The "Where's Your Spirit?" Edition

Supporting the D211 Foundation

The challenge is on!

The Township High School District 211 Foundation has dared all D211 schools to participate
in the "Where's Your Spirit?" Challenge to prove that school spirit can be found everywhere!
ANYONE with a D211 connection is encouraged to rally in this effort!

Simply take a picture or make a quick video to show school spirit. Wear a high school T-shirt
on the beach, or at a basketball game. Hold up a spirit sign on Spring Break, or just put on an
old letter jacket! The possibilities are ENDLESS! Tag others and challenge them to do the
same, in support of YOUR high school! Create a chain reaction!

Please support the D211 Foundation's fundraising effort. The D211 Foundation provides
resources to enhance and enrich learning opportunities for the students, staff, and school
community of High School District 211 through Innovation Grant opportunities, and they are
instrumental in helping homeless students in D211.

Join us in this inaugural fundraiser & show your High School's PRIDE! Contest ends
MAY 1st, so challenge early & often!

To show everyone that your high school has the most spirit in District 211, just follow these
3 easy steps:

1.      Donate $10 (or more) at D211foundation.org

2.      Post pictures/videos on Facebook and/or Instagram (click PUBLIC on your Facebook
page), then write @D211Foundation & #wheresyourspirit211 at the end of your post

3.      Tag several friends, challenge them to "accept the challenge" and continue the chain
reaction!

Donate once, Post and Challenge often!

Questions? Please contact Patti Meihls (D211 Foundation) at timmeihls@aol.com

Highlights and Successes:

• Congratulations to the Fremd Debate Team on their success at the 2018 IHSA State Debate Tournament in Springfield. Fremd Debaters garnered 18 medal awards, surpassing last year’s school record and more than any of the 50 schools in attendance. Fremd was also the only school with debaters in more than one final round in the four Debate events offered—it was in three.  Lincoln-Douglas Division:  Andrew Ruan, State Runner-up (2nd Place) and All State, Kashif Javid, Semifinalist:  Public Forum Division: Piyush Biswas & Matthew Grabianski, State Runners-up (2nd Place) and All-State, Matthew Grabianski, Captain (Top Speaker), All State Debate Team, Michael Murakami & Benjamin Wilson, Quarterfinalists, Abhinav Balu & Adhith Palla, Octofinalists and All-State, Jesse Huang & Edward Li, Octofinalists:  Congressional Division: Shreya Mukherjee, Finalist and All-State, Swathy Karthikeyan, Finalist, Aditya Prathap, Finalist, Shruthi Kumar, All-State, Asad Ukani, All-State, Arash Abbas, Best Legislation
• Congratulations to Coach Nick Mamula and the Boys Lacrosse Team on winning the inaugural Fremd High School Varsity Boys Lacrosse Invitational.  The team defeated Marian Central, Nazareth Academy, and Montini.
• Congratulations to Coach Marilyn Berdick and Coach Judy Klingner on being Sectional Champions for Contest Play and 3rd place for Group Interpretation and for qualifying for State.
• Congratulations to the following Viking Pride winners: March 16th:  Hannah Adolphsen, Olivia Calas, Alyson David, Cato Everhardt, Evan Folkers, Alexandra Jusi, Jessica Li, Kyle Morin, Mary Poss, Ayushi Tripathi, Chihiro Watanabe and Samantha West; March 23rd:  Emmanuel Buabeng, Daniela Cisneros, Yesenia Cruz, Zachary Garneister, Tobie George, Leo Joerger, Sophia Kueh, Katharine Larson, Angela Ma, Lindsey Mega, Hyemin Oh, Britney Ordaz, Abril Salazar, Aliyah Starks and Angelina Zheng.
• Correction from previous Highlights: Congratulations to Coach Chris Grattoni and the Fremd Math Team on their 1st place finish at Regionals and a score of 898 which is Fremd’s highest Regional score in history!  Junior-Senior 8 Person: State Qualifying Team Maegan Jong, Kevin Li, Flora Zheng, Aksel Balkir, Jesse Huang, Ed Li, Hannah Chen, and Elizabeth Perez.

Upcoming Home Activities and Varsity Events

March 23-April 2	Spring Break
March 24	Fremd Baseball Double Header @ Grand Park Westfield, IN - 9:00 a.m. Boys LaCrosse @ Paal Fields, Columbus, IN - 5:00 p.m. Boys Gymnastics Invitational @ RMHS - 6:00 p.m.
March 25	Boys LaCrosse @ Paal Fields, Columbus, IN - 9:00 a.m. Fremd Baseball Double Header @ Grand Park Westfield, IN - 9:00 a.m.
March 27	Fremd Baseball Double Header @ South Elgin H.S. - 11:00 a.m.
March 28	Fremd Baseball vs. St. CHarles East @ Heritage Park - 12:30 p.m.
March 31	Boys Tennis Invitational @ Jacobs H.S. - 10:00 a.m.

For a more complete list, please visit our Athletics Page or the Athletic Department Blog.

Ask the Principal

Are you curious about something at Fremd but have never asked? Email me at
ktenopir@d211.org. If your question is pertinent to a wider audience, I will include it in the
next blog post.