The Board of Education and the Staff of the Freedom Area School District believe that education is a lifelong process that does not end when school is left behind.  Education is a cooperative effort among school, home and community which emphasizes learning as a continuing process to help ensure the best educational performance by our students.  We believe our students should learn from the past, meet the challenges of the present and be ready to cope with their future responsibilites in a democratic society.

Mission Statement

The mission of the Freedom Area School District is to
develop in our youth a continuing desire to learn.
To this end, educational programs which fit the
appropriate developmental abilities, needs and interests
of our students will be provided on an equal basis.
With this goal in mind,
appropriate academic, cognitive, emotional,
physical, social and vocational skills
will be developed in our students.

District Goals 2011-2012

• To attain one Quadrant D lesson from each teacher each quarter of the academic year. Continue to cultivate the Rigor, Relevance and Relationship philosophy by the on-going enhancement for teachers and administrators in the Quadrant D teaching strategies and continued support of learning communities to share these strategies.


• To continue the District-Wide roll-out of the new Common Core State Standards in Reading/Language Arts and Math.


• Continue to raise our student achievement levels, as shown through the WKCE and the WKCE-CRT, to be among the top performing schools in the state by:
  
  -analyzing and defining our test data;
  
  -incorporating the NWEA MAP (Measures of Academic Progress in 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th grade and 9th grade);
  
  -continuing to refine our curriculum to align with the new Common Core State Standards and grade level benchmarks by using and updating the "Build Your Own Curriculum" software web based program;
  
  -continuing to focus on 6-Trait Writing strategies, Guided Reading, Differentiated Instruction, RRR and various effective instructional practices.