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Friendship Armstrong Academy

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Armstrong Manual Training School
Armstrong Manual Training School

Friendship Armstrong Academy is a public charter school located in the Truxton Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Historically a black school, it is housed in the former Armstrong Manual Training School, also known as the Samuel Chapman Armstrong Technical High School.

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Friendship Armstrong Academy
O Street Northwest, Washington

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Armstrong Public Charter School

O Street Northwest 111
20001 Washington
District of Columbia, United States
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