Sheridan School

Sheridan School
Location
4400 36th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20008
Coordinates 38°56′48″N 77°4′14″W / 38.94667°N 77.07056°W / 38.94667; -77.07056Coordinates: 38°56′48″N 77°4′14″W / 38.94667°N 77.07056°W / 38.94667; -77.07056
Information
School type Independent
Progressive
Established 1927
Head of School Jessica Donovan
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 about approximately 225 students. The average tuition for the 2018-2019 school year is $36,708. The school awarded $1.3 million in financial aid in 2018-2019. More than one-third (35%) of Sheridan students are students of color. Sheridan was named a National School of Character in 2017.

Social justice is a fundamental value of Sheridan and is infused within all aspects of the school’s culture and curriculum. Sheridan students move far beyond simply identifying where injustice occurs; they are empowered to address important social issues by taking action to make the world a more equitable place. Sheridan students graduate more than prepared for the complexities of the future—they are leaders prepared to make meaningful change.

History

Founded in 1927 as Mrs. Cook's School, Sheridan 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]

Curriculum

Sheridan offers a concept-based, constructivist curriculum based on the principles of progressive education and aligned with national teaching standards including the Common Core State Standards.[2] At each grade level, the school offers:

Mountain campus

Sheridan's Mountain Campus

Challenge at Sheridan is not limited to the classroom. The school’s 130-acre Mountain Campus in Luray, Virginia, provides students with an opportunity to move outside the comfort of their regular surroundings and experience new levels of challenge in nature—a perspective that plays a vital role in developing confidence and character. Located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the facility includes platform tents, a dining hall, and a nature center. Various team-building 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.[3]

Student activities

Sheridan competes against peer schools in soccer, cross country, basketball, softball, and baseball. A musical production is performed each spring, and the Student Council leads school-wide and grade-level community service programs.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ History of Sheridan School | Sheridan School, September 30, 2012, www.sheridanschool.org/about/history.
  2. ↑ Curriculum | Sheridan School, September 30, 2012, www.sheridanschool.org/academics.
  3. ↑ Mountain Campus | Sheridan School, September 30, 2012, www.sheridanschool.org/other-programs/mountain-campus.
  4. ↑ Dutch documentary about the USA broadcast 29 September 2016, by Eva Jinek, who interviewed Jessica Lee and praised the school for its positive influence on her life
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