Freedom Elementary

This week will be our first cold snap of the school year. Please check out a few winter weather reminders. We cannot stress enough the importance of writing your child's name on all their winter gear. Learners don't always know what's theirs and where they put it!

Mrs. Goedtke’s studio has read 103 books as of today!! They surpassed their 100 book goal!! They got to open their mystery box! #wildreaders

Check out the latest events and happenings in the Harrisburg Community and District. 🐾https://app.peachjar.com/flyers/862538/schools/34398

Open the gates and seize the day by attending the NMS production of Newsies! Showtimes are November 1 @ 7PM and November 2 @ 2PM and 7PM in the NMS PAC. Tickets: www.harrisburgpac.com.

Cooler temperatures mean that the holidays are nearing- celebrate the holiday season by attending Tiger Nation's Prairie Christmas!!! Enjoy holiday music by the HHS Choir, and do your holiday shopping at the vendor fair. Tickets available starting October 1: www.harrisburgpac.com

PeachJar is now on our App! Looking for a flyer? Choose your school and look for the PeachIJar tab. All your school's active flyers are listed. 🍑🐾

Don't forget to join us for the BooBash this Friday at South Middle School from 6:30-8pm. 🎃👻

A reminder the deadline to submit flyers to PeachJar is noon on Monday. Visit our website for full details. 🍑https://www.harrisburgdistrict41-2.org/o/district/page/peachjar-guidelines-for-submission

What happens with you combine all of your favorite fairy tale characters into 1 story? Get your tickets to the HHS Production of the Tony Award winning musical, Into the Woods to find out. Shows: November 15/16 in the HHS PAC. Tickets: www.harrisburgpac.com. See you at the show!!

Extra Extra: Get your tickets to the NMS Musical, Newsies @ www.harrisburgpac.com. Show is November 1 and 2 in the North Middle School Performing Arts Center. See you at the show!

“Starbooks” book tasting in Mrs. Petersen’s Studio! You can’t order a coffee but you can get a good book!! Learners are sampling books from the realistic fiction genre! Some of my favorites are Hatchet and the Box Car Children’s series! Happy reading!!

A reminder there will be no school October 10th - 14th. Enjoy the long weekend, Tigers! 🐯🚩

📣PARADE ANNOUNCEMENT ᴡʜᴏ: ᴀʟʟ ꜱᴛᴀᴋᴇʜᴏʟᴅᴇʀꜱ ᴛᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴘᴀʀᴛ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴏᴍᴇᴄᴏᴍɪɴɢ ᴘᴀʀᴀᴅᴇ. What: Final Parade Information When: Line up 12:45p – 1:25p. Parade begins at 1:30p. Where: Line up in the HS parking lot. Why: Celebrate Homecoming 2019! Incidentals: 🏈All Floats and Parade entrants need to enter from the SOUTH Driveway off Willow St. ⚠️Tiger Way off Minnesota Ave. will be CLOSED. 🚦 Please CARPOOL if you can as parking will be limited. 🚘DO NOT PARK IN THE GRASS! 🚩If you can park at Liberty, Freedom or South MS and have all parties ride the float to the HS it will save parking. 🐯If you are dropping off a student to ride on a float, please use the bus turn-around or the visitor parking turn around. Please don’t park in these areas to keep traffic moving. 🍭If you are dispensing candy, please don’t throw from the float. Have people walk beside the float and hand it out. We want to keep kids back from the moving floats.

383 Pawsitive Notes have been written since the first day of school!! Way to go Freedom Elementary! #staypositive

A reminder for community and PTO organizations that the PeachJar Deadline is today. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘿𝙄𝙎𝙏𝙍𝙄𝘽𝙐𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉 𝘿𝘼𝙏𝙀 𝙈𝙐𝙎𝙏 𝘼𝙇𝙒𝘼𝙔𝙎 𝘽𝙀 𝘼 𝙏𝙐𝙀𝙎𝘿𝘼𝙔. Visit https://www.harrisburgdistrict41-2.org/o/district/page/peachjar-guidelines-for-submission for guidelines and step-by-step directions.

Tiger Tuesday flyers not only come to your inbox each week, but a link to the latest flyers is always located at the top of your school's webpage in the maroon bar. See what's available for your student at your school, the district and around town! https://app.peachjar.com/flyers/all/districts/934/

Happy Homecoming Week! As a reminder, the parade is Friday. All the district's Tigers come together to line the streets of Harrisburg to celebrate Homecoming in what is expected to be our largest parade yet. Please see the map for route information. If you can't make it, road closures and alternate routes are also indicated on the map. Enjoy the week and #GoTigers! https://www.harrisburgdistrict41-2.org/article/136008?org=high-school

We have been made aware of a recent issue with the app and the latest iOS update. They are working to resolve the issue.

Homecoming is next week! As a reminder: ANYONE (individuals, businesses, cars, floats, etc.) who would like to be a part of the parade should read through and fill out the attached link. https://forms.gle/RD31VEQ3NSCP7DdC9

Kick-off Homecoming Week by attending HHS Tiger Varieties @ 6PM, September 30 in the HHS Performing Arts Center. Tickets can be purchased at the door.