Dwight School London Head of School Newsletter Friday, 2nd October 2015 Dwight School - Our History A new Dwight London family asked me last week about the history of Dwight School London and the significance of our logo and so in this newsletter I will try to share some of the background with you. There are three parallel stories – the Dwight family, the development of the school in New York and then the development of the schools in London and globally. The story begins in the UK in 1634 when John Dwight and his family made the journey from the small Essex town of Dedham in the UK to what became Dedham Massachusetts in the US. Prominent in local law and the military the family were very well respected and in 1795 why the items on the crest - the lion rampant, the crescent and descendant Timothy Dwight IV became the President of Yale College. the cross, were chosen except that it was the design engraved on His grandson Timothy Dwight V entered Yale in 1845. He served as a a tankard for the Dwight family in 1725. Perhaps our students tutor in the College from 1851 to 1855 went abroad to continue his could provide an explanation of the imagery? studies at the Universities of Bonn and Berlin and in 1886 he was also Timothy Dwight College Yale elected President of Yale College. During his years in office, Yale was recognised as a university – the third oldest in the US. In 1935, Yale constructed the ninth of its twelve residential colleges - Timothy Dwight College named after both Timothy Dwight V and his grandfather as they were regarded as important Presidents of Yale. _______________________________ In 1872 in New York, Dr Julius Sachs opened the Sachs Collegiate Institute (while his brother founded Goldman Sachs with his father- in-law Marcus Goldman.) Following many moves and developments The Dwight family crest Dwight School Dr M C Spahn became Headmaster in 1950 followed by Dr Paul We have made occasional connections with Yale and Timothy Beresford-Hill in 1976. In 1990 Dr Beresford-Hill introduced the Dwight College – the Yale choir ‘Out of the Blue’ visited and IB into the school that had become known as The Anglo-American performed for us in Upper School and with the IB as our School. programme we certainly endorse their mission statement: ‘To In around 1880 there was also involvement with the New York School prepare students for leadership and service in an increasingly of Languages and in 1888 that school was renamed Dwight in honour interdependent world.’ I cannot doubt that those who of Timothy Dwight V who said: “ For the full history of Dwight go to http://issuu.com/ enjoy the advantages of your institution will be well prepared thedwightschool/docs/dt_final/25 or the timeline http://www. for their subsequent studies and their college life’. dwight.edu/about/history/timeline. Dwight School merged with The New Dwight London Website York Preparatory School for Boys in 1895 I am very pleased to inform you that our new website launched and further relocations and generational this week. Clear, smart, informative, current and interactive – leadership changes went through to huge thanks are due to Karen Strickland, our Marketing and 1967 when Chancellor Stephen Spahn Communications Manager and to Finalsite for their excellent took over and in 1993 Dwight and the work. Anglo-American became one (and 48 This Week years later Chancellor Spahn is still at the school.) Look out later for news of: Bushcraft where our students from _______________________________ M1 to M3 are at the moment; the IBDP retreat in Norfolk where Meanwhile, here in London there was another story. It started with Mrs all of our Diploma students are currently teambuilding; and our Maria Wilson who in 1885 opened a small school called Holmewood Year 6 Induction Days where the Lower School students are in the Woodside Park area of Finchley in north London and at the enthusiastically sampling Upper School life. same time, in Friern Barnet, St John’s High School for Boys (which Coming Up became Friern Barnet Boys Grammar School) was founded. Also in I hope that everyone will get a chance the area was St Alban’s Catholic Preparatory School, opened in 1928. to be involved in The Big Draw that In 1972 Chancellor Stephen Spahn, always innovative and an is taking place throughout October educational pioneer, opened a campus here in London and later http://www.thebigdraw.org bought the three schools and merged them together to create what we Best Wishes, have today. Mr. David Rose Today we continue to share our Dwight School logo with Timothy Head of School Dwight College at Yale. In spite of research there is no explanation DSL is part of DWIGHT SCHOOLS: global vision, community, personalised learning Follow us on.