On Friday, October 6th, Friendship took on Archbishop Spaulding High School in Severn, Maryland.

Recently, President Trump announced that he plans to ban transgender people from serving in the U.S military. That is unacceptable and illegal. A series of tweets from President Donald Trump on July 26, 2017 stated the following "After consultation with my generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military."

On September 28, 2017, reporters from FNN Tech Prep had the chance to visit the wonderful Newseum to see many different exhibits and to play around in the Interactive NewsRoom. Many of us have already been to the Newseum but each time we go we are able to learn many new things. We finally got to see the new and improved FBI exhibit and learn some new things about one of our favorite topics which is 9/11.

The 2017-2018 school year has been here for almost 5 weeks now! Plenty of scholars were very excited because they were able to meet new teachers and finally get to be in a higher grade. Whether you’re a newcomer in high school or middle school or were here last year, you have a brand new set of goals for the school year and a whole new set of challenges.

I’m pretty sure you guys are CLEARLY aware that Rihanna is back at it again! She’s come up with a new product. It all started with her music. Then she partnered with PUMA by selling slides and shoes.

Did you know most kids are nervous and a bit scared of the first day of school? Well, this year was different. Why?  The eclipse was a big deal this year and all the excitement took place on the first day of school.

produced by Ms. Spell and her pre-K readers at Friendship Chamberlain Academy

Photos by Dontay Younger. 

On Friday, September 8, 2017, the Friendship Knights came in ready to take home the win against the Eastern Ramblers at Eastern. The team collaborated to insure that they would not only win, but stop the Ramblers from scoring at all.

On August 26, 2017, Friendship Collegiate went up against Wilson, the game that all players knew they would have to prepare for, which is why in practice they went over the three-step drop—a technique in which the quarterback takes three steps back before throwing the ball. They practiced five days a week, 4-5 hours a day until they knew that the quarterback could perfect this skill.

Video by FNN Collegiate Bureau. 

On July 7, 2017, Tech Prep summer scholars had our incentive for the week. Each student had to make sure they had a complete uniform on, and no detentions for the week.

On June 25th, BET showed off what is said to be “The Livest Award Show on T.V”, the 2017 BET Awards hosted by Leslie Jones. The BET Awards were always known to be crazy, fun and entertaining, and this year they did not disappoint. This year’s show was filled with amazing moments, and I am here to recap all of the excitement.

On Tuesday, July 4th, 2017, North Korea had a successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile or ICBM. In short, they picked a fine day to do it— America’s Independence Day. The nuclear-tipped missile flew 37 minutes before coming down 930 km from where it was launched.

After the trial for Bill Cosby, the mother of one the assaulted woman, Andrea Constand, has finally spoken up. As soon as Andrea’s mother got information about her daughter getting assaulted in 2004, she testified against Cosby in the trial that was held on June 7, 2017.

Two days before 23-year-old Richard Collins III was fatally stabbed by 22-year-old Sean Urbanski, he was commissioned as the second lieutenant in the United States Army.

Video FNN Summer Bridge Program. 

According to debate.org, 77% percent of people agree that school uniforms should be banned from schools.

So I just finished reading the old, but exciting autobiography, “Make me Wanna Holler” by Nathan McCall. It’s about him growing up in the “hood” of Portsmouth, VA in a two-parent household with three brothers.