The Fishing School is a faith-based, after-school family and child support center that provides a safe haven, intervention, and education for vulnerable children and youth, ages 6-16.

The Fishing School accomplishes its mission through an array of comprehensive services, which include tutoring, homework assistance, community resource referrals,spiritual enrichment and recreation.

The philosophy of The Fishing School is inspired by the adage, "If you give a man a fish, you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will feed himself for a lifetime." The schools’ goal is to assist children to develop into independent, productive, and contributing members of society.

1240 Wylie Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C.  20002
202 399-3618
e-mail: learning@fishingschool.org

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