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[quote=Anonymous]Agree with above posters that for most sports, the athletic experience at Sidwell is just fine, and for some sports really tops (soccer, wrestling, track and field, boys basketball to name a few).  5 or so each year seem to go onto d1 careers in one sport or another (often at Ivys, also very smart kids and turn down less academic d1 programs to go to Ivys and play), probably another 10 or so play d3, maybe more, mostly at the top SLACs.  There is quite a lot of school spirt, lots of kids come to cheer on the teams, particularly soccer and basketball, and particularly when playing ISL or MAC rivals (GDS, Maret, NCS).   And while the teams provide part of a kids social network, it is nice that the school is not defined at all in our experience by jock "cliques, my very athletic kids had lots of friends that weren't athletes. Also because the school is small, an athletic kid can easily pick up a second or third sport such as lacrosse or volleyball or track or Xcountry or girls crew, and be welcomed onto the team and learn a new sport.  In a few cases at least that i know of this openess has resulted in ending up playing the new sport in college (instead of soccer or whatever they played coming into Sidwell HS).[/quote]

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