Congratulations to our Marion-Freeman Rebels State Wrestling qualifiers! Brody Gossen (106), Easton Tschetter (113), and Finley McConniel (120) all placed 3rd at Region 2B on Saturday. Riley Tschetter placed 5th and was selected as the alternate at 160. Great job, Rebels!
The 2023 inaugural season of Phoenix softball is coming soon! The schedule is attached and is also available on our web site under More > Forms and Links > Athletics > 2023 - 2023 > Spring Sports. (Direct link - https://5il.co/1pfs6)
National FFA Week is next week! See the attached flyer for all the events planned.
Save the date for the Freeman FFA Pancake Feed on March 3, 2023 from 7 - 10 AM in the Freeman HS Lunchroom!
Tomorrow we will start with period 1 in grades 7-12 and continue through our schedule. We will have skinny periods to accommodate all classes. Please see the schedule attached.
Due to blowing snow conditions, the Freeman School District will be closed on Wednesday, February 15th, 2023. Teachers will be contacting you to set-up a meeting if you had a parent/teacher conference scheduled for today.
Jake Tietje
Superintendent
Freeman School District
Freeman School District will start 2 hours late on Wednesday, February 15th, 2023. Buses will run 2 hours late and no breakfast will be served. Parent/Teacher Conferences will remain scheduled for today, but Grandparent day has been postponed to Thursday, February 16th, 2023.
The Flyers boys and girls basketball teams head to Ethan tonight to try and rustle up some wins in the double-header vs. the Rustlers. If you can't make it tonight, Ethan's LiveStream channel is https://ethanrustlers.live/. Go Flyers!
Just a quick reminder about our 2023 Elementary School Book happening this 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
Waltner Media's Freeman Public School Photos page is up. The direct link is https://www.flickr.com/photos/197640136@N05/albums. You can also find the link on our school web site at www.freeman.k12.sd.us under More > Quick Links > Waltner Media Freeman Public School Photos.
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
