Freeland Middle School Newsletter

Periodically, you will receive a newsletter to your email from the middle school with important information regarding upcoming events. These newsletters can also be found on our website here: Freeland Middle School Newsletters

Just a reminder that this questionnaire will be administered during the week of October 2 - 6 in the middle school. Here is the letter that was sent out to you at the beginning of September regarding this questionnaire: SDQ Parent Letter

Here is a link to the Questionnaire and the Scoring Key that is used.

Our first count day is next Wednesday, October 4. It is important that your student is in school on this day. If your student has an appointment, please get a doctor's note and turn it into the office or send to kennedyj@freelandschools.net. Additionally, if your student misses for another reason, absences must be reported in writing and can be sent to kennedyj@freelandschools.net. Thank you, in advance, for helping our count day run smoothly.

Today at the Homecoming Pep Assembly we had our first round of S.O.A.R. Drawings. Students were awarded S.O.A.R. slips throughout the first month of school for demonstrating the positive characteristics on the S.O.A.R. Matrix.

Congratulations to our students who won our drawings today and, if there are any parents or businesses who are willing to donate to future drawings for our students, please contact Mrs. Thunberg directly at thunbergj@freelandschools.net. We are looking for a variety of different valued items for these drawings which can be as small as a certificate for a treat at a local business or as large as the 32” TV that we gave away today.

We would like to extend a big thank you to the Freeland Dairy and the Freeland Taco Bell for their generous gift card donations. Their generosity has helped to make our first S.O.A.R. drawing a big success!

We are looking for a parent who would be willing to volunteer for our next popcorn day which is Friday, October 20. Our students always look forward to this day, but we need your help to make it a success. Please contact Jennifer Kennedy at kennedyj@freelandschools.net if you are able to help.

Does your student need help in making informed education and career decisions? Help them by checking out the recently updated Pathfinder, Michigan’s online career exploration tool that allows users to explore in-demand careers and the degrees or credentials needed to pursue them.

If you’ve used Pathfinder before – found at Pathfinder.MiTalent.org – come with your student and check out its recent enhancements; including new filter features when exploring jobs, fields and schools and the ability to choose multiple paths and compare them with each other. For brand new users, visit and have a tailored career exploration experience that will provide your student with a complete training path picture when a career goal is chosen.

Get started at Pathfinder.MiTalent.org!

• SDQ Administration during the week of October 2-6

• Count Day is Wednesday, October 4.

• Our 7th and 8th Grade Fall Band Concert will take place on Thursday, October 19 at 7:00 pm in the FHS Performing Arts Center.

• Halloween Dance will take place on Thursday, October 26 from 2:45 pm to 4:30 pm.

• SAVE THE DATE - Parenting in a Tech World - Childhood 2.0 Viewing Event - Tuesday, November 7 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm in the FHS Performing Arts Center

• SAVE THE DATE - Looking ahead to November we have our first round of Parent-Teacher Conferences that will be Student Led Conferences on Thursday, November 9 from 4:30 pm to 7:00 pm. More information will come for this in our November Newsletter.

Attention all Parents and Caregivers!
FCSD is excited to partner with Bark Technology Experts to provide families in the Freeland Community with a viewing event on Parenting in a Tech World (check out the trailer here). Childhood 2.0 will be screened at 6 pm on November 7th, 2023 at the FCSD Performance Art Center. The film runs for 90 minutes and a Q&A Panel with two live experts via Zoom will begin at 7:30pm. The live zoom experts for this event will be Katey McPherson, Parenting Expert/Influencer, National Speaker on Suicide Prevention and Awareness and Detective Rich Wistocki, Founder BeSure Consulting, Training for Law Enforcement and Parents. To register for this event, click HERE. For more information check out our Save the Date.

If so, please reach out to Mrs. Kennedy in the Middle School Office. We would be happy to assist you in getting your address changed in Skyward. Please note that completing a transportation form or other school document with the new address is not sufficient to get your address officially changed in Skyward.

Freeland Middle School Website

• Please use our website to find the Daily Announcements, Absent Work, and many other items throughout the school year. We will continue to improve the content that is found on the website each month.

• Please follow Freeland Community School District on Facebook, Instagram, and X (formerly Twitter) for information and fun posts about our students and staff throughout the year. If you are not a social media fan, the same information will be found on our website in the live feed.

• Use Skyward for keeping track of your student’s grades, attendance, etc.

Our Student Leadership Class sells spirit wear throughout the entire school year. All proceeds go to Student Leadership to support fun activities at FMS for all of our students. Each week there will be new promotions/sales but you can order at any time from this direct link to our store: Freeland Middle School Spirit Wear

Here is this week's promotion:

Please feel free to reach out at any time with any questions or concerns that you may have this school year. It is the goal to return all phone calls and emails within 24 hours during the school week. Emails and phone calls received over the weekend will receive a response as soon as possible on Monday.

Jennifer Thunberg | FMS Principal

thunbergj@freelandschools.net

Jennifer Kennedy | FMS Secretary

kennedyj@freelandschools.net

Freeland Middle School Phone Number: 989-695-0500