Authors recently visited our Middle School (MS) to enrich current units of study. Seventh graders hosted a Q&A session with award-winning author Reyna Grande, whose memoir, “The Distance Between Us,” is central to their cross-curricular Anatomy of a Human Project....
D-E rang in the Lunar New Year with dynamic assembly performances and a jubilant celebration in the Wharton Lessin Dining Hall, graciously facilitated by our Asian American, Chinese, and Korean Parent Affinity Groups. Festivities began in the Lower School (LS) with...
In a beloved D-E tradition, this week our Lower School (LS) Kindergarten and 1st Grade students tugged at heartstrings during their Valentine’s Chorus Concerts for families. Hajjar Auditorium was decked with red, pink, and white balloon displays and paper hearts with...
The D-E 360° Lower School Chess Team continues its winning streak with a fantastic showing at the recent Scholastic (K-9) Grand Prix, hosted in the D-E STEM Center. Players came from a wide range of schools across New Jersey and New York, and 28 students from D-E...
Upper School (US) students in our Economics and Business Finance classes recently took a field trip to the Federal Bank of New York. “While there, they listened to a lecture on basic monetary policy and the role the central bank plays in managing the economy,” said US...
CHEERS & CONGRATS to Leo Colosimo ‘26!!! Courtside dreams came true last night when Leo Colosimo ’26 scored his 1,000th career point in the Myrna B. Sherman Gym, where D-E’s Boys Varsity Basketball Team faced the Hackensack Comets. Congratulations to Leo on this...
During their recent Lower School Assembly, the LS community celebrated Black History Month with storytelling, personal anecdotes, poetry, and a dance performance! The assembly began with a video featuring a reading of “That Swingin’ Sound,” a story about the musical...
CHEERS to D-E’s All-School Math Problem, a long-time tradition and cross-divisional activity! This year’s problem focused on symmetry, with a theme apropos for the lead-up to Valentine’s Day—cutting out (and folding) paper hearts! Ms. Patti Barrett, Chair of...
TEDxDwight-Englewood School 2026 is almost here! The production team is hard at work getting ready for the second-annual event, being held on Thursday, February 19, at 6 PM in Hajjar Auditorium. This year’s event once again features D-E Upper School student presenters speaking on the theme of “Learning Unbound: Igniting the Future,” with a mission of “sharing ideas worth spreading.” Featured speakers are Cooper Carragher-Haim ’26, Megan Rhee ’29, Arnav Garg ’28, Kylie Karageozian ’27, Jason Lee ’27, and Tyler Pinniger ’27. Learn more about the event by clicking the link in our bio!
Earlier this winter, the School hosted a “Life After D-E” Young Alumni Panel Discussion in Hajjar Auditorium, during which graduates of the Classes of 2021-2025 shared with us how D-E has impacted their lives in college and beyond. As articulated by these young alumni, our Upper School students have opportunities to explore their passions and choose their own path as they move into the world. To read their reflections on what sets D-E apart from other schools and why they will always have a home, a community, at Dwight-Englewood, click the link in our bio!