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Sheridan School
Location
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4400 36th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20008
Coordinates38°56′48″N 77°4′14″W / 38.94667°N 77.07056°W / 38.94667; -77.07056
Information
School typeIndependent
Progressive
Established1927
Head of SchoolCourtney Martin
GradesK-8
Enrollment225
Student to teacher ratio6:1
CampusesWashington, DC
Luray, VA
AccreditationAIMS, MSA
Websitewww.sheridanschool.org

Sheridan School is an independent, co-ed, progressive, K-8 school in Washington, D.C. The school enrolls approximately 225 students. The average tuition for the 2020-2021 school year is $39,095. The school awarded $1.6 million in financial aid in 2020-2021. Forty percent (40%) of Sheridan students are students of color.

History

Founded in 1927 as Mrs. Cook's School, Sheridan School 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

The school also has a 130-acre Mountain Campus in Luray, Virginia, in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. This facility includes: platform tents, a dining hall, and a nature center. 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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