Dear Freedom Families and Friends,

2025 is off to a great start as Freedom continues to serve the demand for our innovative, traditional values driven, personalized approach to high school education for our Eagles. Our students continue to develop into the talented and focused future workforce of America, as is our goal aligned with our vision of Economic Freedom for our graduates. The word is out, as we already have a waiting list for August of 2025. We are looking into expansion options currently, ensuring that our current award-winning program continues as is for our current families. With that we are asking many of you to take a survey on your interest and thoughts regarding offering afternoon/evening programming at Freedom in the future. An afternoon/evening Freedom program, an AI curated afternoon program, and an afternoon enrichment program are all being considered in addition to our current morning program. Thank you in advance for sharing your thoughts on this with the survey coming soon.

Thank you for your unbelievable support!

Sincerely,

Christopher Marker

Chief Executive Officer

Phone: 239-427-1776
Cell: 239-287-5951

Email: Chris.Marker@Freedominstitute.net

Web: www.freedominstitute.net

Hello everyone,

As always, we have a lot of exciting things happening here at Freedom! Our partnership with the Revs Institute continues to be a fantastic win for our students, offering them valuable career exploration opportunities. Currently, 18 students have taken at least one class with them, and this number is set to grow even more this semester.

Speaking of the Revs Institute, we are thrilled to announce that our upcoming graduation ceremony will be held at their prestigious venue. This is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate our students' achievements in a remarkable setting.

On a final note, we are pleased to share that the Step-up for Students scholarships have launched for the upcoming year. We understand that the application process can be daunting, so we have a couple of upcoming parent events designed to assist with filling out these forms. Please do not hesitate to reach out if you need any help.

Thank you for your continued engagement and enthusiasm.

Career

For career class, we have been talking about "Web of Connections" and networking. We learned about the "Proximity Principle" placing yourself in places and around people who are interested in the same career as you are. Students completed Module 3 from Dave Ramsey's Career Discovery online course. Ongoing, we work on improving resumes and career success plans!

English

For ELA, we have been loving our novel study, Animal Farm. Students are engaging in conversations about allegories, the Russian Revolution, and more. We discuss chapters, play Kahoot games, and participate in weekly writing activities and quizzes. We will continue diving into more depth with this classic.

Yearbook Club

We continue to work in Canva to create a cohesive, vibrant, patriotic yearbook! Our next meeting is Friday, February 7th @ 9:00 am.

U.S. History

In U.S. History, we have been covering all the event leading up to the civil war. Tensions are reaching an all-time high and the war will be quickly approaching.

Consumerism 1

In Consumerism 1, students continue to gain knowledge about financial literacy!

Consumerism 2

In Consumerism 2, students dive dipper into realistic scenarios using their financial literacy knowledge.

Biology

After learning about the parts of animal and plant cells, students created 3D models of animal cells. This was the culminating activity from research as well as the opening activity to human systems

English

In English, students continue to dive into the Animal Farm novel, with discussions, debates, and creative projects and activities.

Culinary Club

Culinary Club will continue with more fun, hands-on culinary experiences and recipes for students!

Algebra

In Algebra, we are working on functions. Algebra is finishing linear equations and will move onto systems of equations soon. Algebra Honors just started exponents and exponential functions after finishing systems of equations last week.

Geometry

In Geometry, we are wrapping up a unit on similarity and starting trigonometry this month.

Key Club

A few dedicated Key Club members attended the Zone Rally at Palmetto Ridge High School on 1/25 where they participated in a service project and learned more about this amazing international organization. They are preparing a presentation to share what they learned with other members for our next Key Club meeting on 2/14.

Please see the checklist below to see what documents are required to renew or apply for a scholarship! The deadline is April 30th, 2025.

A HUGE thank you to our amazing career guest speaker, Kate Owens! She talked to us about her salon background, work ethic, chasing your dreams, and bringing sensory safe solutions to everyone!!!

Our students have been participating in our "Economic Freedom 101" workshop with one of our board members, Tom Grady. We can't wait to see how much they learn about financial literacy, stocks, investing, and more!

Several of our students participated in a tour of NCH's amazing simulation center!!!! Thank you to Aiden's Mom, Kara Down, for setting up this amazing experience and opportunity for our students interested in the medical field!

Our clubs are going strong! We love having this enrichment opportunity for students on Fridays. Please check out the photos below to get a behind-the-scenes look at Friday clubs!

Freedom has no more availability for the 2024-2025 school year, as we now have a waitlist for the 2025-2026 school year beginning in August. Building tours are still available and we would love to show you around our Freedom facility. Tours are Monday - Friday and we are flexible with the times. Please call (239) 427-1776 to speak with a staff member today! We look forward to seeing you.

If you are interested in being a sponsor in any way, shape, or form, please reach out to us! We'd love to form partnerships!

Email: info@freedominstitute.net

Website: www.freedominstitute.net
Location: 2706 Horseshoe Drive S, Naples, FL, USA
Phone: 239-427-1776
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