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Sidwell Friends School is a Quaker private school located in Washington, DC and Bethesda, Maryland. It was founded in 1883 by Thomas Sidwell.
Current profile
- 2004-2005 school year: 1,091 students (563 boys and 528 girls) are enrolled
- 38% of the student body are students of color
- 20% of the student body receive some form of financial assistance
- The School employs 145 teachers and 98 administrative and support staff
- Tuitions for the 2004-2005 school year are $21,415 (prekindergarten-grade 4) and $22,415 (grades 5-12).
Campuses
Washington D.C.
- 15 acre (61,000 m²) Wisconsin Avenue campus in the Tenleytown section of Northwest Washington
- Earl G. Harrison Jr. Upper School Building
- the Middle School (Zavitz) Building
- Kogod Center for the Arts
- Richard Walter Goldman Memorial Library
- Zartman House (administration building)
- Sensner Building (maintenance services and school store)
- Wannan and Kenworthy Gymnasiums
- Three athletic fields, eight tennis courts, and a six-lane track.
Bethesda, MD
- 5 acre (20,000 m²) Edgemoor Lane campus in Bethesda
- Manor House (classrooms, administration, and Clark Library)
- Groome Building (classrooms and multi-purpose room)
- Science, Art, and Music (SAM) Building
- The Bethesda Friends Meeting House
- Athletic fields and play areas.
Alumni
Distinguished alumni of Sidwell Friends include:
- William Henry Harrison (representative) ('14 or '15), Republican Representative from Wyoming (note: this was President William Henry Harrison's great-great-grandson)
- Robert Carter Cook ('16 or '17), director of the American Eugenics Society[1] (http://www.eugenics-watch.com/aeugensoc/aedir-a.htm)
- Oleg Alexandrovich Troyanovsky, Soviet ambassador to the United Nations
- Hanna Holborn Gray ('47 or '48), historian and President of Yale University and later the University of Chicago
- Walter Gilbert ('49?), Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry
- Charlie Gibson, host of ABC's Good Morning America
- James K Glassman ('65), editorialist, syndicated columnist, and author
- Bill Nye the Science Guy, television personality and scientist
- Margaret Edson '79, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Wit
- Anne Applebaum '82, journalist and author
- Ana Gasteyer '85, actress
The following notable people attended Sidwell but did not graduate:
In addition, the following children of famous people have attended Sidwell:
External links
Sidwell website (http://www.sidwell.edu)
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