# Freedom High School (Oakley, California)

Freedom High School is located in Oakley, California, United States. It opened in 1996 on the grounds of Liberty High School, before moving to the new campus, as a part of the Liberty Union High School District. The current Liberty Union High School District contains Freedom, Liberty, Heritage, and Independence High Schools.

## History

The Liberty Union High School District opened Freedoms doors during 1996, the school didn't have enough people to have a graduating class as all new people we're freshmen. Over the years Freedom grew and now its ranked #9,782 by U.S News

## Athletics

Freedom High School is known as the Falcons, as of 2025 Freedom offers multiple sports which all compete in Bay Valley Athletic League
* Baseball
* Basketball
* Cheerleading
* Cross-Country
* Football
* Golf
* Soccer
* Softball
* Swimming & Diving
* Tennis
* Track & Field
* Volleyball
* Water Polo
* Wrestling
* Bowling
* E-Sports
In addition, Boys and Girls Rugby is offered as a club level sports.
Freedom is known for the Football, Soccer, Baseball, and Cheer Team as they have established themselves offer the years as competition teams.

### Football

Freedom Football has never won a state championship but has gotten close to it. They're best year, 2016-17 under the leadership of Kevin Hartwig went 11-2 and ending 5-0 in league. Ending the season at the national ranking of 102 and state rank of 13. They're season would end in a loss against De La Salle 49-7 and against St. Mary's 49-40.
Freedom competes in CIF North Coast Section, only one student that has competed in football here has seen a Superbowl which is Joe Mixon.

## Clubs and extracurricular activities
### Controversy

Controversy started surrounding the formation of a Caucasian Club in November 2003 at the school. Freshman Lisa McClelland gathered about 250 signatures from students and adults to start a club that would focus attention on European heritage and history. Other societies already found in the school include the Black Student Union, the Latinos Unidos, and the ALOHA club for Asian-American students. Lou Calabro, president of the European-American Issues Forum, became an informal advisor of the club and sent letters to two civil-rights organizations that the school's administration be investigated. However, the Caucasian Club was accused of fueling racial tension, and was forced to disband. McClelland eventually transferred out of the school.

## If You Really Knew Me

Freedom High School was one stop along the way on the 2010 MTV reality show If You Really Knew Me. The show chronicles high schools across the nation undergoing a "challenge day" where students share their stories. The idea of challenge day is to break down cliques within the school, especially those that result from racism. The school now has an on-campus group that holds mini challenge days frequently for classes.

## Notable alumni

* Joe Mixon (2014), running back for the Houston Texans
* Ronnie Rivers (2017), running back for the Los Angeles Rams
* Kyle Harmon (2018), college football linebacker for the San Jose State Spartans
* Kyren Paris (2019), shortstop for Los Angeles Angels
* Joey Aguilar (2021), quarterback for the Appalachian State Mountaineers