Dwight School New York

New York, United States of America

  • Day School

  • 1872

  • $ N/A-N/A

    • IB

School History & Details

Dwight School is a private, autonomous, for-profit college prep school on Manhattan's Upper West Side in New York City.Dwight offers the International Baccalaureate Curriculum to kids aged 2-12. Dwight School, founded in 1872 by Julius Sachs as part of the Sachs Collegiate Institute, was first known as "The Sachs School," then The Franklin School. It moved from West 34th Street and Broadway to 18 West 89th Street in 1912 after multiple relocations due to growth. Sachs, a well-known educator and novelist from the Goldman-Sachs family, led the school until his appointment as Professor of Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, in 1901. In 1993, Dwight School joined with Franklin School, which had adopted the International Baccalaureate (IB) Programme in 1980. The school relocated from 402 East 67th Street to 291 Central Park West. Dwight School is the first school in North America to provide the whole International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum from preschool to grade 12. Currently, one-third of Dwight's students come from abroad.

    School Values

  • Diversity
  • Equity
  • Inclusion
School Achievements

Achievements

Unspecified 
School Achievements

Non-Academic Achievements

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Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

Julian Casablancas, musician, The Strokes Vanessa Trump (born 1977) is an actress and the ex-wife of Donald Trump Jr. Truman Capote (1924–1984), author Harry L. Fisher (1885–1961), noted chemist Fabrizio Moretti, musician, The Strokes Nick Valensi, musician, The Strokes Iphigene Ochs Sulzberger (1892–1990), heiress, socialite, newspaper executive, philanthropist, and owner of The New York Times Antonio Campos, film director, screenwriter, and film producer Paris Hilton (born 1981), socialite, heiress, and entrepreneur Race Imboden, Olympic fencer

School Information

Dwight School is a modern, well-equipped campus that encourages learning and collaboration. From spacious classrooms outfitted with cutting-edge educational technology to specialised facilities for sc...View moreView Less

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+1 212-724-6360

291 Central Park W, New York, NY 10024, United States

Subjects & Curriculum Offered

  • Biology HL
  • Physics HL
  • Economics SL
  • Economics HL
  • English language and literature HL
  • English Language and Literature SL
  • Biology SL
  • Chemistry SL
  • Physics SL
  • Maths AA SL
  • Maths AA HL

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