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FRIENDSHIPPUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL
LearnAchieve
Grow
At Friendship Public Charter School, we focus on the future. We prepare
students today to succeed tomorrow—in college, in a career, and in the
world.
How do we do this?
First and foremost, we are passionate about education. We constantly seek
new and creative ways to teach, to enable our students to leap over barriers
and achieve. Each year, more than 90 percent of our students receive their
high school degrees and 90 percent of these go on to some of the nation’s
most prestigious college and universities. Many were the first in their families
to do so.
At Friendship, we also consider how our students can contribute to—and ben-
efit from—the global economy. In response to the number of retirees rising
and decreasing numbers of applicants qualified for highly technical careers,
we are preparing students for jobs of the future. We’ve recently opened a new
school for intense study in science, technology, engineering, and math.
Our academic programs are demanding. Yet they are delivered by caring
teachers and staff in a warm, nurturing environment. We invite you to join the
Friendship family—and create a bright, successful future.
Donald L. Hense
Chairman,
Board of Trustees
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MissionThen and NowWhy a Charter SchoolWhy FriendshipFriendship CampusesPartnership Efforts
Chamberlain Elementary
Southeast Elementary Academy Woodridge Elementary and Middle
Blow Pierce Junior Academy
Collegiate Academy
The Friendship Academy of Science and Technology
The Friendship Academy of Engineering and Technology
In the Future
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Friendship’s mission is to provide a world-class education that motivates students to achieve
high academic standards, enjoy learning and develop
as ethical, literate, well-rounded and self-sufficient citizens
that contribute actively to their communities.
It achieves this goal by providing innovative, challenging
classroom learning experiences and extended learning
programs.
FRIENDSHIP PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL LEARN. ACHIEVE. GROW
FRIENDSHIP PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL LEARN. ACHIEVE. GROW
Then and NowIn 1997, Friendship Public Charter School was
founded as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
Today, it is the largest charter school provider of
public education on the East Coast. Nearly 4,000
students in pre-kindergarten through grade 12
attend its elementary, middle and high school cam-
puses in the District of Columbia and Baltimore.
Why a Charter School?Charter schools enjoy greater independence than
traditional public schools and can focus on enabling
students to achieve strong academic results—results
for which the school is held accountable.
Parents choose charter schools when they want
high academic standards, small and safer classes,
innovative approaches and an education-focused
philosophy.
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WHY FRIENDSHIP?At Friendship, students achieve academic excellence in a warm, friendly environment.
Highly challenging academics enable Friendship students to score above the standards
year after year and to receive elite scholarships and awards. Friendship delivers its rigorous
curriculum in a supportive and disciplined atmosphere, giving students a “safety net” in
which they can learn, experience and grow past their comfortable boundaries.
A dedicated, highly trained faculty ensures that students achieve the school’s ultimate
goal—success in college.
Friendship’s after-school activities enrich students’ lives, opening doors to theater, dance,
arts, poetry and engineering programs, national spelling bees and museums. Students can
play sports, produce TV shows, and learn about the public safety profession or robotics.
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Partnership EffortsFriendship Public Charter Schools is known for
developing successful campuses in the face of
great challenges. As such, Friendship has entered
a partnership with Baltimore City Public Schools to
open two schools in Baltimore in the 2008-2009
school year.
The high graduation and college acceptance rate of
Friendship’s Collegiate Academy proves its excep-
tional strength. As such, in a 2009-2010 school
year partnership with D.C. Public Schools, Friend-
ship will extend its model to lower-achieving high
schools in the District to improve those students’
outcomes.
At Friendship, we take pride both in nourishing
our current academic students and in taking time
to build sustainable partnerships with other area
schools, so that all children have equal access to a
world-class education.
FRIENDSHIP’S
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CAMPUSES
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Chamberlain Elementary Home of Champions
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Highlights:
Serves more than 700 students and has one of the strongest school perfor-
mance records in the District of Columbia. Students in every grade are scor-
ing on average at or above grade level in reading and in math and exceeding
state goals each year.
Students took honors as finalists in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, hosts
for U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu (LA) during National Charter School Week and
ambassadors for the awareness campaign National School Breakfast Week.
Grades:Location:
Pre-K - 5Washington, D.C., Ward 71345 Potomac Avenue, Southeast
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Highlights:
Features a new, technology-rich SmartLab™ where students may learn myriad
tasks—to create electronic portfolios and graphics, program robots, make
movies or digital photos, garden, manage ant farms, structure electricity,
draw or paint, make music, build a car and more.
Extensively renovated after its purchase in 2005, the school has 16 new
classrooms, a gymnasium, a student dining hall and interactive library,
vaulted ceilings, bright light fixtures, red and ivory hallways, new textbooks
and mobile computer laptop carts.
Grades:Location:
K-6Washington, D.C., Ward 8 645 Milwaukee Place, Southeast
Southeast Elementary Academy Home of the Tigers
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Woodridge Elementary and Middle
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Highlights:
Offers nurturing teachers and a SmartLab™ computer center, science lab, in-
teractive library and art and music spaces. An intensive after-school program
furthers students’ mastery of core subjects.
Students surpassed state goals for four years and exceeded the reading and
math standards by more than 10 percent on the latest DC CAS assessment
test; 70 percent of fifth graders received honors in one or more subjects.
School honors include a Blue Ribbon Schools nomination, a visit by President
Bush and U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, and a visit by Mrs.
Bush.
Grades:Location:
Pre-school – 8Washington, D.C., Ward 5 2959 Carlton Avenue, Northeast
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Grades:Location:
4-8Washington, D.C., Ward 7725 19th Street, Northeast
Highlights:
Provides a successful transition to high school through academic and char-
acter education, extends learning opportunities and develops high achiev-
ers. Its Pre-Early College curriculum exposes students to accelerated English,
Geometry and Algebra courses.
Blow Pierce is home to an award-winning robotics team and a National Junior
Honor Society chapter. It is one of two campus bureaus for the Friendship
News Network (FNN), a year-round journalism program where students create
their own magazine and radio and television shows.
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Blow Pierce Junior Academy Home of the Phoenix
Collegiate Academy Home of the Knights
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Highlights:
Prepares students for college and for work in a global economy. Starting in
ninth grade, students may take Collegiate Early College courses and earn up
to two years of college credit. Advanced Placement (AP) and Honors courses
and more than 40 Career Academy courses cover technology, science, engi-
neering, law and communication arts.
Of the nearly 300 seniors enrolled last year, 92 percent graduated, with a
majority accepted to college. Collegiate’s honors include an EPIC Award and
a College Board Inspiration Award.
Grades:Location:
9-12Washington, D.C., Ward 74095 Minnesota Avenue, Northeast
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The Friendship Academy of Science and Technology
Grades:Location:
6-12Baltimore, Md.Canton Middle School801 South Highland Avenue
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The Friendship Academy ofEngineering and Technology
Grades:Location:
9-12Washington, D.C., Ward 74095 Minnesota Avenue, Northeast
Highlights:
Opened in the fall of 2008, Friendship’s two newest schools provide an ac-
celerated Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) focus and Early
College pathway. Students may take pre-college courses in the middle school
years and college courses starting in ninth grade. While completing high
school, they may earn two years of college credit.
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Friendship Public Charter School is planning an additional
school—and a brighter future—for students in DC’s Ward
8, which houses the city’s poorest neighborhoods. The new
Tech Prep will offer grades 6-12. Adjacent to Southeast
Academy elementary school, Tech Prep will cover 80,000
square feet and ultimately will serve 700 students.
There, low-income students can earn both a high school diploma and credits toward a bach-
elor’s degree, or toward an associate degree or certificate that meets industry standards—
without paying tuition. Modeled on the Collegiate Academy, Tech Prep will offer Advanced
Placement (AP) and Honors courses, as well as Career Academy courses in technology, sci-
ence, engineering, law and communication arts.
Focusing on critical areas of education and employment in the DC region, Tech Prep will
benefit not only students, but also employers and area residents.
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Friendship Public Charter School - Community Office
120 Q Street Northeast, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20002 | (202) 281-1700
www.friendshipschools.org