Knowledge gives your child power. At Freire Charter School, our goal is to offer your child an array of challenging courses to maximize their powerful potential.
Freire Charter School’s rigorous college-preparatory curriculum is designed to ensure that every Freire student graduates with the credits required for acceptance at any top college in the US.
This includes four years each of English, math, science, and social studies, as well as three years of language study. In addition to these intensive requirements, we offer a variety of courses that engage students deeply with their learning and bring to life connections between students’ classwork, their communities and real-world issues. The passing grade for all classes at Freire is 75%.
Freire Middle School
5th Grade
Reading Workshop
Writing Workshop
Independent Reading
Illustrative Mathematics
TCI-Social Studies Alive! America’s Past
Amplify Science
Health (Quarterly)
Physical Education (Quarterly)
Art (Quarterly)
Character Development (Quarterly)
6th Grade
Reading Workshop
Writing Workshop
Independent Reading
Illustrative Mathematics
TCI History Alive! The United States Through Modern Times
Amplify Science
Health (Quarterly)
Physical Education (Quarterly)
Art (Quarterly)
Character Development (Quarterly)
High School and Career Readiness (Quarterly)
7th Grade
Reading Workshop
Writing Workshop
Independent Reading
Illustrative Mathematics
TCI-History Alive! The Ancient World
NGSS Aligned Science Curriculum
Health (Quarterly)
Physical Education (Quarterly)
Art (Quarterly)
Character Development (Quarterly)
8th Grade
Reading Workshop
Writing Workshop
Independent Reading
Genius Hour
Illustrative Mathematics
TCI History Alive! The Medieval World and Beyond
NCGG Aligned Science Curriculum
Health (Quarterly)
Physical Education (Quarterly)
Art (Quarterly)
Character Development (Quarterly)
High School and Career Readiness (Quarterly)
- 5th grade classes are subject specialized into ELA/Social Studies, Math, and Science. Students have separate teachers for each of these core classes.
- 6th grade classes are subject specialized into ELA/Social Studies and Math/Science. Students have separate teachers for these core classes.
- 7th and 8th grade classes are all subject specialized. Students have every subject every day.
Freire High School
9th Grade
Algebra I
English I
Physical Science
World Cultures
Spanish I or Intensive Reading
Intensive Math or Geometry
10th Grade
Geometry or Algebra II
English II
Biology I
U.S. History
Spanish I or Spanish II
Health & Wellness
11th Grade
Algebra II or Pre-Calculus
English III
Chemistry
Civics
Spanish II or Spanish III
Math Analysis & Investigation
12th Grade
Pre-Calculus or Calculus
English IV or AP English
Science Elective
Spanish III or Spanish IV
Peace & Social Change
Senior Project
Elective*
* 12th Grade Electives include the following: Biology II, Advanced Biology II, AP U.S. History, and Personal & Business Finance
Outside of Freire, advanced Juniors and Seniors may also take classes for both college credit and high school credit at local colleges and universities such as the Community College of Philadelphia, Drexel, Cheyney, Saint Joseph’s, Eastern, and Penn.