Freeland High School

FHS students had a great time on their recent field trip to CMU’s Fire Up for English event with Mrs. Krygier and Mrs. Howson. They participated in lessons from college professors on literature, poetry, and creative writing. They learned about the various career opportunities using an English degree, and some shared an original piece in front of the English department. At the end of the day, they enjoyed a special performance by the band Daryl and the Beans. They even ran into an FHS alumni, Matthew Hayes, who is thriving in his CMU experience!

Our FHS LINKS students joined others from Birch Run, Bridgeport, Chesaning, Heritage, and St. Charles to attend the LINKS Leadership Conference promoting acceptance, friendship, and inclusion. We are so grateful to our LINKS students for all of the positive support they provide in our school.

FHs is proud to highlight our Theater teacher, Mrs. Murray this week. Thank you for everything you do for our students!

Recently, FHS students in Mrs. Richardson's class had a visitor, Dr. Gina Malczewski, from the Midland American Chemical Society (ACS) for a session on “Picture Perfect Chemistry”—this year’s National Chemistry Week theme. Students discussed the use of images, and then made some with light and objects on “starlight” paper, then studied magnets and learned about how that force allows image-making on a Magna Doodle. We also “probed” magnetic surfaces for information about magnetic objects and made 3-D images in molds with two different chemical reactions: one involving Plaster of Paris, and the other, reactive silicones—which yielded casts with very different properties.

Congratulations to senior Lilly Winslow, who was recognized as our DAR Good Citizen at a special event last Friday. She is pictured here with her father, Aaron Winslow, as she received her award. We are so proud of Lilly for this accomplishment!

FHS is proud to share that our student, Ari Kosiara, is being interviewed this Friday at 4 pm on WNEM, to talk about his published novel, "Chronics 1 Viktor Koshark's Journal" Join in at 4 pm to hear his interview this Friday.

Get ready to enter the whimsical, wacky, and wonderful world of Dr. Seuss as Freeland Performing Arts proudly presents Seussical. Join us on a magical journey as your favorite Dr. Seuss characters spring to life in this vibrant, heartwarming musical suitable for all ages. Featuring iconic characters like the Cat in the Hat, Horton the Elephant, Gertrude McFuzz, and many more, Seussical blends the timeless charm of Dr. Seuss with unforgettable music and an inspiring story about friendship, bravery, and the power of imagination.

FHS students in second hour are competing to see which class can bring in the most items for our annual food drive, sponsored by our Students Leading Students club. If you are able to donate, you can help feed those in our community who need help this holiday season.

Mrs. Howson's English 9 Honors class participated in the annual rhetorical devices costume contest where they had to create a Halloween costume and teach the class about their device. Our Literary Art Club, Painting with Ink, also celebrated Halloween with a party as well!

FHS students in Mrs. Clark's STEM class built catapults to study projectile motion and quadratic equations.

Thank you to everyone who attended and participated in Freeland's Got Talent last night. All of our acts were amazing! Special thanks to our judges Mr. Schmidt, Mrs. Wells, Mr. Lelo, and Mr. Townsend. Here are last night's results in case you missed it. The Pie Eating Contest winner was senior Brady Graham. Thank you again to Riverside for donating a pie as well as a gift certificate for the winner to get their own pie. The Student Council act voted first was the Senior Council. The fan favorite was Evie Hurst. Third place went to Kate Sulfridge, second place went to Ava Avram and Christy Cole, and first place went to Ella Mae Klopf, singing an original song written for her by her sister. Congratulations to all. What a fantastic night!

FHS would like to thank the Saginaw Wastewater Treatment plant for hosting a tour for the students in Mr. Schmidt's Honors Biology course. Students learned about career opportunities in the field of Wastewater Treatment as well as made observations to identify components and interactions of complex systems for scientific modeling in biology.

FHS has a great night planned at our annual "Freeland's Got Talent" show. Please join us for a fun evening featuring many great student acts on Wednesday, October 30 at 6 pm. Entrance fee is $3 at the door, and we look forward to seeing you tomorrow night.

On Monday night, these juniors and seniors were inducted into our National Honor Society. On behalf of our NHS Advisor, Mr. Lelo, and all of our staff, we congratulate our newest NHS members! Adelade Avram, Grace Belongia, Victoria Caudy, Brendan Chislea, Zachary Clark, Jacob Clawson, Tristan Comer, Reese Conlee, Kaitlyn Crelly, Isabel Cumper, Grace Erickson, Nic Haas, Logan Hart, Theodore Heffron, Brielle Howell, Brynn Jaime, Sam Kaylor, Connor Laceski, Danielle LeBel, Bryson Lynch, Rachel Maize, Makayla Maniko, Libby Markey, Tucker Mika, Evan Miller, Rowan Miller, Julia Molnar, Lauryn Myers, Mia Nietzke, Emma Northrup, Easton Rosebush, Graham Shepard, Lauren Stachowiak, Jake Steffen, Rachel Svetic, Emma Wells, Zander Wheatley, Karson Worth, and Brennyn Zehnder.

The high school LINKS had a fun session learning about the history of braille today. They had time to practice writing and typing in braille with Marnie Malacara, Visually Impaired Teacher Consultant, and Maura Moore, Brailist.

FHS seniors participated in College Application Week, organized by our College and Career Advisor, Mrs. Wells., and our Counselors, Mrs. Harrold and Ms. Melton. While we know that not all students choose to go to college and there are numerous pathways to follow after graduation, we are providing support for all of our students in planning the path that best meets their needs. We are excited to see where all of our seniors go!

If you are looking for a place to eat a great meal and support our Robotics club all at the same time, we have just the thing for you. ALL DAY TODAY, our Robotics club will receive 10% of the proceeds from all meals sold at the 2nd Street Sports Pub. We invite you to bring your friends and family out , and our Robotics club will benefit from it. Thank you for your support!

Last Friday, all of our sophomores attended a field trip to SVSU to participate in the regional MiCareer Quest day. Our students interacted with professionals from many occupational fields as they moved through the experience. This is just another part of our building plan to support our students as they explore career pathways of interest to them. Thank you to our counselors, Mrs. Harrold and Ms. Melton, as well as our College and Career Advisor, Mrs. Wells, for arranging this trip so our students would be able to participate in this valuable learning experience.

The Marching Band had a great time today performing at the elementary school. We hope you will join our Marching Band as they lead the Homecoming Parade tonight at 5:30 as well. The parade starts at the elementary school, and progresses across Freeland Road to Webster, where it ends back at the high school.

During Homecoming Week , one of the traditions for the high school is having our students find Frankie the Falcon, who is hiding at one of our local businesses. Each day, students are given clues and the first student to find Frankie receives a gift card and wins spirit points for their class. Renue Physical Therapy had fun hosting Frankie the Falcon this week and Kaylee Moreno, senior, was the first student to find Frankie. Congrats Kaylee and the senior class and shout out to Renue for taking such good care of Frankie for us !