🏈Friday Night Lights week 2! Following a convincing win over former #3 Parkston last Friday, the Phoenix 🐦🔥 head to Tyndall on Friday, August 29, 2025 to take on the Bon Homme Cavaliers. Kickoff is 7:00 PM.
🚧NOTE: Due to construction, the only entrance to the stadium is the East entrance at 13th & Fir
🎥 LiveStream - bhcavs.liveticket.tv
#GoFMFAPhoenix 🎉🙌

💕 Exciting news! Freeman Elementary is bringing Girls on the Run to grades 3–5! 🏃♀️ Practices Tues & Thurs, 3:40–5:10pm, Sept. 4–Nov. 1. Check the flyer + scan the QR code to register. Spots are limited—don’t wait! ✨


One of our students surprised us with fresh veggies for our salad bar today! 🥗💚
If you have extra produce from your garden, we would love to add it to our salad bar. Thank you for helping keep our students healthy and happy! 🌽


🏐 Our volleyball team crushed it with two big wins at the Hanson Early Bird Tournament — way to set the tone for the season!
⚽ Meanwhile, our boys' soccer team is making waves, currently ranked 3rd in their division — keep climbing, team!
👏 Amazing work to all our athletes — we’re proud of you! 🎉
#FHS #GoFlyers
http://bit.ly/3UFPFLz


🎥 LiveStream - www.trojansportslive.com
📻Radio Coverage - Q 107.3 FM
🍖Parkston Booster Club Tailgate - serving at 5:15 PM
Go FMFA Phoenix!! 🙌🎉

In honor of our first game of the school year! Raise of hands if you can sing our school song by heart? 🙌

Please take a moment to read the parent letter that is linked below.
Thank you!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HmKUYWsPR88hK_5LHR1AcdoBNIEcqT9e/view?usp=sharing

Activity passes are now available for purchase and can conveniently be bought online through our Go Bound account: https://gobound.com/sd/schools/freeman/tickets
Go Flyers!

Let’s Fly, Flyers✈️
Photo creds: Jeremy Waltner



If you haven’t already, visit our Welcome Back 2025–2026 page on our website — it’s packed with important info before the first day of school.
🌟 Back to School Open House
📅 Monday, August 18
🕔 5:00 PM
🍽 Free hot dog meal for all who attend!
We can’t wait to see you there and kick off another amazing year together! 🎉📚

Attention Parent Campus Portal Users 🚨
Infinite Campus has switched to a new payment vendor. All payment vendors have been cleared. Please take a moment to update the following in your portal.
✅ Re-enter your payment information
✅ If you previously had any reoccurring payments - Reassign your payment method for any recurring payments
Please visit our "Flyer Fuel" page on our website for detailed instructions how to add payment methods & reoccurring payments in the parent portal. "Meal Payment & Account Instructions"
Please make payments to meal accounts to ensure it has a positive balance before the first day of school.
Free & Reduced Meal Applications:
Apply online through the Parent Portal, or pick up a paper copy in the Business Office.

🌱 From your garden to their lunch tray—share the goodness! 🍅🥒🍏
If you have extra vegetables or fruit from your garden or farm—big harvest or just a handful—we’d love to have them!
Your donation to our Food Service Program helps us serve our students fresh, locally grown produce right from our community.
Contact the business office for more information or to drop off donations!


Reminder! 2025 Freeman Jr.-Sr. High School Technology Check Out (grades 7-12) this week!
Come in to get your Acceptable Use Policy (AUP), Device Insurance, and Student pledge agreements completed. Once all required agreements are completed (parent signatures required), you will be able to get your new password, test your device, and take it home with you. If you are unable to attend at the designated time or unable to get parent signatures that night, you will get your new password and device after school starts once your agreements are complete.
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
10th grade – 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM
11th grade – 6:30 PM – 7:00 PM
12th grade – 7:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Thursday, August 14, 2025
7th grade – 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM
8th grade – 6:30 PM – 7:00 PM
9th grade – 7:00 PM – 7:30 PM


Reminder! There is a mandatory Student/Parent Meeting tomorrow night, August 5th, at 6:30 PM in the high school gym. This year we are asking athletes/parents that are participating in ANY sport throughout the 25-26 school year attend this meeting. 🏃♀️🏐🏈⚽⛹️🤼♀️🏌️🏃♀️🥎

