Freeman School District 33-1

🎪🍕 The Cafeteria Circus rolls on for National School Lunch Week! 🎉 Today’s big-top favorites: pizza 🍕 and chicken & silly face waffles 🧇🐔 Our lunch ladies are serving up fun! 🤡❤️

🏃🏻🏃🏻‍♂️Congratulations to our Flyers Cross Country team on a great performance at the Region 3B meet today at Valley View Golf Course in Freeman. The boys placed second as a team and all qualified for the State Cross Country Meet. For the girls, Finley McCune and Ava Schultz are both headed to the State Cross Country Meet as well for their top 20 finishes. Individual results below.

🏅 = State Qualifier

Boys 5K
🏅Lane McCune 17:00.19 - 5th place
🏅Luke Miller 17:08.88 - 8th place
🏅Collin Randall 17:54.66 - 10th place
🏅Josh Olesen 19:07.88 - 21st place
🏅Korbin Jensen 19:46.22 - 26th place

Girls 5K
🏅Finley McCune 21:34.02 - 14th place
🏅Ava Schultz 21:44.45 - 18th place
Hannah Rigo 22:27.52 - 23rd place
Alexa Nanninga 23:30.11 - 33rd place
Haley Preheim 23:40.69 - 36th place

Girls 3K
Emma Pankratz 13:59.00 - 4th place
Zoey Rigo 14:20.10 - 5th place

Awesome work, Flyers!!

The State XC Meet is on Saturday, October 24, 2026 starting @ 12:00 PM in Rapid City! Good luck runners!

💙💛 Reminder!💛💙

FFA Alumni & Support Group meeting!

You do NOT have to be a former FFA member to join! 🙌 If you care about our students, agriculture, our community, or simply want to help support Freeman FFA, you are welcome!

📅 Sunday, Oct. 18
⏰ 7:00 PM
📍 Ag Room

Come learn more, share ideas, and help us build something that will support our FFA members for years to come! 💙🌾

📣 Can’t make the meeting but still interested? Let Mrs. Penner know!

We hope to see you there! 💛💙🌱

#buildingafuture #freemanffa #alumniandsupport #community #freemansd #growingleaders

Save the date!🎃 FFA FALL CARNIVAL 🎃
Saturday, October 31 from 4 to 7 PM
📍 Freeman High School Gym
👻 Wear your costume!

🎡 Play All Night Wristband + 3 Haunted House Passes per child $20
🎟️ Punch Cards 10 for $3 or 20 for $5

🍽️ Freewill Donation Pork Loin Meal

🥤 Sugar Barn will be open!

ALL AGES WELCOME!

#freemanffa #ffafallcarnival #familyfun #halloween

🍂💰 Book Fair Coin War results! 🏆 4M raked in the most and won a class party! 🎉 📚 Teachers used their Coin War funds to add books to their classroom libraries! 🍁 Thanks to your generosity, we raised over $700! ❤️

🎪🤡 It’s National School Lunch Week! Our Cafeteria Circus is in full swing! 🎉 Students enjoyed Tightrope Tacos 🌮, Circus Corndogs 🌭 & Clown Cups today! A BIG thank you to our lunch ladies for making lunchtime the greatest show on earth! ❤️

📣 WE'RE HIRING LONG-TERM SUBSTITUTES! 🍎✏️

Freeman School District is looking to fill TWO long-term substitute teaching positions for the 2026–2027 school year!

🍎 PreK Long-Term Substitute
📍 Freeman Elementary School
📅 Beginning January 4, 2027 | Approximately 8–12 weeks

📚 4th–8th Grade Long-Term Substitute
📍 Tschetter Colony School
📅 March 12 – May 14, 2027

If you enjoy working with students and making a difference in the classroom, we'd love to hear from you!

📝 Interested applicants: Please complete our employment application if you do not already have one on file with the district.

👉 Freeman School District Employment Application - Under the Employment tab on our website

✈️ Come be part of our Flyer family! 🤎🤍

📢 Please SHARE to help us spread the word!

Flyers athletics is still in full swing!

🏐🏐Last night the Varsity Girls VB team pulled off a thrilling 5 set comeback win over Corsica-Stickney. The girls rallied from a 14-7 deficit in the final set to win 16-14. Claire Loofbourrow served the final 9 points for the win. Rylee Peters powered the Flyers with a match high 25 kills. Awesome effort, ladies!

🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏻The Cross Country team had a good showing at the Ethan/Parkston meet yesterday as well. The Varsity Boys team placed 2nd with 30 points, and the Varsity Girls team placed 3rd with 51 points. Individual results below.

Varsity Boys 5K
🎖️Lane McCune - 5th
🎖️Luke Miller - 7th
🎖️Collin Randall - 8th
Josh Olesen - 20th
Korbin Jensen - 22th

Varsity Girls 5K
🎖️Finley McCune - 10th
Haley Preheim - 21st
Ava Schultz - 23rd
Alexa Nanninga - 24th
Hannah Rigo - 26th

JV Girls
🥉Emma Pankratz - 3rd

JH Girls
🥉Talia Rembold - 3rd
🎖️Bridget Neuharth - 5th
Raelynn Taylor - 11th

🏈🏈Tonight, the Flyers JH and Varsity FB teams host De Smet. The JH boys are scheduled for 4:30 PM, and the Varsity game is set to start at 7:00 PM. Senior night recognition will be before the game at about 6:40 PM. Come out to the field to support the boys! Livestream links below:

JH
🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/qYaDGaR1trQ?feature=share
🎥 NFHS: https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/freeman-high-school-freeman-sd/gam3f27ca0763

Varsity
🎥YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/tTORZIdzifU?feature=share
🎥 NFHS: https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/freeman-high-school-freeman-sd/gam811b429ef4

🚜🦺 FFA SAFETY DAY was a HUGE success! 🦺🚜

Today 116 students from Freeman Elementary grades 4 through 6 and Wolf Creek Colony grades 4 through 8 participated in a morning of hands on learning through 7 safety rotations! 💙💛

Students learned about:
🚜 Farm Equipment Safety
🏍️ ATV Safety
🩹 First Aid & Stop the Bleed
🌾 General Farm Safety
⚡ Electrical Safety
💚 Wellness
🐄 Animal Safety

A HUGE thank you to the local businesses, organizations, and volunteers who helped make this day possible! 👏

⭐ Chris Plamp, C&B Operations
⭐ Dr. Liz Graber, Sioux Nation Ag Center
⭐ Jaiden Boomsma & the Family of Jaxon L. Boomsma
⭐ Jeff Slack & Jayme Juhnke - Southeastern Electric
⭐ Kayla Pavel, Freeman Regional Health Services
⭐ Jackie Vaith, Mettler Implement
⭐ Katalyn Juhnke, Isabel Waltner, Remington Weier & Braiden Ormsby - Freeman Teens to Teachers

We are so thankful for a community that is willing to share their time and knowledge to help keep our kids SAFE! ❤️

#FreemanFFA #FFASafetyDay #LivingToServe #AgEducation #CommunityStrong

👕Our FREE Clothing for Kids is all set up!🛍️ Stop by the Freeman Elementary Lunchroom today and tomorrow from 12:30–6:00 PM! We have FREE clothes, shoes, and hygiene supplies available for elementary-age students. ❤️ Come take what your family can use, everything is FREE! 😊

This is a reminder to Freeman families that today (10/7) and tomorrow (10/8) are early dismissal days due to Parent/Teacher Conferences.

🕛 Student dismissal: 12:00 p.m.
🍽️ Lunch: Students will be served lunch before dismissal.
🚌 Buses: Afternoon bus routes will run following the noon dismissal.
👩‍🏫 Parent/Teacher Conferences: 12:00–6:00 p.m. both days

There will be NO SCHOOL on:

Friday, 10/9 – Parent/Teacher Conference Comp Day

Monday, 10/12 – Native American Day

Enjoy the extended weekend, Flyers! ✈️

Come visit FHS Student Council’s Bake Sale! They will be selling homemade treats during PT Conferences. Treats will be $2 each or three for $5! Available from 12:00-3:30 PM, while supplies last!🍰🍪🧁 All proceeds will go to FHS Student Council to fundraise for state and regional student council!

🏈✈️ Calling ALL Elementary Flyers! ✈️🏈
Join us THIS FRIDAY as we help kick off the Flyers Football game! 🤎🤍
Elementary students are invited to help create a tunnel to welcome our Flyers onto the field!
📅 Friday, October 9
⏰ Meet at 6:45 PM
📍 Storage Shed Gate – Southwest side of the field
Wear your Flyer gear and come help us cheer on our team! 📣🏈
GO FLYERS! ✈️🤎🤍

Need new bedsheets? Check out the attached Lolabird flyer. The Freeman High School Music department is selling bedsheets as a fundraiser for their Florida trip this spring. Thanks for your support!

📅Please note the Freeman School District 33-1 schedule changes for the next week.

Wednesday, October 7, 2026 - Noon dismissal for students; P-T Conferences 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Thursday, October 8, 2026 - 12 PM dismissal for students; P-T Conferences 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Friday, October 9, 2026 - No School - P-T Comp Day
Monday, October 12, 2026 - No School - Native American Day

Also note the modified period schedule for the Jr.-Sr. High School (grades 7-12) on Wednesday and Thursday this week.

Wednesday, October 7th
Period 2 - 8:10 AM - 8:58 AM
Period 3 - 9:01 AM - 9:49 AM
Period 4 - 9:52 AM - 10:40 AM
Period 6 - 10:43 AM - 11:31 AM
Lunch - 11:31 AM - 12:00 PM

Thursday, October 8th
Period 1 - 8:10 AM - 8:58 AM
Period 5 - 9:01 AM - 9:49 AM
Period 7 - 9:52 AM - 10:40 AM
Period 8 - 10:43 AM - 11:31 AM
Lunch - 11:31 AM - 12:00 PM

🏐🏆 TOURNAMENT CHAMPS! 🏆🏐

Congratulations to our volleyball girls on an awesome day at the Canistota Volleyball Tournament! 🎉

🥇 C Squad Bracket CHAMPS!
🥇 JV Bracket CHAMPS!

Both squads battled hard and came home on top! 💪🔥

Way to go, girls! ❤️🏐🏆

#GoFlyers #TournamentChamps #FlyerVolleyball

Coaches Uecker and Lagge took the XC team to Burke today and led them to another great performance. The Varsity Boys team finished first again. The girls had another good day too with several placers. Results below.

Varsity Boys 5K
🥈Lane McCune - 2nd
🎖️Luke Miller - 4th
🎖️Collin Randall - 5th
🎖️Korbin Jensen - 20th

Varsity Girls 5K
🎖️Finley McCune - 15th
🎖️Haley Preheim - 16th
🎖️Ava Schultz - 17th

JV Girls
🥉Zoey Rigo - 3rd

JH Girls
🥈Talia Rembold - 2nd
🎖️Bridget Neuharth - 4th

Great job, Flyers!

Public Access Bluetooth credentials for 25-26 expired yesterday. If you are a parent or community member and would like to use our gym facilities during public access hours, you can pay the annual fee for the credentials (now $13 per year) to gain access. Mr. Loofbourrow will be available at the VB match tonight to process renewals and new applications. He will be running the LiveStream camera during the C match and the first part of the JV match, and then will be available in the HS lunch room until the end of the Varsity match. If you can't attend tonight or stop by the school a different time, e-mail Mr. Loofbourrow at seth.loofbourrow@k12.sd.us to setup an appointment to renew your access or apply for new access.