By following the steps below, you’ll stay on track to submitting a complete application for admission to Pre-K, K, 3rd, or 4th grades on or before January 6, 2023.

Submit Family Information Form 

Pay the $70 application fee when you complete the Family Information Form. Take this step today.

Attend an In-Person Student Group Visit

Watch your email for your assigned Student Group Visit. Student applicants will meet in a small group class format, led by Sidwell Friends teachers/admissions staff.

Parent meetings and group visits for 1st and 2nd grade applicants will be scheduled if space becomes available in those grades.

Submit Teacher Recommendations

Request Teacher Recommendations for submission by January 6, 2023. The AISGW Common Recommendation form is required from the child’s current teacher. We recommend sending the forms to teachers no earlier than late November or December so that they will have a chance to get to know your child before completing them.

Request School Records

Request School Records for submission by January 6, 2023.  Applicants must submit a report card, progress report, or developmental skills checklist if the child receives one from his or her current school. Please submit reports from the first half of the current school year and the full previous school year if available. Please submit the transcript release form to your child’s school authorizing the school to send reports directly to Sidwell Friends School. For applicants to 3rd and 4th grades, if your child has taken a standardized test in school please make sure test results are sent with the school transcript.

By following the steps below, you’ll stay on track to submitting a complete application for admission to 6th or 7th grades on or before January 6, 2023.

Submit Family Information Form 

Pay the $70 application fee when you complete the Family Information Form. Take this step today.

submit teacher recommendations

Request Teacher Recommendations for submission by January 6, 2023. The AISGW Common Recommendation form is required from the child’s current English and math teachers. If the student applying for Middle School has one homeroom teacher who teaches both subjects, please ask that teacher to submit the recommendations for each subject separately.  We highly recommend sending the forms to teachers no earlier than late November or December so that they will have a chance to get to know your child before completing them.

request transcript

Please submit the transcript release form to your child’s school authorizing it to send transcripts directly to Sidwell Friends School. 

Applicants to grades 5 through 8 should submit transcripts from the first half of the current school year and the full previous school year. We recommend that you request the transcripts in early January so that the most up-to-date grading period will be included with your child’s application.

submit testing

We are not accepting SSAT or ISEE testing. If your child took a standardized test at school during the 2021 - 22 school year (such as ERBs, MAP, SOL, Stanford, IOWA, CTPs, PARCC) please make sure that Sidwell Friends receives the test results as part of their school transcripts.

Complete Sidwell Friends Virtual Student Academic Activity

Your student will be assigned an activity session date on a Saturday. Students will complete a reading and writing comprehension activity, administered by a member of the admissions team via Zoom.

Register Your Applicant to Shadow a Current Student.

Register your student applicant for an opportunity to shadow a current student during the school day. After submitting the Family Information Form, you will be able to register your student for this event. Spaces are limited.

By following the steps below, you’ll stay on track to submitting a complete application for admission to 9th grade on or before January 6, 2023.

Submit Family Information Form

Pay the $70 application fee when you complete the Family Information Form. Take this step today.

Submit Teacher Recommendations

Request Teacher Recommendations for submission by January 6, 2023. The AISGW Common Recommendation form is required from the child’s current English and math teachers. If the student applying has one homeroom teacher who teaches both subjects, please ask that teacher to submit the recommendations for each subject separately.  We highly recommend sending the forms to teachers no earlier than late November or December so that they will have a chance to get to know your child before completing them. Additional recommendations are not necessary.

Complete Sidwell Friends Virtual Student Academic Activity 

Your student will be assigned an activity session date on a Saturday. Students will complete a reading and writing comprehension activity, administered by a member of the admissions team via Zoom.

For 9th Grade Students:

Please complete this Google Form to sign up for the newly added math skills assessment, which will be held in person.  You may read more about this addition to the process here. Zoom will be made available to students outside the area.

submit transcript

Please submit the transcript release form to your child’s school authorizing it to send transcripts directly to Sidwell Friends School. 

Applicants to high school should submit transcripts from the first half of the current school year and the full previous school year. We recommend that you request the transcripts in early January so that the most up-to-date grading period will be included with your child’s application.

submit testing

We are not accepting SSAT or ISEE testing. If your child took a standardized test at school during the 2021 - 22 school year (such as ERBs, MAP, SOL, Stanford, IOWA, CTPs, PARCC) please make sure that Sidwell Friends receives the test results as part of their school transcripts.