Volume 36, Issue 3 - May 2015

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Freeland High School989.695.2586

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Busy and exciting times in FreelandBy Matthew A. CairySuperintendent

The 2014-15 school year has been a veryexciting time in Freeland. We have had manychanges, much to celebrate, and even more tolook forward to. Please read below to keep updated as weprepare for the summer of 2015.• Freeland is #1 – A consumer advocacy site,

NerdWallet, named Freeland as the topMichigan City for Young Families. Takinginto account home affordability, growthand prosperity, quality of education, andfamily friendliness, we were the only cityin the region that scored in the top ten. Itis nice to have what we already knowrecognized by an outside organization.

• Powley Drive Improvements– PowleyDrive will be the beneficiary of aninvestment in safety by TittabawasseeTownship. The north side of Powley Drivewill be curbed to assist us in assuring thatwe have two lanes of traffic at the end ofthe school day, and do not have childrencrossing the street to their parent’s cars.To help the parking issue, a parking lotwill be created west of FES to give moreoptions for parents picking up students.

• Land Sale – This winter, we entered intoan arrangement to sell 2.5 acres ofproperty, directly west of FES, to BurtWatson Chevrolet for $250,000.Approximately $60,000 from thispurchase will go towards a new walkingpath behind FES to replace the old, grown-over track. The remainder has been setaside for future capital improvements orland acquisitions.

• Administrative Changes– Mid-waythrough the school year, Renee Wulff leftthe teaching staff at FHS to become theFMS Principal. This summer, StaceyLuberda-Criner will step into the role ofFLC Principal, as Bev Beyer is retiring.

• Necessary Improvements – Thanks to thevoter approved one (1) mill Sinking Fund,

asphalt repairs at the FLC, new carpet inseveral classrooms spread throughoutthe District, three (3) new roof-top aircompressors, and renovation of the oldband room at FHS into a STEM lab areimprovements occurring this summer.

• Project Lead the Way – Thanks to a grantfrom the Dow Chemical Company,Freeland will be offering two (2)engineering courses in 15-16, one at FMSand one at FHS. We are excited to beproviding these kinds of opportunities.

• Strategic Planning – With the help of thecommunity, the FCSD has created astrategic plan for our future. The Boardof Education was excited about thisopportunity to use data and stakeholderfeedback to put this plan in place. Fromthese discussions, we are actively looking

at ways to meet the needs identifiedthrough this process.

• Bond Refunding – This spring, the FreelandBoard of Education successfully sold its2015 Refunding Bonds in the amount of$5,495,000. This refunding will reduce theSchool District’s interest expensesapproximately $571,626 for the taxpayersover the next seven (7) years, throughlower debt payments. The Bonds weresold at an interest rate of 1.41%, with afinal maturity in 2021. This was a verylow rate that resulted in tremendoussavings for taxpayers.

As you can see, there have been manyimprovements, changes, and much planninggoing on as we continue to strive to prepareall students for the demands andopportunities of the 21st century.

Pizza with Picasso at Freeland ElementaryThe Pizza with Picassoevent at FES was a hugesuccess. Thank you toour Art teacher, Ms.Hough, for organizingthe event. Left, BrittonDobson and FHS Volun-teer, Nicole Lelo workon a project. Right,Reed and Eric Dahleycheck out the artworkthat was on display.

Freeland Athletic Association’s

Millionaire Raffle Las Vegas PartySunday, June 281:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Freeland Sports ZoneCost is $125 per ticket (admits 2 people). Tickets available at Pat’s Food Center or by

calling Rick Newbold at 989-233-3537. Proceeds go to the Freeland Athletic Association.

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Freeland High School News

Congratulations to the FHSClass of 2015

Noah OstrowskiValedictorian

Parents:Brian and

DonnaOstrowski

GPA:4.102

Class rank:1

Nicholas BergSalutatorian

Parents:Paul and

Cindy Berg

GPA:4.069

Class rank:2

Class of 2015 Top Ten GraduatesRebecca Bell

Parents:Matthew andElaine Bell

GPA:4.061

Class rank:3

Douglas PiperParents:Clark and

Debra Piper

GPA:4.061

Class rank:3

Morgan KetolaParents:

Barry andKaren Ketola

GPA:4.055

Class rank:5

Ashton LewandowskiParents:

Hector andMarnie

Malacara

GPA:4.035

Class rank:6

Mollie BoswellParents:

Duane andKaren Boswell

GPA:3.996

Class rank:7

Sally YuParents:

JinDing Yuand Kai Wu

GPA:3.992

Class rank:8

Lauren GuentertParents:

Stephen andKelly Guentert

GPA:3.973

Class rank:10

Rebecca JiggensParents:

Scott Jiggensand JamieJiggens

GPA:3.990

Class rank:9

Argyle, VictoriaArmstrong, GageBaase, EmilyBalzer, DavidBates, MichaelBell, RebeccaBeltz, JoshuaBerg, NicholasBishop, BrandonBoswell, MollieBrilinski, KayleBrousseau, HunterCannon, GraysonCausley, DevinChampagne, JacobChampagne, NicholasChampagne, RachelClayton, JennaCollison, EmilyCook, AnthonyCottrell, AlexisCrawford, BenjaminCrawford, EricaDaly, JessikaDeal, BeauDenby, MatthewDeSander, BlakeDill, BrennaDix, StewartDuby, JacobDuLong, SamanthaEaton, Emily

Ezop, NickolasFink, JacobFitkin, GrahamFormsma, MatthewFoy, HannahFranek, MadisonFrazier, KatelinGilman, ChristianGould, TiffanieGreskowiak, AlexanderGuentert, LaurenGuerra, AudrianaGullifor, BrendanGullifor, CourtneyHaines, ScottHandley, HeatherHare, AshtynHaswell, RaydenHayden, SabreenaHayes, ChastonHazen, JessieHerring, TaylorHohn, EthanHoliday, HannahHollingsworth, BrendanHunter, KaedanceHunter, Layne

Jankoska, JacobJiggens, RebeccaJolin, MadisonKaufmann, KennedyKetola, MorganKhan, RaaedKing, CalinKnapp, ZeraKnodel, BrendanKreager, CecilyKubiak, ParkerLachcik, KennedyLambertson, MatthewLelo, NicoleLewandowski, AshtonLibera, KatrinaLyons, RachylLyVere, TuckerMarti, BaileyMason, KendalMata, NicholasMattson, LukeMedina, GarrettMenzel, JordanMetiva, AllisonMetiva, TylerMiddlebrook, Audrey

Miller, GabrielMiller, JacobMiller, TinaMills, GabrielleNoack, RachelNyquist, JennaObendorfer, KindeOstrowski, NoahPadgett, MelaniePatterson, TannerPepin, JacobPichla, TylerPiper, DouglasPiper, MitchellPollard, JordanPrimdahl, WilliamProut, JalynRidenour, HunterRiffel, AllisonRiffel, JarettRiffel, JenssenRiffel, JustinRivas, SamanthaRoot, MorganRoss, MakiahSawyer, BrianSchatzley, Michael

Schauman, RyanSchmidt, Megan

Schmus, KierstenScott, Garrett

Shea, JaredShibilski, Roman

Simpson, JeremySnider, Marshall

Spalding, JosephStafford, Dominic

Stowell, AlexanderStowe, Caleigh

Stowell, JennaleeStrecker, Shelby

Streng, JamieTate, Cierra

Taugher, TarynTaylor, Brooke

Thompson, TaylorToner, HeatherTrahan, Ryan

VanDaele, JohnVenegas, AlexisWegener, Bailey

Wegner, JaredWhite, Megan

Wiesenauer, BreanaWilson, AlexisWrege, Brady

Wyman, SpencerYoung, Allison

Yu, Stella

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Freeland High School News

Senior Recognition Ceremonies 2015Saturday, May 2

Prom, Saginaw Valley State University, 7 p.m.Dinner begins at 8 p.m.

Thursday, May 7Freeland Scholar’s Breakfast,Apple Mountain, 8 - 10 a.m.

Thursday, May 14Senior Potluck (students only),

FHS Cafeteria, 5:30 p.m.

Oscar Night, FHS Auditorium, 7 p.m.

Sunday, May 17Freeland Athletic Association Four Year Athlete

Award Ceremony, Apple Mountain, 4-6 p.m.

Congratulations toAllison Metiva andZera Knapp whopresented theirproject in a STEMcompetition for theA.H. Nickless Innova-tion Award. Underthe guidance of Mr.Tom Short, theseladies spent a yearand $1000 to developa device that prohib-its the spread of

germs and viruses on door handles. They gave an excellentpresentation to the judges on April 11 at SVSU.

Students present at STEM Competition

To stay up-to-date on Freeland Falcon Athletics...

www.freelandathletics.com

High SchoolStudentsfrom MissRuffertshofer'sEnglish classdisplay theircharacterprojects fromOf Mice andMen.

Congratulations to McKenzie White,Madison Boman, and Benjamin Balenwho were recognized for their strongleadership skills by participating inthe Great Lakes Bay Regional YouthLeadership Institute this year. Thesestudents represented FHS with 162students from across Midland, Bayand Saginaw counties for their ethicalleadership skills and exemplaryresponsibility both in and out ofschool.

Sunday, May 17Senior Honor’s Night, FHS Auditorium, 7 p.m.

Friday, May 22Senior’s last day of classes

Tuesday, May 26Senior Final Exams

Wednesday, May 27Baccalaureate, St. Agnes Church, 7 p.m.

(Seniors report at 6:30 p.m.)

Thursday, May 28Senior’s Commencement Practice, FHS Cafeteria,

8 - 10 a.m. (Seniors required)

Commencement Ceremony, FHS, 7 p.m.(Seniors report at 6 p.m.)

Leadership award winners

Cailyn King (top) and Gage Armstrong (bot-tom) pictured with Todd Hogan of the Soci-ety of Plastic Engineers. Both students re-ceived awards for essays they submitted.Cailyn won 2nd place ($250 check) and Gagewon 3rd place ($100 check).

Essay award winners

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Freeland Middle School News

Everyday Heroes recognized at assembly Lauryn Roth and Madyson Nasset learned about theUnderground Railroad in Saginaw early in the year. Itdid not take them long to realize they wanted to getmore involved. The Underground Railroad is an organization that ser-vices women and children who are victims of domesticviolence. Lauryn and Madyson, both in 8th grade, de-cided to get involved with the Underground Railroadby raising money for the organization. They contacted local businesses looking for donations,and worked together with community churches to setup fundraising events to earn money. Because of their hardwork and dedication, they wereable to donate over $500 to the Underground Railroadto help support the women and children that use theseservices. During the 2nd semester Everyday Hero as-sembly in January, both students, along with KaitlynRoth, were recognized for their hard work.

MadysonNasset,KaitlynRoth, andLauryn Rothpose for apictureafter theyare recog-nized asbeingeverydayheroes.

May14 Middle School Transition Day20 7th grade field trip to MBS International

Airport21 Spring Band Concert25 No School

June4 Awards Assembly for students4 8th grade Send-Off Dinner and Dance5 Middle School Band field trip9-11 Middle School Exams11 Last day of school

FMSImportant Dates

Also, a representative from the Underground Railroad,Karen Sova, came to speak to all students about howthis organization was started, and what the purpose ofthe organization is.

Falcons soar into Second Semester After each marking period at the Middle School, thestaff and students celebrate the end of the grading pe-riod with a SOAR assembly. At the assembly students that have shown positivebehavior and academic work at the school for that mark-ing period are honored. In January, the SOAR assembly was also a time to cel-ebrate the incoming of new principal, Mrs. Renee Wulff.Students welcomed her with a pie to the face. The cheerteam also participated in this assembly, and did a phe-nomenal job promoting school spirit. In March, our third marking period finished up, and

Awards were givento outstanding FMSstudents at theSOAR assembly inJanuary. Top, fromleft: BrendenJiggens, Mrs. Wulff,Kara Holt, OliviaBrissette, LaurenRankin, KayleeRuthig, Ty Fleming,and Adam Streng.Bottom, the middleschool cheer teamkept the spirit aliveduring the assem-bly.

Mrs. Wulff and Freddy theFalcon pose for a picture af-ter students welcomed her toFMS with a pie.

we had our final SOAR assembly for the year. The as-sembly began with our 7th and 8th grade band mem-bers performing the school song for all of the middleschool students, and was followed by our recognitionawards. Carston Yaw, Bailey Wrege, Olivia Pumford,Leah Hubbard, and Hunter Owen were honored for the8th grade class. Stephen Holtman, Skylar Mason, HaleyWhitman, and Jessica Messing were honored for the 7thgrade class. Congratulations to these students for showing hardworking, conscientious, respectful, and helpful attitudestowards all.

8th grade studentsOralia Gomez (topleft), Ryli Kant (top

right), AlexisBrilinski (bottomright), and Ema

Lynch (bottom left)pose for a picture

at the SaginawSpirit Education

Game Day.

Spirit Game strikes interestfor students in STEM careers On March 3, FMS students attended an annual edu-cation game day at the Dow Event Center. The daybegan with a tour of all of the STEM (Science, Tech-nology, Engineering, and Math) opportunities thereare when it comes to picking out a career. There were stations to interact with the newestand latest technology. The Freeland Middle School’srobotics team was represented by Jacquline Willsieand Jimmy Wayne. They were able to show schooldistricts the type of work they do in this club. Stu-dents were then able to watch a Saginaw Spirithockey game together, and they even got to see Mrs.Nicole Gotts compete in a dance competition. Overall, this was a great event that began to strikeinterest in careers that have a focus on math, sci-ence, engineering, and technology.

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Freeland Middle School News

Seventh graders learning to write like a scientist Mrs. Jennel Martin-Powell has spent a lot of time thissemester diving into the Michigan Standards for literacyin science. In her exploration of these standards, she began to thinkabout writing in science a bit differently than simplycompleting a five paragraph essay. To model what a scientist would write, she is currentlyhaving her students complete a formal science reportbased around an essential question dealing with thegreenhouse effect and climate change. Students were given various resources to complete thereport including graphic organizers tailored to fit theirlearning style and level of understanding. Students expressed interest in this report, and investeda lot of time and energy into making these reports asauthentic as possible. Graphics, charts, and other visu-als were also used to support the writing in the docu-ment. Here is an example of one report written by 7th grade

student, Madelyn Snider:

Much of the recent severe weather changes are linkedto the greenhouse effect and climate change. Society caresabout this because without the greenhouse effect, Earth’ssurface wouldn’t be warm and humans couldn’t sus-tain life. However, effects of climate change can be devastat-ing. Evidence for both topics will be shown to conclude:

Is there a relationship between greenhouse gases andclimate change? The greenhouse effect is the warming of the surfaceand lower atmosphere using infrared radiation that isabsorbed. Then, the radiation is re-radiated back to thesurface by gases. The main contributing gases arecarbon dioxide, methane, water vapor, nitrous oxide,and ozone. Another fact is that when the radiation ispartially trapped by greenhouse gases, the surface issignificantly warmed, which can have negative effects.(www.greenfacts.org/climate-change/greenhouse-effect/greenhouse-effect.htm) According to Judy Biggert,“If we are going to meet the growing demand in the U.S.without significantly increasing emissions ofgreenhouse gases, we must maintain a diverse supplyof electricity and nuclear power must be part of thatmix.” (www.BrainyQuote.com) Ms. Biggert is referringto excessive burning of fossil fuels that we participatein today. This diagram helps show the greenhouseeffect cycle. (http://www.global-greenhouse-warming.com/effect-green-house.html) Climate change is a change in a global or regionalclimate pattern, specifically from carbon dioxide. 97%of climate experts agree humans are causing climatechange (global warming). When humans burn fossil fuels, the globaltemperature rises causing dramatic changes in weatherand climate. (www.epa.gov/climatechange/basics/)

According to Nathaniel Philbrick, “In the years tocome, the combination of climate change and populationgrowth could have a devastating effect on the planetand needless to say, on humanity”(www.BrainyQuote.com) It is important to understandthe diagram, because people need to know how wecontribute to climate change everyday.(www.offsetters.ca/education/climate-change/causes-of-climate-change) Using the evidence provided, it can clearly be claimedthat there is a relationship between the greenhouse effectand climate change. The greenhouse effect affects theamount of heat retained in Earth’s atmosphere, whichcauses climate change. (www.climate.nasa.gov/causes) Also, gas emissions cause the Earth’s surfacetemperature to rise and those gases are “forcing”climate change. (www.epa.gov/climatechange/science/causes.html) The evidence compiled on this topic leadsto the claim that the greenhouse effect is linked to andcauses climate change. Without the greenhouse effect, humans wouldn’t beable to survive, but it can cause extreme weather.Climate change is already taking a sizeable change outout of the global food supply and it is going to get worse.This process changes the temperature of the surface,then the climate changes and has negative effects. Thegreenhouse effect and climate change go hand and handand something must be done about it.

Students Participate in Martin LutherKing Jr. Luncheon and Symposium On February 26, 8th grade US History teacher PhilSchwedler, was able to travel with 10 Freeland MiddleSchool students to the Martin Luther King Jr. Luncheonand Symposium hosted by Saginaw Valley State Uni-versity. The day included many interactive parts, one of whichstudents had a keynote speaker that challenged them to“be the bridge” in their own community and schools.When speaking with students, they stated that it wasan inspiration to them because they have never thoughtabout being a “bridge” to begin bringing people togetherin their own communities. The Students that attended were so inspired by thisevent that they immediately began planning for a fullschool homeroom and assembly. The goal of the assem-bly was to come up with a plan on how we can “be thebridge” for others at Freeland Middle School. They developed various situations for homerooms todiscuss about how to promote a safe and connectedschool. Homeroom representatives shared the discus-sions at an assembly that was held in March.

8th grade students gather together to celebrate theirwork at the Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium.

The event was a huge success, and has continued toimpact all of our students and staff at Freeland MiddleSchool.

-President-Kim Sheldrake-Formsma

-Trustee-Dennis J. Argyle

-Trustee-Peter R. Wiltse

-Trustee-Matthew J. Fhaner

-Treasurer-David R. Youngstrom

-Secretary-Holly M. Roenicke

-Vice-President-Kristin A. Anderson

FCSDBoard of Education

2014-2015

Please visit our website, www.freeland.k12.mi.us,to view the Meeting Schedule as well as

Meeting Minutes and Agendas.

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Freeland Elementary School News

Annual Saginaw County Spelling Bee

The participants of this year’s SaginawCounty Spelling Bee. Back row, from left:Alexa Ogden (8th), Raegan Schalau (8th),Cameron Dore - Assistant Coach, MadisonSmith (7th), Cady Bond (7th), Mason Metiva(6th). Front row, from left: Julia Shemanski(6th), Mackenzie Thackery (6th), LarsenMorehouse (5th), Julia Willsie – AssistantCoach, Chelsea Berg – Head Coach. Notpictured: Tyler McLaughlin (5th).

On March 5, the Freeland Elementary and MiddleSchool Spelling Bee Teams participated in the annualSaginaw County Spelling Bee. The team is comprised of students from grades 5-8that have placed in the top positions in the school-widespelling bee. The team is coached by Freeland graduate,Chelsea Berg. The team also has former team members Julia Willsieand Cameron Dore as assistant coaches. Mackenzie

Thackery (6th grade), Cady Bond (7th grade) and AlexaOgden (8th grade) finished in the top 13 spellers andreceived medallions. Alexa finished in 5th place overall and was the overall8th grade champion. All of the team members thatparticipated did a great job. In the past, the team has had many top ten finishers.Past winners in the contest’s 39 year history includeMark Blehm (1996, 1997, 1998) and Andrew Bicigo (2008).

The 6th grade students competed in a 2-day STEMactivity where they worked in teams of 2-3 to builda Vortex Cannon. They competed in teams to enter the VortexCannon March Madness Tournament. Three teamsfrom each class participated in the “Sweet Sixteen”tournament. Carson Fahrenbruch and Nolan VanLoo were thewinners of the tournament, knocking over 15stacked cups, at a distance of 15 feet in less than 4seconds. Great job to all involved.

Sixth grade team winsVortex Cannon event

CarsonFahrenbruch

and NolanVanLoo

standproudly by

theirVortex

Cannonthat won

theChampion

title at a2-day STEM

event.

On March 13, Freeland 5th graders participated in theStudent Tools for Emergency Planning program, knownas STEP, which is education project developed by theFederal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). A Trooper from the Michigan State Police discussedwith the importance of preparing for emergencies andprovided students with the knowledge to help theirfamilies prepare. Students were presented with materials to beginassembling their family emergency bags from theMichigan State Police.

Student Tools for Emergency PlanningFES 5thgraders listento a presenta-tion fromTrooperDarrow,MichiganState Police,about Emer-gency Plan-ning.

Soaring withKindness at FES The focus for February’s SOAR at FreelandElementary School was Kindness. To go along with the theme, each student ingrades K-6 created colorful bookmarks. Thestudents also wrote a kind message on theback of each bookmark. The bookmarks were placed carefully intorandom books in the Media Center at theElementary School and Learning Center. The idea was to send a kind thought tosomeone else when they borrowed that bookfrom the Media Center and find the beautifulbookmark.

Brooke Riffel, Ally DeMitchell, and CatherineMueller color bookmarks to place into randombooks in the Media Center.

4th graders from Mrs. Williams class show off theircompleted bookmarks. From left: Alex McDonald,Dalton Polega, Nathan Niederquill, and RyanGregory.

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Freeland Elementary School News

National Geographic geography bee

On February 3, thirteen studentsfrom the Freeland CommunitySchool District competed in theNational Geographic geographybee. These students met once a weekafter-school for the past monthalong with countless hours ofstudying at home in order toprepare for the bee. The contest is designed tomotivate students to learn aboutthe world and how it works.Students in grades fourth throughsixth were eligible to participate. This is the first year that we havetaken part in the geography bee.Marcus Bader, a 5th grader fromMrs. Gensch’s room, was declared the school champion. In March, Marcus competed in the state levelcompetition of the National Geographic Bee and finished

in the top 20. He missed only one question. Congratulations to Marcus and the rest of theparticipants for doing an outstanding job.

By Scott HarrisonElementary School Teacher

Fun and educational day with Dow Energy Modules

Fifth graders testing the peddlegenerator to convert kinetic energyinto electrical energy.

Fifth graderstesting theconduction ofenergy throughmetal versus wood.From left:Mackenzie Bauer,Lilliana Duus,Allyson Harvey, andJacob Murray.

Fifth graders testingthe transfer of energy

using a Teacup StirlingEngine.

A group of fifth graders testingthe transfer of energy.

A special thank you to Dow and its employees that made this educational and fun day possible.

Studying Moon PhasesFifthgradersCalyssaDouglas andJordanRawlingsdemonstratehow tocreate moonphases.

DakotaDutton,Conner

VanHerweg,Larsen

Morehouse,and BroghanSchalau, use

Oreos toshow phasesof the moon.

Above, the 13 FES students that partici-pated in the National Geographicgeography bee. From left: MakenzieSchultz, Ainsley Miller, Sophie Maxwell,Adrian Clynick, Nolan VanLoo, AdamDeeter, Alex Deeter, Marcus Bader, ErinCollier, Natalie Sadenwater, HaydenWright, Broghan Schlalau, and AshlynMeyer. Left, Marcus Bader, proudlydisplays his medal and certificate afterbeing declared school champion.

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Freeland Learning Center News

Principal ThoughtsBy Bev BeyerLearning Center Principal

Due to the pleasant association I have enjoyed withthe Freeland Community for the past eleven years,my upcoming retirement leaves me feeling a bit sad. Retirement will mean new directions but not toretire from life. Being active and involved is part ofmy personality. I look forward to the challenges andchange and plan to live it to the fullest. My interactions with the students, parents, andFreeland community always provided a bright spotin my day. I will greatly miss those occasions and Idon’t want to sever old relationships. To simply say“thank you” for allowing me to guide your children’seducation as the Learning Center Principal seemsinadequate. I consider Freeland a warm and invitingcommunity and I have very fond memories of mypast years at the Learning Center.

Fun with hula hoops

The kindergarten students at the Freeland LearningCenter made hula hoop castles during a high energygame in their Physical Education Class. Developingthe motor skills of young students can be great funwhen Mrs. Miller is the teacher. From left: MaddilynBreece, Nathan Aulds, Avery Blasdell, MatthewAulds, Logan Lewis, Abby Walker, and Nilay Riselay.

Kindergarten Registration Information Kindergarten registration forms for the 2015-2016school year are now available in the Learning Centeroffice. The office is open Monday through Friday, from 8a.m. – 4:30 p.m. If you have any questions, please feel free to call 989-695-5721 or stop by the Learning Center Office. In order to complete registration, we must have thefollowing items on or before the first day of school:1. Birth Certificate - We will need the original birth certificate and we will make the copy.

2. Proof of Residency - A utility bill sent to your home with your name on it is ideal. A driver’s license will not be acceptable.3. Immunization Record4. Vision and Hearing Screening Results - The Health Department visits many daycares. Please call 989- 758-3839 for off-site locations or to make an appt. This is a free service from the Health Department. We look forward to meeting you and having your childjoin our Freeland Family.

Under the Sea Book Fairat the Learning Center

Rowan Miller and Victoria Caudy color fishthat were used as decorations at the Learn-ing Center’s Book Fair.

Evan Millerand LoganHart are allsmiles as theyhelp withdecorations.

A special thank you to all of our parent volunteers! Without your help and dedicationto our school, this event would not have been possible.

A great way to stay updated Freeland Community School District offers variousemail lists for parents/guardians to subscribe to. To getsigned up, go to www.freeland.k12.mi.us, click on Par-ent & Community, Email lists. Click the subscribe link under the list you would liketo sign up for. Enter your name and email address in thewindow that appears and click Send. After subscribingto a list you will receive updates regarding news andannouncements to the email address you provide.

Washington Street/Freeland Road Construction Funding has been made available via federal and StateFunds of $1.1 million to rebuild Washington Street (alsoreferred to as Freeland Road) from the light at M-47east to the Rail Road crossing. Construction is expected to start by June 1 with plansto complete the project by September 30. It is undetermined at this time what end or side of the

road the project will be started. However, the 7th Streetintersection will remain open through June 15. Travelerscan expect significant delays when traveling this stretchof road for most of the summer. The Township will be hosting and informationalmeeting regarding the road construction on May 18, at6 p.m., in the FHS Performing Arts Center.

Friday, June 57 p.m.

Starts and Ends at Freeland High School5k Run and Walk

Entry fee is $20. Register online at:https://runsignup.com/Race/MI/Freeland/DennysRace

Proceeds from the event will go towards scholarships for FHS students.

In loving memory ofDenny Gatz.

Denny’sRace