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
Leader U Fellow
Emily Cilvik
Leader U Fellow
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
Justin Bethea
DREAM Coach
June Flanagan
School Nurse
Danielle Kehoe
Kindergarten Teacher/Kinder Grade Level Chair
Kimberley Ross
Kindergarten Teacher
Alison Pompe
Kindergarten Teacher
Casey Yarema
Kindergarten Teacher
Kristin Bender
First Grade Teacher/First Grade Level Chair
Jai Collins
Paraprofessional
Vallé Rae Mundell
First Grade Teacher
Brielle Ferlauto
First Grade Teacher
Caitlin Rafter
Second Grade Teacher
Kate Burke
Second Grade Teacher
Courtney Koos
Second Grade Teacher
Candice Stephens
Second Grade Teacher
Daniel Hnosko
Third Grade Teacher/Third Grade Level Chair
Chazz Hinson
Third Grade Teacher
Jeff Haas
Fourth Grade Teacher/Fourth Grade Level Chair
Jerry Hudak
Fourth Grade Teacher
Caroline McAnally
Fourth Grade Teacher
Tom Duch
Fifth Grade Teacher/FPCS Athletic Director/ Fifth Grade Level Chair
Eddie Eichenbaum
Fifth Grade Teacher
Emily Gillis
Fifth Grade Teacher
Alyssa Sergas
UA Self-Contained Teacher/ 2nd Grade Grade Level Chair/ ACT Coordinator
Victoria Winkler
UA Self-Contained Teacher
Jared Meredith
Paraprofessional
Amanda Cummings
LA Self-Contained/Self-Contained Grade Level Chair/ACT Coordinator
Brittney Twyman
Paraprofessional
Bryan Kostick
PE Teacher
Charles McCrory
Art Teacher
Amirah Williams
ELA Teacher
Edwin Porrata
ELL Teacher
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