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Sheridan School

Coordinates: 38°56′48″N 77°4′14″W / 38.94667°N 77.07056°W / 38.94667; -77.07056
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Sheridan School
Location
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4400 36th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20008
Coordinates38°56′48″N 77°4′14″W / 38.94667°N 77.07056°W / 38.94667; -77.07056
Information
School typeIndependent
Progressive
Established1927
Head of SchoolCourtney Martin
GradesK-8
Enrollment225
Student to teacher ratio6:1
CampusesWashington, DC
Luray, VA
AccreditationAIMS, MSA
Websitewww.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

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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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Sheridan's Mountain Campus

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

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References

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  1. ^ History of Sheridan School, Sheridan School, September 30, 2012, http://www.sheridanschool.org/about/history.
  2. ^ Mountain Campus, Sheridan School, September 30, 2012, http://www.sheridanschool.org/other-programs/mountain-campus.
  3. ^ Grove, Lloyd (20 October 2000). "THE RELIABLE SOURCE". The Washington Post. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
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