our first conference of the year. We will have the parent survey open until we go on winter break. Please take 10 minutes to complete this survey before December 24th. To access the survey simply go to www.freelandschools.net. Click on the Middle School tab, and at the bottom of the middle school home page you will see a link titled "Middle School Parent Survey". You can also access the survey by simply clicking this link,
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