Anonymous wrote:everyone calm down. I am just trying to understand these schools. I thought if you apply to an Episcopalian school they would first take parish members from St. Albans or everyone in Epsicopalian parshes or school in surrounding areas. I also though the same with Sidwell for being Quaker and for Charles Smith if you are Jewish. Am I overthinking and maybe this is just a Catholic parish thing? We don't mind any services in any relgion. We just care about great schools. Starting to look now and not sure on everything just on some things I have heard about academics.
FWIW, being Quaker may be an asset across a pool of equals @ Sidwell. Nearly everyone I know was asked about any connections they had to Quakers or Friends' communities. We did not apply to the Cathedral schools, so I can't comment directly on the application process. I do know many families with daughters at the school, however, and they are a mix of agnostics/atheists, Jews, and a range of Protestants. I also know someone who was raised Catholic, had children at the Cathedral schools, and worked for the Episcopal Foundation.