The Patriot Post
News & Events at Freedom MS - Week of April 14
Welcome / Bienvenidos
Freedom Families,
We're thrilled to share some highlights from this past week at Freedom!
Our students had an amazing opportunity to witness the solar eclipse safely. Equipped with protective eyewear, they gathered on the field with their classmates, marveling at this incredible celestial event.
We extend our gratitude to all the families who participated in Progress Report pick-up. Your collaboration is truly invaluable to the success of our students, and we appreciate your ongoing support.
To wrap up the week on a fun note, we hosted a Staff versus Students badminton game. It was a fantastic way for our staff to connect with students outside of the classroom and foster a positive school culture through friendly competition.
Thank you for being an integral part of the Freedom community.
Have a great week!
Enrique Ojeda – Principal – eojeda1@bsd100.org
Brian Conant- Assistant Principal - bconant@bsd100.org
Familias de Freedom,
Estamos encantados de compartir algunos de los mejores momentos de la semana pasada en Freedom.
Nuestros estudiantes tuvieron la increíble oportunidad de presenciar el eclipse solar de forma segura. Equipados con gafas protectoras, se reunieron en el campo con sus compañeros de clase, maravillándose con este increíble evento celeste.
Extendemos nuestra gratitud a todas las familias que participaron en la recogida del Informe de Progreso. Su colaboración es realmente inestimable para el éxito de nuestros alumnos, y apreciamos su apoyo continuo.
Para terminar la semana con una nota de diversión, organizamos un partido de bádminton de personal contra estudiantes. Fue una manera fantástica para nuestro personal de conectar con los estudiantes fuera del aula y fomentar una cultura escolar positiva a través de la competencia amistosa.
Gracias por formar parte de la comunidad Freedom.
¡Que tengan una buena semana!
El personal de Freedom
Enrique Ojeda – Director – eojeda1@bsd100.org
Brian Conant- Subdirector -bconant@bsd100.org
Upcoming Important Dates / Próximas fechas importantes
5/15- 8th Grade Boat Trip
5/17: Springfield Trip
5/23- Astro Fun Zone
5/27- Memorial Day Holiday (No School)
6/4- Last Day of School
5/15- 8vo Grado Viaje en Barco
5/17- Viaje a Springfield
5/23- Astro Fun Zone
5/27- Día de los Caídos (No hay clases)
6/4- Ultimo día de clases
FMS- Students of the Month
Student of the Month-6th Grade-Neri Galvez
Student of the Month-7th Grade-Michael Mulac
Student of the Month-8th Grade-Alice Garcia
Students of the Month-Exploratory
8th Grade: Ben Ocampo
Ben has done a great job in Health class. Ben makes sure to complete all assignments on time. He is always very helpful with assisting other students and is super polite. Congratulations Ben on student on the Month.
7th Grade: Analiah Arambula
Analiah is such a kind, well mannered student. She is always prepared for class and works very hard in all of the class activities. Thanks for being a great student!
6th Grade: Dominique Garcia
Dominique Garcia - great kid, good attitude and participation, always works hard and does her best.
Dominique is a wonderful student who has been great in Health class. Dominique brings in a positive attitude and energy to the class, and is always working hard on all of her assignments and projects. It is always great having Dominique in Health class as she brings a great energy each and every day. So proud of you Dominique
Solar Eclipse
Staff Vs Students
Family Liaison/Enlace Familiar
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
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.
Parent Question of the Week/Pregunta de los padres de la semana
Why is IAR important?
Classroom Updates/Actualizaciones de las clases
Whats Happening in Science! Qué está pasando en ciencia
This week 7th Grade students will continue learning about populations in ecosystems. They will be exploring food webs and the multifaceted relationships between all organisms within an ecosystem.
Whats Happening in SS! Qué está pasando en SS
“Do as the Romans do!” In 6th grade, we will dive into the Roman Empire and explore the similarities between the Roman Republic and the United States Government. This week, we will kick off the 4th quarter by introducing vocabulary words and discussing the strategic geographical advantage of Rome.
In 6th grade Dual language, We are starting the 4th quarter learning about the Roman Republic. We are excited about our field trip to the Field Museum next week and about exploring artifacts related to the civilizations we have studied in class.
En 6º grado de Lengua Dual, estamos empezando el 4º periodo de calificaciones aprendiendo sobre la República Romana. Estamos entusiasmados con nuestra excursión al Field Museum la próxima semana y con la exploración de artefactos relacionados con las civilizaciones que hemos estudiado en clase.
Seventh graders have started a short, but exciting unit for an Economics standard. Students will be learning all about supply and demand and how the availability of goods and services impacts the price of those goods and services. Students will participate in a marketplace simulation where they were assigned the role of either a buyer or seller in our classroom marketplace. They then had the opportunity to bargain for the price of the items for sale. Some of the items were in short supply which drove up the price!
8th grade students are continuing their unit on the Atomic Bomb. Students will be interacting with content through multiple readings, activities, and videos.
Whats Happening in Math! Qué está pasando en matemáticas
6th grade took the Unit 6 End Assessment this week showing their skills of solving equations with variables, solving for numbers with exponents and graphing on a coordinate plane. We will jump back into Unit 7 next week, continuing to learn more about plotting negative and positive ordered pairs.
6th grade Aimes are continuing their Rational numbers unit which works on adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing positive and negative numbers.
7th grade math has started their Geometry unit. Students had a blast working with spaghetti noodles to make their own angles. We will continue to work with angles and introduce algebra into finding angle measure.
7th grade Aimes finished up working on their Exponents and Scientific Notation games using the content from the unit. They will be starting their Pythagorean Theorem and Irrational Numbers Unit.
8th grade AIMES is continuing to work on their Quadratic Functions unit this week. They took their unit test this past week and are now creating their own games using the content from a unit of their choice.
Whats Happening in ELA! Qué está pasando en lectura!
This week 6th grade began to discuss the importance of empathy. As empathy will be an ongoing theme this quarter, students can expect to take different perspectives, discover the difference between sympathy and empathy, and participate in thematic book clubs.
This week, the 7th graders are starting argumentative writing. They will learn how to sort details or evidence from a source into categories based on their similarities.
This week 8th-grade ELA students will be working on their Argumentative Papers. Each student has researched the pro/con side of an argument and picked a side to write about.
This week, the 6th grade AIMES ELA began their argumentative writing unit. Previously, they read articles about happiness and found evidence to support the author’s claim. Now, they will pick a topic about happiness, write their own claim, and build an essay around that claim.
This week, the 7th grade AIMES ELA began their argumentative writing unit. Previously, they listened to a true crime podcast and identified the author’s claim. Now, they will write their own argumentative essay about the question, “Is it ethical to use true crime for entertainment?” They will use multiple sources to prove their claim.
This week, the 8th grade AIMES ELA presented their creations for the Butterfly Project, a project that uses poetry and art to honor the victims and survivors of the Holocaust. They practiced close reading and speaking skills. Check out their projects on the bulletin board outside Room 207!
Whats Happening in Exploratory! Qué está pasando en exploratory
This week in Art:
6th Grade - Welcome to Art activities. Introduction to various artists, styles and mediums. Students will begin working on an 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 the Color Wheel project. We will be discussing color theory and applying it to this project. Student color wheels will include their own design, Primary and Secondary colors, Hue, Shade and Tint.
8th Grade - We will be creating a “stained glass window” out of black paper and color tissue paper. This project will focus on the element Space but will include , Shape, Line, and color as well.
This week in CHOIR:
The choir is focusing on our performance on May 15th. We are performing various music genres, from pop to classical.
This week in MUSIC:
6th grade: Students just started the quarter; they will be learning about how to read music and rhythms throughout the next week. All students in music will need to have a notebook for the quarter!
7th Grade: Students just started the quarter. They will be reviewing how to read music and rhythms throughout the next week. All music students will need to have a notebook for the quarter!
8th Grade: Students will finish their final playing assessments for the ukulele unit, and they will then begin their musical theater unit.
This week in SPANISH (7th-8th Grades)/WORLD CULTURES (6th Grade):
Spanish I (7th): Students will learn how to greet people using the appropriate Spanish expression for each of the situations provided.
Spanish II (8th): Students will learn weather expressions.
World Cultures (6th): Students will learn what Culture is. Then, they will write about their own culture(s).
This week in STEAM:
6th Grade : Introduction to Design & Modeling. Learning about how design can help kids with special needs.
7th Grade: Introduction to Energy! The 7th Grade students are learning about Vampire Energy, and counting how many electronics and devices are plugged into their homes. Plus, learning why we need to have surge protectors for our expensive devices.
8th Grade: In our 2nd semester together, the 8th Grade Students are beginning our “Mission to Mars” assignments. This week their groups are choosing an astronaut crew for their semester long missions.
Clubs/Clubes
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
Winter Sports/Deportes de invierno
This week in ATHLETICS: Spring sports have arrived. Boys’ Volleyball and Girls’ Soccer are in full swing with practices. Co-Ed softball will begin on March 12th.
JV Boys’ Volleyball - Dan Niemczyk (dniemczyk@bsd100.org)
Varsity Boys’ Volleyball - Brian Wilms (bwilms@bsd100.org)
JV Girls’ Soccer - Mark Williams (mwilliams@bsd100.org)
Melissa Huerta (mhuerta@bsd100.org)
Varsity Girls’ Soccer - Todd Lentz (tlentz@bsd100.org)
JV Co-Ed Softball - Thomas Clark (tclark@bsd100.org)
Varsity Co-Ed Softball - Kevan Reilly (kreilly@bsd100.org)
Athletic program/ programa atlético
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.
Athletic Eligibility/Elegibilidad Atlética
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.
P.E. Uniforms/ Uniforme de educación física
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
Student Schedule / Horario estudiantil
Report Bullying / Informar el acoso
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.
Freedom Middle School
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
Freedom Middle School