Dwight Community

The Dwight School is like a great orchestra coordinating harmony among children from 37 countries. What makes Dwight special is an ability to harvest the rich resources of parents, alumni, teachers, and community to nourish a meaningful educational adventure for each student.

World class talent is found throughout the student body.

Dwight is an enterprising school and its students reflect that spirit. Dwight students have participated in school-sponsored expeditions to Costa Rica, Japan, the Czech Republic, Germany, Israel, Italy, Chile, Colombia, India, Peru, England, France, Spain, Ghana, and Kenya. Dwight students helped found a school for Tibetan refugees in Kalimpong, India. They adopted a school in Sri Lanka to help ease the plight of tsunami victims. World-class talent is found throughout the Dwight student body, from a published scientist to an Olympic fencer. How proud the community was when a sophomore won first prize in the National March of Dimes Essay Contest, when the Mock Trial team came in first among all independent schools in New York City, and when the improv theater troupe received one of only ten commendations at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the largest theater festival in the world. Most recently, our five-year relationship with Casuarinas College in Lima, Peru, resulted in our jointly constructing a nutritional training center for migrating Indian women and the construction of eight houses.

Parents often ask what Dwight looks for in an applicant. The answer is: an open-minded young person with a sincere desire to learn, and a spark of interest that can be fanned to illuminate the student’s full array of talents. Through the International Baccalaureate Program, Dwight’s goal is to educate internationally-minded individuals who will be caring, principled leaders. Dwight students and faculty strive to live that credo daily.