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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know what a Quaker school is supposed to feel like, but Sidwell is intense and competitive. Students (at least in the high school, I don't know about the lower grades) are expected to achieve at high levels and[b] be excellent at everything[/b].[/quote] This is a bit of a stretch. I have and have had DCs in the high school who were far from "excellent at everything." And they both loved/ love the school. In my experience, there is a broad mix of kids there. Definitely some high flyers who are pushed more by their parents, but plenty of normal/ average kids who are good at some things and not so great at others. OP, I don't have the background that you do so I don't know what a Quaker school is supposed to feel like, nor do I have a comparison to other Quakers. But yes, IMO, the Quaker values are alive and well at Sidwell.[/quote] Are there high achieving students there who are pushed by themselves? Not all kids with impressive achievements are pushed by parents. Is this an assumption of yours or a strange trend you have actually witnessed at SFS?[/quote] Yes - my child is self driven at SFS. I think their friends are too, but these are all kids that were accepted at 9th and I'm pretty certain SFS looks for this trait in new HS students. I have no experience in the mix of this for high school students that started at SFS in LS or MS.[/quote]
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