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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.

Dream on

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Also, who cares? Sidwell rules!

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This thread is pretty funny on the basketball part. Sidwell is good at boys basketball because they recruit Takeover and Team Durant to get 1-2 kids a year - grades don’t matter at all if a top player in 9th or 10th wants to come over. This isn’t homegrown talent from the Sidwell program with few exceptions.

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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

Lovely. It’s nice to hear that Paul VI and Bullis excel in some area.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is pretty funny on the basketball part. Sidwell is good at boys basketball because they recruit Takeover and Team Durant to get 1-2 kids a year - grades don’t matter at all if a top player in 9th or 10th wants to come over. This isn’t homegrown talent from the Sidwell program with few exceptions.

The student needs to be able to do the work. The faculty and administration are not going to pass kids through academically. So your assumption there is pretty insulting. These kids have busted their butts for years honing their craft, no different than a musician or actor...and, they are good in the classroom as well. Who are you to make such outrageous assumptions?

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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?

and, he spent time after school and during summers catching up on his academic gaps. He was an academic all american at Villanova. Do you think that was fake?

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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

And yet, Sidwell has winning records against all of those teams over the last several years. They beat Paul VI twice last year as well as Gonaga and St Johns and Jackson-Reed (twice). Yes, they lost those two games this year as well as some other games against top tier talent.

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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?

and, he spent time after school and during summers catching up on his academic gaps. He was an academic all american at Villanova. Do you think that was fake?

Yes because the lists of academic all-Americans from the years Josh Hart was at Villanova are published and he is not included. So yes that is fake.

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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

And yet, Sidwell has winning records against all of those teams over the last several years. They beat Paul VI twice last year as well as Gonaga and St Johns and Jackson-Reed (twice). Yes, they lost those two games this year as well as some other games against top tier talent.

Sidwell has a good team. They just aren’t the best team in the area and the rankings reflect they are around 6-7 in the area, which is good but people want to inflate every claim.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is pretty funny on the basketball part. Sidwell is good at boys basketball because they recruit Takeover and Team Durant to get 1-2 kids a year - grades don’t matter at all if a top player in 9th or 10th wants to come over. This isn’t homegrown talent from the Sidwell program with few exceptions.

The student needs to be able to do the work. The faculty and administration are not going to pass kids through academically. So your assumption there is pretty insulting. These kids have busted their butts for years honing their craft, no different than a musician or actor...and, they are good in the classroom as well. Who are you to make such outrageous assumptions?

The point is that Sidwell brings in a couple of kids each year outside the normal admissions process for basketball so parents feel better about the athletic programs and then parents deny this is what is happening. There is a reason that basketball is the one program that is good because a couple of recruits each year can make the difference. Football would take 10-15 recruits each year at the very minimum.

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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

Lovely. It’s nice to hear that Paul VI and Bullis excel in some area.

Petty much? PVI is an athletic powerhouse and won the WCAC in basketball and wrestling. Bullis has one of the best T&F, volleyball, and basketball programs in the area.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is pretty funny on the basketball part. Sidwell is good at boys basketball because they recruit Takeover and Team Durant to get 1-2 kids a year - grades don’t matter at all if a top player in 9th or 10th wants to come over. This isn’t homegrown talent from the Sidwell program with few exceptions.

The student needs to be able to do the work. The faculty and administration are not going to pass kids through academically. So your assumption there is pretty insulting. These kids have busted their butts for years honing their craft, no different than a musician or actor...and, they are good in the classroom as well. Who are you to make such outrageous assumptions?

The point is that Sidwell brings in a couple of kids each year outside the normal admissions process for basketball so parents feel better about the athletic programs and then parents deny this is what is happening. There is a reason that basketball is the one program that is good because a couple of recruits each year can make the difference. Football would take 10-15 recruits each year at the very minimum.

And longitudinal analysis of the curriculum shows a correlative increase in course offerings at the less challenging end of the spectrum relative to advanced, especially in math, as athletic recruiting has been prioritized. Not trying to be pejorative -- its simply true. Possibly, there are other explanations, but there is a clear correlation

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is pretty funny on the basketball part. Sidwell is good at boys basketball because they recruit Takeover and Team Durant to get 1-2 kids a year - grades don’t matter at all if a top player in 9th or 10th wants to come over. This isn’t homegrown talent from the Sidwell program with few exceptions.

The student needs to be able to do the work. The faculty and administration are not going to pass kids through academically. So your assumption there is pretty insulting. These kids have busted their butts for years honing their craft, no different than a musician or actor...and, they are good in the classroom as well. Who are you to make such outrageous assumptions?

The point is that Sidwell brings in a couple of kids each year outside the normal admissions process for basketball so parents feel better about the athletic programs and then parents deny this is what is happening. There is a reason that basketball is the one program that is good because a couple of recruits each year can make the difference. Football would take 10-15 recruits each year at the very minimum.

And longitudinal analysis of the curriculum shows a correlative increase in course offerings at the less challenging end of the spectrum relative to advanced, especially in math, as athletic recruiting has been prioritized. Not trying to be pejorative -- its simply true. Possibly, there are other explanations, but there is a clear correlation

Which Sidwell math classes are offered at the “less challenging end of the spectrum,” besides the Geometry w/ included Algebra, Algebra II(B), etc track? Don’t all DC private schools have at least 3 levels of math, like Sidwell? Every student will not have the same math ability, and that’s ok. Those students will end 12th grade with statistics as their terminal math course.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is pretty funny on the basketball part. Sidwell is good at boys basketball because they recruit Takeover and Team Durant to get 1-2 kids a year - grades don’t matter at all if a top player in 9th or 10th wants to come over. This isn’t homegrown talent from the Sidwell program with few exceptions.

The student needs to be able to do the work. The faculty and administration are not going to pass kids through academically. So your assumption there is pretty insulting. These kids have busted their butts for years honing their craft, no different than a musician or actor...and, they are good in the classroom as well. Who are you to make such outrageous assumptions?

The point is that Sidwell brings in a couple of kids each year outside the normal admissions process for basketball so parents feel better about the athletic programs and then parents deny this is what is happening. There is a reason that basketball is the one program that is good because a couple of recruits each year can make the difference. Football would take 10-15 recruits each year at the very minimum.

This is funny - this is not driven by Sidwell parents but by the SFS Athletic Department - which is often out in left field with respect to Quakerly. We hold everyone in the light and do not highlight anyone's personal achievements seems to go out the window for basketball and senior athletic awards. Sure, there are probably parents who enjoy having a good basketball team and maybe parents of football players wish for more....but in general...I have never heard the broader group of parents pushing for this as you are suggesting.