Have you heard of the 21 year old by the name of Sol who opened her own restaurant in Brooklyn, New York? Can you believe it? She’s only 21 and is an entrepreneur! That just proves you can do anything if you try, and believe in your dreams no matter how old you are.  Sol has named the restaurant “Sol Sips.”

Love, Simon is a coming of age movie about a boy named Simon struggling with coming out. He and his three best friends Abby, Nick, and Leah lead average teenage lives apart from the fact that Simon hides his sexuality. He meets a boy named “Blue” on Tumblr under the pseudonym “Jacques”.

Do you know how to write an article, I mean, a really good story?  Well, if you do not, this article will help you to do just that.

Congratulations to the Woodridge Eagles’ Co-ed elementary basketball team. On Tuesday the Elementary Eagles finished their undefeated season 14-0 by winning the FEAA Championship. The Woodridge Eagles beat Blow Pierce Knights 21-14. This is the second year Woodridge has coached an elementary basketball team.

This month the 3rd and 4th grade scholars went on a fantastic field trip to 826 D.C! If you have never been you should consider going. It is a place where you can write your very own story as a class. The people who work at this place guides the class through the writing process in order to have an amazing story.

On Wednesday, March 14, 2018, student survivors of the attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida called for a nationwide student walkout. Friendship Tech Prep Academy ensured that we were one of those schools who made sure that we were out there to ensure that we “Make the Choice to Free Our Voice”, which was our chant created by 9th grade scholar R’Nasia Murphy.  

In honor of Black History Month, we read a book about an African American major fashion designer. She made fancy party gowns for rich and famous people. She wanted to prove that an African American can be a major dress designer. She was fighting for Civil Rights in her own way. Do you know who she is?

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.