Talk:Sidwell Friends School

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The Obamas as "alumni"???

I realize it was just announced that Malia and Sasha would be attending the school, but isn't it a bit premature to list them under the "Alumni" listing? They haven't even started. I'd like to suggest removing them from the alumni list until they move onto other ventures. Traveliter (talk) 00:56, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

I agree and have removed them from the alumni listing. They're already mentioned in the beginning of the article, just because of their notability doesn't necessarily mean they are alumni. Vertigo893 (talk) 00:27, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Robby Jenkins

User 69.245.49.140 added Robby Jenkins '03 to the list of children of famous alumni as the son of senator Rob Jenkins. I've checked and I don't think this is true. In fact, the only senator by the name of Rob or Robert Jenkins was Robert Jenkins, who helped suppress the Whiskey Rebellion and died in 1848. Accordingly, I'm removing Robby's name. Hallmark 00:11, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Exclusive vs. Prestigious

I agree that Sidwell is a highly exclusive school. Even Ann Brashares, the great author of the Sisterhood of the traveling pants series went there. Someone should get the numbers for applications and admissions, at least to the High School--that would be good for the article. However, "exclusive" is not synonymous with "prestigious," which Sidwell also is. One word should not be used for a replacement of the other. Perhaps both thoughts could be added into the lead paragraph in some way? ("...prestigious and exclusive..." might suffice?) Thoughts? --Vijay 02:55, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Neither should be used, actually. Wikipedia discourages the use of terminology like "one of the most prestigious..." and "among the top rated schools...". Are there actual statistics—rankings, news articles, etc.—that confirm this statement? For a university, you might say "School X is ranked 32nd in the U.S. News and World Report's 'America's Best Colleges.'" It would be great if something like that existed for high schools. Obviously the Sidwell Friends School is a very prestigious institution, but this article needs an outside source to confirm that. -Vontafeijos 03:22, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Good call. I remember seeing some list of Washington Area High Schools at some point last year...but it might've been only public schools--I forget. Time to poke about the internet, I guess. If nothing can be found to replace, when should the statement be removed as NNPOV? --Vijay 22:08, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

I am removing the following: " It is considered to be one of the most prestigious private schools in the Washington, DC area and the US." for reasons cited above. — vijay 23:30, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Actually, Sidwell was ranked the 13st best private school in the nation in 2003. I have not seen another follow up list of private school rankings since. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.178.220.39 (talk) 01:27, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Campus names

The campuses are usually referred to as the Main campus and Bethesda campus, or the Upper School and Lower School campuses. The latter leaves out the Middle School, of course, so I feel it's not preferrable. However, "Main" and "Bethesda" aren't comperable to each other. I just poked around sidwell's website, and the school's website tends to say "Middle and Upper School" and "Lower School" more than anything else. So, I'm going to change the labels to those.

Also, I'm going to revert "Bethesda in Montgomery County, Maryland" back to "Bethesda, Maryland." There is only one Bethesda in Maryland. The Bethesda article, of course, says where in MD it is. It sounds awkward the way it is now, and I checked a bunch of other school articles; they all mention what city they're in, not what county. It's just odd to say what county you're in! ( :  — vijay (Talk) 22:14, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

the article provides coordinates for only the middle and upper campus, but not for lower campus. Mulp (talk) 01:33, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

Shout there be a section on:

Robert A. "Pete" Peterson

In 2010, police in Montgomery and Queen Anne's counties (Maryland) charged a long time Sidwell Friends middle school teacher with sexual abuse of a minor and other sexual offenses, according to law enforcement officials. Robert A. "Pete" Peterson taught seventh and eighth grades social studies at Sidwell, but was fired in 2010.

List vs 30% ivy leagues

If the "school never releases its college admission lists" then how do we know that 30% go to Ivy League schools? --Awiseman 14:00, 27 July 2006 (UTC)