The Dwight School is a selective, combined elementary and secondary private school on the Upper West Side in New York, New York. The school was founded in 1880 by Julius Sachs, founder of the College Board and member of the Goldman Sachs banking family. The school's campus was originally located on Central Park South, adjacent to the Plaza Hotel, but later moved to a more economically viable location on East 67th Street between First and York Avenues as a result of the Great Depression. In 1993, Dwight merged with the Anglo-American International School (formerly known as the Franklin School, founded 1872) and moved its campus to Anglo-American's location on Central Park West and 89th Street. In addition to the original building on 89th street, the school expanded, occupying several floors of a building across the street at 291 Central Park West.
Children who are enrolled in Dwight's lower school are placed in an immersion program where they are expected to become fluent in a foreign language. Dwight has traditionally encouraged their lower school students to become proficient in French, but has recently switched to Spanish in an effort to update their curriculum. In the 1980s, Dwight became the first school in the United States to offer the three International Baccalaureate (IB) programs to students in grades K-12.
Despite Dwight's small size of about 400 students, 37 countries are represented due to the large diplomatic contingent that elect to send their children to the school. The school's expatriate student body represents at least a quarter of the students in most classes. Many parents of Dwight students are ambassadors, consul generals, or employees of the United Nations Secretariat.
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