Armstrong held its second annual Talent Show on February 17, 2017. The tryouts started with 20 students and ended up with 10 students and some adults performing. All these students worked very hard for the past five weeks.

WASHINGTON, DC: Since the 1870s, there has been a tradition held at the White House called the Easter Egg Roll. This year it was held on April 17, 2017. Going to this tradition is free because you have to enter a raffle and only the people that get picked can officially go to the White House.

Have you ever entered a competition where you have to write an essay about an African-American person? Well, this was one of those competitions! Some Friendship students, including me, were lucky enough to participate in the semi-finals of the Friendship Public Charter School Second Annual Black History Month Oratory Competition.

After World War II in Italy, the parents of the children who survived wanted their children to have a better education. This became the motivation for Reggio Emilia, named after the village in Italy where the parents lived.

FEBRUARY 28th, 2017, Friendship Armstrong Academy: Today you are going to be reading about the 2017 Black History Month performances at Friendship Armstrong Academy and about the early childhood performance called “The Power of Words”. The students performed the celebration of “The Power of Words” to celebrate Black History Month and what it means to them and how we can remember the African-Americans from our history.

The Armstrong Theatre Club had a play based on the famous civil rights legend, Martin Luther King, Jr., in the Armstrong Auditorium. They did this not only to recognize Dr. King but also to recognize other African-American icons from our history.

AUGUST 30, 2016: Video by Marcel Gallion. Interviews by FNN News Team. 

On April 12, 2016, Friendship Armstrong Elementary had a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Reading Room. In the Reading Room, the first thing I noticed was the artwork and I saw the bins with the grade levels on them, so if you're in a rush, you don’t have to ask the teacher.