Dwight School
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291 Central Park West New York, New York 10024 United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°47′15″N 73°58′05″W / 40.78750°N 73.96806°WCoordinates: 40°47′15″N 73°58′05″W / 40.78750°N 73.96806°W |
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| Type | Independent, college preparatory school |
| Motto | Igniting the spark of genius in every child |
| Established | 1872 |
| Head of School | Dianne Drew |
| Teaching staff | 175.9 (FTE) |
| Grades | Preschool – 12 |
| Enrollment | 574 (2013–2014) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 3.3 |
| Color(s) | Blue and red |
| Mascot | Lion |
| Newspaper | The Chronicle |
| Website | School website |
Dwight School is an independent college preparatory school located on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Dwight offers the International Baccalaureate curriculum to students ages two through grade twelve. Approximately forty countries are represented among its student body.
Founded in 1872 by Julius Sachs as part of the Sachs Collegiate Institute, Dwight School was first known as "The Sachs School," then The Franklin School. Originally located on West 34th Street and Broadway, it relocated several times as it grew, ultimately moving to 18 West 89th Street in 1912. Sachs, a noted educator and author (and scion of the Goldman–Sachs family) headed the school until 1901, when he was appointed Professor of Education at Teachers College, Columbia University.
In 1880, the New York School of Languages was founded on 15 West 43rd Street as an academy of classical studies. Timothy Dwight, President of Yale University asked the school to pioneer a math and science program to replace traditional Greek and Latin as an entrance requirement. The New York School of Languages was later renamed Timothy Dwight School in honor of that historic partnership.
Dwight School merged with the Bentley School in 1977, in order to add elementary and middle school programs to its curriculum.
In 1993, Dwight School merged with The Franklin School (which had adopted the International Baccalaureate (IB) Program in 1980). In 1996, Dwight School became the first school in North America to offer the full International Baccalaureate (IB) program from preschool through grade 12.
With the opening in fall 2005 of Dwight's Early Childhood Division (formerly Woodside Preschool), the Dwight School' became the first school to offer the IB Primary Years Program for children ages three through five.
Today, one-third of Dwight's students come from overseas.
Stephen H. Spahn has been the School's Chancellor and Headmaster since 1967 and is the longest serving head of an independent school in New York City. Mr. Spahn serves on the Boards of the International Baccalaureate Fund and the Rubin Museum of Art. He was also a founding member of the Guild of International Baccalaureate Schools. Mr. Spahn holds a BA from Dartmouth College, where he was an All-American basketball player, Phi Beta Kappa, a Senior Fellow and an Intern at the United Nations under a 1926 Public Service Fellowship. He completed all course work for a Ph.D. at Wadham College at Oxford University and Columbia University where he was an International Fellow and a Woodrow Wilson Scholar before beginning his career as an educator. In 2011, Mr. Spahn was awarded the Lewis Hine Distinguished Service Award from the National Child Labor Committee. The award, named for the acclaimed photographer who documented early 20th century exploitation of child labor, is presented to individuals in the public eye who have shown a strong commitment to improving the lives of children.
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