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Freese
Elementary Magnet for Enhanced Literacy Through Arts and Culture provides a focus on learning through on-campus and community arts
and cultural opportunities. In-class residencies in theatre, music,
dance and visual arts, field trips, assemblies, and family workshops
all enhance ways of learning and expand means of expression. All
students create plays, poetry, photojournalism, and musical compositions
— sharing their learning as storytellers, actors, and puppeteers.
Our staff
includes a videographer who trains students to be researchers
and producers, helping them create video documentaries and monthly
news programs which require interviewing techniques and hands-on
use of TV/video studio equipment. A full-time librarian teaches
nonfiction, thematic study, readers’ workshop, research
skills, and author and illustrator studies, as well as use of
the library’s research computers.
Community
Partnerships:
ArtsBridge
UCSD
Biograplays
Cal State San Marcos Center for the Arts
Centro Cultural de la Raza
DCA Media Solutions
Eveoke Dance Company
Harcourt Publishers
James Watts/Resident Artist
Katherine Irey, Stage Seven Dance
La Jolla Music Society; La Jolla Playhouse
Mainly Mozart
Mingei International Museum
Museum of Photographic Arts
Partners at Learning UCSD
San Diego Black Ensemble Theatre
San Diego Chamber Orchestra
San Diego Children’s Museum
San Diego Dance Alliance
San Diego Early Music Society
San Diego Guild of Puppetry
San Diego Mesa College
San Diego Police Department — S.E. Division
San Diego Public Library — Skyline Branch
Stone Paper Scissors/Lynn Susholtz/Visual Artist The Globe Theatres
The Rad Hatter
U.S.S. Stennis
United Nations Association
University Events UCSD
Whole Foods Market
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Vision Statement
- We strive to attain high academic achievement for all Freese students in all core academic areas.
- With parents and community, we help to develop good citizens who will grow into productive, caring members of our society.
- We endeavor to immerse Freese students in rich experiences around arts and culture and instill a life-long love and appreciation of arts and culture through exposure, participation and learning.
- We promote school/community interaction through multiple partnerships with community members and organizations and we seek to develop deep and lasting relationships with the
- We endeavor to interest our students in arts and cultural activities to the extent that many will seek to enroll in schools and/or classes that focus on the arts in secondary school.
SMART Goals:
- How will we mark our progress toward our vision?Academic Goal: By June 2009, a minimum of 46% of Freese students will attain proficiency or better (a 7.2% gain) as measured by CST in English Language Arts. The percentage of all 2nd -5th graders will increase from 38.8% to 46%.
- Academic goal: By June 2009, a minimum of 49.3% of Freese students will attain proficiency or better (a 5% gain) as measured by CST in Mathematics. The percentage of all 2nd -5th graders will increase from 44.3% to 49.3%.
- Magnet program goal: By June 2009, 100% of Freese students will complete four 8-week Arts and Culture rotations planned and implemented collaboratively by classroom teachers and visiting artists. This will be measured by completion of joint planning days and completion of the actual activities in the classroom.
- Magnet enrollment goal: By the opening of the new school year, increase the number of students from diverse ethnic backgrounds and geographic areas as measured by enrollment data.
- Other school goal: By the end of the year, multiple contacts for the purpose of strengthening the home/school connection will be made with 100% of Freese Parents as evidenced by sign-in sheets, computer logs, records of handouts, and estimated crowd size for events with no sign in.
Features:
- Gifted
cluster classes (Grades 3-5)
Cluster
Order:
Cluster
1
Cluster 2
Cluster 3
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