Dope is a movie about three characters: Malcolm (Shameik Moore), his friends Jib (Tony Revolori) and Diggy (Kiersey Clemons) and their interesting struggles as high schools students living in the worst part of LA in Inglewood known as the “Bottoms”. 

The Stingray is a phone satellite connected to police. This is an easy way for the police to eavesdrop on your phone calls. They don't need a warrant to use this, so be careful. They use Stingray to find your location, and they can do this even when the phone isn’t in use. The cost of one of these devices is $250,000.

School uniforms restrain students from creativity. The policies can be somewhat annoying and they can be costly. Uniforms are not very pleasant for children to wear. Uniforms can be expensive and restrict children from expressing themselves through clothing. 

Hello everyone, my name is JaJuan Davis. I am here to talk to you about the length of football practice at Friendship Collegiate Academy. I am going to give and get an opinion. I will interview a player and see what his thoughts are on this specific subject. Details coming up, let’s get in to it.

Parents are always complaining about children being on their cell phones all the time. We spend around seven and a half hours/day on our mobile devices. The amount of time people spend on their mobile devices has increased over the years because of new technology.

A 24 year-old man by the name of Raymon Carter was arrested in Baltimore, MD. Carter was accused of setting a local CVS on fire. Only a week after the death of Freddie Gray, there had been riots all over the town. This caught the attention of the entire world.

In 2005, Bill Cosby admitted in court to drugging women for sexual intercourse. On July 7, 2015 the final documents were presented, stating that he has drugged women for sex in the past. 

In efforts to change the Redskins’ name, President Obama’s administration talked to Mayor Muriel  Bowser about bringing the Redskins back to Washington, DC.  The Obama administration said that the name is offensive to Native Americans.

My past robotics teacher, Ms. Scaring took my little sister and I to a Friendship baseball game after school one day. 

How many teen parents out there wished they had known the consequences of having or taking care of a baby? Well, the Health Sciences program allowed Collegiate students to experience the challenges of taking care of a baby by creating childcare simulation project, called “Baby Think It Over”. 

The San Francisco 49ers are losing key players left and right due to retirement. It started with Pro Bowl veteran linebacker Patrick Willis who retired earlier after eight seasons with the 49ers, shortly after the 49ers told Jim Harbaugh (former 49ers head coach) they didn’t want him anymore.

On February 28th, 2015 Friendship Collegiate Academy (FCA) hosted Friendship Public Charter School’s (FCPS) annual STEM fair. The FPCS STEM Fair’s main purpose is to inform kids about science, technology, engineering and math. By doing this, students must complete projects in which STEM is incorporated. It helps create a passion in the youth for STEM activities and learning.

On April 16, 2015 I and three fellow students from Friendship News Network flew to Denver for the JEA Journalism Convention. The convention was for teens all over the country who wanted journalism to be their career. Throughout my time there, Denver was very cold and often snowing or raining. It differed a lot from DC. DC is more diverse than Denver, and because I'm a person of color, I stood out from everyone.

On March 4, 2015 the FCA Girls basketball team won the 2015 Girls Charter League Championship with a 63-21 victory over Cesar Chavez. 

On April 12th, 2015 Freddie Gray, an unarmed black man, was arrested by Baltimore police officers. It was reported that he was already injured while being arrested and when he was taken out of the van he was completely unresponsive with three fractured vertebrae, injuries to his voice box, and a broken spinal cord due to a “rough ride”.... 

In this day in age, almost everything has to do with technology. Everyone has either an iPhone, iPad or tablet, but do they know how they work? Just like humans, machines have their own language that tells them what to do. This language is called code.

On March 20th, 2015 Friendship Collegiate Academy hosted its Annual Senior Superlative Show. A senior superlative show is held to a showcase the most popular seniors in school.

A candlelight vigil is an emotional gathering of friends and family celebrating the life and mourning the death of a loved one. Unfortunately my brother’s candlelight vigil was interrupted……

On April 14, 2015 they let the public ride the first 7000 series train as it pulled off from Franconia Springfield Metro Station around 7:17 am. The train was near full capacity after leaving Van Dorn Street Metro Station (the next stop). 

Marion Barry has influenced my life because he has made mistakes that I don't want to make. He  took his education seriously, and he has done a lot for our city. He was loved by his family and his voters. He was well respected by fellow politicians. Here is the reason why….