Six 6th graders read their award-winning poems at the 2025 Parkmont Poetry Festival.

The awards recognize extraordinary commitment and service within the Sidwell Friends Community.

In Breakthrough, William Pao ’86 shines a light on unsung medical heros.

One of our nation’s foremost leaders in the business of space exploration and discovery, Andrea Razzaghi ’78 directs NASA’s oversight of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

On Founder’s Day, students celebrate and sing—and hear alumni talk about how to let their lives speak.

In her 2025 Zeidman Memorial Lecture, Katherine Tai ’92 explored the challenges of the US-China economic relationship.

Sidwell Friends junior becomes third Quaker in the last four years to take the award.

Upper School students along with newly admitted students learned some useful life skills—from how to parallel park to line dance at a party.

Hannah Bristol ‘10, Stephanie Everett ‘15, and Liz Keeney ‘72 share their experiences, insights, and hopes for LGBTQIA+ people in today’s workplace.

For the first time in Sidwell’s history, sibling divers place first at the same championship meet.

An experienced educator who is deeply respected by peers and students alike, Allen W. Vandegrift will join us from the Montgomery School in Chester Springs, Pennsylvania, where he currently serves as head of the middle school.

The 2025 BAA Summit included a full weekend of activities, including a production of Alvin Ailey’s signature masterpiece, Revelations, and a thought-provoking and galvanizing panel discussion.

The Middle School’s Half-Day Fun Day saw kids teaching their favorite pastimes to one another.

To make equity, justice, and community work for everyone, Sidwell Friends is focusing on active listening, how to have difficult conversations, and storytelling.

Celebrating the Year of the Wood Snake.

Bruce B. Stewart, Sidwell Friends School’s eighth head of school, died on January 26, 2025. He was 85 years old. Head of School Bryan Garman sent this tribute to the community on January 27.

This year's MLK Assembly was a celebration of song, dance, and storytelling.

The Sidwell Friends alum is awarded the nation’s highest civilian honor. 

At this time of year, everyone at Sidwell Friends is brimming with light and joy—grateful for all the small acts of kindness that reverberate across the School and knit us into such a special community.

The all-School Diwali celebration featured traditional foods, dances, and diyas.

Three gifted students from the Middle and Upper Schools won a 2024 competition to perform internationally.

María Magdalena Campos-Pons delivered a 2024 Rubenstein Guest Artist Lecture that emphasized connections among humanity, the planet, and the divine.

The Upper School’s Mental Wellness Day offered students an opportunity for self-care.

Sidwell’s inaugural faculty chair in Asian American Studies takes his seat.

The executive director of the Dance Institute of Washington teaches Middle Schoolers why movement matters.

Revelry, games, great food, and friends were all on hand this weekend—so was the start of the new Upper School’s construction.

A photography exhibit in Zartman House introduces an iconic era to a new generation.

Executive coaches Tracy Pruzan-Roy ’92 and David Polmer ’94 redefine leadership for a new generation.

The Sidwell Friends Board of Trustees says the School will no longer comment on world events or matters of public policy. 

A traveling exhibition that fits into a suitcase and some percussive pandemonium arrive in time for Latinx-Hispanic Heritage Month.

Rob Sheer, founder of the nonprofit, spoke of empathy and dignity.

Who can resist an all-School event with good food, good company, and good games?

A symposium at Sidwell Friends convened heads of schools from around the country to discuss the importance of civil discourse in uncivil times.

How Tara Prakash ’25 uses the written word to connect with and be of service to others

How Sidwell Friends alumni are tackling environmental crises, commemorating the Class of '24, Senior Projects, and more! 

It starts with a group of Upper Schoolers, an engineering challenge, and a grand prix event.

Students and families celebrated the School’s 136th Commencement and the Lower and Middle School moving up ceremonies.

The Middle Schoolers detached from their screens for a day.

Guèye told the more than 300 attendees that though his normal motto was “gratitude, generosity, and goodwill; tonight, it is gratitude, gratitude, and gratitude.”

Alumni return to campus for a weekend of celebration and remembrance.

Alumni let their lives speak on Founder’s Day, the School raises funds for financial aid, and everyone enjoys a powerful day of sharing, giving, and fun.

Kelsey Wirth ’87 will be this year’s Commencement speaker. A remarkable and successful entrepreneur who helped to improve the lives of tens of millions, Kelsey later turned her attention and boundless energy to create a grassroots movement to address climate change.

Anthony Silard ’85 explains why the internet foments loneliness and anxiety—and what we can do to stop it.

Student advocates learn the ins and outs of lobbying Congress. Now they’re ready to make an impact.

When it comes to economic development, Bo Kemp ’87 understands the value of efficacy.

Journalist Ian Johnson explored the tension between China’s history and its present in his Zeidman Memorial Lecture.

Sidwell Friends School mourns the loss of a beloved teacher.

This Lunar New Year—the year of the dragon—launched with a Lower School assembly filled with red ribbons, music, poetry, and dance.