FREETOWN

Family and Community Engagement: Freetown Elementary School promotes the learning and growth of all students through effective partnerships with families, caregivers, and community members.

Below: High Five Friday with the Freetown Police Department

Children are greeted with a high-five from local police officers as they enter the school.

Learning Environment: Freetown Elementary School creates and maintains a safe and collaborative learning environment that motivates students to take academic risks, challenge themselves, and claim ownership of their learning.

Below: Grade 3 Presidential Wax Museum

Students researched a President or a First Lady and then prepared an oral and visual presentation for a "wax museum." Families were invited to visit the museum, press the information"button" and hear the Presidential figure come to life and present facts and stories from his or her life.

Establishing a Professional Culture: Freetown Elementary School staff demonstrate the capacity to reflect on and improve their own teaching practice using informal means as well as meetings with teams and groups to gather information, examine issues, and develop new approaches in order to improve teaching and learning.