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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How is Sidwell not a Quaker school? Really? [/quote]

Go visit the school. If you are Quaker and visit, you will spot quickly why Sidwell isn't really Quaker. [/quote]

The Quakers at the school disagree.[/quote]

How many Quaker students are there at Sidwell?  Are any of the staff Quaker?[/quote]

In 2007, there were 87,000 Quakers in all the US (per https://www.fgcquaker.org). i would estimate there are fewer today. there are indeed Quaker students/families at the school. I would estimate 1-2 per class, which is far in excess of what you would find at a nonQuaker school based on the tiny size of the Quaker population in the US. I have no idea whether there are any Quaker faculty (I also do not know  how many faculty may be Hindu, Protestant, Catholic, atheist, Baptist, Mormon, etc. it has never occurred to me to ask a faculty member what religion he or she practices, if any). That being said, to this nonQuaker, it feels very much as if the school tries to discuss and instill Quaker values. It does not try to convert students and families to Quakerism.

The teaching of Quaker values has been positive for our son's education. If you do not want a values-based education for your child or do not feel you can support Quaker values, you shouldn't apply to the school. [/quote]

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