Third Marking Period Reflections

Can you believe it has already been THREE weeks since Freeland Middle School has started its third marking period. There has been so much going on in Freeland, and there is no better way to tell our third marking period stories than through pictures...

Gateway Field Trip

First up... Gateway field trip to the elementary school. 30 middle school students went to the elementary school for an afternoon to work with students, teachers, and administrators on what an ideal playground would look like. The whole purpose was to gather data for their playground design project that they are now beginning to engineer on Autodesk Inventor software.

Thank you Ms. Miller, Mr. Parson, and all of the third grade teachers and students for opening up your doors to our Gateway class to make sure we know how to design a perfect elementary school playground for our engineering project!

3rd Marking Period SOAR assembly

We also had a great opportunity recently to partner with the high school and go to an assembly that promoted being open, and thinking beyond our own perceptions to make sure that we are accepting all people. Mr. Rodney Page wowed our middle school students with his inspirational message, and musical talents!

Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium

On Friday, Mr. Schwedler took a group of 8th grade students to go to the annual MLK Jr. Youth Symposium where they engaged with other student leaders in the region to learn about Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy, and learn how to use his legacy to impact Freeland Middle School in a positive way!

Wow. What a great way to start our third marking period. This marking period, our building theme is PERSEVERANCE. We are in the toughest part of the year when we are all ready to be done with winter, and move onto spring. It gets tough to be at school in the midst of these tough winter months, so let's persevere together and finish this marking period strong!