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In Spark Tank — which is deeply aligned with our School mission to ignite the spark of genius in every child — we fuel innovation for young student-entrepreneurs, who pursue their passion projects.
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We’re delighted to announce that a game-changing HeadStart ONLINE School partnership has been forged with the International Tennis Federation (ITF) World Tennis Tour Juniors.
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We saw the return last spring of our grade 6 leadership dinners, under the mentorship of restaurateur and Dwight alumnus Jacob Hadjigeorgis ’02, who began mentoring our students through this program in 2016.
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In Spark Tank — which is deeply aligned with our School mission to ignite the spark of genius in every child — we fuel innovation for young student-entrepreneurs, who pursue their passion projects.
We’re delighted to announce that a game-changing HeadStart ONLINE School partnership has been forged with the International Tennis Federation (ITF) World Tennis Tour Juniors.
We saw the return last spring of our grade 6 leadership dinners, under the mentorship of restaurateur and Dwight alumnus Jacob Hadjigeorgis ’02, who began mentoring our students through this program in 2016.
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A mighty congratulations to our Middle School pride of World Scholar’s Cup participants for their exceptional performance in the recent global round of the competition in London!
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Grab a towel and head to the beach for some summer reading!
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The 2022-23 year was truly one for the record books for our Volleyball program.
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In a time-honored academic tradition, seniors turned their tassels from right to left and the Class of 2023 became our newest alumni!
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It takes a global network to solve global problems — and that’s what Dwight tapped into for our first-ever Sparkathon, a 48-hour design competition for students across all of our campuses.
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With one playoff championship title, three regular-season championship titles, four NYSAIS appearances, and six league playoff appearances, our Dwight Lions definitely made their mark this Spring!