By Fiona Cohen ’19 D-E students reveled in an extra special Spirit Week this year, one that involved both fun competition and fundraising for an international aid organization with far-reaching impact. All three divisions of the School participated in events to support the work of Save the Children. Spirit Week Chair Emily Nebens ’19 rallied [Read More]
The School honored the legacy of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., this year through a traditional assembly program for students and service day open to all D-E families. A powerful song sung by Britney Jara ’19 kicked off the January 11 Upper School MLK Assembly, which provided ample opportunities for students to celebrate [Read More]
Our School Mission inspires community members to “meet the challenges of a changing world and make it better.” The D-E gardens, particularly the Netty Coyte Teaching Garden adjacent to the Upper School parking lot on the eastern border of the campus, is a wonderful visible manifestation of that phrase. Through all four seasons, garden initiatives [Read More]
Consistent with D-E’s mission to “meet the challenges of a changing world and make it better,” students and faculty/staff from all three divisions of the School participated earlier this spring in the annual Green Cup Challenge and supported D-E’s garden and greenhouse resources, learning new skills and concepts and helping others in the process. D-E [Read More]
When First Presbyterian Church of Englewood had a huge fire on March 22, the smoke damage extended to FPPK, the church’s preschool and kindergarten. D-E Lower School’s third grade students then decided to donate music instruments through their yearlong service learning project, Third Graders Making a Difference.
Best-selling authors Jessica Lahey and Julie Lythcott-Haims were the featured authors in this year’s BookTalk event, hosted by the Parents’ Association.
The Upper School HOPE (Helping Out People Everywhere) club was active in late winter and early spring, sponsoring two clothing-related events to help others.
Between February 29 and March 11, Dwight-Englewood School collected more the 20 boxes—some 2,000 books—as part of a fourth annual book drive for Project Cicero Northern New Jersey, an organization that provides new and gently used books to local schools. Caroline Lobel ’18 and Ethan Hunter ’18 spearheaded D-E’s efforts. Many volunteers helped by putting [Read More]
D-E’s AIDS Awareness club hosted a fundraising banquet on March 2. Two of the event’s co-organizers, Harrison Platt ’17 and Sophia Kim ’16, acted as emcees for the night, which featured music from Tim Holt ’17, Julia Braverman ’17, and Amanda Haroutunian ’17, who performed individually and then sang together. The set included “Hollow” by [Read More]
A Mindfulness Forum Enrichment Session sponsored by D-E 360° was held in early March. “Offering a special session for both students and parents on mindfulness is a great example of how we can follow through on our school mission of ’life-long learning’—by paying attention to a person’s complete mindset,” notes Dr. Sherronda Brown, program director [Read More]
On March 5, eighth graders from Dwight-Englewood came out in great numbers to participate in a skate-a-thon sponsored by Friends of John Wright Arena-Mackay Ice Rink in Englewood.
How many independent schools in NJ can say that 100% of their electricity in 2016 will come from renewable energy sources like wind & solar power? Just one: D-E.
D-E’s Health and Wellness Team—composed of several Middle and Upper School Physical Education faculty—hosted the first-ever Wellness Week January 4 to 8 as a way to get the students and faculty excited about coming back to school after the long holiday break.
The 2015 Hispanic Heritage Month Assembly for both the Middle and Upper Schools was held on October 7, 2015, featuring nine stories of several Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Check out the updates on D-E’s Green and Sustainability initiatives that took place this Fall 2015!
This spring, a group of fifth grade students organized and implemented a fundraiser for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Toward the end of the 2014-2015 school year, one 7th grade advisory decided to organize a fundraiser for the nonprofit Vision for Haiti.
Our third grade embarked on a monthly initiative to help different causes — local, regional and national — this year, where they dedicated themselves to making an impact and concurrently flexing their traits muscles.
Two members of the D-E community were honored by the Flat Rock Brook Nature Association in Englewood at its biennial Recognition Dinner and Auction this spring for outstanding volunteers and community support.
For the month of January, third graders to use some “elbow grease” to help others in the form of a Third Graders Making a Difference Job-a-Thon to purchase suggested items of need for the Bergen Family Center.
Upper School student clubs CODES (Community Outreach for Dwight-Englewood School) and HOPE (Helping Out People Everywhere) co-led an Edgewater Disaster Relief Donations Drive that was organized to assist family victims of the fire at the Avalon apartment complex in Edgewater on January 21.
Our “Third Graders Making a Difference” program this year is a great way to observe the School’s new “eight traits” initiative in action.
Grade 5 students Eila Nambiar ’22, Brianna Sorkin ’22 and Lana Stenmark ’22 organized an Autism Speaks fundraiser that culminated in a successful bake sale and an entertaining, fast-paced soccer game with D-E seniors on Leggett Field.
D-E participated in the Green Schools Alliance’s (GSA) Global Green Cup Recycle Challenge for the first time this past fall, from Nov. 3-21 and Dec. 1-5.
From 2 to 6 pm on a chilly Nov. 13, Middle School students and parents of the DIG (Dwight-Englewood in the Garden) class joined members of the new Parents’ Association volunteer group D-E Garden Project for the group’s first Work Day. Their focus – the Lower School (LS) Garden’s beds.
Contributed by CODES co-leaders Matthew Waltman ‘16 and Olivia D’Alessandro ‘15 It’s only three months since school began, but CODES (Community Outreach at Dwight-Englewood School) has already had a productive run of events, from tutoring to club traditions like decorating the Children’s Ward of Englewood Hospital for Halloween. GET (Grieco Elementary Tutoring) is in its second [Read More]
The Bulldog Classic always features an alumni speaker who was a financial aid recipient and student athlete while at D-E. This year it was Sean Larry Stevens ’06, an Englewood native who broke School records as a cross country and track runner. How would you characterize your D-E experience? At first, attending Dwight-Englewood was not [Read More]
Third grade teachers Ms. Blaustein and Miss Sussmann have developed a community service program called “Third Graders Making a Difference.” This is a year-long program that engages students in actively caring for members of the local and global community.
Contributed by Upper School Principal Joe Algrant On a day when most of the Upper School students were taking standardized tests, the Class of 2015 was off campus working in the service of others. The class divided into groups for the morning and participated in one of four projects at four different venues: interacting with [Read More]