by Ashley Gray | May 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.” ― Maya Angelou There is no doubt that the past year has changed all of us. It has changed us in ways that we recognize now and in ways that will continue to unfold for years to come....
by Dr. Penina Bukiet | May 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
It’s been a year like no other. There finally appears to be some end of the pandemic in sight, and many are feeling optimistic but also cautious about what lies ahead. How do we move forward from such a harrowing experience? Where do we go from here? Maslow’s...
by Maureen Krane, R.N. | May 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
As we approach the end of the school year, I’ve received inquiries about our annual health exam requirement. At this point, your Magnus portal most likely started to email you with reminders to schedule your child’s health exam. Magnus will also remind you to update...
by Technology Teachers Quin Charity and Diana Sanchez | May 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
All first and second grades are finishing the year with great coding and hands-on activities! On campus, first graders just completed an invention based on their response to Rosie Revere, Engineer. In the last cycle, they created a Scratch Jr. response to the book as...
by Janet Garcia-Levitas | May 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
This month, students in Señora García-Levitas’s kindergarten and third grade classes celebrated Cinco de Mayo. Students learned that Cinco de Mayo celebrates Mexico’s unlikely victory against the French at the Battle of Puebla in 1862, during the Franco-Mexican War....
by Mary Heveran and Lisa Dove | May 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
Ladies and Gentlemen, presenting … (drumroll please) … 5th Grade Original Opera: Covid Edition! We are thrilled to announce not one, but four original operas by the 5th graders at Dwight Englewood School! Pandemic restrictions threw many obstacles at the...
by Preschool 3 | Apr 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
Preschool-3 virtual students began honing their consciousness of safe-guarding our Earth early in February. We had many conversations about the need for clean water. The students practiced virtually removing debris from lakes while reinforcing letter sounds. In the...
by Ericka Collado | Apr 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
Under the premise that health is life, our fourth and fifth graders are exploring what makes us healthy inside out, through perspectives of the Spanish-speaking world and our own. After learning about nutritional practices in places like Argentina in South America and...
by Ali De Jarnett | Apr 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
As campus transitions from winter to spring, the 5th grade has been soaking up all the sunshine during Science class. The students have sparked imaginative discussions in class about our cosmic neighbors in the solar system. Scientists are currently discovering new...
by D-E 360° | Apr 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
We’ve figured out how to get out and be safe TOGETHER! Come out to enjoy a relaxing “night hike” at Flat Rock Brook Nature Center – exclusively for the Lower School families of Dwight Englewood School. Reflecting our COVID safety protocols, each hike will host a...
