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Jeff Biggers: Sunday Bloggers Act: Top Ten List on Why President Obama Must Visit Appalachia and Launch War for Green ... (The Huffington Post) (huffingtonpost.com) - June 28, 2009
(Bloggers across the nation are making a joint request this Sunday: It is time for President Barack Obama and CEQ chief Nancy Sutley to make...

The last word: Washington’s new power game (The Week) (theweek.com) - June 26, 2009
Congressmen are practicing their jumpers, and bureaucrats are hunting pickup games. A president who hoops, says ESPN.com’s Wright Thompson, can do that to a town.

Michelle Obama shifts to more substantive policy role (Everett Herald) (heraldnet.com) - June 25, 2009
WASHINGTON -- For weeks, Michelle Obama had been telling her staff and closest confidantes that she wasn't having the impact she wanted. She is a woman of substance, with a background in law, public p…

Fashion Forward: Beyonce looks dashing in 'Clara' dress (USA Today) (usatoday.com) - June 24, 2009
This week: At the airport with Beyonce, stylishly, and new designs online.

Changes greet new football season (The Herald-Mail) (herald-mail.com) - June 22, 2009
In 53 days Aug. 15 to be exact prep football teams in Maryland will begin preseason practices for the 2009 campaign.

President Delivers Exhortation to Fathers (The Tuscaloosa News) (tuscaloosanews.com) - June 20, 2009
HELENE COOPER President Obama spoke with teenagers and community leaders at the White House, emphasizing the importance of mentors and father figures for young people.

Obama: Fathers play important role in kids' lives (Seattle Times) (seattletimes.nwsource.com) - June 20, 2009
President Obama donned his father-in-chief hat Friday, devoting much of his afternoon to emphasizing the importance of mentors and father...

Public golf offers outlet in nation’s capital (The Washington DC Examiner) (washingtonexaminer.com) - June 18, 2009
Paul Killebrew received an interesting call from Langston Golf Course a few years back. “The mower’s down,” a Langston worker told Killebrew, managing partner of Golf Course Specialists Inc., which ru…

Beyonce Boards Private Jet - webcastr.com (webcastr.com) - July 04, 2009
Obamas Chose Private Sidwell Friends School Barack and Michelle Obama have chosen Sidwell Friends School for their two daughters. The... more · Private Practice: Jay Harrington Jay Harrington, Dr. Wya…

Negotiation is Over: Go Vegan or Die!: Obama's Holocaust (negotiationisover.blogspot.com) - July 03, 2009
Obama's children are afforded healthy plant-based options in their private school, Sidwell Friends, yet he refuses to step forward and create the same options for America's children. Obama has been in…

Merrily we roll along (blog.mattkinnaman.com) - June 30, 2009
Education: Why does President Obama refuse to support the Washington DC school choice program that minorities are lined up to get in to, while his own children attend the expensive Sidwell Friends Sch…

Got Game? (malcolmtravers.blogspot.com) - June 29, 2009
This is the moment: A spring Sunday on the leafy campus of Sidwell Friends School. In the school's gym, a group of middle-aged men—most of whom have been friends for decades—get ready to play basketba…

Sidwell Friends Middle School (flickr.com) - June 27, 2009
isaiahk posted a photo: Sidwell Friends Middle School.

Tom Brokaw, Wesley Clark, Tom Daschle, Obama sister, Sidwell ... (24ahead.com) - June 18, 2009
Deborah Harmon ("Since 2002, Ms. Harmon has served on the Board of Trustees for Sidwell Friends School (SFS) in Washington, DC, and is Chairperson of Sidwell's Investment Committee." Sidwell is where…

Pruned: The Wetland Machine of Sidwell (pruned.blogspot.com) - June 05, 2009
Reading an ASLA interview of Jose Alminana, a principal at Andropogon Associates, we were reminded that Sidwell Friends School, the Quaker school of choice for the Obamas, the Clintons, the Gores, the…

Job Opening: K-12 Education: Middle School Director of Academic ... (career.iste.org) - June 03, 2009
Job position for Middle School Director of Academic Technology with Sidwell Friends School.

Just added myself to http://alumtweet.com - Sidwell Friends School '07 and Boston College '11 - July 01, 2009

Made it to DC, good time at Sidwell Friends with Gary and his friends. Next stop NECC and Malcolm Gladwell - June 28, 2009

Stuck out at the sidwell friends school. Apparently all the cabs have taken the day off - June 28, 2009

At @garystager's Constructivist Celebration @ Sidwell Friends School, Wash DC. Internet spotty, but so far good content! #ccdc09 #necc09 - June 28, 2009

Looking around at tweeting via weak network here at Sidwell Friends. I can get intermittant aircard signal, but the iPhone is a bust #CCDC09 - June 28, 2009

Frustrated that there is no Internet at my table here at Sidwell Friends School ... Can see Internet two tables over #NECC09 - June 28, 2009

.@garystager "we've swamped the Sidwell Friends School open wifi - consider today an intervention" #necc09 #ccdc09 - June 28, 2009

wifi is very poor here at Sidwell Friends School for #ccdc09 #necc09 - @mcleod needs a mac so he can share our cell phone network! - June 28, 2009

Gitmo breakthrough, Terrorists to be held at Sidwell Friends - January 26, 2009
Why not ?

Obama Girls Start at Their New School, Sidwell Friends - was - January 06, 2009
It's hard enough to be the New Kid transferring midyear into any school in a new town, but consider some of the special scrutiny visited upon young Malia and Sasha Obama yesterday as they started clas…

What's It Like to be a Black Kid at Sidwell Friends? - December 18, 2008
Two Sidwell Friends alumni give an idea as to what some of the challenges might be for the Obama girls attending Sidwell Friends.

Obama Girls to Enroll at Sidwell Friends - November 22, 2008
Barack and Michelle Obama have decided to send their daughters, 10-year-old Malia and 7-year-old Sasha, to the Sidwell Friends School, an elite and very expensive private school in Washington D.C.

The Caucus: And the Winner Is … Sidwell Friends - November 22, 2008
After a school search that inspired weeks of frenzied speculation among parents in the nation’s capital, the Obamas announced they will send their two daughters to Sidwell Friends School.

Obama Girls Will Go To Sidwell Friends - November 22, 2008
Continuing a tradition among Washington's power elite, President-elect Barack Obama and his wife have decided to send their kids to Sidwell Friends School. Michelle Obama confirmed yesterday that Mali…

Sidwell Friends is Obama Daughters’ School - November 21, 2008
The Sidwell Friends School in Washington DC is considered one of the best private schools in the city and on the short list for the Obama’s consideration. In fact, the Obamas didn’t even pretend to co…

Sidwell Friends School Washington DC Obama Malia Sasha - November 21, 2008
So where do the sons and daughters of those occupying the highest office in the land go to? Not your regular public schools. But high priced expensive tuition taking schools. And Sidwell Friends Schoo…

Secretary Duncan wants D.C. kids to keep vouchers - USATODAY.com (usatoday.com) - May 03, 2009
Wonders why Obama is pushing for school vouchers. http://usat.me/?34329680 [from http://twitter.com/HenryDubb/statuses/1284649324]

Why Sasha and Malia Will Go to Sidwell Friends (feeds.feedburner.com) - November 24, 2008
The Obamas picked a prominent Quaker school for their girls, and it is a good match for their spiritual and philosophical outlook

A Green Star for Sidwell Friends - washingtonpost.com (washingtonpost.com) - April 29, 2007

Architects name 10 best 'green' buildings - Environment - MSNBC.com (msnbc.msn.com) - April 26, 2007

sylvia martinez: Stuck out at the sidwell friends school. Apparently all the cabs have taken the day off (twitter.com) - June 28, 2009
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sylvia martinez: Stuck out at the sidwell friends school. Apparently all the cabs have taken the day off (twitter.com) - June 28, 2009
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At @garystager's Constructivist Celebration @ Sidwell Friends School, Wash DC. Internet spotty, but so far good content! #ccdc09 #necc09 (twitter.com) - June 28, 2009
Iowa At @garystager's Constructivist Celebration @ Sidwell Friends School, Wash DC. Internet spotty, but so far good content! #ccdc09 #necc09 - http://twitter.com/mcleod... June 28 from near:iowa wit…

Chris Champion: .@garystager "we've swamped the Sidwell Friends School open wifi - consider today an intervention" #necc09 #ccdc09 (twitter.com) - June 28, 2009
Chris Champion .@garystager "we've swamped the Sidwell Friends School open wifi - consider today an intervention" #necc09 #ccdc09 June 28 from Twitter - Comment - Like

Wesley: wifi is very poor here at Sidwell Friends School for #ccdc09 #necc09 - @mcleod needs a mac so he can share our cell phone network! (twitter.com) - June 28, 2009
Wesley wifi is very poor here at Sidwell Friends School for #ccdc09 #necc09 - @mcleod needs a mac so he can share our cell phone network! June 28 from Twitter - Comment - Like

Chris Champion: At Sidwell Friends School for the Constructivist Celebration - walking in the light for the future of education #necc09 (twitter.com) - June 28, 2009
Chris Champion At Sidwell Friends School for the Constructivist Celebration - walking in the light for the future of education #necc09 June 28 from Twitter - Comment - Like

Chris Champion: Headed to bed - up at 7 for Constructivist Celebration at Sidwell Friends School tomorrow #necc09 (twitter.com) - June 27, 2009
Chris Champion Headed to bed - up at 7 for Constructivist Celebration at Sidwell Friends School tomorrow #necc09 June 27 from Twitter - Comment - Like

necc09: Constructivist Celebration @ NECC Sunday June 28th at Sidwell Friends School: http://www.constructivistconsortium.org/cc2009/index.html (twitter.com) - June 23, 2009
necc09 Constructivist Celebration @ NECC Sunday June 28th at Sidwell Friends School: http://www.constructivistconso... - http://twitter.com/CRSTECh... June 23 from necc09 OR necc - Twitter... - Comme…