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Get ready to bring the energy—our Attendance March Madness Challenge is here! 🎉 This school-wide competition will spark excitement and encourage students to show up, stay engaged, and support their classmates.

How It Works:

🏀 Classrooms will compete in a bracket-style challenge based on weekly attendance rates.
🏀 Winners advance each week, leading to an ultimate Attendance Champion!
🏀 Fun incentives and recognitions will be given along the way.

What You Can Do:

✅ Build excitement by talking to students about the challenge.
✅ Make sure your child gets a good night's rest the night before
✅ Tell your student that it is important to be in school for learning!

We’ll be kicking things off on Monday, March 10, The bracket for Round 1 will be posted below. The top 8 from this week will advance to Round 2 and Receive a Popcorn Treat from Midtown Pop on Wednesday, March 19th! You must be here to receive your reward! Let’s go all in and press full court on attendance! 🏆

Families, we need your input. Please complete this brief survey. Thank you!

Monday, March 10, 2025

Marvelous Monday

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Freeman Scholars After School Program

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

UNCW Field Experience Students on campus

Thursday, March 13, 2025

Freeman Scholars After School Program

Friday, March 14, 2025

NC Check In Math (4th and 5th Grade)

Looking Ahead

March 18 NC Check In Reading B, Grades 3-5

March 19 The Elite 8 High Attendance Classes get a Midtown Pop Reward!

The Word of the Week is

Sequence

Meaning: the order of events

Sentence: 1:Pay careful attention to the sequence of the order of events.

Sentence 2:A story has a sequence of beginning, middle, and end.

At R. Freeman Elementary School, cell phones and personal devices are expected to be away for the day.

• Students will keep personal devices turned off and put away in backpacks.
• This included phones, smart watches, tablets, laptops, headphones, earpods, and similar devices that are not school-issued.
• Students may access their personal devices before school (before they enter the building) and after announcements (2:30pm).
• Students may NOT access their personal devices during the school day (7:15am - 2:30pm).
• Parents may call the front office to leave messages for their student (910) 250-6011
• If a student needs to call home, they can use the front office phone.

How can families support in this area?

• Please support by not expecting your student to access their phone during the school day.
• Students can bring devices to school to let families know they have arrived or about after school plans. They just cannot access the device during the school day.