Beyond the Classroom
There have been so many opportunities over the past few months for our students, faculty/staff, and families to enjoy learning experiences far beyond the confines of the classroom. This is all thanks to robust, exciting student life and community service initiatives. From our youngest students involved in Affinity Group-led diversity awareness assembly programs and being mentored in hands-on STEM workshops… to Middle and Upper School student leaders of clubs that are focused on the arts, identity, community service and specific interest areas … our mission is fully in action through D-E’s co-curricular offerings.
The D-E Garden Club, Jazz Rock, INSPIRE ( Introducing New Solutions to Promote Integrity & Respect Everywhere), WISE (Women in STEM Education), JADE (Jewish Awareness at D-E); GSA (Gender & Sexuality Awareness) and Spoonies ( a club dedicated to raising awareness about Chronic Illness) are just a few examples of clubs that have made a wonderful, positive impact on the School over the past few months.
The photos here provide just a sampling of these activities; please see the following pages for more specific examples of our students doing their part to ‘make it better’ through fundraising programs including V-Day 2023 and Art in Action, and affinity group activities celebrating differences.
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 ’55
We are saddened to report the passing of Clare Russell Gregorian on 4/28/208. Below is the obituary that was published in The Providence Journal on Apr. 30, 2018 “Carnegie Corporation of New York, its board of trustees and staff, mourn the death of Clare Russell...
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...
D-E ’01
Alicia Menendez is one of the correspondents in the new public affairs PBS program, Amanpour and Company, that launched its late night program this past September. Check it out!!!