Dwight Global Online School

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Dwight Global Online School
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Established2014
ChancellorStephen Spahn
Grades6-12
GenderCoeducational
Enrollment358
Accreditation Cognia (education)
Website www.dwight.edu/dwight-global-online-school

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.

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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. [1] [2]

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. [3]

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. [4]

In 2021, Niche ranked Dwight Global the second-best online high school in the United States. [5]

Notable alumni

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