Third Graders Rally Up
On March 18, 2016 at Friendship Blow Pierce Elementary School, Ms. Gibson’s 3rd grade class had a political debate and rally that you can see in the video above. The debate was about how school funds should be used....
Are Video Games Taking Over? The Most Popular After School Club Ever
Video games, video games, video games! That’s all kids are talking about. But what if there was a place where you could play video games for hours at a time, not get into any trouble, or even have to sneak around to do it? What about at school? At Woodridge, there’s a room where scholars can play all the games they want until 6pm!
FNN Reporters Sharpen Skills at the JEA Convention
In November, 2015, Friendship Collegiate students took a fabulous trip to the Journalism Education Association in Orlando Florida, to improve their skills in journalism....
Crazy for the Reading Room
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.
Honoring Brave Marian
March 17, 2016, Ms. Grace's 4th grade class is celebrating Marian Anderson for Women's History Month. Both Marian and Beyonce...
African Ancestors Remind Us About Our Past
For 2016 Black History Month we wrote a play about our African Ancestors. We videotaped our performance and showed it at our school’s Black History Month Showcase. The play was about how our African Ancestors taught us kids that we came from greatness. We used our imagination to write the...
Mad for Minecraft
Minecraft is a fun game in which you can construct anything you imagine. Although it requires high level skills, one can achieve that with practice. Once you learn the basics, you will quickly move to the next level....
Vote for Your Favorite Lays Flavor
Many of you have seen the Super Bowl Halftime Show, but not many of you may have watched Super Bowl commercials. One of these ads was for the new Lays flavor competition. In this competition people can vote for their favorite flavor online to choose which Lays chips stay on the shelves and which are off to the dump....
Hacktivists: Good Or Bad?
Hacktivists are hackers who fight for a cause. They fight for political justice and they promote social causes. But you will never know who’s a hacker because they look like everyday people....
My Trip to The Newseum
During September of 2015, Friendship News Network, Tech Prep Bureau went to the Newseum. This trip was so we could learn about history. It was fun and interesting and it was important to me because I wanted to learn about 9/11.
Sustainable Houses That Help The Planet
On January 8, 2016, there was a science fair about sustainable houses. The fair was located in the cafeteria at Blow Pierce Junior Academy. This was hosted by the 8th graders....
The First Black Super Hero
“Black Panther” is a very influential and inspiring comic book character within the Marvel Universe. He is one of the few positive images of Africans and African Americans appearing during the height of segregation and racial tension in the 1960s.
Tech Prep Goes To National Geographic Museum For STEM Mentoring Cafe
February 11th, 2016. Students from Friendship Tech Prep went to the National Geographic Museum to attend a meeting for S.T.E.M mentoring at the S.T.E.M Mentoring Cafe. Some mentors told students about their work in space exploration of different galaxies....
The Time I Went to the Georgetown Hoyas Game
On January 2, 2016, Sean Beach and I went to the Georgetown Hoyas basketball game. It was their second game at their home court. When they came out the song that was played was “Jumpman”, by the rapper, Future. Jumpman is a popular song made in DC....
My Trip to the White House
On Saturday, February 27, 2016 I had the chance to visit where the president lives. I went with a program called College Tribe. College Tribe is a program that is STEM-based and is a mentoring program for 3rd-8th grade black boys....
Pi Day = Payback: Collegiate Math Teachers...
Video by Leroy King, Korey Carter and Sy'Quan Clark.
FCA Dancers Perform A Tribute to Alvin Ailey
Video by Devon Rogers and FNN reporter Tyjai Robinson. Performance by Ms. Price's Dance class.
Rockstars Read to Kindergartners
We are in Ms. Glace’s 4th grade homeroom and we are called the Reading Rockstars. This video shows a book we wrote called “My Knight In Shining Armor that we read to Ms. Rogers kindergarten students....
James Cannon, Class of 2011 Stefon Mayhew, Class of 2014 Mentee Rodney Mackey, Class of 2015
Alumni Ambassadors, Two for the Price of One: FCA graduate, Rodney Mackey is in good hands at Morgan State University. He is fortunate enough to have two mentors to guide him through his freshman year, Stefon Mayhew and James Cannon....