Politics | 11/18/2008 1:15 pm
Developing: Obama Girls Attending Georgetown Day School? (Update)

We may know where Sasha and Malia Obama, 7 and 10, will be attending school come January!
A tipster just revealed to us that future First Lady Michelle Obama and her two daughters are currently in DC doing two things: one, picking out their bedrooms in the White House, and two, putting the finishing touches on enrollment at the prestigious private school, Georgetown Day School.
Founded in 1945, the school says it’s "dedicated to providing a supportive educational atmosphere in which teachers challenge the intellectual, creative and physical abilities of our students and foster strength of character and concern for others," according to their website. GDS has grown from a school of seven students to a pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade school with more than 1,000 students and a faculty of 165 on two separate five-acre campuses in Washington, DC. It was the first integrated school in the District of Columbia.
Alumni include the novelist Jonathan Safran Foer, law professor Jamin Raskin and our very own Judith Martin!
Our calls to the school’s public relations department were not immediately returned, but we’ll keep you posted.
Update: Well, the Associated Press reports this afternoon that the Obama girls, as well as Mrs. Obama and her mother, did in fact pop into the White House to pick out their new bedrooms. And First Lady Laura Bush was more than happy to have them. Mrs. Obama’s spokeswoman, Katie McCormick Lelyveld, remarked: "The first lady graciously invited Mrs. Obama, her mother and the girls to visit what will be their new home. Of course, Mrs. Obama greatly appreciated this invitation to provide an opportunity for the girls to feel at home and become comfortable in this transition process."
It’s also been confirmed that Sasha and Malia toured some schools today. While there’s speculation the future first children may attend Sidwell Friends school, our source, who happens to be close to the President-elect’s inner circle, insists the Obama children will be go to Georgetown Day School because that institution’s academics more closely resemble the education they’ve been receiving in Chicago.






















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