Freedom School
Freedom School is a five-week summer program that combats summer learning loss for children in grades K-8 with limited means. June 23 – July 31, we host a Freedom School site at Rama Road Elementary School, and we invite you to get involved!
Freedom School provides quality summer programs for students in grades K-8 in the Charlotte community. Christ Church assisted in sponsorship and provided volunteers for a Freedom School at Christ Lutheran Church in the summers of 2012 and 2013. In 2014, Christ Church sponsored its first Freedom School at Rama Road Elementary. Sixty-seven children from the school attended the summer program, and over 120 Christ Church parishioners volunteered.
We are always looking for volunteers! Youth are encouraged to serve on our teen board where teens can volunteer two weeks of their time in the classroom and on field trips. Click the sign up link to see the various volunteer opportunities; click on the role/event you’d like to help with to sign up.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
- Supply Deployment: Help us deliver materials and supplies from the Freedom School warehouse to Rama Road Elementary.
- Site Setup: Help with classroom setup.
- Parent Appreciation Gifts: On Parent Engagement Night we will raffle gift cards, self care items, gift baskets, goody bags, etc.
- Reading Buddies: Our scholars Drop Everything And Read (DEAR). Volunteers utilize Active Reading strategies to engage the scholar and instill a love of reading!
- Great Day of DEAR (Drop Everything And Read): Volunteers read one ore more pre-selected books alongside a scholar and help with a craft activity.
- Food Server at Finale: Help serve food at the Rama Finale.
- Site Clean-up/Break-down: We will pack up items and deliver them back to our FSP Latrobe Warehouse for storage until next summer.
HARAMBE READERS
Every day of Freedom School begins with Harambee!—a high-energy 30-minute celebration of reading, learning and every child’s ability to succeed! Pick your favorite children’s book and read to our scholars. Be sure to sign up for the Rama Road location as Harambee! takes place at various schools in Charlotte. Sign up here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/HS3DMDJ
