We are "Capping Off" Autism Awareness Month with a Hat Day at FES!
If you are near Buffalo Wild Wings on Tittabawassee Road in Saginaw today and are feeling hungry, make sure to show this ticket! 20% of your total bill will go back to our FES PALLS (Peers are Linked for Social Success) program. We appreciate your support!
FES Families: Take a look at these fun events for the month! Tomorrow is Tie Die Day!
On Friday, our 5th graders got to spend some time in 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms as reading buddies to celebrate March is Reading Month. The 5th graders also cozied up with a good book! Such fun ways to celebrate reading!
Attention 2nd-6th Grade Families! Tonight is STEAM Night hosted by our Freeland High School Green Club. It is sure to be a great time! Entrance will be in the back of the school by the cafeteria. We look forward to seeing you!
5th grade PALSS received instruction about what it's like to be blind and the tools that help them. They learned about braille, from Mrs. Lambert, mobility from Mrs. Rikilynn, and a special guest speaker, Riley, who showed them how she turns in work and how her cell phone helps her access what she needs to learn.
At FES, Mrs. Crook's 4th graders are participating in Junior Achievement. Today they played a hot dog stand game to learn the fundamental tasks performed by a business owner. They played the game and tracked the revenue and expenses of a business. Such a great learning experience for our students!
At FES, Mrs. Tarrien's class celebrated the 100th day of school last week with some cooking, special treats, and counting. Such a fun way to celebrate 100 days of learning and fun!
FES student council is hosting a Superbowl Drive for a local animal shelter. Chiefs or Eagles- Our students get to predict the winner!
On Wednesday, FES 5th graders visited the Longway Planetarium and saw a show called Stars, that reviewed concepts students studied earlier this year. They also had the opportunity to visit the Sloan Museum where they explored the history galleries as well as the hands on Discovery Zone. It was a quick day filled with many options for everyone to enjoy!
Congratulations to Freeland Elementary School's first group of SOARing students of 2023! Keep up the great work Falcons!
Today, Mrs. Quast’s 3rd grade class had an author/ illustrator visit! Aron Nels Steinke read from his book “Mr. Wolf’s Class: Snow Day” and gave us an art lesson. The kids had a blast! ❄️
Students in Mrs. Somers' 5th grade science classes investigated the attraction of oil and water to one another while trying to find evidence to support why some salad dressings separate and others do not.
This past weekend, the Freeland Lego League teams competed in the Nexteer Ready Set LEGO competition at Freeland High School. Freeland had four teams competing representing 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades. Each of these teams are considered "rookie teams", having never competed previously. All teams did a great job and we congratulate them on an amazing robotics season. A couple of our teams earned additional awards.
- The 2nd grade team, Freeland Lego Force, won the Rising All-Star award.
- The 5th grade team, Freeland Formulators, won the Best Robot Design award. They also qualified for advancement to the State Competition, taking place on Sunday, December 11, 2022, at Mason High School in Mason, MI.
Our district celebrated Kindness Week a couple of weeks ago. The Learning Center and Elementary buildings had several activities throughout the week designed to spread kindness and gratitude. We also had a change drive throughout the course of the week that accumulated approximately 400 lbs of coins.
We are very happy to announce that, with the help of United Financial Credit Union, we have all of the change counted. We raised a total of $4,489.14 that will be donated to the Michigan Epilepsy Foundation! We could not be more proud and grateful for our community’s participation!
Mrs. Crook’s 4th grade class was searching high and low during a Thanksgiving scavenger hunt activity today!
As part of Kindness Week, Freeland Middle School student leaders dropped by Freeland Elementary School today to read a story about kindness and acceptance with the 2nd grade classes. Thank you Mr. Duley and the middle school student leaders for taking time out of your day to spend it with our younger Falcons!
6th grade students in Mrs. Furst, Mrs. Wirsing and Mr. Harrison’s Flex classes culminated their first Flex rotation with activities that dealt with pumpkins, all of which were generously donated by the List family. Mr. Harrison and Mrs. Wirsing’s classes used the pumpkins to determine the probability of seeds in each pumpkin, and Mrs. Furst’s class used the pumpkins as a blank canvas where students had to show their knowledge of the globe.
Students at FES had a great time participating in our E-Sports club with Mrs. Koehler this week!
Leading up to Halloween, Mr. Wildey's 5th grade writers worked on a haunted house real estate writing activity. Students had to create a haunted house, describe it with lots of detail, write a newspaper article persuading readers to purchase the house, and answer random questions from potential buyers. They had a lot of fun with it, all of which culminated in a museum walk on Monday to share their final products!
