Pioneering artist Sam Gilliam left a mark in life and an enduring impression at Sidwell Friends

The latest entrants in the Sidwell Friends Alumni Network exuded radiance as they get ready to invent the stories of their lives.

Sidwell Friends’ newest classes of Middle and Upper Schoolers celebrate their latest milestone.

Layla Dawit ’22 wins an award and reflects the changing faces in STEM.

Photography students launch an Inside Out art installation at Sidwell Friends.

Alumni returned to campus—in person, no less!—for a weekend of celebration.

The Lower School’s new sunflower project supports Ukrainian refugees.

Treva Lindsey ’00 on her new book, America, Goddam.

The Black Girls Society welcomes an author who celebrates Black hair.

This year’s Commencement speaker will be Baratunde Thurston ’95. Humorist, author, television host and producer, podcaster, journalist, and more, Baratunde is both an insightful and witty commentator on matters of race, technology, democracy, and how we as citizens can be more engaged in building a better and more equitable future.

Rabbi Toba Spitzer ’80 reimagines God.

At Let Your Life Speak, alumni discuss the nonlinearity of life and why Upper Schoolers should follow their passions and values.

48 Hours for Scholars succeeds with a little help from our friends.

The 2022 BSU production celebrates Black entrepreneurialism.

How two Middle School students are trying to share their love of Chinese language and culture with a wide audience.

Upper Schoolers teach Lower Schoolers about one of Ancient China’s most awe-inspiring sites in an interdisciplinary, cross-divisional learning experience.

Two years to the day after the closing of the last Upper School musical, students re-took the stage to tell the classic tale of a community that wouldn't give up.

A Conversation with Friends features New Yorker cartoonist Liza Donnelly ’73.

Sidwell Friends guard Kiki Rice capped a memorable senior year with some hardware. Read more in this Washington Post story. 

The Russia expert spoke on the situation in Ukraine, its history with Russia, and whether Vladimir Putin will back down.

Four relay swimmers each gave up an individual event to best support the team—and it worked.

Howard University President Wayne Frederick P ’24 spoke to the Sidwell Friends community at a Conversation with Friends.

How an undefeated team and a buzzer-beating shot took both the boys' and girl's basketball teams to the top of the DCSAA tournament.

Rice and Dudley are the first coach/player team to share the award in the same year.

The 5th grade launches its own newspaper.

Students let their love shine for an entire week of gratitude, appreciation, and fun.

The newest Parents Association affinity group is ready to share information, support, and just plain fun.

Upper School students grapple with the intricacies of the global refugee crisis.

A 4th grade tradition returns—loudly—as students celebrate the Lunar New Year.

With grit, resilience, and determination, the Sidwell Friends girls' basketball team takes first in a nationally-broadcast tournament.

The Sidwell Friends girls' basketball team nabbed a heart-stopping win in the national Girls Invitational basketball tournament. 

The D.C. area is home to some of the country’s best girls’ basketball talent. Read more in this article from Washington City Paper.

For the 2022 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service and Learning, the Sidwell Friends community gathered to learn, to share, and to serve. 

Sidwell Friends faculty and staff gathered for professional development sessions with a uniquely Quaker point of view.

With the return of live music, the hallways of Sidwell Friends echoed again with music.

With an undefeated start and an award-winning coach, the Sidwell Friends girls' basketball team shows a commitment to teamwork, sacrifice, and character.

In a special panel, Upper School students meet with Middle Schoolers to discuss mental health, social media, and what being an 'upstander' really means.

In the latest Conversation with Friends, four alumni discuss the elections of 2020, 2021, and beyond.

As the theaters reopen, Middle and Upper School thespians shine in "The Mask Project" and "Puffs."

Please join us in thanking the Newman family for Andre’s remarkable service and in holding them in the Light. Officer Newman invested himself fully in the Sidwell Friends community and will be deeply missed.

Second graders' stories are brought to life through rolling robots.

Chinese IV students present their dream trips to China—with an eye towards making real-life connections.

The award-winning author Matt de la Peña visited with each School division and the community at large to talk about finding himself in books, the freedom of low expectations, and how writers are made, not born.

Ken Hakuta P ’98, ’00, and ’02 takes the Sidwell Friends community along for a tour of the new Nam June Paik retrospective at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Food, fun, and football (and soccer and field hockey and volleyball) made for a memorable return to in-person Homecoming festivities.

How one Sidwell Friends senior is connecting with migrant children through art.

Students explore healthy relationships, faculty learn about supporting LGBTQIA+ perspectives with the Human Rights Campaign. 

Silvana Niazi, the Señora Guillermina Medrano de Supervía Endowed Faculty Chair for Spanish and Latin American Studies, shares resources for families to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month—and discusses why it matters.

The largest gifts in Sidwell Friends history are setting the stage for a community fundraising challenge this fall. 

After a year-long delay, 8th grade Latin students get to take part in a fun (and fashionable) tradition.

Liza and John Marshall P ’14 discussed their new memoir Off Our Chests: A Candid Tour Through the World of Cancer—what they remember, what they regret, and what they'd never said to one another until now. 

Last Thursday we experienced the devastating loss of 11th grader Mikey Wood, a beloved friend and student who had a remarkable impact on the Upper School community. Friday morning we gathered in the Pearson Athletic Center to hold a Meeting for Worship in his honor.

Eight new signs at the Lower School celebrate not only Quaker testimonies, but collaboration, cooperation—and a lot of fun.

The class of 2025 kicked off their Upper School years with tours, UNO, community engagement, and fun.

New norms and old traditions merged as students returned to campus for the 2021/22 academic year. 

Merissa Nathan Gerson ’00 discussed how her new book "Forget Prayers, Bring Cake: A Single Woman's Guide to Grieving," helped her—and how she hopes it will help others

Athletics is at the core of the Sidwell Friends experience, and some alumni and current students have achieved incredible success.

We are excited to welcome new people to the Sidwell Friends community, as well as celebrate some old friends who are now in new positions. 

The Class of 2020 returns to campus for an emotional tribute and joyous celebration.

Woodworking! Coding! Fashion! All are part of Sidwell Summer, which returned to in-person activities this summer.

Former Sidwell Friends teacher Richard Brady and Kim Seashore ’87 discuss the value of mindfulness—in life and in classrooms.

How Live in the Lights, a nonprofit started by Adie Selassie ’22, is enabling people along the Texas-Mexico border to access clean, reliable electricity.

The new series of camps for high schoolers kicked off with GenHERation Exploration, where campers learned about becoming ethical leaders from powerful women from across the country. 

Asmi Pareek ’23 received recognition from the Association of Women in Mathematics for her essay on math teacher Yolanda Rolle, but the real prize was learning how to look at math in a new way.

With college visits off the table, the Alumni Office connected young Sidwell Friends alumni with current students.