Campus News
PARENTS: Mark your calendars! The LAST DAY OF SCHOOL at Southside I.S.D. is JUNE 1ST.Special Olympics Trophy Presentation
Freedom Special Education students were recently presented with trophies for participating in the Special Olympics events this year. Special Education teacher, Mr. Anaya, posed for pictures with the students. Congratulations to all of our students!
Freedom Safety Patrols are Honored at Rally!
The Freedom Safety Patrols attended the 77th Annual School Safety Patrol Rally on Wednesday, May 17th at the Freeman Coliseum. Our Safety Patrols were accompanied by Facilitators, Mrs. Puente and Officer Ruben Cardenas. The patrols were honored for their service during the school year. Thank you to Officer Cardenas for training our students, and thank you to our Safety Patrols for the help you provided during our school this year!
Special Awards from Freedom P.E. Department
Coach Mendez recently presented two groups of kids with well-deserved awards. 
The Marathon Kids were given their final incentive award for running a total of 104.8 miles for the year. They have been running marathons all year!
4th graders who made outstanding scores on their recent Fitness-Gram Physical Fitness Test received medals.
Congratulations to all!
Freedom Student Receives Special Award!
Freedom student, Ava Cruz, took home the GOLD at the Special Olympics Track Meet held at the Pleasanton Eagle stadium on Friday, May 12th! Ava was assisted by Freedom parent, Megan Tapia. Way to go, Ava!! We are SO proud of you!
A Fun Celebration
CINCO DE MAYO PARADE!
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Parents and visitors stood to cheer and watch the parade of Fiesta Floats go by as Freedom held its annual Cinco de Mayo celebration. The parade was a lot of fun for kids and teachers, alike. Parents lined the parade route in the front of the school to cheer on the students, and students lined the parade route with their classmates to view the beautiful floats, and cheer on their friends.
The Float Contest winners marched in the parade with their award-winning floats. They were: 1st Place- Eric Torres – PK; 2nd Place- Nicholas Coronado – 4th grade; 3rd Place- Gabriella Barnes – Kinder. (Extra Awards included Most Artistic-Abigail Torres-3rd Grade; Best Environmental Message-Joe Ramirez – 3rd Grade; Best in Show-Prehistoric-Aden Casias-PK). Congratulations to all of our winners!!
A total of 12 Kings and Queens of the parade were carried on a beautifully decorated float because they were the winners of the Henry’s Heroes Fundraiser. They raised over $2,100 for the A
merican Heart Association in one day! After the parade, the students were ushered into the gym where the Southside High School Mariachi and the Southside High School Conjunto, “Los Cardenales” performed.
All was merriment as teachers, and students alike, clapped to the lively music. This celebration is an annual event held here at Freedom Elementary.