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Mark your calendars for the following school events:

• Tuesday January 21, 2025
• D211 Guard Preview Performances
• Thursday January 23, 2025
• Orchesis Show 3:15PM
• PLEASE NOTE EARLIER START TIME**
• Friday January 24, 2025
• Orchesis Dance Show
• 7:00PM
• Tuesday January 28, 2025
• Student Late Start
• Classes start at 8:50AM

Upcoming Performances

• 1/31 & 2/1 - Student One Act Performances
• 2/3-2/7 - Writers Week
• 2/7 - D211 Honors Orchestra Concert @ SHS

Come see 25 student choreographed dances in jazz, lyrical, pointe, tap, hiphop and additional guest performers!

Thursday January 23 @ 3:15 pm Kolze Auditorium

• NOTE THE EARLIER START TIME!!!!!!
• Fremd students free with school ID!!
• Tickets $5 at the door!

Friday January 24 @ 7:00 pm Kolze Auditorium

• Tickets $5 at the door!

See you there!

Our Viking Ambassador Mentoring Program (VAMP) is looking for mentors for NEXT fall! All students are welcome to apply. Applications are due on January 24th at 3:00PM (late applications will NOT be considered).

New Mentors - Apply Here

Returning Mentors - Apply Here

For questions please see Ms. Koehler (counselor) or Mrs. Braverman (English Department).

Auditions for THE LITTLE MERMAID are 2 weeks away (February 3 & 5...callbacks on Feburary 7)!

Spring Musical Audition Information Packet

Please see Ms. Marrano (English Department) with any questions!

Come see the student produced "one act" performances in the Kolze Auditorium. From script writing and casting to blocking and directing - our students do it all! Don't miss this unique event on Friday, January 31, 2025 and Saturday, February 1, 2025 @ 7:00PM.

Purchase your tickets HERE!

"Senior Event Package" tickets are currently being sold through MySchoolBucks. The senior event package cost is $55 (includes admission to Senior Sunset, Senior Picnic AND Senior Brunch); it also includes a commemorative Class of 2025 favor!

Tickets to individual events will be available after spring break (as space to each event allows - so purchase now to guarantee your spot!).

Please reach out to Mrs. Billittier (Social Studies Department) or Mrs. Braverman (English Department) for more information regarding the class of 2025!

Girls STEAM Ahead is a FREE program for 5th- and 6th-grade girls in districts 15 and 54 and private schools within the District 211 attendance area. Students will engage in hands-on activities exploring the integration of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics.

CLICK HERE for more information!

Each year in April, the Honors Convocation at Fremd High School celebrates the accomplishments of an outstanding alumnus.

This award honors a Fremd graduate who has excelled in their profession and made meaningful philanthropic contributions to their community, serving as an inspiring role model for current students.

Nominees must have graduated at least 10 years ago, demonstrated significant achievements in their field, and shown exemplary leadership, character, and community service. Parents, staff, retired staff, and other members of the community are encouraged to submit nominations, including self-nominations.

Help us find our 2025 Distinguished Alumni by completing this Google form by February 28th. Have more than one nomination? No problem—feel free to submit the form as many times as you'd like!

https://forms.gle/cmbcdycojKHMwpRu9

The Fremd Viking Booster Club is proud to announce they will be awarding a maximum of ten (10) $1,000 scholarships to deserving students of the Fremd High School graduating class of 2025. This scholarship program is designed to assist outstanding students with the cost of their future education.

To apply, your family must be a member of the Fremd Viking Booster Club so join today if you are not already a member! To get started, download the Scholarship Guidelines and Application below. All scholarship applications must be dropped off by Friday, February 21, 2025 by 3pm to the collection box in the Student Service Office.

Scholarship recipients will be notified by email in early April. Recipients will receive a formal invitation to attend the Honors Convocation at Fremd High School on Tuesday, April 29th, 2025 to be honored for their achievement

If you have any questions, please contact: fremdboosterscholarships@gmail.com.

Current Sophomores and Juniors: Interested in applying to Fremd's chapter of National Honor Society? The application is now open and closes 3/21/25 at 3 pm.

To access the application and detailed instructions, please join the NHS Applicant Schoology course:

SZ3M-7WPC-MSP57

The Fremd Viking Booster Club wants to remind everyone that the Spring Fundraiser is fast approaching! If you are not a Booster member, join today.

Green & Gold Celebration

IN PERSON EVENT Friday, March 7th, 2025, at 6pm at Cotillion Banquets in Palatine

$75 per person includes buffet dinner & open bar

Tickets on sales until Feb 25th

Event will feature raffle items, live auction, wine pull, DJ & photo booth. There is something for everyone including the ever-popular parking passes! Dress code is casual! Wear green and gold or your favorite Fremd gear.

All funds raised will support the 2025-2026 school year. Athletics, Clubs, Activities, Fine arts and scholarships are just a few things that the Booster Club supports.

If you cannot attend in person, please visit the virtual raffle & auction March 2nd-March 6th,

If you are interested in sponsoring, donating a raffle basket, bottle of wine, or gift card contact:

fremdboosterfundraiser@gmail.com

All students will be required to take final examinations. Seniors may qualify for an exemption from their last semester final examinations in all courses if the student:

• has at least a "C" average in the course
• has fewer than six absences from the class
• has never been truant from the class
• has never been suspended from the class
• is not incomplete on assignments required by the teacher.

Seniors who are NOT exempt from last semester final examinations will take their examinations at the regularly scheduled times for semester examinations.

Looking for more academic support? Fremd offers tutoring both during the day as well as after school. Content tutors are available to help in Math, Science, English and World Language.

Check out the TEACHER tutoring center schedule here!

Check out the PEER tutoring schedule here!

Physical copies of the handbook are available in the main office.

Click on the image for the digital version!

Remember to take a moment to log your community service hours in Maia Learning! See the attachment below for details on how to put them into your account.

CLICK HERE for more information on logging your community service hours in Maia!

Fremd offers a variety of opportunities to showcase our students through student publications. Please take a peek at the following student-led publications.

• Conspiracy - Literary Magazine
• Victory - Fashion Magazine
• September
• October
• November
• December
• Viking Logue - Student Newspaper

Students - If you are looking for even more up-to-the-minute information about Fremd, be sure to turn on notifications for Fremd Events through Schoology.

Families - although you are not able to enroll in the course as a family member, you can follow Fremd Events notifications if your child is enrolled and if your notifications are set to alert you of course updates.

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Home of the Vikings

Mark Langer, Principal

Email: mlanger@d211.org
Website: https://adc.d211.org/Domain/9
Location: 1000 South Quentin Road, Palatine, IL, USA
Phone: 847-755-2600