Sheridan School
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| Sheridan School | |
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4400 36th Street, NW Washington, DC 20008 | |
| Coordinates | 38°56′48″N 77°4′14″W / 38.94667°N 77.07056°W |
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| School type | Independent Progressive |
| Established | 1927 |
| Head of School | Courtney Martin |
| Grades | K-8 |
| Enrollment | 225 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 6:1 |
| Campuses | Washington, DC Luray, VA |
| Accreditation | AIMS, MSA |
| Website | www.sheridanschool.org |
Sheridan School is an independent, co-ed, progressive, K-8 school in Washington, D.C. The school enrolls approximately 225 students. The average tuition for the 2020-2021 school year is $39,095. The school awarded $1.6 million in financial aid in 2020-2021. Forty percent (40%) of Sheridan students are students of color.
History
[edit]Founded in 1927 as Mrs. Cook's School, Sheridan School was later renamed after its original location of Sheridan Circle on Embassy Row. Incorporated as a non-profit in 1961, it moved two years later to its current location on 36th Street, NW, in the North Cleveland Park neighborhood. In 1971, the school purchased a 130-acre Mountain Campus in Luray, Virginia.[1]
Mountain campus
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The school also has a 130-acre Mountain Campus in Luray, Virginia, in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. This facility includes: platform tents, a dining hall, and a nature center. Activities include a zip line, a giant swing, a climbing wall and a high- and low-ropes courses. Each grade engages in the outdoor education program twice each school year.[2]
Notable alumnus
[edit]- Al Gore, former Vice President of the United States, attended Sheridan from kindergarten to third grade.[3]
- Eva Jinek, Dutch American journalist and television presenter
References
[edit]- ^ History of Sheridan School, Sheridan School, September 30, 2012, http://www.sheridanschool.org/about/history.
- ^ Mountain Campus, Sheridan School, September 30, 2012, http://www.sheridanschool.org/other-programs/mountain-campus.
- ^ Grove, Lloyd (20 October 2000). "THE RELIABLE SOURCE". The Washington Post. Retrieved 10 January 2019.