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[quote=Anonymous]While Sidwell may have edged BIM for the #1 slot, at least GDS has sunk to #4 behind #3 Madeira.

[color=red]We have Harvard and Yale, Oxford and Cambridge, and now Sidwell and BIM[/color].

Here was the reaction from GDS when the beat Sidwell for the #1 slot three years ago:

[i]GDS took the title for the best high school in the D.C. area in a 2022 list released last month by the rankings website Niche. The announcement has reinvigorated GDS’ rivalry with Sidwell Friends School, which was ranked first for at least the past two years but now holds the runner-up spot.

GDS also ranked as the 27th best high school nationally, down three spots from Niche’s 2021 rankings. The D.C.-area list ranked Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County, Virginia, third. The all-girls National Cathedral School followed in fourth place.

Director of High School Admissions Amanda Deringer said that GDS’ Niche ranking might help attract new students. “Once information gets out on the Internet,” she said, “it’s easy for students and parents to do a quick search and see what the top high schools are.”

Niche appears on Google as one of the most prominent results for D.C. high school rankings. The company’s 2022 list also garnered coverage in local news outlets, such as the WTOP radio station and Washingtonian magazine....

Principal Katie Gibson said she was excited about GDS’ new ranking ....

GDS students have been celebrating their school’s victory in a variety of ways. Last week, members of the varsity volleyball team sent poems in all-school emails to encourage students to attend their game against Sidwell.

One poem by senior Pallavi Bhargava, a captain of the team, promised to “keep the Foxes on a leash” and “crush the 2nd best school according to Niche.” Photos from the game showed GDS students holding signs reading “GDS is #1” and “Midwell is #2,” using a pejorative nickname some GDS students have adopted to suggest Sidwell is mediocre.

When asked her thoughts on GDS students’ jokes about Sidwell, Gibson laughed and said that “a little fun banter between two competitor schools is a natural part of the high school experience.”

Many students at GDS, such as sophomore Cole Huh, have taken part in that banter with friends who attend Sidwell....

... the new rankings have sparked increased school pride ....[/i]

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