Table or Treat!

October 

Dress up in your costume, Walk through the school and teachers  will share candy with you. 

You must pick up a ticket from Freeman to enter! Drop off candy to the front office, and receive your ticket! 

"Fall in Love" with Literacy 

Join us for a fun evening of Fall themed literacy activities
and book swap.  All grade levels welcome

Evening starts at 5:30pm with a PTA meeting. 
Event is from 6 - 7pm.

Kindness Adds up!

Freeman Elementary's Spring Math Night

5:30 - 7:00 pm

Join us for a night of:
Fun Math Games
A Scavenger Hunt
Prizes
and Selfie Board

2024 Black History Written Word Contest
 

Any student may enter the written word contest. Students will write an essay on a specific topic listed below. The essay must be the original work of the student and written or typed by the student. Essays will be judged using a rubric with the following criteria: age appropriate ideas and content, organization, voice, and writing conventions. The
expected length of the essay is written below. Students are encouraged to complete the essay independently. Essays that appear to be written independently by the student will receive higher scores.

Essays should have the student’s first and last name and homeroom teacher listed on them.
(Students may enter both contests.)

First, second, and third place winners will be chosen for each division. First place winners will receive a gift card and will read their essays at the Black History Program.

1st / 2nd grades
{Essay length: 5 - 10 sentences, picture (optional)}
At just six years old, Ruby Bridges was the first black child to enter an all white school.
Research Ruby Bridges. Choose 2 words to describe Ruby Bridges and tell why you chose
those words. Tell how you are similar to Ruby Bridges.

3rd / 4th / 5th grades
{Essay length: 3 - 5 paragraphs, picture (optional)}
Thurgood Marshall helped end legal segregation in the United States. Research Thurgood
Marshall. Write an essay telling why you think Thurgood Marshall is an important person in
American history. How did his actions impact education in the United States? In what ways are you similar to Thurgood Marshall?

2024 Black History Spoken Word Contest

(Judging will be held during the day.)

Any student may enter the spoken word contest. Students will memorize and recite the assigned poem in front of a group of judges. Students should also say the title of the poem and the name of the poet. The spoken word contest will be judged using a rubric. The judging criteria will include: memorization skills (word for word accuracy) and presentation (voice, volume, articulation, body language).
(Students may enter both contests.)

First, second, and third place winners will be chosen for each division. First place winners will receive a gift card and will recite their poems at the Black History Program.

Pre-k / Kindergarten
Poem
By: Langston Hughes
I loved my friend.
He went away from me.
There’s nothing more to say.
The poem ends,
Soft as it began,-
I loved my friend.

1st / 2nd grades
Dreams
By: Langston Hughes
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.

3rd / 4th / 5th grades
Dreams Variations
By: Langston Hughes
To fling my arms wide
In some place of the sun,
To whirl and to dance
Till the white day is done.
Then rest at cool evening
Beneath a tall tree
While night comes on gently,
Dark like me—
That is my dream!
To fling my arms wide
In the face of the sun,
Dance! Whirl! Whirl!
Till the quick day is done.
Rest at pale evening . . .
A tall, slim tree . . .
Night coming tenderly
Black like me.