Our Story
In March 2012 the New Jersey Department of Education approved Democracy Prep to turn around Freedom Academy Charter School, a perennially low-performing middle school in Camden, New Jersey. The new name, Freedom Prep Charter School, reflects an adoption of Democracy Prep’s mission, DREAM values, and successful instructional practices, as well our tireless work to deliver the highest quality, college preparatory education to Camden’s scholars. In 2014-15, Freedom Prep Middle School moved into a space vacated by the recently closed D.U.E. Season Charter School, expanded to grades 1 – 9 and absorbed many of the scholars displaced by the closure. In 2017, Freedom Prep will serve scholars in grades K – 12.
PRINCIPAL
Latoya Pearson
GRADES SERVED
K – 5
CURRENT ENROLLMENT
363 Scholars
The DREAM Team
Latoya Pearson
Principal
Brittany Creighton
Instructional Coach/ACT Coordinator
Emily Cilvik
Instructional Coach/ACT Coordinator
Thomas Lugo
Ops Manager
Marguerite Falls
Ops Tech Associate
Jisenia Castro
Ops Associate
Andrea Mancini
Social Worker K-2
Terah Johnson
Social Worker 3-5
Tyrone Thompson
DREAM Coach
Jai Collins
Paraprofessional
June Flanagan
Nurse
Danielle Kehoe
Kindergarten Teacher
Alison Pompe
Kindergarten Teacher
Casey Yarema
Kindergarten Teacher
Kimberley Ross
Kindergarten Teacher
Vallé Rae Mundell
First Grade Teacher
Amirah Williams
First Grade Teacher
Ann McGlauflin
Second Grade Teacher
Kathleen Klecko
Second Grade Teacher/Second Grade Team Leader
Caitlin Rafter
Second Grade Teacher
Jessica Gerstein
Second Grade ACT Teacher
Chazz Hinson
Third Grade Teacher
Courtney Koos
Third Grade ACT Teacher
Daniel Hnosko
Fourth Grade Teacher
Jeff Haas
Fourth Grade Teacher
Tom Duch
Fourth Grade Teacher/FPCS Athletic Director
Brielle Ferlauto
Fourth Grade Teacher
Jerry Hudak
Fourth Grade Teacher
Kristin Bender
Fifth Grade Teacher
Emily Gillis
Fifth Grade Teacher
Caroline McAnally
Fifth Grade Teacher
Alyssa Sergas
Upper Academy Self-Contained Teacher
Amanda Cummings
Lower Academy Self-Contained
Bryan Kostick
PE Teacher K-2
Bryan McIntoch
PE Teacher 3-5
FPCS Board of Directors
Keisha Usher-Martin
President, Xerox
Sean McGrew
Treasurer, Catapult Learning
Carole Kraemer
Kraemer College Planning
Tighe Burns
Law Office of F. Tighe Burns, ESQ.
Tomas Varela
Rowan University
The Freedom Prep Charter School Board of Trustees will hold its regular meetings and executive committee during the 2017-18 school year at 1000 Atlantic Avenue, Camden, NJ at 6:30 pm on the following dates:
Thursday,February 28, 2019
Thursday, March 28, 2019
Thursday, April 18, 2019
Thursday, May 30, 2019
Thursday, June 27, 2019
To contact the Freedom Prep Charter School Board, please email boardoftrustees@democracyprep.org