Friendly High School

Friendly High School Athletics Key Dates
Friendly High School Athletics Key Dates
Fall Sports- Fall cheer, Football, Volleyball, Cross Country, Golf, Boys’ and Girls’ Soccer
Fall sport virtual athletic season will begin on Monday March 1, 2021- Friday March 5, 2021 in order to prepare athletes for the in-person conditioning. Fall athletic coaches may begin in-person after-school outdoor conditioning and outdoor workouts on Wednesday, March 10 - March 26, 2021. In order to participate students must have a current sport physical and 2.0 GPA or above. All practices will be held outside and will be canceled for inclement weather.
Winter Virtual Sports - Wrestling, Swimming, Boys’ and Girls’ Basketball and Indoor Track and Field
The winter virtual session will start on February 17 through March 19, 2021. PGCPS is working towards adding a short conditioning session at the end of the spring season. This is not definite at this time.
Spring Sports- Baseball, Softball, Boys’ and Girls’ Lacrosse, Outdoor Track and Field and, Unified Track and Field
Due to the loss of the spring season last year, the spring season will start April 6 through May 29, 2021. The dates will include the state required 20 practice days and will then start an in-county only competitive schedule from Monday through Saturday. The first play date will be April 26, 2021 - May 29, 2021. This season will not include spectators or post season championships.
Students must register on formreleaf.com, upload a current sport physical and have a 2.0 GPA.
www.formreleaf.com

Questions:
Email: Makia.Staves@pgcps.org
Need Community Service Opportunities?
Check out what's available on our PGCPS Site!
Below are a few Maryland Park and Planning Suggested Virtual Activities During COVID-19:
Blood Donor - American Red Cross: Give Blood. Donating blood makes a big difference in the lives of others.https://www.redcross.org/give-blood.html
Click here to visit the American Red Cross and learn more.

Maryland Responds Medical Reserve Corps Volunteer: Willing to provide services during a disaster or emergency situation? Register today at Maryland Responds. https://mdresponds.health.maryland.gov/
Maryland Unites Opportunities: Governor Larry Hogan has shared how Marylanders can help during the
COVID-19 pandemic. Click here to learn more.https://governor.maryland.gov/marylandunites/
Virtual Volunteer Opportunity - Library of Congress Volunteer online at By the People, the Library of
Congress's crowdsourcing project. By the People invites you to make documents more searchable for everyone
by transcribing, reviewing, and tagging digitized images of manuscripts and typed materials from the Library's
collections. This work improves search and discovery of this important content. Click here to read more or get
started now!https://crowd.loc.gov/

Virtual Volunteer Opportunity - Join Zooniverse.org and become part of a global community of people-
powered research. The main ways of volunteering are helping with classifications on data, being a beta tester on projects yet to launch, and being a moderator for a project. Click here for more information and to sign up to
volunteer. https://www.zooniverse.org/get-involved

COVID 19 Service Learning Projects: Click here.
Learning Ally: Students can help Learning Ally create audio books. Volunteer opportunities include narrators (reading stories),
listeners (listening to stories), or quality assurance (listen to books and provide feedback about their experience). Students
must complete an application, watch an orientation video, and complete a quiz to determine their fit with Learning Ally. This
opportunity is for students 16 or older. Students can register here.

Smithsonian Institute: Students can become a Smithsonian Digital Volunteer and help make historical documents and
biodiversity data more accessible. You will have access to field notes, diaries, ledgers, logbooks, currency proof sheets, photo
albums, manuscripts, and more. If you want to learn how to transcribe, start here. After you review the instruction, you can start
transcribing documents here.
Teens Give
Students tutor one 4th-10th grade student one hour per week. Students deliver sessions via laptops and phones. Students must
complete an application, provide a school reference, and submit a photo ID. Students must report their hours so TeensGive can
verify them for DCPS. Students can register here
Online Service-Learning Project Ideas:
The Do Good From Home Challenge - https://leadasap.ysa.org/dogoodfromhome/
How Youth Can Help Communities Respond To & Recover From the Coronavirus Pandemic - https://ysa.org/covid/
WE Schools @ Home - https://www.we.org/en-US/our-work/we-schools/
Soldiers Angels – Virtual Opportunities - https://soldiersangels.org/
Smithsonian Institution Digital Volunteering -
https://www.si.edu/volunteer/DigitalVolunteers
https://learninglab.si.edu/about/volunteer
https://transcription.si.edu
https://www.si.edu/volunteer

PBIS February 2021 Newsletter

Driver Education Scholarship
Attached please find the Driver Education Scholarship Application and Parental/Guardian Letter offered to members of the Junior and Senior classes at Crossland, Friendly, Oxon Hill, Potomac and Suitland High Schools.

Students should be mindful of the firm deadline and all requirements necessary to be eligible for this opportunity. All pages of the application must be returned. Supporting documentation must accompany the application and be clearly labeled. Student contact email addresses may not be of the PGCPS.org domain.

For questions or further information, please contact Mr. William Taylor at 240-508-4203 or info @cpsts.org. You may also contact Mr. Linwood Nelson of Linnel Driving School at 301-996-2459 (cell) or 301-341-1700 (office).

Thank you,
--
Debbie A. Robinson
Community Outreach Coordinator
Coalition for Public Safety Training in Schools, Inc.
301.717.2011
drobinson@cpsts.org

Virtual Service-Learning Opportunities

Where to Go When... (Troubleshooting)
Check out our FAQs and References to reminders of where to go when you're having an issue.
2020 Pro Bowl Champion Youth & High School Grant
The Friendly High School family is pleased to announce that the NFL Foundation along with Mr. Joe Haden of the Pittsburgh Steelers has awarded our football team with the 2020 Pro Bowl Champion Youth & High School Grant in the amount of $10,000. This program supports both high schools and youth football programs by providing matching funds from former and current NFL players. On behalf of our principal, Ms. Pope-Brown and the Friendly High School family we extend our thanks and appreciation for their support of our amazing football team. Go Patriots!!!

Virtual Sports
PGCPS and your Friendly High School coaching staff will be supplying all students with three 5 week virtual sport seasons.

PGCPS Athletics 5 week virtual sport season dates and sport:

Fall: Sept. 14, 2020 - Oct. 16, 2020 Volleyball, Football, Girls/Boys Soccer, Cheerleading, Cross Country, Golf

Winter: Oct. 26, 2020 -Dec. 14, 2020 Wrestling, Girls/Boys Basketball, Indoor Track, Swimming

Spring: December 14, 2020 -January 22, 2021 Outdoor track, Softball, Baseball, Tennis, Girls/Boys Lacrosse

If you are interested in participating in the Virtual sport season please complete the attached form and you will be supplied the link to join the virtual zoom or webex sessions. You must use your PGCPS email account to access and complete the form. You must also use your PGCPS account to access the Zoom or Webex athletic links.

If you have any questions please contact the FHS Athletic Director Makia Staves- Makia.Staves@pgcps.org

Friendly High School Virtual Sport interest form

PGCPS Schools Records Requests - Click here for more details.

Algebra I Tutoring
Tutoring
- Ms. Floresca (analiza.floresca@pgcps.org) is offering tutoring on Mondays from 2:45pm-3:45pm to all Algebra I students on a first-come, first-served basis. Appointment Link
- Ms. Petarte (mariles.petarle@pgcps.org) is offering tutoring on Wednesdays from 2:45pm-3:45pm to all Algebra I students on a first-come, first-served basis.

Student Service Learning Opportunity - Luv Michael
Earn 40 Community Service hours 100% Virtually with Luv Michael! Are you looking for new ways to perform community service in our virtual online world? Luv Michael, a non-profit that advocates for adults with autism, has developed a 100% virtual volunteer program, where students can earn 40 hours of community service using digital platforms. At the conclusion of the virtual volunteer experience, students are awarded a 40 hour certificate of completion. Students have the option to continue volunteering with Luv Michael where they can work towards the President's National Service Award, a national recognized award for outstanding volunteerism. To get started please register for an introductory meeting HERE

Math Tutoring- Group Coaching Sessions

Please see the enclosed information which was shared by the High School Math Department, math.curriculum@pgcps.org:

As more students continue to attend weekly tutoring sessions, additional opportunities will be added. We will now offer small group tutoring sessions for students. If you have students in need of additional support with the topics listed below, please encourage them to register for a group tutoring session using the tutoring link below. Do not wait to share; individual tutoring is still available. Click here to access the flyer. Spanish

Live Tutoring:Carnegie Learning.com/PGHStutors

Just in Time Tutors: Text a Tutor: (301) 200-1827

Email a Tutor:PGHStutors@carnegielearning.com

February

No Tutoring

Schools Closed

Geometry Segment/Angle Addition, Angle Pairs, Parallel Lines

4-5 PM

Algebra 1

10:00-11:00am

ASSE.1a-b

A.SSE.2

Excelling with Exponents: Exponents Basics

Geometry

Triangles, Congruent Triangles, CPCTC and Proofs

4-5 PM

Algebra 2

Creating and Solving Quadratic Equations with Real and Complex Roots

A.SSE.2, N.CN.7, A,CED.1, A.REI.1, A.REI.4b, G.MG.3 4-5 PM

Pre-Calculus

4:00-5:00pm

F.IF.2A

Exponential and Logarithmic Functions

Algebra 1

10:00 - 11:00 am

Identifying the Effects of Transforming Linear Functions

March

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Saturday
1	2 Geometry Polygon Angles, Quadrilateral Properties 4-5 PM	3 Algebra 2 Performing Operations on Complex NumbersN.CN.1, N.CN.2 4-5 PM	4	6
8	9 Algebra 1 4:00-5:00pm A.CED.1 F.IF.2 Exponents Part 2: Exponents in Equations	10	11 Pre-Calculus 4:00-5:00pm F.IF.2A Exponential and Logarithmic Functions	13 Algebra 1 10:00 - 11:00 am Creating and Solving System of Linear Equations
15 No Tutoring Schools Closed	16 Geometry Similarity, Solving Proportions 4-5 PM	17 Algebra 2 Creating and Solving Systems of Linear and Quadratic Equations A.REI.7, G.GPE.1 4-5 PM	18	20 Algebra 2 10:00-11:00am N.RN1;N.RN2 What’s With All These Radicals? Understanding Radicals Basics
22	23	24	25 Pre-Calculus 4:00-5:00pm F.TF.2 Trigonometric Functions	27 Algebra 1 10:00 - 11:00 am Creating and Graphing Systems of Linear Inequalities
29 No Tutoring Schools Closed	30 No Tutoring Schools Closed	31 No Tutoring Schools Closed

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