Friendship Cares is Friendship Public Charter School’s licensed extended day program operated at all five elementary campuses:
1) Friendship Armstrong (Preschool – 5th grade) – 1400 First St, NW
2) Friendship Blow Pierce (Preschool – 8th grade) – 725 19th St, NE
3) Friendship Chamberlain (Preschool – 8th grade) – 1345 Potomac Ave, SE
4) Friendship Southeast (Preschool – 5th grade) – 645 Milwaukee Pl, SE
5) Friendship Woodridge (Preschool – 8th grade) – 2959 Carlton Ave, NE
Click here to open an account and complete a summer application.
Friendship Cares hours of operation for the 2019 Summer Camp:
Kindergarten and up:
Before Care: 7:00 am – 7:55 am
Summer Learning Academy (SLA): 8:00 am – 1:00 pm
Summer Camp: 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
After-Care: 5:00 pm – 5:30 pm
*All Kindergarten and up students must be enrolled in SLA in order to participate in the Friendship Cares Summer Camp. Please be aware that there is a separate registration form for SLA.
Pre-K3 and Pre-K4:
Before Care: 7:00 am – 7:55 am
Summer Camp: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
After-Care: 5:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Friendship Cares is a licensed childcare program and is fee-based. The weekly fee is $70 per child (K and up) and $150 per child (Pre-K3 and Pre-K4). Childcare subsidy is available to those who qualify. If you think you may qualify for a childcare subsidy, please click link below to make an appointment with our Eligibility Specialist.
Unlike many traditional aftercare programs, Friendship Cares is not a “baby-sitting” service. Our goal is to use the additional learning time after school to help get your child “college ready”. In order for your child to reap the full benefits of our program, attendance is important. We ask that you not pick up your child until the program ends at 6:00 pm.
Friendship Cares summer camp weekly themes:
Week 1 (June 24th – 28th) – “Natural Disasters”
Campers will learn about the different Natural Disasters that take place around the world! They will also experience Rainstorms, Hurricanes, and they will create a life-size Volcano and Shelters that will protect them from a Tornado!
Week 2 (July 1st – 3rd: No Camp on July 4th and 5th) – “Arts and Artists”
Campers will learn about different artists and art techniques during this fulfilled colorful week. Campers will explore their communities, find art in their daily routines, and create their own works of art.
Week 3 (July 8th – 12th) – “Builders and Buildings”
Campers will learn about different types of architecture and construction. Campers get to create their own buildings and structures.
Week 4 (July 15th – 19th) – “Flight”
Campers will engage in innovative activities designed to create a love for flight.
Week 5 (July 22nd – 26th) – “Culminating Week”
Campers will get the opportunity to showcase their hard work. Mix and mingle with other campus during a program-wide teambuilding event and field experiences.
In addition, swimming, arts and crafts, theater and visual arts activities are included every week.
Friendship Cares is staffed with early childhood professionals and our staff-to-child ratio never exceeds 1 to 15. The program is managed by Friendship’s Office of Extended Learning Programs and staff can be reached during normal business hours at 202-281-1700 or by email at oelp@friendshipschools.org.
The Friendship Cares application for the 2019-20 School Year will open in July!
For current Friendship Cares parents:
1. Credit card payments can be made online at our Parent Portal
2. Your feedback is important. Complete an online survey.
For new Friendship Cares parents:
1) Enrollment is on-going throughout the school year. Enrollment must be completed online through the Parent Portal. There are no paper applications. The online enrollment application and all OSSE required supplemental forms must be completed and approved before your child can be fully admitted and start the program.
2. Friendship Cares is a fee-based program. Parents either pay a weekly fee or are subsidized by D.C. government (if income eligible).
3. If you are interested in receiving subsidized childcare, click below to schedule an appointment online with an Eligibility Specialist.