2017 New York City Travel Club Trip

Freeland Middle School has a very exciting announcement to make regarding our travel club. Next year, for the 2016-17 school trip, Ms. Hannon will be taking up to 24 students to the Big Apple! The trip will be from April 26-May 1, 2017 (Walleye Weekend 2017). There will be an information meeting coming up on Tuesday, May 31 at 6:00pm for all students interested in attending this trip. The information meeting will be in Ms. Hannon's room (85). The enrollment deadline for the NYC trip is September 30, 2016.

Please use the link below to access all documents regarding the spring 2017 New York City trip! Email Ms. Hannon with questions at hannonm@freelandschools.net


Spring 2017 New York City Trip Information Folder

8th grade Career Center Field Trip

All 8th grade students recently went on a field trip to the Bay/Arenac Career Center. They had a great time exploring the different career pathways offered at the center, and each student was able to experience a variety of different educational and career options at the career center!

Freeland Middle School - Independent Bank Investing in Youth Contest VOTE NOW!!!

Freeland Middle School is competing with 67 other schools in Independent Bank's Investing in Youth Contest. Please consider going to the link below (every 24 hours) and voting for FMS. The $5000 award would be used to purchase needed choral risers and sheet music for our students in the new FMS Choir Program. Please support our students, our school, our vocal music program, and the Freeland community, by voting for FMS.

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7th grade PBL Service Learning Project

Yesterday, our entire 7th grade team worked with Freeland Township members to help prepare for Walleye Festival this weekend. This project was done to be able to fund raise for their project based learning field trip to the Skyzone later this year. A huge thank you goes out to the 7th grade team for supporting the students in this project based learning experience. The students had a blast yesterday supporting their community!

Freeland Robotics Shape the Future Campaign

Our Middle School Robotics team needs your help to possibly win $5,000 for their team. Simply follow the Twitter or Facebook links below to vote for the Freeland Middle School Robotics team!

Facebook:  This is the direct link:    http://bit.ly/1VQMFHAVote NOW for our Freeland Robotics FTC Team #5386 video to help us win a $5,000 grant from @Dow365. Please VOTE and SHARE our video! Voting is open until end of day on April 24th. Remember you can vote once every 24 hours! 

#ShapeTheFuture #MoreThanRobots

Have you voted for Freeland Robotics FTC Team #5386 video in the #ShapeTheFuture Video Contest? It’s not too late! Voting is open until end of day on April 24th. Remember to vote once every 24 hours! #MoreThanRobots

Twitter

VOTE for our Video in the #ShapeTheFuture Contest & help us win a $5k grant from @Dow365! Vote every 24 hours.

My @FIRSTtweets team has entered the #ShapeTheFuture Video contest and we need your VOTE to help us win $5k.

VOTE every 24 hours to help my @FIRSTtweets team win a $5k grant from @Dow365 #ShapeTheFutureContest

Incoming 7th grade Parent Meeting Information

Thank you to all of the parents and students who attended last nights informational meeting for incoming 7th grade students.

Attached is the PowerPoint presentation we went over in case you missed the meeting and would like more information about the transition to the middle school.

Please contact Mrs. Wulff with any questions at 989-692-4032 or wulffr@freelandschools.net.

Incoming 7th grade Informational Meeting Presentation

For 8th grade students - PSAT results and support!

Today, all 8th grade students reviewed their PSAT results, and were introduced to two websites that can be used for practice and data analysis of the results. Below is the presentation that was used to provide information for students regarding the PSAT. Also, below is information regarding Khan Academy a free program designed to help better prepare students for being college and career ready in their future outside of high school!

PSAT results website - video tutorials included!

PSAT PowerPoint Presentation that we went through in class

To access the website for your scores go to: www.studentscores.collegeboard.org

To access Khan Academy for your free and personalized PSAT and college/career readiness practice go to: www.satpractice.org

KHAN ACADEMY TUTORIAL

• Once you go to the Khan Academy practice website you will need to create a login using your Freeland Schools email account (lastnamefirstname@freelandschools.net). 
• When you sign in you can link your PSAT results by following the directions under the "Exam Results from CollegeBoard.org" box. 
• By linking your results, Khan will create a personalized plan for you to practice for the SAT test.

If you have questions on anything dealing with the PSAT presentation we went over today please see Mrs. Wulff!