Dwight-Englewood School
Dwight Englewood (D-E) is a prekindergarten through 12th grade college preparatory institution dating back more than 100 years. It is an independent school located in New Jersey, with an approximate enrollment of 1000 students.
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Schools
The school teaches students from pre-k through 12th grade via three internally divided schools. The Lower School (also known as the Bede school) is located in the Bede building. Bede teaches students from prek through 5th grade. The Middle School teaches students from the 6th through the 8th grades, and is based out of Umpleby Hall. Finally, the Upper School teaches students from 9th through 12th grades, and houses its administration in the Leggett building.
Campus
The school's campus occupies nearly an entire block of the City of Englewood in Englewood NJ. Its principal educational facilities are Leggett Hall, The Kubani Performing Arts Center, Pope Science Hall, Umpleby Hall, Swartly Arts Center, The Imperatore Library, Grahm House, The Nature Center, and Bede. Additionally, a building called the Klein Campus center is being built.
Organization
Internally, the school has Principals for the lower, middle, and upper schools, as well as deans of students. The overall executive position which oversees all three schools is that of the Headmaster. The current headmaster is Ralph E. Sloan. Within the schools, there are departments for Math, English, Science, and Arts. Each department has a department chair. Additionally, each grade has a grade level adviser, or "GLA," who acts to help the students in their grade.
Student Government
Dwight-Englewood has two different student governments, one for the Middle School, and one for the Upper School. Student government membership consists of representatives from each class, in addition to the President and Vice President. Student Government functions primarily as an engine for student driven policy changes at the school, and an event organization unit. It is maintained that the Middle School Student Government holds far less power than the High School Student government, and that is confirmed to be nearly true. Whilst the high school student government's president is almost counted as a faculty member, the middle school student government has only legislative duties, and most of its policies involve theme days, the most popular being "Pink Day."
Student government officials are elected using "instant runoff voting." The internal officer positions of treasurer, secretary, and facilities committee head, life committee head, spirit committee head, and academic committee head, are chosen by open voting. Membership to the Student Disciplinary Committee (a relatively unknown, and very rarely used super-committee) is chosen by secret ballot.