Paulo Freire Social Justice Charter School is a public charter high school in

Chicopee, Massachusetts Chicopee ( ) is a city located on the Connecticut River in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 55,560, making it the second-largest city in Western Massachusetts after Springfield. C ...

. It was originally located in

Holyoke, Massachusetts Holyoke is a city in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States, that lies between the western bank of the Connecticut River and the Mount Tom Range. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 38,238. Located north of Springfield ...

, but relocated to its present location 6 years later. It primarily serves students in nearby towns such as; Holyoke, Chicopee, Springfield, West Springfield, Westfield, and South Hadley. The school has a main focus on the social and emotional well-being of its students.

History

In February of 2012, the Massachusetts' Board of Elementary and Secondary Education announced ''Paulo Freire Social Justice Charter School'' was one of four schools that was granted permission to operate and allowed the naming after Friere. The school opened in September 2013. The school first started out in

from its founding until the end of the 2018–19 school year. Moving a town over to the former Pope Francis Catholic High School building in Chicopee in 2019. It is named after the leftist Brazilian educator

Paulo Freire Paulo Reglus Neves Freire (19 September 1921 – 2 May 1997) was a Brazilian educator and philosopher who was a leading advocate of critical pedagogy. His influential work ''Pedagogy of the Oppressed'' is generally considered one of the foundat ...

Athletics

Boys' Basketball

*1x ''Western Mass Class C''; 2022

Girls' volleyball

The program has won 2 Western Mass Championships and only won one State Championship. *2x ''Western Mass Class B''; 2021, 2022 *1x ''MIAA Div. 5''; 2021 https://www.gazettenet.com/Frontier-vs-Paulo-Freire-State-Championship-Match-43643606

References

External links

Official site
2013 establishments in Massachusetts Educational institutions established in 2013 Public high schools in Massachusetts Schools in Holyoke, Massachusetts Schools in Chicopee, Massachusetts Charter schools in Massachusetts {{Massachusetts-school-stub