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Anonymous wrote:I can. Previous poster is a nerd and doesn’t like when athletes get attention

Why do you even bother to post?

Are they wrong? Seemed like a fair guess

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Anonymous wrote:I look forward to watching Sidwell's top-notch boys and girls hoops teams play in the DC tourney this weekend. BTW, Sidwell's best players are African-American. Shhhhh ......

PP writing. I enjoy the basketball program. I'm not making any kind of veiled statement on race. What I am calling attention to is the school's social media presence/campaigning and all the other PR the school puts out. There is a clear interest in going beyond (or substituting for) the school's historically academic identity to one more focused on sports. And maybe that's just the direction Bryan seeks to take things. This is disappointing to me. I sometimes wonder if the money crunch the school seems to have experienced during recent years may explain some of this. In fundraising circles, it is widely believed that alumni tend to be more generous when sports teams are excelling than in any other situation.

Don’t blame Sidwell because your child lacks any athletic ability. Besides, being an an academic AND athletic powerhouse is not mutually exclusive (see Stanford, Duke, UCLA, etc).

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Mens sana in corpore sano

You clowns missed the point. The complaint is about what the school emphasizes as it identity. Not that the school has an excellent team or two. (One of which has featured my kid as a player for the past two year).

Calling people clowns really advancers the conversation. No wonder you feel alienated

By providing clarification, it does advance the conversation. You clown!

This deteriorated fast, as per usual it can be summed up as u hate us cuz you ain’t us and/or a nerd.

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Anonymous wrote:Serious question: does Sidwell think of itself as a strong sports school (outside of girls and sometimes boys hoops which are legitimately good)? I always thought the parents were fine with it being weak in sports.

No, Sidwell does not think of itself as a strong sports school, overall. As a parent I personally welcome the added attention to sports.

But also, relative to what? The only sports school was Bullis but we are regularly beating them so yes it is strong.

I also love the focus on sports and would like see more development opportunities and non-traditional sports in house as well

You think Bullis is the only sports school? How do you think Sidwell would do against in football against Gonzaga or St. John’s or Good Counsel or really any school since they refused to play even a MAC schedule? In lacrosse, Sidwell lost to Potomac and St. Andrews by 18-1 and 17-2 goals and those are nowhere near the strongest teams in the area.

Even in basketball Bullis beat Sidwell and Paul VI won by around 20. Bishop O’Connell also would have likely beaten them easily had they played. So you might want to check bumping your chest too much.

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Anonymous wrote:Serious question: does Sidwell think of itself as a strong sports school (outside of girls and sometimes boys hoops which are legitimately good)? I always thought the parents were fine with it being weak in sports.

My sense is that they want to strive for excellence across the board, but understand that some sports are simply harder than others to really compete in. There is a lot of support for the athletics program because healthy body = healthy mind.

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Anonymous wrote:Serious question: does Sidwell think of itself as a strong sports school (outside of girls and sometimes boys hoops which are legitimately good)? I always thought the parents were fine with it being weak in sports.

No, Sidwell does not think of itself as a strong sports school, overall. As a parent I personally welcome the added attention to sports.

But also, relative to what? The only sports school was Bullis but we are regularly beating them so yes it is strong.

I also love the focus on sports and would like see more development opportunities and non-traditional sports in house as well

You think Bullis is the only sports school? How do you think Sidwell would do against in football against Gonzaga or St. John’s or Good Counsel or really any school since they refused to play even a MAC schedule? In lacrosse, Sidwell lost to Potomac and St. Andrews by 18-1 and 17-2 goals and those are nowhere near the strongest teams in the area.

Even in basketball Bullis beat Sidwell and Paul VI won by around 20. Bishop O’Connell also would have likely beaten them easily had they played. So you might want to check bumping your chest too much.

Did this occur years ago? If you weren’t aware, Sidwell has won back-to-back MAC (boys) and ISL (girls) basketball championships. And both teams have advanced to the 2024 DCAAASA semi-finals this weekend. I don’t even know where Paul VI or Bishop O. are located.

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Anonymous wrote:Serious question: does Sidwell think of itself as a strong sports school (outside of girls and sometimes boys hoops which are legitimately good)? I always thought the parents were fine with it being weak in sports.

Sidwell parents love to bring up that there are multiple Sidwell players in the NBA meaning Josh Hart and Saddiq Bey, but fail to mention that they were not even students at Sidwell until sophomore year of high school. Hart transferred from Wheaton High and Bey transferred from DeMatha. So it’s not like players like this come up from the middle school or even the regular 9th grade admissions process.

And yet, there are plenty of SFS alumni athletes in college and one who is about to be drafted to the NFL who are home grown.

Bey and Hart were both academic all-amercians, Hart won an NCAA championship and both are great ambassadors of the game and their high school.

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Anonymous wrote:Serious question: does Sidwell think of itself as a strong sports school (outside of girls and sometimes boys hoops which are legitimately good)? I always thought the parents were fine with it being weak in sports.

No, Sidwell does not think of itself as a strong sports school, overall. As a parent I personally welcome the added attention to sports.

But also, relative to what? The only sports school was Bullis but we are regularly beating them so yes it is strong.

I also love the focus on sports and would like see more development opportunities and non-traditional sports in house as well

I don't get this and not to take the thread off topic, but there are a bunch of "sports" schools that are not Bullis. St Johns, Gonzaga and Prep are three that come to mind on the boys side.

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Anonymous wrote:Serious question: does Sidwell think of itself as a strong sports school (outside of girls and sometimes boys hoops which are legitimately good)? I always thought the parents were fine with it being weak in sports.

No, Sidwell does not think of itself as a strong sports school, overall. As a parent I personally welcome the added attention to sports.

But also, relative to what? The only sports school was Bullis but we are regularly beating them so yes it is strong.

I also love the focus on sports and would like see more development opportunities and non-traditional sports in house as well

You think Bullis is the only sports school? How do you think Sidwell would do against in football against Gonzaga or St. John’s or Good Counsel or really any school since they refused to play even a MAC schedule? In lacrosse, Sidwell lost to Potomac and St. Andrews by 18-1 and 17-2 goals and those are nowhere near the strongest teams in the area.

Even in basketball Bullis beat Sidwell and Paul VI won by around 20. Bishop O’Connell also would have likely beaten them easily had they played. So you might want to check bumping your chest too much.

Did this occur years ago? If you weren’t aware, Sidwell has won back-to-back MAC (boys) and ISL (girls) basketball championships. And both teams have advanced to the 2024 DCAAASA semi-finals this weekend. I don’t even know where Paul VI or Bishop O. are located.

Both boys and girls basketball and tennis are elite nationally. Most of the other sports are cyclical in terms of strength. The boys soccer team was dominant for many years until about 5 years ago. The girls soccer teams have been very strong over the past couple of decades. the boys track team won the DCSAA a few years ago, beat St Johns and (then) Wilson. Other teams, have not had as much success recently, like football and boys lacrosse. But even the football team won DCSAA championships in the past decade, so it can range from year to year.

I think COViD is biting a lot of extracurriculars for most schools right now so it may be some time for things to "get back to normal" in a post COVID era.

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Anonymous wrote:Serious question: does Sidwell think of itself as a strong sports school (outside of girls and sometimes boys hoops which are legitimately good)? I always thought the parents were fine with it being weak in sports.

No, Sidwell does not think of itself as a strong sports school, overall. As a parent I personally welcome the added attention to sports.

But also, relative to what? The only sports school was Bullis but we are regularly beating them so yes it is strong.

I also love the focus on sports and would like see more development opportunities and non-traditional sports in house as well

You think Bullis is the only sports school? How do you think Sidwell would do against in football against Gonzaga or St. John’s or Good Counsel or really any school since they refused to play even a MAC schedule? In lacrosse, Sidwell lost to Potomac and St. Andrews by 18-1 and 17-2 goals and those are nowhere near the strongest teams in the area.

Even in basketball Bullis beat Sidwell and Paul VI won by around 20. Bishop O’Connell also would have likely beaten them easily had they played. So you might want to check bumping your chest too much.

Did this occur years ago? If you weren’t aware, Sidwell has won back-to-back MAC (boys) and ISL (girls) basketball championships. And both teams have advanced to the 2024 DCAAASA semi-finals this weekend. I don’t even know where Paul VI or Bishop O. are located.

Yes Paul VI which is located in Loudon County Virginia beat Sidwell by 18 this year in boys basketball. Bullis beat Sidwell this year also. There are a total of five area teams ranked in the top 25 in the latest ESPN high school basketball rankings: Paul VI, Bullis, Gonzaga, Jackson-Reed, and Bishop O’Connell (Arlington). Sidwell is unranked.

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Anonymous wrote:Serious question: does Sidwell think of itself as a strong sports school (outside of girls and sometimes boys hoops which are legitimately good)? I always thought the parents were fine with it being weak in sports.

Sidwell parents love to bring up that there are multiple Sidwell players in the NBA meaning Josh Hart and Saddiq Bey, but fail to mention that they were not even students at Sidwell until sophomore year of high school. Hart transferred from Wheaton High and Bey transferred from DeMatha. So it’s not like players like this come up from the middle school or even the regular 9th grade admissions process.

And yet, there are plenty of SFS alumni athletes in college and one who is about to be drafted to the NFL who are home grown.

Bey and Hart were both academic all-amercians, Hart won an NCAA championship and both are great ambassadors of the game and their high school.

Um Josh Hart was famously almost kicked out of Sidwell because of his grades until parents interceded on his behalf. It’s right there on his Wikipedia page even. Why do people just make things up?

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Anonymous wrote:Serious question: does Sidwell think of itself as a strong sports school (outside of girls and sometimes boys hoops which are legitimately good)? I always thought the parents were fine with it being weak in sports.

No, Sidwell does not think of itself as a strong sports school, overall. As a parent I personally welcome the added attention to sports.

But also, relative to what? The only sports school was Bullis but we are regularly beating them so yes it is strong.

I also love the focus on sports and would like see more development opportunities and non-traditional sports in house as well

You think Bullis is the only sports school? How do you think Sidwell would do against in football against Gonzaga or St. John’s or Good Counsel or really any school since they refused to play even a MAC schedule? In lacrosse, Sidwell lost to Potomac and St. Andrews by 18-1 and 17-2 goals and those are nowhere near the strongest teams in the area.

Even in basketball Bullis beat Sidwell and Paul VI won by around 20. Bishop O’Connell also would have likely beaten them easily had they played. So you might want to check bumping your chest too much.

Did this occur years ago? If you weren’t aware, Sidwell has won back-to-back MAC (boys) and ISL (girls) basketball championships. And both teams have advanced to the 2024 DCAAASA semi-finals this weekend. I don’t even know where Paul VI or Bishop O. are located.

Yes Paul VI which is located in Loudon County Virginia beat Sidwell by 18 this year in boys basketball. Bullis beat Sidwell this year also. There are a total of five area teams ranked in the top 25 in the latest ESPN high school basketball rankings: Paul VI, Bullis, Gonzaga, Jackson-Reed, and Bishop O’Connell (Arlington). Sidwell is unranked.

Loudon County explains my complete lack of knowledge and interest in Paul VI.
Did Paul VI and Bullis win league or state championships this year, too?

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Anonymous wrote:Serious question: does Sidwell think of itself as a strong sports school (outside of girls and sometimes boys hoops which are legitimately good)? I always thought the parents were fine with it being weak in sports.

No, Sidwell does not think of itself as a strong sports school, overall. As a parent I personally welcome the added attention to sports.

But also, relative to what? The only sports school was Bullis but we are regularly beating them so yes it is strong.

I also love the focus on sports and would like see more development opportunities and non-traditional sports in house as well

You think Bullis is the only sports school? How do you think Sidwell would do against in football against Gonzaga or St. John’s or Good Counsel or really any school since they refused to play even a MAC schedule? In lacrosse, Sidwell lost to Potomac and St. Andrews by 18-1 and 17-2 goals and those are nowhere near the strongest teams in the area.

Even in basketball Bullis beat Sidwell and Paul VI won by around 20. Bishop O’Connell also would have likely beaten them easily had they played. So you might want to check bumping your chest too much.

Did this occur years ago? If you weren’t aware, Sidwell has won back-to-back MAC (boys) and ISL (girls) basketball championships. And both teams have advanced to the 2024 DCAAASA semi-finals this weekend. I don’t even know where Paul VI or Bishop O. are located.

MAC is a middling conference. At least four teams in WCAC better than Sidwell. And that’s just the DC area. Girls team is good though

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Anonymous wrote:Serious question: does Sidwell think of itself as a strong sports school (outside of girls and sometimes boys hoops which are legitimately good)? I always thought the parents were fine with it being weak in sports.

No, Sidwell does not think of itself as a strong sports school, overall. As a parent I personally welcome the added attention to sports.

But also, relative to what? The only sports school was Bullis but we are regularly beating them so yes it is strong.

I also love the focus on sports and would like see more development opportunities and non-traditional sports in house as well

You think Bullis is the only sports school? How do you think Sidwell would do against in football against Gonzaga or St. John’s or Good Counsel or really any school since they refused to play even a MAC schedule? In lacrosse, Sidwell lost to Potomac and St. Andrews by 18-1 and 17-2 goals and those are nowhere near the strongest teams in the area.

Even in basketball Bullis beat Sidwell and Paul VI won by around 20. Bishop O’Connell also would have likely beaten them easily had they played. So you might want to check bumping your chest too much.

Did this occur years ago? If you weren’t aware, Sidwell has won back-to-back MAC (boys) and ISL (girls) basketball championships. And both teams have advanced to the 2024 DCAAASA semi-finals this weekend. I don’t even know where Paul VI or Bishop O. are located.

Yes Paul VI which is located in Loudon County Virginia beat Sidwell by 18 this year in boys basketball. Bullis beat Sidwell this year also. There are a total of five area teams ranked in the top 25 in the latest ESPN high school basketball rankings: Paul VI, Bullis, Gonzaga, Jackson-Reed, and Bishop O’Connell (Arlington). Sidwell is unranked.

Loudon County explains my complete lack of knowledge and interest in Paul VI.
Did Paul VI and Bullis win league or state championships this year, too?

Paul VI is ranked #2 in the country and won the WCAC. Bullis is #16 and won the IAC. So yes

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Anonymous wrote:I look forward to watching Sidwell's top-notch boys and girls hoops teams play in the DC tourney this weekend. BTW, Sidwell's best players are African-American. Shhhhh ......

PP writing. I enjoy the basketball program. I'm not making any kind of veiled statement on race. What I am calling attention to is the school's social media presence/campaigning and all the other PR the school puts out. There is a clear interest in going beyond (or substituting for) the school's historically academic identity to one more focused on sports. And maybe that's just the direction Bryan seeks to take things. This is disappointing to me. I sometimes wonder if the money crunch the school seems to have experienced during recent years may explain some of this. In fundraising circles, it is widely believed that alumni tend to be more generous when sports teams are excelling than in any other situation.

I don't think there is an overt focus on sports. The teams featured are having unique success right now. It could just as easily be a robotics tournament win, or a Model UN award or some other extracurricular. the school's social media has highlighted all sorts of activities and achievements over the years.

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Anonymous wrote:Serious question: does Sidwell think of itself as a strong sports school (outside of girls and sometimes boys hoops which are legitimately good)? I always thought the parents were fine with it being weak in sports.

Sidwell parents love to bring up that there are multiple Sidwell players in the NBA meaning Josh Hart and Saddiq Bey, but fail to mention that they were not even students at Sidwell until sophomore year of high school. Hart transferred from Wheaton High and Bey transferred from DeMatha. So it’s not like players like this come up from the middle school or even the regular 9th grade admissions process.

And yet, there are plenty of SFS alumni athletes in college and one who is about to be drafted to the NFL who are home grown.

Bey and Hart were both academic all-amercians, Hart won an NCAA championship and both are great ambassadors of the game and their high school.

Um Josh Hart was famously almost kicked out of Sidwell because of his grades until parents interceded on his behalf. It’s right there on his Wikipedia page even. Why do people just make things up?

Also you can look up who has academic all-Americans Sidwell booster and neither Hart or Bey was at Villanova. Do they teach making up fake awards at Sidwell? Or is that something you picked up elsewhere?