D-E Admissions - Step-by-Step

What a terrific fall this has been for us in admissions.  To date, we have welcomed well over 500 guests to campus.  And we realize that families may asking, "What do we do now?"  We understand that the Admissions process can be confusing.  We hope the following information helps your family navigate the next steps. 

As for the application process, we encourage you to use our Admissions Online Site to navigate the process.  There are several easy steps, which we have outlined below to give you an overall sense of what you can anticipate:

Step A - Submit the Parent/Student Admissions Application

Application for admission along with the $65 non-refundable application fee must be submitted to the Admissions Office prior to the parent and student visits. You may elect to use the electronic application or to print out and submit paper version from the Admissions Online Site.

Step B - Contact the Admissions Office to Set up the Required Student Visit/Parent Tour & Interview

Interviews are given Monday through Thursday, and are by appointment only. Please call our office at (201)569-9500 ext. 3500 to speak with Alice Rollo to schedule your appointment.  At this point, only January appointments are available for the Middle and Upper Schools.  There are a limited number of interview appointments still available in December for Lower School applicants.

Step C - Complete the Application by Submitting all Other Required Components

The deadline for submission of completed applications is December 31, 2012 for grades 6-11 and January 15, 2013 for pre-k - grade 5.  The following components comprise the student’s application and must all be submitted prior to any consideration for admission:

1.THE APPLICATION (Parent and Student - see above)

2. CONFIDENTIAL RECOMMENDATION FORMS: Current Math and English Teachers and Guidance Counselor/Principal forms are required from your child’s current school and should be completed after December 1 in order for the teachers to have a chance to assess the student’s performance accurately. Confidential recommendation forms should be mailed directly from you child’s current school.  The completed recommendations should be received by D-E no later than January 15.

3. TRANSCRIPT REQUEST: To be signed by the student’s parent and mailed to his/her current school.   The transcript should be received by D-E no later than January 15.
4. TESTING: Results from the WPPSI III or WISC-IV (for grades 4Y - 4) or  Independent School Entrance Examination (ISEE) or Secondary School Admissions Test (SSAT) (for grades 5 - 11) should be submitted to the Admissions Office. When registering for the test, families must request the testing service to forward results directly to Dwight-Englewood School.

5. GRADED WRITING SAMPLE:  For students applying to the Upper School (grades 9 - 11), a sample of the student's writing which has been produced within the last year is required.  The Admissions Committee requests to see marked up copies of the student's work.   The graded writing sample should be received by D-E no later than January 15.

D-E Celebrates Great Art

Just in time for our School's Annual Winter Arts Festival, D-E has received new sculptures on loan from world-reknowned artists to display throughout campus.  As our own students prepare to exhibit their own creations, the sculptures serve as a reminder of the value of art to this community.  Please join us for our Winter Arts Festival on Sunday, December 8 (Middle School) or Sunday, December 15 (Upper School).  Performances begin at 2:00 in Schenck Auditorium.  Student artwork will be displayed for viewing outside throughout the Klein Center.

Listed below are links to the artists websites, which provide more information about the works on loan to the School. This marks our second year collaborating with the New York Sculptor's Guild, and this year we are featuring a piece by non guild members, Einar and Jaime De La Torre, international glass artists & sculptors. Our very own resident artist and teacher, Ms. Diaz has worked with them for the past two summers and painted the eyes on the recent piece that is on loan to Dwight-Englewood for this exhibit. (It is a small piece located outside of Head of School, Dr. De Jarnett's office.)

http://www.howardkalish.com/ (bones piece located by library)
http://www.marthawalker.net/ (kokopelli, sculpture with red rocks located in front of Leggett)
http://www.sculptorsguild.org/keltner.html (white rectangles, metal piece located in traffic circle)
de la Torre brothers link (small figurative piece outside of Dr. Dejarnetts office)

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Thanksgiving Assembly Celebrates Traditions, Words

Head of School Dr. Rodney V. De Jarnett was joined earlier this week by a 'king', a 'queen', a 'turkey', and dozens of others to help to keep the tradition of the annual D-E All-School Thanksgiving Assembly vibrantly alive, blending memorable music, dance, and the spoken word.
  
To kick off the holiday season, the entire school gathered in the Large Gym in Modell's Sports Complex for the annual Thanksgiving Assembly, packed with various performances and videos. After the Lower, Middle and Upper Schools settled into their seats, the Upper School Orchestra performed Mozart's Symphony No. 25 in G Minor, featured in the 1984 movie "Amadeus", under the direction of Performing Arts Department Chair Mr. John Littlefield.

Next, Dr. De Jarnett introduced the underlying theme of the assembly - spoken word. He then showed two videos of poets David Bowden and Sarah Kay.  These poets' video clips, "Start Something that Matters" (Bowden) and "If I Should Have a Daughter" (Kay), inscribed some inspirational words to the audience before the Lower School Chorus sang "Children of the World", with Ms. Milbauer conducting and Ms. Montroy at the keyboard.

Two more videos were shown: the first of an Animated Optical Illusion, the second an additional Sarah Kay video, "Hands", which addressed the fact that "hands learn more than minds do."

Then came a favorite of every Thanksgiving Assembly -- a visit from the Thanksgiving Assembly King, Queen and a Turkey.  Lower School music teacher Mary Heveran told the story of how Bert the Turkey danced his way to live another day, winning the approval of the King and Queen.  Lower School students Macri Leanza '22 (King)  Ally Abramson '23 (Queen) and Ben Tausner '22 (Turkey) were crowd pleasers as they then enacted the story.  

D-E's own spoken word group 3-Amigos (seniors Dan Garcia, Austin James and Avery Landau) then took the stage to share their original poem on giving thanks.  They were followed by Alex De Los Reyes '13 and other Upper School student members of CODES (Community Outreach at Dwight-Englewood School), along with several students from the Lower and Middle Schools, who reported on their Thanksgiving Food Drive efforts earlier this week  The students collected a truckload full of non-perishable food items and toiletries, along with gift cards, which were symbolically presented to Mr. Scottt Reddin of the Center for Food Action. Mr. Reddin expressed sincere appreciation on behalf of the Center for D-E School's annual tradition of giving food and monetary gifts to this critically important cause.  

Student Government President Ben Kaufman '13 then thanked the maintenance crew for their work in getting the school campus back to normal following Super Storm Sandy, before switching hats to introduce an original video created by D-E's student satirical group The Flea.

The final performance of the assembly had the Jazz Rock Ensemble featuring Nigel Lassiter '14 singing lead and Kylah Gonzalez '13 as lead backup, which left the audience with a warm feeling of gratefulness and much to be thankful for during this Thanksgiving break.

Truth and Consequences

Lower School principal, Peter Davies offers advice to parents on how to help children build a set of values..... See the Lower School blog.

D-E Dances!

During last Thursday's Middle and Upper School assemblies focused on building a culture of acceptance, D-E faculty and students danced....see the video!

How Has D-E Helped You to Grow?

Check out a new video created by Freshman, Hans Shin.  The video was shown during the opening days of school.