Alumni gathered to make new Sidwell Friends memories.
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Max Baucus, the former U.S. senator and ambassador to China, gave this year’s Zeidman lecture.
The Honorable Ann Winkelman Brown ’55 and Mr. Don Brown have donated 67 works of art to Sidwell Friends.
Before memories of Founder’s Day yield to our end-of-year rituals, I want to take a moment to celebrate this annual tradition.
Twenty-four alumni returned to campus to share how their values manifest in the real world.
Hidden Brain host Shankar Vedantam shared how implicit bias shapes human interaction.
Head of School Bryan Garman reflects on this year’s BSU Production.
Upper Schoolers spend a day exploring identity.
The wrestling room gets new record boards in honor of Coach Lou.
Faculty and staff heard from an expert on confronting racism.
The SFS community came together for a day of service and learning.
The award recognizes her advocacy for women in sports.
At conferences in California, students and faculty find a shared commitment to diversity and justice.
Rubenstein guest lecturer Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz talks about art, identity, and healing.
The Sidwell Friends community gathered to celebrate their athletes, alumni, and a new name for the Athletic Center.
Middle School debaters host the first debate meet of the year and win first-place honors.
An Upper School science teacher travels to the path of totality.
The Dehejia Internship Program provides exciting opportunities for rising seniors.
A joyful celebration launches the new school year.
A Sidwell Friends alum teaches her classes about the importance of standing up for what’s right.
The world becomes their classroom when students participate in summer global travel programs.
They just can’t stay away! Students and alumni return to campus to work at the Sidwell Summer program.
Upper School students install a rain barrel on the Bethesda campus.
Gastronomic delights were the order of the day at SFS’s third annual celebration of culinary-minded alums.
On a bright and beautiful morning, the Class of 2017 walked down Zartman’s steps and into the future.
Three parent affinity groups honored their graduating seniors of color with a candlelight ceremony before Commencement week.
Upper School students were recognized for their sporting achievements at this year’s Athletic Awards ceremony on May 25.
The executive travel ban inspires Upper Schoolers to explore the different faces of religion.
Middle School debaters made the case for excellence at the Regional Championships.
In honor of its most generous and consistent alumni donor, Sidwell Friends School will name its Athletic Center for David “Sandy” Pearson ’52 during Homecoming festivities this fall.
Lower Schoolers debated faculty about getting a toaster for the lunchroom, armed with well-researched rebuttals for any objections that might pop up.
Alumni at Let Your Life Speak Day reassure students that keeping an open mind about their professional futures can be a “beautiful thing.”
Students from the Bootham School, a Quaker school in York, England, spend time on campus and in the city as part of an exchange program with SFS.
Learning comes alive as Middle Schoolers leave the classroom behind for SFS’s annual week of deep-dive, experiential learning.
Biomedical engineer Andrea Ippolito encouraged members of the new GRIT club to pursue their love of science, technology, engineering, and math.
Fourth graders learned about human rights from nine students visiting from Montana’s Blackfeet Indian Reservation.
Barton Rubenstein ’81 sculpts the Mother Earth Project to help save the earth.
An EPA scientist discussed the realities behind global warming with 8th graders.
Eric Liu, the 2017 John Fisher Zeidman ’79 Memorial Lecturer, teaches young people how to be a force for good in their communities.
During the annual Black Student Union Production, students explored race and identity through song, dance, rap, and poetry.
Alyson Cambridge ’97, international opera and jazz singer, returns to the place where she once harbored a big secret!
The Parents of Asian Students share their Lunar New Year traditions with the community
Prominent death penalty opponent Sister Helen Prejean has advocated for mercy in the meting out of justice for more than 30 years.
Congratulations to Robert and Arlene Kogod on their CASE/NAIS award for support of independent schools.
Soye Kim ’73 and Antonia Fasanelli ’92 were connected from the start. But nobody could have predicted the way their lives repeatedly intertwined.
Massive crowds in DC and across the country took a stand for social justice.
SFS students help the homeless on the second annual MLK Day of Service.
Quakers keep their cool and guide their machines to victory.
Children’s book writer and illustrator Henry Cole livens up Library Week.
Teacher and historian Darren Speece’s new book on giant redwoods explores the longest and most violent environmental conflict in American history.
On Saturday, the SFS Middle School debate team hosted and competed in the Nation's Capital Debate League.
Soup and compassion bubble up as LS students find their giving spirit in creative projects.
Playwright Fin Kruckemeyer helps 6th graders find the writer within
Rachel Kane brings a strong background in Quaker education to her new job heading up the Middle School.
Tap dancer Joseph Webb clicks with Middle Schoolers
Acting—literally—on social justice issues
Todd Purnell ’65 spins a raucous yarn from family stories and Sidwellian influences in Book One of his Ozarkian Tales Trilogy.
Katherine Wilson ’92 cooks up a memoir about a delicious life in one of Italy’s most vibrant cities.
Driven by Quaker values and working in Africa, Moria Sloan '11 tackles the tragic practice of FGM/C.
The Senior Media Advisor to The National Campaign (NC) to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy has been seeding prevention messages into popular shows for two decades—and it’s working!
The handy New Englander is immersed in his love of maritime craftsmanship.
SFS’s largest class ever garners advice from Commencement speaker Elizabeth Alexander ’80, acclaimed author and poet.
Ezra Edelman ’92 sidelines sensationalism to deliver a weighty film of note.
The showcase for alumni in the world of food and drink more than satisfies a crowd.
Russian lit, French film, medieval castles, Chinese fashion: Senior Projects were a world of fun.
Balloons and poetry took flight as parents of 61 black, Latino, and Asian students gathered for an end-of-year fete.
An SFS alum comes back to teach 8th grade drama classes
Lower School families gathered to celebrate the rich array of cultures in our community.
The community gathers to honor the retiring Middle School Principal and Assistant Head of School’s 34 years of exceptional service.
Transgender college swimmer Schuyler Bailar finds the strength to be himself
DC’s trademark musical genre takes center stage at SFS, just as it did in the ’80s.
Going beyond the stereotypes of Congo and Rwanda with poet/activist Omékongo Dibinga
For American citizens, voting equality hinges on your zip code
Alumni talk careers with Upper Schoolers on Founder’s Day
6th graders explore what it means to be part of a community.
Students hear how their bodies are fine just the way they are.
Mei Fong delivers the 34th Annual John Fisher Zeidman ’79 Memorial Lecture.
From Horizon: Jon Bernthal '95, The Punisher on Netflix's "Daredevil," shares insights on acting
The CivilEyes club brings in Dominican dancers La Union 809.
Native American activist Gyasi Ross calls foul on the NFL’s use of “the R word.”
Look out when robotics teams Iteration Infinity, Kinetic Vendetta, and Holy Churros get behind the controls!
A morning with the SFS parents behind Politics & Prose
A tribute tea for the late former girls’ athletic director
The sweet sound of drinking glasses, a saw, a cake pan, and an oversized wrench.
Students explore what it means to be black.
The 4th grade visits with Master Chinese Calligrapher John Wang
4th graders had a busy day marking the Chinese New Year
MS Debate takes second in the inaugural tournament of the newly formed Nation's Capital Debate League.
“You are going to see people walk on Mars, and you might be one of them.”
Middle School drama students reflect on their involvement.
Middle School math teacher Andrew Callard teams up with the South African Bokamoso Youth Choir, and it all adds up.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s unforgettable life stirred the community to action
Composer Jeffrey Mumford ’73 talks about the art of his music with students.
New York Times “Your Money” columnist talks about how to raise fiscally responsible students.
Howard C. Stevenson, PhD, was welcomed to campus.
Two teams placed in the top 10 finishers.
Three students represent the Quakers at the Student Global Leadership Institute.
Philip McAdoo, director of Equity, Justice, and Community, talks about personal identity with 7th and 8th grade students.
Joanna Sloame ’05 talks comedy and improv with 8th grade drama students.
Syrian girls living in Jordanian refugee camps and urban areas got a chance to film their own stories after training from Laura Doggett ’93.
“Events like this panel are crucial to strengthening the inner communities within Sidwell Friends so that we can all feel at home at the School.”
Alana Barry ’17’s team represented the United States in the 8th Chinese Bridge Competition
MS debate takes first in the first debate of the year.
Parents + students + teachers – traditional classroom / math stations x art and science = exponential fun.
Quakers took to the fields, courts, turf, and shopped at the Next-to-New Sale.
We’ve all used microaggressions. Here’s what that does.
Rais Bhuiyan twice pleaded for life. First for his own, then for the life of the man who tried to take his. The founder of World Without Hate shares his extraordinary story.
Did you hear what a group of US and MS students did on their day off from school?
Brent Bishop ’84 leaves a lasting impact on the great mountain, making it 25,000 pounds lighter.
Chelsea Clinton ’97 meets with Middle School students to talk about her new book on how kids can change the world.
Four semifinalists in the National Portrait Gallery’s 2016 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition are this year’s Daryl Reich Rubenstein Guest Artists.
Three students learn about equity with an international perspective.
During Thomas W. Sidwell’s 53-year headship of Friends Select (as Sidwell Friends was first known), there appears to have been no need for a written dress code.
Centuries since its heyday, ancient Spain still speaks to visitors. Middle School social studies teacher Burt Nadler was listening on behalf of his students.
Exploring best practices for the teaching of reading and writing at Lower School
On June 24, the Jerusalem Youth Chorus, founded and directed by Micah Hendler ’07, performed with Sidwell Friends’ Chamber Chorus, and the Children’s Chorus of Washington.
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SFS’s largest class ever garners advice from Commencement speaker Elizabeth Alexander ’80, acclaimed author and poet.
Ezra Edelman ’92 sidelines sensationalism to deliver a weighty film of note.
The showcase for alumni in the world of food and drink more than satisfies a crowd.
Russian lit, French film, medieval castles, Chinese fashion: Senior Projects were a world of fun.
Balloons and poetry took flight as parents of 61 black, Latino, and Asian students gathered for an end-of-year fete.