La Escuela Freire, Santa Ana, CA
La Escuela Freire
Academy for Culture, Leadership, and Civic Engagement...
... is a free, public high school slated to open in Santa Ana in August, 2017. Our school will cover democracy, culture, language, math, social fairness, science, health and other subjects via immersion, inquiry, and community involvement.
LEF is creating a list of families interested in enrolling their ninth-grade students beginning in the fall, 2017 semester. Please click the "contact us" link to sign up.
About La Escuela Freire: Academy for Culture, Leadership, and Civic Engagement
Our academy was named after Brazilian educator Paolo Freire and will embrace his learning philosophy. Our learning activities will be hands-on, project based, and community oriented. Students will learn democratic and social-fairness principles through their practice. Students, parents, and staff will collaborate on school policies and endeavors. Students will learn culture and language via immersion and peer-to-peer tutoring. They will develop healthy habits as they grow community gardens and choose physical activities that are meaningful to them. Science, math, and other subjects will tackle real community issues, and students will serve hands-on internships in local nonprofits. All this will be accomplished within the context of state and national high-school standards, preparing students not just for college but for adult lives with meaning and purpose.
