Sheridan School

Sheridan School is an independent, co-ed, progressive, K-8 school in Washington, D.C. The school enrolls about approximately 225 students. The average tuition for the 2018–2019 school year is $36,708. The school awarded $1.3 million in financial aid in 2018–2019. More than one-third (35%) of Sheridan students are students of color.

Sheridan School
Location
4400 36th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20008
Coordinates38°56′48″N 77°4′14″W
Information
School typeIndependent
Progressive
Established1927
Head of SchoolJessica Donovan
GradesK-8
Enrollment225
Student to teacher ratio6:1
CampusesWashington, DC
Luray, VA
AccreditationAIMS, MSA
Websitewww.sheridanschool.org

History

Founded in 1927 as Mrs. Cook's School, Sheridan was later renamed after its original location of Sheridan Circle on Embassy Row. Incorporated as a non-profit in 1961, it moved two years later to its current location on 36th Street, NW, in the North Cleveland Park neighborhood. In 1971, the school purchased a 130-acre Mountain Campus in Luray, Virginia.[1]

Mountain campus
Sheridan's Mountain Campus

Challenge at Sheridan is not limited to the classroom. The school's 130-acre Mountain Campus in Luray, Virginia, provides students with an opportunity to move outside the comfort of their regular surroundings and experience new levels of challenge in nature—a perspective that plays a vital role in developing confidence and character. Located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the facility includes platform tents, a dining hall, and a nature center. Various team-building activities include a zip line, a giant swing, a climbing wall and a high- and low-ropes courses. Each grade engages in the outdoor education program twice each school year.[2]

Notable alumnus

References
  1. History of Sheridan School, Sheridan School, September 30, 2012, http://www.sheridanschool.org/about/history.
  2. Mountain Campus, Sheridan School, September 30, 2012, http://www.sheridanschool.org/other-programs/mountain-campus.
  3. Grove, Lloyd (20 October 2000). "THE RELIABLE SOURCE". The Washington Post. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
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