Friendship Public Charter School
Southeast Middle School
Project Overview
- Mentor-protégé joint venture with MBE-owned Keystone Plus Construction, headquartered in Ward 8
- Stringent diversity and local resident inclusion goals for both subcontractors and the local workforce
- Significant new construction on an urban site in close proximity to occupied elementary and high schools
Friendship Public Charter School is one of DC’s top charter systems, serving students grades Pre-K3 to 12 across fifteen campuses in the District. The new Southeast Middle School––located in Ward 8 Anacostia––brings a modern, three-story educational facility to students in grades 6-8.
The new 35,000 sq. ft. middle school includes classrooms, offices, an innovation lab, a third-floor gym, locker rooms, an updated playground, parking and circulation modifications, as well as 1,000 sq. ft. of ground-floor retail space. Additionally, the middle school features a skybridge connector between the new facility and the adjacent FPCS Southeast Elementary School. The new building is designed to achieve LEED Gold certification.
