February 6, 2013 was an historic day as twenty FCA varsity football players signed to college. It was a great honor to be a part of the National College Football Signing Day Ceremony. Derwin Gray, Cavon Walker, Jermaine Carter, and Yannick Ngakoue were recruited to The University of...
Read MoreAretha L. Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is the queen of music. Franklin was a musician, singer, songwriter and a pianist. She sung gospel, jazz, blues, R&B, pop, rock and funk. People called her “The Queen of Soul” in her early career. Franklin is known as one of the most important ladies in...
Read More68 different colleges, 1500 students, and 5 different Friendship campuses... Alumni day was simply amazing. On December 18, FCA graduates came to our classrooms and gave us various tips on college life. In the gym there were many college booths that gave FCA students many different...
Read MoreBeyonce Knowles-Carter was born September 4,1981. Everybody says Beyonce is the greatest dancer and singer alive. I think she is too. Beyonce is very talented and intelligent. Her songs are very popular. Beyonce has been blowing it up since she was a teenager. She has a lot of talents....
Read MoreIf you are reading this—just to let you know—Uberstrike is a gaming website. To me, Uberstrike is more than a game. To me, it is war. When I play, I’m living the game…watching my enemies’ every move and when they let their guard down, I strike. The object of the game is easy. It’s to shoot your.
Read MoreThe amazing city of San Antonio, Texas! Home of epic historical artifacts, interesting food and many different faces. We have traveled here to experience life here in Texas while also going to conferences and workshops to help us gain more on topics we may be interested in....
Read MoreMs Girelle, our teacher showed us an email she received about hurricane Sandy and how it had affected Maya Faison’s life. Maya is a member of the Global Kids program in the Laurelton, Queens, New York area affected by the hurricane. As soon as we heard about the devastation we decided...
Read MoreNow that I’m in high school and even when I was in middle school, I have learned a lot about kids my age and a few years older who are LGBT and the things they go through. There have been recent news stories about gay/lesbian teens who were bullied. The stories show that some boys...
Read MoreWell who doesn't! I sure love to eat. Have you ever thought about the things that might happen to you when you eat the foods that surround you? Now, tell the truth. When you're hungry, don't you automatically think of all the fatty foods such as snacks, big meals, or whatever fills you up?
Read MoreI really like Rick Riordan's series, Percy Jackson and the Olympians because there’s always an adventure in each book. Rick Riordan wrote five books in his first series. I’m only going to talk about the first book, The Lighting Thief. Why? I chose this one because it helped me understand the rest...
Read MoreDid you know that Blow Pierce has a turtle called Hal and he is a male with red eyes? Mr. Bell is a very good teacher who found Hal under the stairs of our school. Hal gets easily frightened by noise, so don’t be loud around him because he will put his head in his shell. He has a cool green and...
Read MoreAs we can tell from this tragically brutal day and age, life is not as simple as living, growing old, and dying. It’s about fellowships, golden moments, and making the most out of a violent and selfish time on this earth....
Read MoreThe issue of racism still occurs in this year of 2012. To kill a black teenage boy because he’s wearing a hoodie and is walking down the street talking on his cell phone is racist. Trayvon Martin was found dead laying face down in the grass with a fatal bullet wound to the chest. It is pretty obvious that George Zimmerman had something to...
Read MoreI’m sure you’ve all heard of the Call of Duty FPS (First-Person Shooter) franchise that has sold millions of copies over a span of 8 years. To be exact, it has sold 55 million copies worldwide which equals to about $3 billion in revenue. Infinity Ward and Treyarch are the main developers for the series, but Infinity has been widely renowned...
Read MoreWe experienced a different side of Capitol Hill while on our quest to the Sweet Lobby - and like many quests, we had a stop along the way. On a nice, cool, fall Friday morning, nine FNN reporters walked from our school to an old mansion. What was in store for us inside? Come and see what...
Read MoreKarima Danielle Scott, Friendship News Network Alumnus, is known for more than her natural look... she’s known for her natural vocals that have graced stages from Ras Lounge and the Electric Maid to Billie’s Black Bar in Harlem, NY – and most recently – at Koffee’s Lounge in...
Read MoreEmpty your mind from reality for a second and imagine living in a country where your opinions don’t matter. Imagine having to agree with everything someone tells you to do. Imagine that... well... you are a student. If you are like most teens, then you probably want to have more independence...
Read MoreDexter Williams, Friendship News Network Alumnus, was born and raised in our hometown of Washington D.C., but has crossed state lines to work as a staff assistant for Maryland Senator Ben Cardin....
Read MoreHave you noticed that some dogs are very helpful to people, like police dogs and firefighter dogs? They have a job to assist people in the community and are called service dogs. Dogs can be our eyes and our ears. I noticed that some dogs that help people can go everywhere even....
Read MoreThe Robotix Starz went on a trip to Pittsburgh, PA to compete in a robotics competition. The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) sponsored it. We had to compete against different middle schools with a Lego Mindstorm NXT brick (which means "brains"). We did not win the...
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