In celebration of Lunar New Year, the Chinese Parent Affinity Group hosted a dumpling-making (and eating!) event for the Upper School last week. Students learned how to fill and crimp vegetable and chicken dumplings as our Cater to You staff boiled them and brought...
In honor of the Lunar New Year coming up on February 10, our Upper School East Asian Affinity Group, Korean Culture Club, Chinese Culture Club, & others hosted a Lunar New Year Celebration Assembly. We began with an outstanding dragon and kung fu dance by our...
What a great way to wrap up a curriculum unit! 6th Graders concluded their academic Identity Unit earlier this week in a “D-Elicious” (and thoughtful) way. The students first shared personal presentations – candid reflections centering on their identity including...
In light of the annual Diwali holiday, D-E’s South Asian Parent & Guardian Affinity Group (PGAG) this year hosted a series of wonderful programs for our students and faculty/staff in all three divisions. In the Lower School, parent volunteers provided hands-on...
Assembly programs held in all three divisions help to promote understanding as our differences are both highlighted and celebrated. Within the first week of the new 2023-2024 school year, the Lower School gathered for a special opening assembly. Ms. Simone Henry...
Dear Dwight-Englewood School Families: In my four months here, I am already moved by the centrality of the school’s mission and how it calls us to community. Nevertheless, recent weeks have exposed the difficulty of genuinely being together in a remarkably diverse...
Now having nearly concluded one full year as a D-E DEIB-focused offering, the “Leaders for Equity and Diversity” (LEAD) Program has evolved into an opportunity for students to not only encourage more open communication about DEIB within the school community, but also...
The D-E Middle School has been taking great strides to inspire diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) within the classrooms and community throughout this year and beyond. The values of DEIB are crucial to supporting all students at D-E; according to Ms....
The Neurodivergent Affinity Club’s mission is to educate and inspire change. Founder and leader Red Nochomovitz ’25 “hope[s] to bring awareness about [neurodivergence]. . . to make the school more inclusive and [to build] a safe environment for everyone no matter how...
According to one of South Asian Affinity’s student leaders, Sujan Munver ’23, “affinity spaces are a fundamental item to create a sense of belonging”. Not only is the group a space for students who share a specific identity, but it is also a “safe environment” that...