Sankofa Freedom Academy Charter School

Sankofa Freedom Academy Charter School

A community based public k-12 Freedom School

For its elementary school scholar activists (grades k -8)  Sankofa Freedom Academy offers:

• A loving, safe learning environment where children are celebrated and respected.
• Instruction that uses the history and culture of the students to inspire pride, promote scholarship, and foster a sense of purpose
• Small group intergenerational instruction, where children, youth, adults, and elders learn and teach together.
• Intense focus on literacy and numeracy that will provide a strong foundation in the basics and inspire a love for reading and a respect for learning
• Community based research and learning that get students out of the class to solve problems in the real world
• African Centered Cultural Arts Program – Dance, drumming, Martial Arts, Visual Arts,
• Teachers and staff who believe in children, are accessible to parents, and never give up!
• The Freedom School Way:
• Harambee
• DEAR (Drop Everything And Read) Time
• Social Action
• Conflict Resolution
• Extended day, Saturday and Summer programming

For its high school servant leader scholars (grades 9-12) Sankofa Freedom Academy offers:

• Academically rigorous and intellectual stimulating  education
• Opportunities for  internships, servant leadership and social action
• College preparatory curriculum which will include advanced placement classes
• Travel opportunities  - national and international
•  Opportunities to participate or serve in summer Freedom School
•  Participation in athletics and extracurricular activities
• Afrikan Centered Socialization including Rites of Passage
• Training in field of education through literacy and numeracy corps

 Are you really ready for your freedom?  Come join the movement at Sankofa Freedom Academy!