Freedom Families,

The previous week our students have been involved in various activities during and after school hours. After school, students from across the district enthusiastically participated in auditions for the production of "The Little Mermaid" on Monday and Tuesday after school, showcasing their talents and dedication.Freedom hosted two home girls' Allstar volleyball games and an intramural game, contributing to a vibrant and engaging school atmosphere.

Our students were immersed in the second week of ACCESS Testing during the day. Our multilingual learners displayed commendable proficiency in the English language, diligently excelling in the domains of Listening, Reading, Speaking, and Writing.

Looking ahead, the upcoming week is designated as School Counselors Week, allowing us to express our gratitude for the invaluable contributions of Ms. Anthony, our esteemed FMS counselor. We acknowledge and appreciate the unwavering support and guidance she consistently provides to both Freedom students and staff.

A special reminder to 8th-grade parents: if you haven't already done so, kindly ensure you have engaged in a conversation with your students regarding the review and signing of the 8th-grade contract.

Thank you for your continued partnership in fostering a thriving academic community at Freedom Middle School.

Have a great week!

Enrique Ojeda – Principal – eojeda1@bsd100.org

Brian Conant- Assistant Principal - bconant@bsd100.org

Familias de Freedom,

La semana anterior nuestros estudiantes han participado en diversas actividades durante y después del horario escolar. Después de la escuela, los estudiantes de todo el distrito participaron con entusiasmo en las audiciones para la producción de "La Sirenita" el lunes y el martes después de la escuela, mostrando su talento y dedicación.Freedom organizó dos partidos de voleibol Allstar de las niñas en casa y un juego intramural, contribuyendo a un ambiente escolar vibrante y atractivo.

Nuestros estudiantes se sumergieron en la segunda semana de pruebas ACCESS durante el día. Nuestros alumnos multilingües demostraron un dominio encomiable de la lengua inglesa, destacando diligentemente en las áreas de comprensión auditiva, lectura, expresión oral y expresión escrita.

Mirando hacia el futuro, la próxima semana se designa como la Semana de los Consejeros Escolares, lo que nos permite expresar nuestra gratitud por las valiosas contribuciones de la Sra. Anthony, nuestra estimada consejera FMS. Reconocemos y apreciamos el apoyo inquebrantable y la orientación que constantemente proporciona a los estudiantes y el personal de Freedom.

Un recordatorio especial a los padres de 8vo grado: si aún no lo han hecho, por favor asegúrense de haber entablado una conversación con sus estudiantes con respecto a la revisión y firma del contrato de 8vo grado.

Gracias por su continua colaboración en el fomento de una comunidad académica próspera en Freedom Middle School.

El personal de Freedom

Enrique Ojeda – Director – eojeda1@bsd100.org

Brian Conant- Subdirector -bconant@bsd100.org

2/6- Late Start (Classes begin at 9:15)

2/19: No School

2/20: Institute Day

3/9: SIT Conference

3/12: IAR Testing Begins

3/29: Spring Break

5/17: Springfield Trip

2/6- Comienzo tardío (Las clases comienzan a las 9:15)

19/2: No hay clase

2/20: Día del Instituto

3/9: Conferencia SIT

3/12: Comienzan las pruebas IAR

3/29: Vacaciones de primavera

5/17: Viaje a Springfield

Last week, Mr. Ojeda and Mr. Conant seized the opportunity to deliver a presentation at the D100 board meeting, during the school spotlight segment. Below are a few slides from the aforementioned presentation.

La semana pasada, el Sr. Ojeda y el Sr. Conant aprovecharon la oportunidad para hacer una presentación en la reunión de la junta directiva del D100, durante el segmento dedicado a la escuela. A continuación se muestran algunas diapositivas de la mencionada presentación.

Sophie is an all around great student. She participates well in Language Arts. She sets a great example for other students in the class. She always comes to class ready to learn. She completes her assignments with consistency and quality. She puts attention to detail and always puts in her best effort. Sophie is a pleasure to have in class.

Lily is an amazing example of what a Freedom Patriot should be. Lily participates in class discussion regularly and is always very helpful to her classmates. She is organized and puts forth her best work. Even if Lily has to miss class, she is responsible and finds out what she missed so she can do the make up work. She balances a lot with school, sports and family activities and still finds success!

Axel is a fantastic student. He is curious, asks interesting questions, and turns in thoughtful work. He is independent and consistently willing to help out other students who may be struggling. Axel's work is always creative and surprisingly innovative. I have known Axel since 6th grade and it has been a joy to watch him grow into the amazing person he is today.

The Jack Kent Cooke Young Scholars Program is a selective five-year, pre-college scholarship open to high-performing 7th grade students with financial need. It provides comprehensive academic and college advising, as well as financial support from 8th grade through high school. There are Cooke-sponsored summer programs, internships, music/art lessons, support for the purchase of electronic hardware and software needs, and other learning enrichment opportunities that are specific to the student.

If you have any questions please email Ms. Anthony at tanthony@bsd100.org.

El Jack Kent Cooke Young Scholars Program es una beca preuniversitaria selectiva de cinco años abierta a estudiantes de 7º curso con alto rendimiento y necesidades económicas. Proporciona asesoramiento académico y universitario completo, así como apoyo financiero desde el 8º curso hasta el bachillerato. Hay programas de verano patrocinados por Cooke, pasantías, clases de música/arte, apoyo para la compra de hardware electrónico y necesidades de software, y otras oportunidades de enriquecimiento de aprendizaje que son específicas para el estudiante.
Si tiene alguna pregunta, envíe un correo electrónico a la Sra. Anthony a tanthony@bsd100.org.

Hello Freedom Families,

My name is Axel Zaragoza. I'm the Family Liaison and I teach 7th grade Dual here at Freedom Middle School. My role is to be your connection and I will help

parents/guardians get the information and assistance they need to help support their children at home and to ensure their children's success in school.

Here's a presentation with more details.

Things to look out for in the meantime.

I will send a document for event sign ups so that you can assist our Patriots.

Hola Familias de Freedom,

Mi nombre es Axel Zaragoza. Soy el Enlace Familiar y enseño 7mo grado Dual aquí en Freedom Middle School. Mi papel es ser su conexión y ayudar a
a los padres/tutores a obtener la información y asistencia que necesitan para a apoyar a sus hijos en casa y para asegurar el éxito de sus hijos en la escuela.

Aquí hay una presentación con más detalles.

Cosas a tener en cuenta mientras tanto.
Enviaré un documento para las inscripciones a los eventos para que puedan asistir a nuestros Patriotas.

What is this month's focus and celebration?

This week, 6th graders will begin their thermal energy unit. They will investigate what it means for an object to be hot or cold, and learn how temperature relates to molecular motion.

This week 7th grade will have their assessment on Phase Change. They will be assessed on kinetic energy, molecular attraction, and the properties of the phases. Dry Ice has been moved to this week and will be the precursor to our next engineering internship!

This week 8th graders will learn more about how to identify an organism’s traits. They will then use this knowledge to graph trait distribution in a population of animals.

Sixth graders have finished analyzing the unique geography of China and how it hurt trading but deterred outside invaders. We are now discussing the different dynasties and how their contributions helped influence society.

Seventh grade started the third and final unit for the United States Constitution this week. We are focusing on how power is divided between the three branches of government. Students will learn about the responsibilities of the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches of government. The Legislative Branch was the focus of the first week of the unit.

In the last week 6th grade math has been focused on learning to multiply and divide decimal numbers. This week we will take the Unit 5 Quiz #2. Next step will be using our multiplication and division strategies to solve real world problems.

6th grade Aimes has started their Introducing and Applying Proportional Relationships unit. They will be working on this unit for the next week.

7th grade students are continuing to work with positive and negative numbers. They have utilized strategies with subtraction and addition of integers, and will now move onto multiplying and dividing. At the end of the unit, they will be able to perform all four operations with positive and negative numbers using a variety of strategies

7th grade Aimes has started a new unit on Associations in Data. They will have a test on it next week.

8th grade students are continuing to analyze different representations of functions. Next, they will be learning the differences between linear and nonlinear functions and apply their knowledge to real world situations.

8th grade AIMES finished their unit on their Systems of Linear Equations and Inequalities and took a test this past Friday on it. Students begin working on their Exponential Functions unit this week.

This week, 6th grade began exploring different pieces of Argumentative Writing. They have been practicing choosing a claim and writing three pieces of evidence to support their position. Great work, 6th grade!

This week, the 7th graders are wrapping up their informational writing unit and completing an infographic on culture. They will be presenting at the end of the week to a partner!

8th grade are finishing up their Holocaust Research Presentations, and starting book clubs. Students will be reading Holocaust Novels, and discussing with their groups. They also have completed pre-reading activities for our whole class story, The Diary of Anne Frank.

This week, the 6th grade AIMES ELA students are creating posters to demonstrate their knowledge about the Hero’s Journey. They are looking very detailed and artistic so far!

This week, the 7th grade AIMES ELA students started the informational research unit. They are creating their own research question about society and culture, and will find their own sources to answer their question.

This week, the 8th grade AIMES ELA students are in the middle of writing a theme analysis essay about the overall theme in The Outsiders. Their essay will be for a standard grade.

This week in Art:

6th Grade - Welcome to Art activities. Begin working on Elements of Art project which will include Line, Shape, Form, Value, Color, Space, Texture and Text.

7th Grade - Welcome to Art activities. Begin working on Color Wheel project. Student color wheels will include their own design, Primary and Secondary colors, Hue, Shade and Tint.

8th Grade - Welcome to Art activities. Begin working on Triptych project focusing on pencil work and Value.

This week in CHOIR:

Students in the choir are preparing for their March 26th concert. We are currently focusing on learning notes and rhythms to their repertoire for this semester.

This week in MUSIC:

6th grade: Just started the quarter and will be focusing on learning how to read the treble clef note names and understand the concept of accidental. All students need a notebook for this class, due by next week, and their syllabus form.

7th Grade: Just started the quarter and will focus on reviewing how to read the treble clef note names and understand the accidental concept. They will also learn about rhythms and off-the-staff notes this coming week. All students need a note book for this class; this is due by next week, as well as their syllabus form.

8th Grade: Just started the quarter and will focus on reviewing how to read the treble clef note names and understand the accidental concept. They will also learn about rhythms and off-the-staff notes this coming week. All students need a notebook for this class; this is due by next week, as well as their syllabus form. All 8th-grade students must turn in their instrument agreement form by 2/1/24, or they will not be allowed to play the ukulele.

This week in PHYSICAL EDUCATION:

This week in SPANISH (7th-8th Grades)/WORLD CULTURES (6th Grade):

Spanish 7: Students will learn how to greet people using the appropriate Spanish expression for each of the situations provided.

Spanish 8: Students will learn how to use the correct form of each adjective introduced to describe each person or group of people provided.

World Cultures 6th: Students will be introduced to Canadian geography.

This week in STEAM:

6th: Students are designing their own Ankle Foot Orthosis, individually. Then utilizing a decision matrix, each group will select a winning design. Once that is completed, the groups will begin building their prototypes!

7th: This week, students will begin our Wind Turbine projects. Each student will design their own wind turbine blade, choose the material, and number of blades, then the groups will select a winning design.

8th: This week the students will be analyzing Newton’s Laws, and how they relate to flight. We will test his theories throughout the semester.

Student Ambassadors - Anthony & Lentz

Student Council - Rubich

NJHS - Bomba

Band- J. Clark

Choir - Cervantes

Chess- Roberson

Guitar Club - Cervantes

Spring Musical - Cervantes

Robotics - Auld

Anime - Zaragoza

GSA - Lentz

Rock Climbing- Smith

Yearbook- Malina and Avina

Boys Basketball

Erik Spiess(espiess@bsd100.org)--Varsity Coach

Scott Barasa (sbarasa@bsd100.org)- JV Coach

Intramural Basketball

Jeff Eichholz-(jeichholz@bsd100.org)-Coach

Mark Williams-(mwilliams@bsd100.org)-Coach

Cheerleading

Jessica Flannery- (jflannery@bsd100.org)-Coach

Taylor Anthony- (tanthony@bsd100.org)- Coach

Dear Parent/Guardian:
If you child has decided to participate in the Freedom Middle School Athletic program, they will need a signed permission slip, sports physical and a paid $25.00 Athletic fee.

Estimado padre/tutor:

Si su hijo(a) ha decidido participar en el programa atlético de la Escuela Intermedia Freedom, necesitará una hoja de permiso firmada, un examen físico deportivo y el pago de una cuota atlética de $25.00.

Parents/Guardians,

Student athletes will be responsible for completing an eligibility form for sports. The procedure for this is below.

Eligibility: Students must remain eligible each week to continue participating. Eligibility is based on behavior and academics. Students will not be allowed to participate in games or practices the following week if ineligible. They may return to play if they meet the eligibility requirements on their next eligibility form.

Forms: Students must complete the eligibility form every Wednesday and return it to the folder by Friday morning. If a student is deemed ineligible based on the form they should continue to support their team but are unable to participate.

ISS/OSS: If a student receives an ISS, they are ineligible for the next game (1 game) but can continue to practice. If a student receives an OSS, they are ineligible for 1 week and are not allowed to participate in games or practices for that week. If a student receives 2 OSS in the course of a sports season, they will be removed from the team.

Padres/Tutores,

Los estudiantes atletas serán responsables de completar un formulario de elegibilidad para los deportes. El procedimiento para esto es abajo.

Requisitos: Los estudiantes deben permanecer elegibles cada semana para continuar participando. La elegibilidad se basa en el comportamiento y los estudios. Los estudiantes no podrán participar en juegos o prácticas la semana siguiente si no son elegibles. Podrán volver a jugar si cumplen con los requisitos de elegibilidad en su siguiente formulario de elegibilidad.

Formularios: Los estudiantes deben completar el formulario de elegibilidad cada miércoles y devolverlo a la carpeta antes del viernes por la mañana. Si un estudiante es considerado inelegible basado en el formulario ellos deben continuar apoyando a su equipo pero no pueden participar.

ISS/OSS: Si un estudiante recibe una ISS, no es elegible para el siguiente partido (1 juego) pero puede seguir practicando. Si un estudiante recibe una OSS, estará inelegible por 1 semana y no podrá participar en juegos o prácticas por esa semana. Si un alumno recibe 2 OSS en el transcurso de una temporada deportiva, será expulsado del equipo.

Students will wear P.E. uniforms beginning August 29th. P.E. uniforms are for sale in the Freedom Office.

Los estudiantes comenzarán a usar P.E. uniformes el 29 de agosto .Los uniformes de educación física están a la venta en la Oficina de Freedom.

• PE Shirt/Camisa de educación física - $10
• PE Shorts/Pantalones cortos de educación física- $15
• Sweatshirt with no hood/Sudadera sin capucha - $20
• Sweatpants/Pantalones deportivos- $20

Please use the Stop!t App to report bulling anonymously. Students can use it to report behaviors they see in person or online.

Utilice la aplicación Stop!t para denunciar el acoso de forma anónima. Los estudiantes pueden usarlo para informar los comportamientos que ven en persona o en línea.

Email: eojeda1@bsd100.org
Website: freedom.bsd100.org
Location: 3016 Ridgeland Avenue, Berwyn, IL, United States
Phone: 708-795-5800
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Twitter: @freedomD100