The culminating phase of Sidwell Friends’ Together We Shine campaign will not only reunify the campus for the first time in more than 60 years, it will transform the Harrison Building into an inspiring, light-filled Lower School.
Upper School science teacher Emily Boyer will be the inaugural endowed Melanie C. Fields Faculty Chair in Environmental and Life Sciences.
The Upton Campus groundbreaking brought together more than 200 members of the Sidwell community to celebrate the success of the “Together We Shine” campaign.
Opening in Fall 2026, the new Upper School embodies Sidwell Friends’ dedication to sustainability, wellness, and Quaker values, with a design informed by student input and a strong commitment to environmental stewardship.
The impact of the Together We Shine campaign has begun.
Sidwell Friends School’s endowment is now at a record high value thanks to the generosity of our community and effective investment management.
Long-held dream of campus unification moves closer.
In conversation with Jane Sherburne P ’98, ’01, ’05, GP ’33, ’36
Through a planned gift, Petie Subin ’61’s belief in the power of theater will endure at Sidwell Friends.
The reasons alumni, current and former parents, current and former grandparents, and teachers volunteer at Sidwell Friends vary more than one might think.
