PE and Mrs. Obama choose Sidwell Friends School for daughters

[RB TexLa]

WASHINGTON – President-elect Barack Obama and his wife have chosen private Sidwell Friends School in Washington for their two daughters.

A spokeswoman for Michelle Obama, Katie McCormick Lelyveld, says the Obamas considered several schools for 10-year-old Malia and 7-year-old Sasha but decided Sidwell Friends was the best fit.

Sidwell Friends is a private Quaker school in northwest Washington that Chelsea Clinton attended.

The family also looked at Georgetown Day, which was founded in 1945 and was an early pioneer in integration.



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081121/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_school_3

[stray cat]

1. Chelsea went there

[Catherine Vincent]

2. No, she didn't. Do you have a link? nt

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. She's listed under notable alumni here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidwell_Friends_School

[gollygee]

5. It says so right in the article quoted in the OP n/t

[LynneSin]

6. You're kidding me - you had to ask?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidwell_Friends_School#Notable_alumni

[Catherine Vincent]

7. I was being sarcastic to the poster I responded to because it said so right in the article.

:)

[RB TexLa]

8. I actually didn't have that article in the body of the OP when they posted their reply

:hi:

[Teaser]

3. how dare they.

the horror. A friends school. THE HORROR!!!!!

[knitter4democracy]

9. Good choice.

I think that it was the best choice they could make.

[SoCalDem]

10. It's one of the "greenest" schools ever.. I'm not surprised

http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6472363.html

There was a segment about them on one of the cable networks..about how they tried to be as toxin-free as possible with everything IN the school, and how they recycle everything..

[MoJoWorkin]

11. Hunter Biden's daughters go there, I believe--and the Obama girls got to know them

at the Convention in Denver. It always helps a child to know someone who will be in a new school with them. Of course there were other considerations as well such as security, and quality.

[SoCalDem]

13. Children on high-profile people almost have to go to private school

Amy Carter went to public school, but I think she was the only one who did..

Nixon's daughters were near finishing school & I don;t know where they went..

Ford's daughter was either a senior in HS or a college freshman, iirc

Reagan's kids were past school age

Bush1's the same

Clintons were the first ones since Carter with a kid under 16

The last time there were little kids in office, was during the kennedy years, and I don't think caroline went to school yet when her Dad was assassinated.. (she may have had a private tutor)

[yardwork]

12. Good choice. Very good school.