Like their famous First Parents, Malia and Sasha Obama have also taken on a daunting new responsibility. As the nation’s First Kids, they must now endure the pressure of going through life with the whole world paying attention to their every move. After enrolling in their first day of school at Sidwell Friends in the Washington, D.C., community of Bethesda, Md., report cards, parent-teacher conferences and even slumber parties are now front-page news, quite a lot of pressure for a second- and fifth-grader. After leaving the hotel with their mother slightly after 7 a.m., Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, were whisked away in their motorcade as the cameras and crowds watched them leave.  They arrived at the school about a half-hour before school began and slipped inside a side entrance adjacent to Fannie Mae’s James A. Johnson Housing and Community Development Center.

 After school shopping for several weeks now and even considering a public school close to the White House, Barack and Michelle Obama have chosen the Sidwell Friends School for their two daughters to attend. It is a private Quaker school on Wisconsin Ave. in northwest Washington. Chelsea Clinton is an alum of the school. And both Attorney General nominee Eric Holder kids and Vice President-elect Joe Biden’s grandkids currently attend the school.  “A number of great schools were considered,” said Katie McCormick Lelyveld, a spokeswoman for Michelle Obama. “In the end, the Obamas selected the school that was the best fit for what their daughters need right now.” The school has promised privacy and security for the Obama kids.