As you often hear on the news, most of the third world countries, especially in Africa, are dying from preventable and curable diseases.

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. 

Even though Darrell and Devante have different professions, there is one thing in common. They feel the need to give back to their community. Besides coming back for FCA’s 3rd Annual Alumni Day, Devante loves to work with students and shows them no matter how bad your situation is, you can overcome it to reach your goals.

Honesty seems to be a rare trait for a politician. That’s something Khalil will changed once he’s in office.

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 a time where jobs are limited for new college graduates, Rickia figured she can hire herself. 

Our Southeast TigerBots were invited to the 2015 Winter Junior First Lego League Robotics Expo in Richmond Virginia. The TigerBots traveled to Richmond to compete in this years expo. The theme was  “Think Tank, Learning Tools”. 

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.

At Friendship Woodridge Academy, one of our long-time "Professional Eagles" received her degree. It was a long journey along the way, but with nothing but her books by her side, Ms. Denise Graham received her degree in Early Childhood Education. She is a para-professional here at Woodridge working with our PK3 and PK4 classes.

On April 10, 2015 Mrs. Wright's 3rd grade class at Friendship Southeast Academy showed FNN how we use the blog to communicate with each other and some school leaders. Our video shows you about our blog. SO CHECK IT OUT.

Book Reviews from the Friendship Woodridge Academy Library.
by FNN reporters Kenneth Hickson, Diamond Thompson, Jayden Dorsei and Nina Pierre.

In April 2015, 2nd and 4th grade students did book reviews in the library. The library is more exciting than regular class because in the library you can read any book you want. We like to read fiction, fairy tales, and folktale books. We get to search for books and we get to check books out.

Book Review by Nadia Durham, 2nd grade

Book Review by Joel Sewion, 2nd Grade

Book Review by Tristen Jerry, 2nd Grade

Book Review by Kenneth Hickson, 4th grade.

Book Review by Diamond Thompson, 4th grade.

Book Review by FNN Reporter, Nina Pierre, 4th grade

Video Book Reviews and Songs by Ms. Spell’s PreK Reporters at Friendship Chamberlain Academy. Videographer, Todd Hamilton Jr.