Educate 2 Elevate

05/10/2026

🌟 WE ARE HIRING! 🌟
Join the Freedom School Chattanooga team for an unforgettable summer experience empowering scholars, building community, and making a lasting impact through education! 📚✨

We are currently seeking Summer Teaching Interns for our 2026 Freedom School program!

🗓 Program Dates: May 28 – July 24, 2026

✨ Internship Benefits Include:
✔️ Paid summer internship
✔️ Professional training & development
✔️ Hands-on experience facilitating a culturally affirming curriculum
✔️ Opportunities to advocate for Black and Brown children and their education
✔️ Building meaningful relationships with students, families, and community leaders

If you are passionate about education, youth empowerment, literacy, and leadership — we would love to hear from you!

📩 To apply, send your resume and cover letter to:
[email protected]

Help us educate, elevate, and empower the next generation. 💚💜❤️

05/10/2026

📚✨ COMMUNITY READ ALOUD GUESTS NEEDED ✨📚

Freedom School Chattanooga is inviting community leaders, parents, professionals, educators, college students, grandparents, and changemakers to become Read Aloud Guests this summer! ❤️💛💚

Help us inspire young minds by sharing your favorite children’s book during our morning Harambee experience — a joyful, high-energy start to the day centered on literacy, culture, and community.

🗓 Pick a day Monday–Friday
📅 June 15 – July 24
⏰ Just 15–20 minutes can make a lasting impact!

Your presence matters. Your story matters. And our scholars would LOVE to hear from you!

📖 Sign up today here:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C044AABA72EA5F8C52-64018317-mystery #/

Together, we can educate, elevate, and empower the next generation. ✨

04/15/2026

🚀 THE COUNTDOWN IS ON! ✨📚Get ready, Chattanooga! The magic is officially returning. The Educate 2 Elevate Freedom School is coming back for Summer 2026! 🎬
We are turning the "summer slide" into a summer leap, combining research-based literacy with high-energy culture. We aren’t just teaching children to read; we are building their confidence to lead.
📊 Last year, our scholars achieved:
📈 9 MONTHS of reading growth in just 6 weeks.
🔥 87.5% completely avoided the summer slide.
💯 100% parent recommendation.
This year, we are dreaming BIGGER. We are expanding to serve 40 SCHOLARS (up from 30!) because Chattanooga’s potential has no limits.
Watch the reel to feel the energy, and get ready for the best summer yet.
🗓️ June 15 – July 24, 2026
📍 Chattanooga, TN
🔗 Parents: Stay tuned to our link in bio for registration details coming soon!
🔗 Donors: Want to sponsor one of our 40 "Sankofa Scholars"? Link in bio for our new sponsorship packet!

07/09/2024

We look forward to seeing all scholars and parents on the student’s grade level assigned orientation date. Attendance is required of ALL returning and new students to the Ramily!

04/25/2024

REady, Set, KINDERGARTEN! Do you know if your child is ready for kindergarten? Chattanooga 2.0 and community partners in Hamilton County, TN want to ensure you are equipped with the knowledge, tools, and resources to support your preschooler on their journey to Kindergarten. Until now, parents of ri...

04/25/2024

🚨 The Educate 2 Elevate - CDF Freedom School Registration is NOW CLOSED! 🚨

Thank you to everyone who has shown interest and enthusiasm in The Educate 2 Elevate - CDF Freedom School!

We are at our maximum capacity of 30 scholars!! We exceeded that with a few on a waiting list! Our hearts are full and we are so grateful for each of you! ❤️

To those who have successfully registered, get ready for an exciting summer ahead! Stay tuned for further updates and instructions.

For those who missed out this time, don't worry! Keep an eye out for future opportunities. This is just the beginning. 💫

04/15/2024

APPLY TODAY at https://forms.gle/bznnM5pQ6wdEkTkR9

The Educate 2 Elevate Fund, will sponsor CDF Freedom Schools® summer literacy program for children in grades kindergarten (children must have completed kindergarten prior to the start of the program) through five in the Chattanooga/ Hamilton County area.

The program provides summer enrichment around five essential components: high-quality academic enrichment, parent and family involvement, civic engagement and social action, intergenerational leadership development, and nutritional, physical, and mental health. Enrichment is driven by the Integrated Reading Curriculum (IRC) which primarily focuses on literacy to curb summer learning loss and close opportunity gaps.

The six-week summer program provides literacy building and personal-empowerment activities, meals, snacks and field trips at no charge to families. The CDF Freedom Schools® model also includes extensive testing and evaluation to measure academic progress.

Dates:
June 10 - July 19, 2024
(Monday - Friday)
Program will be CLOSED June 19 and July 4-5, 2024
Attendance is important during the six-week program. Absences are limited to three.

Program Hours:
8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Monday - Friday

04/11/2024

🎉 Exciting News! The Educate 2 Elevate - CDF Freedom School is now accepting applications for children currently enrolled in Kindergarten -4th grades( rising 1st - 5th grades). Our FREE 6-week literacy and cultural enrichment program runs from June 10 –July 19, 2024 and will be held RISE CHATTANOOGA.

Want to know why you should commit your child’s summer to the Educate 2 Elevate - CDF Freedom School? Take a look below:

📚 Dozens of FREE books for each scholar
🍎 2 meals and a snack every day
🚌 Weekly field trips
🌍 Cultural enrichment activities
🤓 Immersive literacy-focused environment that develops a love of Reading!!

Who Can Join?
Families that lives in the Chattanooga/ Hamilton county area are invited to apply. ( Special consideration to Families qualifying for free or reduced lunch status)

We have limited* enrollment, so be sure to apply soon. ( *30 student participation max)

To Register, click here: https://forms.gle/bznnM5pQ6wdEkTkR9

To learn more about our program, visit our website: https://www.childrensdefense.org/our-work/cdf-freedom-schools/

Our program operates on community donations and sponsors, ensuring there's NO COST to families. We believe every child can make a difference in themselves and the world around them! Let us be a part of the journey!

04/09/2024

📢LOOKING FOR A PAID SUMMER INTERNSHIP!! Look no further than….

The Educate 2 Elevate - CDF Freedom School leadership team are recruiting dedicated college leaders to guide our scholars for summer of 2024.

Why should you join the best internship in Chattanooga?

✨Inspire the next generation
🤝90+ hours of training and professional development
🎉Make friends for a lifetime
📅Evenings & Weekends Off
✊Be a part of a movement

Join us in combating summer learning loss. Apply today! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1mGo4btTq7xyuCUfJDnNVMInJdSYVcqEMapLgBWQkv8w/edit

04/08/2024

🎉 Exciting News! The Educate 2 Elevate - CDF Freedom School is now accepting applications for children currently enrolled in Kindergarten -4th grades( rising 1st - 5th grades). Our FREE 6-week literacy and cultural enrichment program runs from June 10 –July 19, 2024 and will be held RISE CHATTANOOGA.

Want to know why you should commit your child’s summer to the Educate 2 Elevate - CDF Freedom School? Take a look below:

📚 Dozens of FREE books for each scholar
🍎 2 meals and a snack every day
🚌 Weekly field trips
🌍 Cultural enrichment activities
🤓 Immersive literacy-focused environment that develops a love of Reading!!

Who Can Join?
Families that lives in the Chattanooga/ Hamilton county area are invited to apply. ( Special consideration to Families qualifying for free or reduced lunch status)

We have limited* enrollment, so be sure to apply soon. ( *30 student participation max)

To Register, click here: https://forms.gle/bznnM5pQ6wdEkTkR9

To learn more about our program, visit our website: https://www.childrensdefense.org/our-work/cdf-freedom-schools/

Our program operates on community donations and sponsors, ensuring there's NO COST to families. We believe every child can make a difference in themselves and the world around them! Let us be a part of the journey!!

04/08/2024