Paulo Freire Freedom School will be hosting a series of family counseling and parent discussion groups this year. The events will be facilitated by CC White, a child and family therapist. CC works as a school counselor and has her own private practice. Her focus is on increasing positive communication and clear boundaries at home,… Read more »
Posts Categorized: University Highlights
Enrollment Tours
Both Paulo Freire campuses are hosting a series of enrollment tours for interested parents, students, and community members. Enrollment tours are a great way to see our schools, talk to the principal, and learn more about our engaging and rigorous curriculum. Please check our enrollment tour page for dates and times of upcoming tours. You… Read more »
Student-Led Conferences 10/24 and 10/25
Student-led Conferences will take place on Thursday, Oct. 24th and Friday, Oct. 25th. All students will be dismissed from school at noon on these two days. There will not be any AfterSchool. Student-led Conferences are a great way to empower students to reflect on their learning and share their academic, social, and emotional strengths and… Read more »
Intersession in Full Swing
Our fall Intersession is in full swing! Students are exploring all over Tucson and Southern Arizona. We have students eating at local restaurants, hiking in the Santa Rita Mountains, studying sacred spaces, creating Halloween costumes, fermenting foods, learning survival skills and much more. Staff have worked tirelessly to create these amazing learning opportunities for our… Read more »
City High Student Wins NY Times Award!
The New York Times selected Sam Zazueta, a 2019 City High graduate, as a winner of the student podcast competition. Sam made her podcast “My Incarcerated Family” in Sarah Bromer’s Radio Production class at City High. Read more about Sam, listen her story, and subscribe to City High Radio by visiting the City High website.
Welcome to our Students and Families!
We are all very excited to start this school year. The returning students are already providing a lot of leadership and support to our new students, and our new students are already adding their perspectives and insights. Every year is a different group of students, and every year has a slightly different personality. This year… Read more »
2019-2020 PFFS School Calendar
If you haven’t seen it yet, the PFFS 2019-2020 is posted on the website here. A few important dates include: Tuesday, Aug. 6th = Students’ first day back at school. Oct. 7-11 = Fall Break. Nov. 28-29 = Thanksgiving Break. Dec. 20 – Jan 3 = Winter Break. March 16-20 = Spring Break. May 22… Read more »
8th Grade Gateways on May 1st
All eighth-grade students will be presenting their Gateway on Wednesday, May 1st. The Gateway will feature each eighth-grader’s portfolio of written essays centered around the Habits of Heart and Mind. Each Gateway will last about an hour. Students will read a general reflection essay, speak about their experience at Paulo, and present their completed website… Read more »
Last Chance for AZ Tax Credit
Friends, With tax season coming to a rapid close, you have just a few days to make your tax credit contribution to one of our schools. Your tax credit contribution is a way to direct your tax dollars to our school and then receive a dollar for dollar refund on that contribution. It does not… Read more »
PFFS Students Win 2019 SARSEF Awards
Nine PFFSU students entered this years Southern Arizona’s Research Science and Engineering Foundations Science Fair, and five came away with top awards! Maddie and Chloe won third place for their “Sweet as Sugar” experiment. Adam also received a third place award for his “Expired Experiment.” Lucas won a second place award for “The Garage Door… Read more »