Dwight Global Online School
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Dwight Global Online School is an online independent school for students in sixth through twelfth grade. It is part of the Dwight Global Schools Network.
The original Dwight School was founded in Manhattan in 1872. In 2022, it was chosen to pilot an online IB education program that became Dwight Global Online School.{{cite web |last1=Spahn |first1=Stephen |title=Educating Entrepreneurs Beginning in Kindergarten • Leader to Leader |url=https://www.leadertoleader.org/educating-entrepreneurs-beginning-in-kindergarten/ |website=Leader to Leader |accessdate=12 October 2019 |date=6 March 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Spahn |first1=Stephen |title=The Future of Education Begins Today at Dwight Global Online School - Education Update |url=http://www.educationupdate.com/archives/2017/NOV/HTML/spot-dwightglobal.html#.YN08LZNKhQI |website=www.educationupdate.com |publisher=Education Update Online |access-date=1 July 2021}}
Academics
Classes are a mix of synchronous and asynchronous elements, designed to suit a student body, including young athletes and actors, who want a rigorous education that is time-flexible.{{cite web |title=The future of education begins today at Dwight Global Online School |url=https://www.internationalschoolsearch.com/news/the-future-of-education-begins-today-at-dwight-global-online-school |website=www.internationalschoolsearch.co.uk |accessdate=12 October 2019 |language=en}}
Dwight Global is an IB World School and offers AP classes. Students choose to either focus on IB, AP, or a personalized course of study, meeting the same graduation standards as the students in the other Dwight schools. They graduate with a Dwight Global diploma and can pursue an IB diploma. They may come to the school's traditional campuses in New York City, Shanghai, Seoul, London, and Dubai for residential programs.{{cite web |last1=Kim |first1=Joshua |title=Elite High Schools and Online Education {{!}} Inside Higher Ed |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology-and-learning/elite-high-schools-and-online-education |website=www.insidehighered.com |accessdate=12 October 2019 |language=en |date=13 February 2019}}
In 2021, Niche ranked Dwight Global the second-best online high school in the United States.{{cite web |title=Explore Dwight Global Online School |url=https://www.niche.com/k12/dwight-global-online-school-new-york-ny/ |website=Niche |accessdate=21 January 2021 |language=en}}
Notable alumni
- Rowan Blanchard, '19, actress{{cite web |title=Dwight Open World School Director, Jaya Bhavnani, Brings the IB Mission Online |url=https://www.dwight.edu/dwight-global-online-school/about/our-stories/news-story/~post/dwight-open-world-school-director-jaya-bhavnani-brings-the-ib-mission-online-20160212 |website=www.dwight.edu |publisher=Dwight School |accessdate=13 October 2019 |date=12 February 2016}}
- Lilla Crawford, '19, actress{{cite web |title=Broadway Star Lilla Crawford '19 Shares her Spark of Genius |url=https://www.dwight.edu/news/item/~post/actress-lilla-crawford-19-found-her-spark-of-genius-earlier-than-most-20160930 |website=www.dwight.edu |publisher=Dwight School |access-date=1 July 2021 |date=30 September 2016}}
- Gregory Diaz IV, actor and singer
- Jaden Michael, actor{{Cite web |title=Student Profile - Jaden - Dwight School New York |url=https://www.dwight.edu/dwight-global-online-school/blog/student-profile-jaden |access-date=2022-04-25 |website=www.dwight.edu |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-07-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701113843/https://www.dwight.edu/dwight-global-online-school/blog/student-profile-jaden |url-status=dead }}
- Yara Shahidi, '17, actress{{cite web|last1=Weiss|first1=Suzannah|title=Here's Why Yara Shahidi WON'T Be Going to Harvard in the Fall|url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/yara-shahidi-harvard-gap-year|website=Teen Vogue|language=en|accessdate=12 October 2019}}
External links
- [http://www.dwight.edu/dwight-global-online-school School website]