It's National School Counseling Week. Thank you to Mrs. Essex and Mr. Duley for all you do for our students, parents and staff at FHS!
If you have extra pop cans around the house, please consider dropping these off at the high school on Saturday, February 18 or Saturday, February 25, from 9 am - 3 pm. Senior parents are collecting pop cans to help defray the cost of our senior banners. Thank you in advance for any donation you may be able to give.
Thank you to all of our community members who supported FHS Volleytuff on Monday night. Our seniors and juniors played hard, and the two senior teams battled it out in the Championship. The winning team is pictured with their trophy. The trophy was made by senior Peyton Essex, and donated by Award and Sports. A special thanks to Mrs. Dutton, who won the 50/50 raffle, and also donated her winnings back to our school! Proceeds from the event went to Student Council and the Be the Change Team.
FHS students visited the elementary school today to put on a lunch time assembly in support of our annual Volleytuff competition. Thank you for all of the students who supported this activity. Our Volleytuff game will be held in the high school gym on Monday night at 6:30 pm. You won't want to miss our junior and senior teams battling it out for bragging rights!
Last Tuesday, our sophomores attended a field trip to the Saginaw Career Center, to explore the many programs they will be able to enroll in during their junior and senior year.
The FHS Green Club is on a mission to help reduce paper usage by planting 1086 new saplings. If you are interested in helping, please click on this link to support our Green Club. http://tpevents.org/school/3189
For our FHS students, there is still time to order your achievement jacket or a class ring. Visit the website at MIHERFFJONES.COM
Congratulations to our FHS Saginaw Career Complex students who won in their BPA Competition!
Austin Thompson - 1st Place - Website Design Team
Gavin Spaulding - 2nd Place - Business Spelling
Jacob Morris - 2nd Place - Video Production Team
Nolan Proctor - 2nd Place - Video Production Team
Nathan Rosebush - 2nd Place - Video Production Team
Gavin Spaulding - 4th Place - Fundamentals of Web Design
Congratulations to our FHS Saginaw Career Complex students who won in the DECA Competition!
State Qualifier, Zachary Turek
Medalist, Alexandria DeMitchell
Congratulations to our FHS Saginaw Career Complex students who competed and won or placed in regional competition for HOSA!
Nursing Occupations, Kendall Schram for her research poster
Medical Careers, Alyssa Stevens for nutrition
Medical Academy, Paige Wazny for medical innovations
FHS Student Council members, along with advisor Mrs. Neal, were fortunate to participate in this year's Marines Toys for Tots event. It is the 75th anniversary of this special program which works to provide hope and the magic of the holidays to children and families in need. Students were excited to have their bus driver, Ron, work alongside them - going above and beyond his duties that day. All worked hard in hand selecting and packing bags of toys for 150 local families! "It is our favorite day of the year and we feel so lucky to be able to be part of such an amazing program" said Mrs. Neal.
Our Freeland FNV hockey players had lunch today with Pre-K, K, and first graders at the Learning Center. Thank you to our hockey team for sharing your positive influence within our district!
Last week, FHS had three teams compete in the JA Titan Challenge. Students built a mock phone company and the objective was to make the most money in twelve quarters. There were 12 teams from Clare, Freeland, and Mt. Pleasant High Schools. Congratulations to our three teams who finished!
Duncan LeBel and Remmi MacDonald--5th place
Colin Dee, Ryan Quackenbush, and Ben Barringer--7th Place
Alivia Maly, Madison Harvey, and Paige Kloha also participated in the challenge
On Thursday, December 8, students were able to participate in a job shadow at HealthSource Saginaw. Students chose their career area and were paired with employees from either the medical, human services, or business areas of the facility. Freeland enjoys a long standing partnership with Healthsource Saginaw.
FHS students in Mrs. Keefer's Parent and Child Development class attended a field trip to U of M My Michigan Health Simulation Center to learn all about childbirth and participate in a birth simulation. It was a great learning experience for all of our students.
FHS students in Mrs. Aimar's Government class played an Electoral College simulation game to help the students better understand how we elect the President of the United States.
SLS President Cadence Swartz and SLS Secretary Jocelyn Chislea, wrote and were awarded a grant for Strive for a Safer Drive. The money they received will be used for a safe driving campaign at Freeland High School. Great job ladies!
Congratulations to our FHS students who were listed as honorable mention by Hemlock Semi Conductor last week for their submissions to the annual calendar art contest!
Jenna Kowalski Honorable Mention
Mikaila Bobick Honorable Mention
Grace DeShone Honorable Mention
Vivian Kukulis Honorable Mention
Allyson Harvey (not pictured)
Final congratulations to Remmi MacDonald for his winning artwork that is featured here and appears in the calendar!
Freeland High School SLS and Freeland Middle School Student Council organized the annual food drive this year. Almost 2,000 items were collected for the St. Agnes Community Food Pantry. Thanks to everyone who supported this effort to help those in our community!
FHS art students and members of the Literary Art Club, attended a special trip last Friday to the MSU Broad Museum. A great time of learning was had by all! Thank you Mrs. Klida and Mrs. Howson for organizing this learning experience.
