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Our Stories
![Our Global Concert Celebrated 150 Years and Sparked New Horizons]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1678810702/dwightnewyork/cnkl1rhdcwhn9mlnrnqt/2023-02-23-GlobalConcert-660.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1678810702/dwightnewyork/cnkl1rhdcwhn9mlnrnqt/2023-02-23-GlobalConcert-660.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1678810702/dwightnewyork/cnkl1rhdcwhn9mlnrnqt/2023-02-23-GlobalConcert-660.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1678810702/dwightnewyork/cnkl1rhdcwhn9mlnrnqt/2023-02-23-GlobalConcert-660.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1678810702/dwightnewyork/cnkl1rhdcwhn9mlnrnqt/2023-02-23-GlobalConcert-660.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1678810702/dwightnewyork/cnkl1rhdcwhn9mlnrnqt/2023-02-23-GlobalConcert-660.jpg","width":2200}])
Our 2023 Dwight Schools Global Concert marked many seminal moments: the return to our annual music festival in person in New York after three years, Dwight’s milestone 150th anniversary, and the beginning of our School’s next chapter.
![As Lady Macbeth, Mia Rasmussen ’25 Wins Our 2023 Shakespeare Competition!]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1677773344/dwightnewyork/yy4p4earcx3or9hdipbo/NationalShakespeareCompetition202364in.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1677773344/dwightnewyork/yy4p4earcx3or9hdipbo/NationalShakespeareCompetition202364in.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1677773344/dwightnewyork/yy4p4earcx3or9hdipbo/NationalShakespeareCompetition202364in.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1677773344/dwightnewyork/yy4p4earcx3or9hdipbo/NationalShakespeareCompetition202364in.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1677773344/dwightnewyork/yy4p4earcx3or9hdipbo/NationalShakespeareCompetition202364in.png","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1677773344/dwightnewyork/yy4p4earcx3or9hdipbo/NationalShakespeareCompetition202364in.png","width":1800}])
When a dozen talented Dwight high school students faced off in the finals of this year’s Shakespeare Competition, sparks were flying! After grade-wide and semi-final rounds, they had impressed their English teachers, landing them in the culminating round and making it difficult for the judges to select a school-wide winner.
![Polina Nikitina ’23 Shares Her Voice and Champions Her Home Country]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1677079228/dwightnewyork/r0uobck64falycpceocp/1.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1677079228/dwightnewyork/r0uobck64falycpceocp/1.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1677079228/dwightnewyork/r0uobck64falycpceocp/1.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1677079228/dwightnewyork/r0uobck64falycpceocp/1.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1677079228/dwightnewyork/r0uobck64falycpceocp/1.png","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1677079228/dwightnewyork/r0uobck64falycpceocp/1.png","width":2000}])
Senior Polina Nikitina, a singer, songwriter, and accomplished musician new to Dwight this year, brought her impressive talent and spark to campus — and in very short order galvanized attention for her passion project entitled “Gotham.”
In the News
![WPIX Channel 11 News Features Dwight Lions Helping New York’s Homeless Get Back on Their Feet]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1600282965/dwightnewyork/isqox7xoyg0ssn8kcdbc/solepurpose2020.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1600282965/dwightnewyork/isqox7xoyg0ssn8kcdbc/solepurpose2020.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1600282965/dwightnewyork/isqox7xoyg0ssn8kcdbc/solepurpose2020.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1600282965/dwightnewyork/isqox7xoyg0ssn8kcdbc/solepurpose2020.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1600282965/dwightnewyork/isqox7xoyg0ssn8kcdbc/solepurpose2020.png","width":1340}])
The volunteer work that Dwight students are doing to make a difference in the lives of homeless New Yorkers captured the attention of legendary journalist Marvin Scott at WPIX Channel 11!
![Meet the Teenagers Striking with Greta Thunberg for Climate Justice]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1570544338/dwightnewyork/na4pwuk1ijcwehdjajlq/greatbigthumbnail.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1570544338/dwightnewyork/na4pwuk1ijcwehdjajlq/greatbigthumbnail.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1570544338/dwightnewyork/na4pwuk1ijcwehdjajlq/greatbigthumbnail.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1570544338/dwightnewyork/na4pwuk1ijcwehdjajlq/greatbigthumbnail.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1570544338/dwightnewyork/na4pwuk1ijcwehdjajlq/greatbigthumbnail.png","width":1532}])
CNN Great Big Story followed Dwight student Alessandro Dal Bon '21, and fellow teen activists leading the global climate strike in New York City, on the day itself: September 20, 2019.
![Hidden Heroes: NYC twins ready to change the world]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1553189310/dwightnewyork/dyzg85xx1qw5udggmbn4/twins.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1553189310/dwightnewyork/dyzg85xx1qw5udggmbn4/twins.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1553189310/dwightnewyork/dyzg85xx1qw5udggmbn4/twins.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1553189310/dwightnewyork/dyzg85xx1qw5udggmbn4/twins.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1553189310/dwightnewyork/dyzg85xx1qw5udggmbn4/twins.png","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1553189310/dwightnewyork/dyzg85xx1qw5udggmbn4/twins.png","width":1618}])
ABC7 NY Eyewitness News spotlighted Dwight eleventh-grade twins Isolde and Stephane Hatgis-Kessell and their individual efforts to change the world.
