About Us

Sidwell Summer has been providing enriching summer experiences to students from all over the greater Washington, DC area since 1939.  Our participants come from over 22 different states and 10 countries and attend over 100 different schools.  This diversity enriches our programs which individually still retain small ‘homebase’, class, or workshop sizes.  Today Sidwell Summer consists of fifteen different programs with sessions over eleven weeks.  Our day programs are based on our Bethesda (Lower School) or Wisconsin Avenue (Middle and Upper School) campuses.  The overnight programs are located at two wonderful facilities directly on the water and our trips take participants on amazing adventures.  Our staff includes teachers, college and high school students, professionals, and generally fun people.

Please look at the many wonderful programs Sidwell Summer offers by browsing our program pages, searching by age or topic, or contacting us by phone or e-mail.  Our administrative team consists of five professionals with over 50 years of combined summer experience and we love ‘thinking summer’ all year long.  We look forward to sharing Sidwell Summer with you.

We also offer Spring Break programs.