
Following a rigorous audition process, Liam Loofbourrow was selected to be a member of the 2025 ACDA National Honor Choir. 🎶✨ The performance will take place at the ACDA National Conference in Dallas, TX on March 19 -22, 2025. Great job, Liam!🌟🎶


Don’t forget to stop by the FFA Fall Carnival this Friday, November 1! Wear your costume and join the fun. Community members are encouraged to bring a pie to our first annual Pie Bake off! Pies can be brought to the High School from 9 to 3 pm. Judging will be held at 5:00 pm. The carnival and meal will be from 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm. A freewill donation will be held for the meal and pies. The FFA National group will also be selling tickets on an RTIC Freeman Flyer Rolling Cooler. The winner does not need to be present to win. The winner will be drawn at 7:30 pm! If you are not able to attend and would like tickets, please email Mrs. Penner (Malynda.Penner@k12.sd.us).


Freeman Elementary Parents: A portion of S. Walnut St. will be closed from approximately 10:00 am - 2:00 pm on Wednesday, October 30th for the construction workers to connect the water and sewer lines for the new custodial shed. The Elementary School can be accessed from 279th St. (South County Rd.) during this time. Thank you! Freeman Administration


🎃 Attention PK-6 Students! 🎃
The FHS Student Council is excited to announce a Pumpkin Decorating Contest! Bring in your carved or decorated pumpkin this Wednesday (10-30-24) to participate.
Check out the attached flyer for all the details. 🎃🎃


Please see the attached letter from Superintendent Tietje regarding the grade 7-12 student fan bus for the Phoenix playoff football game on Thursday (10-31-24) in Hill City. The letter can also be accessed at
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pNl-Zt2E470yyQK6U4rgVfWMI8SMnLtu/view


Congratulations to our Flyers Cross Country team on an outstanding performance at the Class B State Meet! 🎉🏃♂️🏃♀️Here are the results:
Lane McCune: 13th place, 17:48.96 🥉
Braydan Mangel: 35th place, 18:54.50
Josh Oleson: 76th place, 20:09.04
Collin Randall: 99th place, 20:43.64
Korbin Jensen: 115th place, 22:32.54
Olivia Schultz: 66th place, 23:08.79
Great job to all the runners and coaches! Go Flyers! 💪







Freeman Parents,The Freeman School District will dismiss students at 12:00 pm (noon) on Thursday, October 31st, 2024, to allow students and staff time to travel to Hill City for the playoff football game. Lunch will be served before students are dismissed and school buses will run afternoon routes. Thank you and Go Phoenix!


Congrats to our Freeman FFA members who are recipients of brand new FFA jackets thanks to these generous sponsors!


Our Tricaster is currently not sending data, so our Live Feed is down. We are working to get it back up. In the interim, Marion is also streaming the game at https://youtube.com/live/DynstmG6MEk?feature=share
The game is also streaming on our NFHS camera.


It's time for THURSDAY night lights! 🏈Come out and watch the Phoenix in first round playoff action vs. De Smet. Thanks to our custodians, the field looks fabulous again! Game is at 7:00 PM. LiveStream at https://youtube.com/live/Ov0kYSdEXG8?feature=share. GO PHOENIX! 💪🏻


Congratulations, Noah McGee, on your Bronze in Creed Speaking at the 97th FFA National Convention and Expo!


Congratulations to Dustin Flores Cardona and Lesther Artica Rocha on being selected to the 2024 First Team Class "A" All-State Soccer Team! 🎉⚽ That’s an incredible achievement—great job, both of you! 🌟 Your hard work and dedication have truly paid off! 🙌💪



Mrs. Penner's Food Science class visited Mr. Loofbourrow's honey bee hives yesterday and participated in hive inspections. The students had a great time learning about the importance of these fantastic pollinators!





Good luck to Noah McGee as he competes at the 97th National FFA Convention and Expo in the Creed Speaking category today!


The Freeman students and Mrs. Penner are on their way to Indianapolis, Indiana for the 97th National FFA Convention and Expo! Good luck to Noah McGee as he competes in the National Creed Speaking competition on Wednesday, October 23. He is slated in the first flight at 8 am in Preliminary Round 1. Good luck, Noah!


👏🏻The FMFA Phoenix earned the title Great Plains Conference Champions🏆last night defeating the Avon Pirates, 36-26!
🏈Next up! #5 Phoenix will be taking on #12 DeSmet Bulldogs for the 1st round of playoffs in Freeman on Thursday, October 24th at 7 pm!
GO PHOENIX!!!💪🏻


The FMFA Phoenix match up tonight in Friday night football action against the Avon Pirates in Avon. Game time is 7:00 PM. Here's the link to Avon's YouTube stream of the event.
https://www.youtube.com/live/Wywg9Ldy5TI?si=JAAj3kOFIzPBEWwYM
Go Phoenix!


🎉 Congratulations to the Flyers XC team! The boys team finished as runner up and Olivia Schultz qualified for state by place. Kudos to coaches Gregg Uecker and Bailey Lagge for their hard work and support. Here’s a recap of the results:
Boys 5K:
Lane McCune - 5th 🥇
Braydan Mangel - 9th 🥇
Josh Olesen - 15th 🥇
Collin Randall - 31st
Korbin Jensen - 36th
Girls 5K:
Olivia Schultz - 13th 🥇
Full results for Region 3B at https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/242565/info
Best of luck at State B XC in Rapid City next weekend! 🏆🏃♂️🏃♀️ Go Flyers!



Get Ready for Junior High Basketball Season! 🏀🎉
JH Boys First Practice:
Monday, October 21, 2024 📅
Time: 3:45 PM ⏰
JH Girls First Practice:
Monday, October 28, 2024 📅
Time: 6:00 AM ⏰


🧥Elementary Friendly Reminder: When the temperature is below 60°F, we ask that students wear coats to stay warm during outdoor activities. 🧥❄️ Please ensure your child is ready for cooler weather. If needed, we do have some donated coats available at the school. Thanks😊
