Diversity

Towards a Knotted Community

Our Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging presents "Towards a Knotted Community" that presents a forward-looking vision for

our community.

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Dwight-Englewood School is "...a community of learners [that] strives to foster in each student a passion for life-long learning. We seek excitement, honor integrity, and embrace diversity in order to develop the skills, values, and courage to meet the challenges of a changing world and make it better." Our Values & Vision Statement (see below) affirms the vibrant diversity and the presence of people of numerous social identity groups in our school. Our school-wide work in equity and diversity moves us more deeply towards full inclusion for all.
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Statement of Values & Vision

As a community of life-long learners, Dwight-Englewood School is committed to the ongoing growth and development of a diverse, equitable, and inclusive community that acknowledges, affirms, and protects the dignity of all people.

Because we nurture and celebrate the unique sense of belonging of each community member, it is expected that we all partner in our commitment to inspire one another to live in a diverse world with confidence, competence, empathy, and kindness.

In partnership with our mission, and with the firm conviction that our efforts will benefit all members of our community, we commit to:

Building and sustaining a vibrant and inclusive community by employing recruitment and retention efforts to attract, retain, and nurture a diverse student, parent, faculty, staff, and trustee population.
An ongoing review of our school policies and procedures to ensure an inclusive and equitable campus climate.
A consistent and steady revision of our curriculum and teaching practices to provide students and adults alike with educational experiences that both accurately reflect and critically examine the world for which we are preparing them.

This Statement was approved by the D-E Board of Trustees on May 30, 2023.

D-E Parent/Guardian Affinity Group (PGAG) Information

Dwight-Englewood School is a community of communities. Parent/Guardian Affinity Groups (PGAG) are one way that our families are able to connect with one another and the broader community. Consult the linked document below for information about the currently available groups at D-E.

Click here to view the 2024-2025 PGAG Contacts document.

About Dr. Marcus Ingram, Director of DEIB

D-E welcomed Dr. Marcus Ingram as the new Director of DEIB in May 2023.

Dr. Ingram was selected after an extensive search process, in which the field was extremely competitive with candidates from the US as well as overseas. Dr. Ingram has had years of engagement and other administrative experience both domestically and abroad. Dr. Ingram holds a Ph.D. in Higher Education from the University of Virginia as well as a Master of Divinity from Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC).

To learn more about Dr. Ingram's background please click here.

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D-E prides itself on following through its mission to "embrace diversity" by being a welcoming, inclusive and equitable institution for students and adults across race-ethnicity-culture, gender, socioeconomic status, religion, and sexual orientation. Reflective of the rich diversity of our school community, our equity-diversity initiatives educate, expose, and enlighten us, encouraging us into dialogue across our differences and commonalities.

Student, educator and parental involvement and collaboration are critical in our special multicultural, multi-identity community. Our Upper School and Middle School students have opportunities to be active in conversations, numerous clubs and groups focused on diversity dialogue. We offer our students diversity leadership training at school and at local, regional and national conferences and workshops. Our Parent/Guardian Affinity Groups (click here) are active at school, offering events and celebrations of cultural communities. In the Lower, Middle and Upper Schools our students' awareness and appreciation for diversity is encouraged through the academic curriculum, and through division-wide assemblies and programs recognizing a range of cultures and identities, along with opportunities to reflect on community-diversity matters. The School also shares messages and statements regarding DEIB initiatives as they pertain to our mission and core values; as one example please click here for an Open Letter to the Community (June 2020).

The ultimate goal of our DEIB initiatives is to support the mission of the School and to foster learning and engagement in matters of equity inclusion for all members of the D-E community.

For more information about D-E initiatives pertaining to diversity, please Email Dr. Marcus Ingram, Director of DEIB, at ingram@d-e.org