This year Freedom Elementary selected 5th grade teacher, Ms. Crystal Dowell as our 2022-2023 Teacher of the Year. Ms. Dowell came to Freedom 5 years ago and started teaching 2nd grade. Last year, after the school year had already begun, we needed to move a teacher to 5th grade. Knowing it would be a challenge, Ms. Dowell volunteered to move up and take on this challenge. She has worked very hard and is now the lead teacher in 5th grade. Her peers share that Ms. Dowell is helpful, kind, knowledgeable, and overall a great team lead. Ms. Dowell has proven herself to be a caring, dedicated, and effective teacher. She builds strong relationships with her students, and has big goals for her kiddos. We are very proud to call her one of our amazing educators. Congratulations Ms. Dowell on being our 2022-2023 Freedom Elementary Teacher of the Year.
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Celebrity Couple from North Pole Surprise Students
(San Antonio, TX) – Santa came for a return visit to say hello to all the good boys and girls of Southside this week. But, this time he had a surprise partner, Mrs. Claus! Mrs. Claus joined her partner for a tour around the district visiting every elementary and Menchaca Early Childhood Center during the last week of school before winter break. All PreK3 and Prek4 students got a gift bag along with all 1st and 2nd graders here at Cardinal Nation. They were greeted with smiling faces and happy laughter. You could also hear a student sneaking in a wish or two while they got their picture taken with the celebrity couple. For a video on the fun event click the link.
Enjoy these fun photos from each campus!
Menchaca Early Childhood Center
Heritage Elementary
Freedom Elementary
Gallardo Elementary
Pearce Elementary
Out with the old, In with the new
Freedom is excited to announce the newest addition to our cafeteria. Our child nutrition department received a new serving line that was installed last week. This year is the 20th anniversary of the campus opening and it is a much deserved upgrade for our Freedom Cardinals. Our students can now look forward to sliding their trays through a state of the art serving line. Upgrades include the option to heat or chill plates at the push of a button and is customized with our school logo. The cafeteria staff is very excited to start serving our Freedom Cardinals.
Thanksgiving Food Drive
Our student leaders were very busy supporting our community this month. Freedom collected non-perishable food items for two weeks. Students made posters to help advertise and once all donations were completed they worked together and made 10 boxes to donate to Freedom Families. For the month of December they are collecting unwrapped toys that will go to our Freedom students. Freedom student leaders are doing a great job supporting our campus and community!