Highlands, The
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Sidwell Friends School is a private, college preparatory, Quaker school located in Bethesda, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., offering pre-kindergarten through high school classes. Founded in 1883 by Thomas W. Sidwell, its motto is "Eluceat omnibus lux" (English: Let the light shine out from all), alluding to the Quaker concept of inward light. The school is private with a merit-based admissions process. As documented on the school's website, it gives preference in admissions decisions to members of the Religious Society of Friends, but otherwise does not discriminate on the basis of religion. Sidwell "accepts only 7 percent of its applicants." The school accepts vouchers under the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program. The school has educated children of notable politicians, including those of several presidents. President Theodore Roosevelt's son Archibald, President Richard Nixon's daughters Tricia and Julie when he was Vice President, President Bill Clinton's daughter Chelsea, President Barack Obama's daughters Sasha and Malia, President Joe Biden's grandchildren when he was Vice President and Vice President Al Gore's son, Albert III, all attended Sidwell Friends.
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Highlands, The was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 16, 1972.
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Highlands, The is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.
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The period of significance for Highlands, The is recorded as the industrial era.
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