On Thursday, October 31, 2014 “Friendship Cares” raised $500 to support the Susan G. Komen Foundation. The Friendship Cares scholars walked five blocks and made posters and cards to give to people. Friendship Public Charter Schools matched what they raised for a total of $1,000.

The homecoming game was on Nov. 7, 2014 at Spingarn High School and FCA destroyed their opponent 33-6.

The homecoming dance took place November 8th, 2014. The class of 2015 gathered with a few of their younger classmates to enjoy their last homecoming at Friendship Collegiate Academy before going off to college. The students put on their best outfits to fit their all black theme to come out and enjoy themselves.

On October 28, Stedman Graham educator, author, businessman and Oprah Winfrey’s partner came to Friendship Collegiate Academy as part of his Sonima Tour.  A select group of students were able to witness Graham’s motivational speaking skills as he spoke to the Friendship Collegiate Academy students.

I feel like a brand new person when I dance. Dancing makes me feel like Beyonce. It makes me feel confident and brave to believe in myself—you can’t think about falling and getting broken bones.

Check out the new advice column from the Friendship Southeast Academy Media Team. 

Produced by Ms. Wright’s Third Grade Class at Friendship Southeast Academy

Video by FNN Blow Pierce Reporters: Neziya Jackson, Zo’Shawn Simon, Josiah Hall, Marcus Miles and Miracle Mason.

by FNN Blow Pierce Reporters: Makayla Hall, Mone´Goodwin, DeZarius Adams, Tremayne Perkins, Keeyann Porter, Celiya Berry, Milan Tolson and Kevin Phifer.

Hershey is a super dog. Hershey, the brown French Poodle belongs to Ms. Gomes. Ms Gomes is an SSST Coordinator and Hersey is her pet and therapy dog.

How did we get the Tier 1 banner? We worked together as a school. We made sure everyone learned. We showed the core values. The teachers showed a very important core value. They showed they cared for us. If they didn’t care for us, we would not be Tier One. The students showed respect. The students respected the teachers.  

Drum roll please! 5-4-3-2-1, cheers shout loud from the crowd on this chilly morning in Northeast Washington, DC. On November 19th, temperatures were a record low of 26 degrees, yet the whole school gathered in front to see the new banner unveiled. There was music blasting from the speakers to the dance moves of our Woodridge dancers, and...

The Live Sonima Tour took place at Collegiate Academy in a room filled with middle school students from Blow Pierce and Woodridge, and included 9-12 graders who attended various academies at Collegiate. The Sonima Tour comes to schools to provide them with the tools needed to live a successful life despite the challenges faced of an...

A new tribute to the Hunger Games trilogy has been added at last. Suzanne Collins’s popular dystopian trilogy did it again! Over 123 million dollars in its first opening.  With Jennifer Lawrence returning as the beautiful heroine, Katniss Everdeen, and her two men, Peeta and Gale, the characters continue to sweep fans off their feet leaving all on the...

Has your cheer team been undefeated for the past 4 years? Have you ever seen a team bring the spirit, best tumble passes, jumps, and choreography at a competition all at once? Well if you haven’t, you’ve never met the Woodridge Cheerleaders—the all-round best school cheerleading team that has ever performed! 

“Without music, life would be a mistake,” is a famous quote posted in my music classrooms. Well, this is definitely true. Music is what connects so many of us in unique ways. Whether it’s gospel, jazz, country, R&B, hip hop or rock and roll, music is a universal language that awakens us all inside no matter how we are feeling. Well this year, students got a...

Washington D.C has gotten a new upgrade in terms of looks. It’s like the city has gotten a brand new makeover, a new look which has taken many by surprise. If you have lived in Washington, DC for some time now, you will see now that there have been some major changes going on. In a way, it’s good for the city. For years, some neighborhoods...

“How about them Redskins?” Those are words we seldom hear these days from fans around the DMV. The city is quiet with heads held down and frowns that will make you turn your head and ask yourself, “Is this really a football town”? No matter where you go—to the gas station, metro station, or standing in line at the grocery store, few fans are proud to...

Have you heard of the IPhone 6, Apple’s newest product that everyone has been snatching up? Maybe if you are not “Team iPhone”, you wonder, what’s so great about the iPhone 6? Or you might say to yourself, why is Apple all of a sudden trying to copy and be more like the Galaxy? Did iPhone really copy Galaxy? What’s the real story behind all...

It’s that time of the year again when everyone seems to get all worked up over the holiday season. Yeah, I said it! Christmas is right around the corner knocking at our front doors. It seems just yesterday we were enjoying the sun and bringing our summer vacations to a close.  Every year we say the same old thing, “I wasn’t prepared, it’s just too soon...