Mayor Gray, National Academy Foundation Announce Two Career Academies at Friendship PCS

Left to Right: Mayor Gray, Interim Superintendent Emily Durso, PCSB Board Chair John H. "Skip" McKoy, Chancellor Henderson, CTE Task Force Member 

Mayor Gray announced that Friendship PCS would offer career and technical education opportunities with two new programs in partnership with the National Academy Foundation (NAF). Friendship’s information technology and engineering career academies will engage, offer real-world experiences, and help student’s master academic, technical and transferable career skills.

“Just as the demands of our economy and workforce are shifting, so must our education options to DC students,” said PCSB Board Chairman John H. “Skip” McKoy during the Mayor’s press announcement. “Innovative initiatives like career academies are the reason why programs at Friendship Collegiate Academy and Friendship Tech Prep High School are successful. These programs equip students with college and career readiness skills and they also prepare them to meet the job demands in this city and in our globally competitive economy.”

Programming will begin in the 2014-15 school year at Friendship Collegiate Academy and Friendship Tech Prep High School.  

New IT and Engineering Academies Aims to Prepare Scholars for DC’s Thriving Career Sectors