Beyond Academics: Supporting a Holistic Learning Environment at D-E
In this issue, Michelle Carstens-Potts, Chair of the Health and Wellness Department; Dr. Danny Carragher, Chair of the Human Development Department; and Lisa Wittner, Director of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), discuss their roles and the programs they implement.
In our next issue, Part II of this series will feature conversations with members of our Student Support Leadership Team, including Dr. Deirdre O’Malley, Director of Counseling Services, and Marc Gladstone, Lead Learning Specialist. Interviews have been lightly edited for length and clarity.
ESB 1970
Joe Cervieri was re-elected as Councilman of Fort Lee, NJ.
ESB 1969
Peter Balakian spoke at the Final Session of the Armenia symposium at the Metropolitan Art Museum on November 3 . His subject was The Ruins of Ani: From Sacred Landscape to Political Soil. Peter Balakian is a poet and author as well as the Donald M. and Constance...
D-E 1997
Acclaimed by the New York Times as a “deeply expressive violinist,” Harumi Rhodes has gained broad recognition as a multifaceted musician with a distinctive and sincere musical voice. Her generosity of spirit on stage is contagious, making her one of the...
Dwight 1972
Melissa Mettler Abrams writes, "Looks like my husband, Brown, has finally found a buyer for his company. That means that we can finally have some more time for travel. Haley, our older daughter, is getting her Master's in Social Work. Cece is working for Brown at...
Dwight 1956
Whitney Peters Keen writes, "My sister Carolyn Peters Schoonmaker '58, came up from Florida for my un-birthday. she sold her house in Connecticut. Fred and I went on a cruise from Moscow to St. Petersburg. Then we spent a few days in Helsinki with friends and then...
ESB 1940
DeWitt "Dick" Clinton Jones III, a longtime Falmouth educator, community leader and World War II veteran, died at his home on February 3. Mr. Jones, who was known as Dick, was 96. He was the husband of Margaret (Hanna) Jones, to whom he was married for 65 years. Mr....
DWIGHT ’62
Marcia Tondel Davis and Adrienne Milton Ferrell sent this reflection in from their mini-reunion in Nantucket, MA. We are each just home after a 20th informal class reunion, held by and for the Dwight School Class of ’62, one of us in San Diego, and the other in Brill,...
ESB ’68
Laurin Herr’s update, “Born and raised in New Jersey, I began my martial arts training in 1971 at Cornell University by taking up Judo to fulfill my compulsory physical education requirements for graduation. After a few months learning Judo basics, a visiting Japanese...
D-E ’74
A note from former faculty member and coach , Vince Delalla, “Lunch with Bart "Major League" Purcell in Stonington, Connecticut - October 1, 2018 Bart Purchell was the senior captain of the varsity baseball team I coached at Dwight Englewood School in 1974, my first...
D-E ’76
Northeastern University Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Miriam Leeser '76 was selected for a Fulbright award at Maynooth University and the CONNECT Centre, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland to study wireless and networking technology with...