Freeman School District 33-1

🎉Support the Junior Class prom by purchasing delicious popcorn balls! 🍿 Orders are due by the end of the school day on Monday, December 8. You can submit your orders to either the high school or elementary office 🏫.

Popcorn balls will be delivered December 17-18 🎁.

Thank you for supporting the Junior Class! 💙

Riley Tschetter has been named 2025 Mitchell Republic football player of the year. 🙌🙌 Awesome job, Riley! Hard work and dedication pay off! https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/sports/prep/phoenix-rising-fmfas-riley-tschetter-named-2025-mitchell-republic-football-player-of-the-year

📚 Meet Mrs. Karli Harberts — our JH/HS English teacher! She’s busy exploring fun literary works 📖, coaching our JH Oral Interp team 🎤, and leading Student Council 🏫. She helps students read, speak, and lead every day! 💙

Join our team! We’re hiring a Paraprofessional at Tschetter Colony to support our amazing 4th–8th grade students. 🤗📚 Click the link to view the posting & apply: https://www.freeman.k12.sd.us/page/employment We’d love to have you on the team! ✨

🍽️ Staff Spotlight: Meet Mrs. Deb McKibben, our Food Service Director! Deb is always serving up delicious meals and bright smiles. Her joy, kindness, and hard work fill our lunchroom — and our school — every single day. 💙

🧥❄️Freeman FFA is hosting a coat drive! 🧥❄️

All donated coats (new and gently used) will be delivered to the United Way Care Closet in Yankton.

Donation Details:
* 📍 Drop-off Location: Freeman High School Library
* 📅 Donation Dates: Now through December 10
* 👕 Items Accepted: Gently used and new coats of all sizes

For more information, contact Mrs. Penner at (malynda.penner@k12.sd.us)

Thank you for helping keep our communities warm this winter! 💙💛

🎉🎉Congratulations to Thor Aanenson for advancing to the STATE Oral Interp festival in Watertown next weekend! Thor qualified in BOTH Non-original Oratory and Humorous.

🎉 Congrats to all our FFA District participants! 🎉 We are proud of our Flyers who competed tonight! Top results: 📻 Ag Broadcasting • Ethan Buchmann – 2nd Place — State Qualifier 📝 Ag Communications • Adelyn Becker, Katalyn Juhnke, Alexa Nanninga & Isabel Waltner – 3rd Place — State Alternates 🗣️ Creed Speaking • Jackson Buchmann – 2nd Place — State Qualifier 🎤 Prepared Public Speaking • Remington Weier – 3rd Place — State Qualifier • Liam Loofbourrow – 4th Place — State Alternate 👏 Congrats to all on an amazing season! Way to go, Flyers! 💙💛

🎶 Meet Ms. Iwona Lewter — our JH/HS vocal & theater teacher! From harmonies in the chorus room to directing our One-Act Play students on stage, she brings music, drama, and tons of creativity to Freeman! 🎭💙

🚨 GEAR ALERT! 🚨
The Booster Club Store is open and stocked with fresh apparel!

https://www.thedesigntab.com/fhsboosters

Support your school ✔
Look great ✔
Knock out some Christmas shopping ✔

Grab your spirit wear with guaranteed Christmas Delivery! 🎁🖤

Would you like to host a mini tree? 🎄✨ All Angel Trees and tags will be displayed early next week. Your support helps ensure students and kids in Freeman enjoy a wonderful holiday season! ❤️🎁

Check out the fall Flyer Update using the link below!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xDrXeF0la-deLuxLKQflZNxJOq9EREur/view?usp=sharing

Have a great weekend!

🧪✨ Introducing Ms. Joyce Hora — our high school science teacher! When she’s not lighting up the classroom with labs and learning, you’ll find her coaching our Quiz Bowl team 🧠💡 or adding her creative touch to prom décor 🎉. We’re lucky to have her curiosity and creativity at Freeman! 💙

🌟 Staff Spotlight: Mrs. Kari Neuharth! 🌟
As an elementary paraprofessional, Kari brings calm, encouragement, and a welcoming smile to students and staff every day. 😊🍎 Her kindness helps our classrooms feel bright, safe, and ready for learning! 💙

Our Lost & Found is overflowing! 🔎🧤🧦 Help us reunite these items with their owners, if you recognize anything, contact Kelley in the office! 🙌📬 Anything not claimed by Nov. 26 will be donated. ♻️

🌽💙Thank you to Deanna Gall, our Extension Agent and Dr. Ali and his team from SD State on bringing Precision Ag to life today at school! The students learned about precision ag and got to see new technology in action. We are grateful for their time and knowlege that was shared. 👏🙌💛 #freemanag #freemanffa #precisionag #newtechnology

📣Next Monday Nov. 24, the HS Oral Interp. District 3B medalists (Thor Aanenson, Jocelyn Lee, and Claire Loofbourrow) will travel to Mitchell to compete for a chance to go to State!

Region 2B competition begins at 9:00. Come listen to some polished voices!

🎉🙌The accolades keep rolling in for our Phoenix football team. The following players were named to the Great Plains Conference All-Conference Team: Riley Tschetter, Luke Peters, Tate Sorensen, and Hunter Nankivel. Alaric Knittel, Easton Tschetter, and Karter Weber (not pictured) were honorable mentions.

This same group of Freeman boys were also named to the Class 9AA All-State Team: Riley Tschetter, Luke Peters, Tate Sorensen, Hunter Nankivel, and Easton Tschetter. Alaric Knittel was honorable mention.

Stupendous job, boys! Congratulations Phoenix! 🏈🏈

🎄Angel Tree Applications Open! 🎄 Families needing extra support this Christmas can apply using the form below. Children must be students at Freeman School District and/or live within district boundaries. Ages 0-18. Deadline: Nov. 21 at 3:30 PM. 💛

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScBsZbH64WPO4ZL7Zu008yleocwaj2RA4rzRtTFkNO9Td05pg/viewform?usp=dialog