On Friday, March 1, 2019, in celebration of Read Across America, my fellow FNN peers and I went across the street to Friendship Southeast Academy and volunteered to read to students in grades Pre-K3 through 1st grade to celebrate reading and make it interesting and fun for the kids.
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On February 22, 2019, Friendship Tech Prep’s Future Business Leaders of America team attended our very first LifeSmarts competition at UDC Law School. LifeSmarts is a program of the National Consumers League, the nation’s pioneering consumer organization. LifeSmarts is an educational opportunity for students in grades 6-12, that teaches financial and consumer literacy through fun activities.
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From April 17 - April 19, 2017, three reporters from Tech Prep and two reporters from Collegiate had the chance to take a trip to New Haven, CT over spring break. We were able to tour Yale University’s famous Beinecke Library to view the Harlem Renaissance exhibit. We toured the entire Yale campus along with the engineering school. We stayed at the Friendship News Network director Ms. Kaufman’s house in Hamden, CT which is about 20 minutes from New Haven.
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On March 10, 2017, I got picked from my school to participate in Student Minority Day at Microsoft. While I was there, Trayon White the Ward 8 Council Member gave a speech on how he grew up and became successful and then gave back to his community.
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Since January 2017, there have been a numerous amount of teens missing in Washington, DC. Where are they going? Are they running away? Are they being kidnapped? Why are most of these things happening to African-American and Latino Girls? Read more to find out what teens in the community think about this issue.
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Around this time last year, 2-year-old twin boys were killed in a house fire in New York. Now you're probably wondering where the mother was during the time of the incident.
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On January 4, 2017, Vegas police found a body of a 49-year-old homeless man dead in an empty lot. According to authorities, the man died of head trauma while he was sleeping. Police suspected he had been hit over the head with a hammer.
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Recently, a 26 year old man was body boarding on the waters of Reunion Island. He was attacked and killed by a shark. This was the 20th shark attack to happen on this island since 2011.
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On Saturday, January 21, 2017, women marched in Washington and millions more marched in cities across the country and all over the world.
Read MoreRecently a caucasian teacher who worked at Harlem Park Elementary/Middle School in Baltimore, Maryland was recorded saying racist things to her African American students, such as...
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