On Tuesday, April 22, Sidwell’s Upper and Middle School campus will host its annual Founder’s Day. As the Sidwell community comes together to celebrate the day the school was founded, Lower, Middle and Upper School students gather on the Upper School campus to partake in activities and traditions.
Sidwell’s Black Student Union (BSU) will present its annual theater production on April 25 and 26, with an all-school preview scheduled during Founder’s Day on April 22.
On April 23, Brian Loo’s 12th grade period seven class won the annual English class dodgeball tournament. Loo’s period seven class won against Alonzo Vereen’s 11th grade period seven class after defeating Samantha Goodwin’s ninth grade period seven class.
The Florida Gators Men’s Basketball Program overcame a 12-point deficit to win their third national championship in a 65-63 win over the Houston Cougars. Meanwhile, in the Women’s NCAA Tournament, the UConn Huskies triumphed over defending champions, the South Carolina Gamecocks, in an 82-59 win.
The team was led by Ilia Malinin, who won gold in men’s singles with a score of 318.56. Malinin successfully executed six quadruple jumps in an impressive performance, breaking the world record for the most quadruple jumps landed in a single program.
After five years, three DCSAA championships and two national titles, Sidwell Girls Varsity Basketball Head Coach Tamika Dudley has announced her departure from the Sidwell Basketball Program.
Over spring break, sophomore Sidwell Boys Varsity Tennis Players Akshay Mirmira and Boning Wang, won the Boys 16 & Under Doubles Title at the Easter Bowl Tennis Championships — a US Tennis Association (USTA) L1 National Championship level event.
Developed by former Massachusetts Institute of Technology physicist and current Miami Marlins staffer Aaron Leanhardt, the bats are designed to mimic a torpedo shape to redistribute the bat’s weight to the most dense part, called the “sweet spot,” which is closer to the handle.
On March 21, junior and Sidwell Girls Varsity Basketball player Jordyn Jackson was named the 2024-2025 Gatorade District of Columbia Player of the Year following a successful season with the Quakers.
At lunch on Feb. 19, language club heads and teachers joined together to lead language tables where students, faculty and staff could spend lunch improving their fluency.
