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Congratulations to our 2023 Elementary Festival Honor Choir delegates. The students rehearsed all day on Thursday, February 9, 2023 and gave a splendid performance that afternoon. Great job to these students and their teacher, Mrs. Sonja Waltner!
Liz (Mayerlin) Lopez earned second place in the drawing contest, and seven other Freeman students competed in the 2023 ARTWARS competition on the USD campus today. It was a fun day for the Freeman students who attended!
Hats off to our School Counselor, Mrs. Kris Sweeter. This week is National Counselor Appreciation week, and we appreciate everything that Mrs. Sweeter does for our school!
Our music students did a great job at the Region I Music Contest yesterday. Mixed Choir, Girls Glee, Girls 9, & Boys ensembles received superior ratings. Ryleigh Dent and Dorthea Naatjes received superiors for vocal solos, and Claire Hofer received a superior for her piano solo.
The 2023 Elementary School Book fair starts next week. See the attached flyer for all of the details. Shop online from February 10 through February 23 at https://bookfairs-content.scholastic.com/bf/freemanelementary
Golden West is currently experiencing issues calling inbound to any 925-xxxx number. Calls to the school will not go through until the issue is resolved. If you need to contact the school, e-mail April.Gossen@k12.sd.us for the high school or Kelley.Kruger@k12.sd.us for the elem.
Make sure to order a Valentine's gift for your sweetheart!
Here are a couple more weather related schedule changes.
1. Rebel Wrestling will go to the Parker Wrestling Tournament tomorrow at 10:00 AM instead of the tournament in Wagner.
2. The BBB Irene-Wakonda Classic scheduled for tomorrow has been postponed to February 11, 2023.
Due to the expected inclement weather, the start times for boys basketball games vs. Avon tonight are being moved up. The JV game will now start at 5:45 PM with Varsity to follow around 7:00 PM. LiveStreams @ https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/schools/freeman-high-school-freeman-sd
Due to high winds and blowing snow conditions, the Freeman School District will be closing at 12:00 pm noon on Wednesday, January 25th, 2023. All evening practices and activities will be canceled.
Thank you,
Jake Tietje
Superintendent
Good luck to the cast of the 2023 One-Act Play! They will compete on Wednesday, January 25, 2023 at Sioux Falls Lutheran School in the Region 1B One-Act Contest. Photo Courtesy of Jeremy Waltner.
Here are the 2023 Junior Honor Choir delegates from Freeman School District with director Iwona Lewter. The group traveled to Rapid City this weekend for for rehearsals and gave an outstanding performance in the afternoon on Saturday, January 21, 2022. Great work!
Congratulations to our girls and boys basketball teams in their games vs. Menno today. The Flyers won all 5 games (Boy C, Boys JV, Girls JV, Girls Varsity, and Boys Varsity) - a clean sweep! Great work, Flyers!
The Freeman School District will start 2-hours late on Friday, January 20th, 2023. Buses will run 2-hours late and no breakfast will be served at school today. We appreciate your continued patience as we navigate through this challenging winter.
Superintendent Jake Tietje
BBB scheduled for tonight (1-19-23) in Menno has been rescheduled as a DH with the girls tomorrow night (1-20-23) in Freeman.
4:00 PM Boys C in ES Gym
5:00 PM Boys JV in ES Gym
5:00 PM Girls JV in HS Gym
6:15 PM Girls Varsity in HS Gym
7:30 PM Boys Varsity in HS Gym
Due to the volume of snow that we received overnight and the blowing snow conditions, the Freeman School District will be closed on Thursday, January 19th, 2023.
Thank you,
Jake Tietje
Superintendent
Freeman School District
The Freeman School District will start 2-hours late on Thursday, January 19th, 2023, due to inclement weather conditions. Buses will run 2-hours late and no breakfast will be served at school tomorrow.
Thank you,
Jake Tietje
Superintendent
Freeman School District
Due to the incoming inclement weather, all practices/activities have been cancelled for the remainder of today, January 18, 2023.
The 8th Grade Career Fair scheduled for Thursday, January 19, 2023 has been postponed to Thursday, January 26, 2023 due to impending inclement weather.
The Freeman School District will start 2-hours late on Tuesday, January 17th, 2023, due to blowing and drifting snow conditions on our township roads. Buses will run 2-hours late and there will be no breakfast served at school today.
Superintendent Jake Tietje