Throughout the entire month of February, which is also known as Black History Month, Friendship Tech Prep scholars and staff celebrated the entire month together. We had many different events, special lunches, and social media challenges.

It’s obvious every country, city and just basically everywhere has a different atmosphere and culture. One country could be completely different from a country right next to it. If the culture is different, you can already guess that the food is extremely different.

MARCH 12, 2018: Video by Tsion Cummings. Photos by Nyjai Johnson, James Alexander, and Steven Slaughter's friends and family. 

MARCH 9, 2018: Welcome back, Rap Snacks. We've missed you! The potato chip company that first came out with the Hip-Hop snack back in 1994 has now been rebranded and is finally making a comeback! This is the most popular snack eaten at lunchtime today.

Today at Woodridge, students acted as if they were electrical engineers by making a representation of a circuit. There was so much buzz going on in Ms. Lewis’ 4th grade science classroom. The electrical circuit was the topic of the lesson and students reviewed the concepts of a closed circuit, an open circuit, and a short circuit.

On Wednesday, February 28, 2018, the 2nd through 4th grades took a field trip to see the play Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day at Adventure Musical Theater in Rockville, Maryland. It is a short 45-minute play about a boy who has a horrible day. His day starts out with him having gum in his hair.

On Friday, February 16, 2018, middle and high school students from Friendship Tech Prep, Collegiate, and Woodridge International Academies were selected to go to a premiere viewing of the fantastic movie “Black Panther”. As of now, Black Panther is the Number 1 Movie in the world.

Video by Aneara Burns, Mikhail Minor, and Candice Spruill. Photos by Michael Williams, Ronald Womack and Marcellis Bland. 

February 7th, 2018 was a very special day here at Friendship Collegiate Academy. Today marks our annual signing day. For those of you who don’t know, signing day is when our 2018 senior class football players make one of the biggest decisions of their lives...where to attend college.

FEB 14, 2018: Hey guys, in the Fun Thinking Show (FTS) we get to talk about things we love. In this episode, we’re going to be talking about how to make fun stuff at home. So follow along. Today, we’re making fluffy slime.

February 14, 2018. We are finally a few days away From the hottest movie ever! This is one of the most anticipated movies because the superhero is actually black. And, this happens to be Black History Month, and so many kids are looking forward to seeing a hero that looks like them.

FEB. 12, 2018: On today’s show, our KRAZY KOOKS Mikala and Arianna wants to tell you about healthy desserts because people always eat too much sugar. If people are tired, they want to eat sugary stuff to wake them up. We read about why too much sugar is bad for you. You can check it out at:

FEB. 12, 2018: A basketball super team is a team that has good strategy and good players. A super team never gives up. The whole team figures out a way to make a win. They work with each other and they figure out ways to win with each other, and work together to accomplish their goal.

FEB. 12, 2018: H&M is in the media again. Protesters in South Africa have completely trashed H&M. H&M is taking a big loss after their racist ad went viral two weeks ago. Angry protestors knocked over the clothing displays, along with the clothing racks, mannequins, signs, and displays.

JAN. 24, 2018:  Our Youngest scholars talk about their favorite books. 

On January 15, 2018, we celebrated the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Over the entire holiday weekend, there were many different ways that Dr. King was celebrated. One was a worship service at Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ and the 12th annual Parade and Peace Walk.

 A lot of people have heard about H&M´s monkey sweatshirt that was trending on Monday. If you haven’t, H&M has put a dark-skinned child in a “Coolest Monkey in the Jungle” sweatshirt.

 Produced by Mikayla Decker, 6th grade; Arianna Shaw, 3rd grade and Corde Shaw, 4th grade.

On November 17, 1911, at Howard University, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity was founded. The fraternity is an organizational Brotherhood consisting of 750 chapters throughout the world.

Do you know what really bothers me the most? It is the guys who think that they are really cool and walk around showing off their undergarments. It isn’t cool at all, especially jeans hanging down slouchy and appearing to be young thugs. I am sick and tired of these teens just throwing away their self-respect.