Freeman School District 33-1

🏆✨ Our Food Science Team placed 1st at the SD FFA State Convention, earning a trip to Nationals in Indianapolis! ✨ Individually: Katalyn Juhnke 2nd, Libby Ammann 5th, Adelyn Becker 13th. Also competing was Isabel Waltner. Excellent Job ladies! 💙💛

Our Ag Mechanics Team took the stage at the South Dakota FFA State Convention, placing 3rd overall! 🔧👏 Individually: Ethan Buchmann 2nd, Jackson Buchmann 8th, Lane Becker 18th. Also competing was Logun Pankratz. Huge thanks to Chris Buchmann for helping coach the team! 💙💛

The Freeman FFA Chapter 🌟 earned a Superior Chapter Award at the South Dakota FFA State Convention and took 3rd place in the Building Communities category! 👏💙💛

H is for Hat Day! 🎩🧢 Our Freeman Elementary students topped off the day in style yesterday. Check out all these amazing hats!

Our FFA students have put in the work! 💪🌟 After competing at State the last few days, several have secured top spots and earned a chair on the floor! 👏 Be sure to tune into the livestream of the South Dakota FFA State Convention awards ceremony to see how they did! 💙💛 🔗 Newscenter1.tv/ffa

🌟 Congratulations to Gideon Rembold on earning his State FFA Degree, the highest honor awarded by the South Dakota FFA Association! 🌟 This recognition reflects his dedication to his Supervised Agricultural Experience, leadership, and community service. 💛 Way to Represent! 💙

✈︎ 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗 𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗗𝗘𝗥! 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗦 to Junior, Claire Loofbourrow on throwing the Javelin today in Gayville 84’7 feet. Her throw makes her the  new FHS Girls Javelin record holder! She’s just getting started! 🙌🏻Congrats Claire and to all the Javelin throwers!

🎓✨ Senior Spotlight: Gideon Rembold!

Gideon plans to attend Mitchell Technical College in Mitchell, SD to major in Progressive Welding Technology 🔥🛠️ He’s ready to spark his future, fuse his skills, and build a rock-solid career one weld at a time! ⚡

Fun Fact: If given the choice between a car and a truck, Gideon would choose a truck!

We’re proud of you, Gideon — your future is looking strong and well-built! 👏🎉

💙💛Our FFA students have been working hard at the state FFA convention competing, attending sessions, work shops and the career fair. 🦉 You can stream all sessions live from the comfort of your own home! The big days for our Chapter are Tuesday afternoon (4pm) (State Degree for Gideon) & Wednesday (8am) (Superior Chapter Top 3, Golden Owl & all CDE results). ------ Streaming: 🔗 sdaged.org 🔗 Newscenter1.tv/ffa NewsCenter1 Media Group Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch Rapid City Market: KNBN-DT2 21.2 DirecTV 22 Midco: 18 Vast: 11 Golden West: 12 Sioux Falls Market: KAUN 25.1 Midco 600 Bluepeak 12/412 GoldenWest 8 ​All State Convention info: https://www.sdaged.org/copy-of-events-1

Good morning, We want to inform you that our WiFi is currently down, which also impacts our phone lines. At this time, callers are unable to call or leave messages. If you need to reach the school, please contact us by email, and we will use our personal devices to get ahold of you as soon as possible: Elementary Office: Kelley.Kruger@k12.sd.us JH/HS Office: Emily.Stern@k12.sd.us Thank you for your patience and understanding while we work to resolve this issue. Freeman School

🎉🎉Congratulations to Riley Tschetter and Rylee Peters on being named Elite Eight Athletes of the year by KORN Radio!

Both students met the following conditions: Must be a Junior or a Senior, have a GPA of 3.0 or higher, be involved in community and school activities, be an elite athlete, and be nominated by their coach or administration. The Elite Eight Committee votes on the nominations based on criteria.

Amazing job by both hard-working student athletes! Congrats again to Riley Tschetter and Rylee Peters.

https://kornradio.com/sports/2026-elite-eight-boys-athletes-of-the-year/
https://kornradio.com/sports/2026-elite-eight-girls-athletes-of-the-year/

Photos by Jeremy Waltner

🚜💨 And they’re off! Our FFA State Qualifiers have arrived in style in Brookings and are ready to compete! 🌟💪 Join us in wishing them the best of luck as they represent us at this year’s State Convention! 🍀👏

Come enjoy a banner night! The unveiling of the Boys Basketball State "B" Championship & Spirit of Six banners will be on April 30, 2026 at Freeman High School.
🥩Freewill pork loin supper 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
📹Banner unveiling and special video at 6:30 PM.
🎉🎉Come celebrate our dedicated student athletes! 🙌

📸2026 FHS Prom photos by Jeremy Waltner are up on his Flickr site @ https://www.flickr.com/photos/197640136@N05/albums/72177720333153201/
Thanks to Waltner Media for documenting all the Flyers activities! 🙌

2026 FHS Prom is almost in the books. Special thanks to Flyboy Donuts for the sweet treats for our students!

Congrats to Tannen Auch on his 11th place finish at the SESDSS golf meet at Fox Run in Yankton!

✈︎ 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗦 𝗙𝗟𝗬𝗘𝗥𝗦! The entire Flyer Track & Field Team had a great day at the Menno Relays!!

💪🏻Our Varsity boys won the meet and our Varsity girls came in 3rd!!!
🙌🏻 Our JH teams had a great first meet with the boys finishing 4th and the girls also coming in 3rd!!!🥉

𝗪𝗔𝗬 𝗧𝗢 𝗚𝗢 𝗙𝗟𝗬𝗘𝗥𝗦✈︎

🗓️ Our next meet is Tuesday, April 21st in Gayville!!