Friendship PCS is committed to helping young people strive for excellence, reach for their dreams.
Friendship operates a system of public and public charter schools. We take seriously our responsibility to provide the best education possible to the 4,000 students whose parents have chosen our school community. On each Friendship campus, students benefit from innovative, research-based classroom instruction, 21st century technology, attractive school facilities and an exceptional team of caring teachers, administrators and staff.
06/09/2026
📚🎉 Save the Date, Friendship Families!🎉📚
The last day of school for Friendship Public Charter Schools is Tuesday, June 16. Students will be dismissed on a half-day schedule, while staff will remain in the building for a full workday.
As we prepare to close out another wonderful school year, be sure to mark your calendars and celebrate all that our scholars have accomplished this year!
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06/09/2026
06/08/2026
Early Voting starts Monday!
Early voting for the DC primary starts tomorrow, Monday, June 8. Any Early Vote Center in DC. 8:30am to 7pm. Through June 14. Not registered? Same-day registration available. You do not have to wait until June 16. Go this week. dcboe.org.
06/06/2026
Check your mailbox.
DC primary voters: Your mail ballot has already been sent to your home. Find it, fill it out, and return it before June 16. Or vote in person during early voting June 8–14 or on Election Day June 16. Not registered? Same-day registration is available. dcboe.org.
Our Friendship parent Antonysha Waddil: "For some children, school is he only place where they feel seen, where they eel heard, where they are free to express hemselves... where they may be thriving." Tell the C Council to fairly fund DC public charters! Friendship PCS Armstrong Academy
06/04/2026
"Policy made without accounting for that history is not neutral. It is, whether intended or not, policy that protects the people who most benefited from that history and asks the people most harmed by it to accept the consequences again."
Friendship Public Charter School CEO Pat Brantley's latest CharterFolk essay is a timely reminder as the DC Council considers the FY27 budget. The students who attend DC public charter schools are not abstract budget numbers. They are the children and families Pat describes throughout her article—families seeking access to opportunity in communities that have experienced generations of disinvestment.
When public charter school students receive less funding than their peers, the impact is not felt equally across the city. It falls most heavily on the communities that have historically had the least access to educational opportunity.
The DC Council has a choice in the days ahead: move us closer to educational equity, or continue funding disparities that leave thousands of students behind.
Read the full essay: https://f.mtr.cool/qtvkcyqbrr
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