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 17 – July 26, we host a Freedom School site at Rama Road Elementary School, and we invite you to get involved!
We Need Supplies! Get the details here: https://christchurchcharlotte.org/events/freedom-school-supply-drive/
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.
- Harambee Readers: Every Freedom school day begins with Harambee (“let’s pull together” in Swahili) which is a time of singing, dancing and stories. Come read a story and start your day off feeling joyful!
- Intern Appreciation: Make, buy, or create gifts or treats for the site coordinator, teacher interns, and bus drivers on Thursdays or Fridays. This is a great service opportunity for families! We ask you to drop the gifts off at the Rama site between 8 am & 11:30 am on Thursday or Friday.
- Weekly Supply Shoppers: Shop for and deliver requested supplies for activities that support and enhance the reading curriculum for the next week.
- 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.
Go to https://www.signupgenius.com/org/FSPRama#/ to sign up.
