Media and News Archive

"Gotitas del Saber," a podcast dedicated to celebrating Latinx culture and the Spanish language in the First Program, has reached an exciting milestone: its 60th episode!

Mme. Mhinat and Mme. Le Minez’s 5th grade French classes were visited by artist, designer, and anthropologist, Vickie Fremont.

Middle and High School French teacher Brigid Le Minez taught a special dance class for High School French students.

Students in both Middle School and High School had opportunities in October to visit venues in the city to explore performance opportunities.

The Dalton Girls Varsity Soccer team won their second consecutive Ivy League championship with a 3-0 victory over Horace Mann School. The win, along with favorable results in other league games, clinched the title for Dalton, marking back-to-back championships. The team wrapped up the regular season with a strong 8-3-4 record and now shifts focus to the NYSAIS tournament next week.

So much is going on at the High School Library in the month since school started.  

As students embark on their various academic journeys, such as 12th grade Capstone Projects in Music, English, and History and 10th grade Cities research, the Librarians are in the classrooms teaching research skills and holding daily labs with individual students to assist in locating credible and scholarly sources and honing research questions and paths. 

The Librarians have also hosted several Wellness Wednesday craft making events, board and card games on Fridays, daily community poll and puzzles.  The high school student book club and two faculty book clubs also see much enthusiasm and excitement.  

We look forward to a rewarding year in personal and academic growth for all. 

The Alumni Office enjoyed seeing alumni at the Homecoming games and festivities on the weekend of September 20-21, with representation from the Class of 1957 through 2024.

Homecoming 2024 was a whirlwind of fun and camaraderie.

2024 US Chess High School National Champions! The three-peat is complete! In truly remarkable fashion, the Dalton Chess Team once again established itself as the top US High School Chess Team by playing forth unafraid past a record-setting 1,860 of the most competitive scholastic chess players in the country from 37 states this past weekend in Baltimore, MD.

The High School BLTeam and the 7th Grade students came together again last week to continue learning about food insecurity in NYC.

The second week of the fall season saw the Dalton Tigers continue their winning ways across multiple sports.

The Dalton Girls Varsity Volleyball team capped off a successful opening week of the Fall 2024 season by securing first place in the Gold Bracket at the season-opening Invitational Tournament, a first for the program.

Here is a HS Library Summer Recommended Reading List, featuring titles from this year's thematic displays, Librarian picks, student and faculty recommendations, and "Best of the 2024 Books Lists (so far).  Happy Summer - Happy Reading - see you in the fall.

The Girls Track and Field team clinched their third consecutive Ivy League championship with a dominant performance this week. The Tigers were led by standout athletes Nyla Blake-Soden '25, who won the 100 hurdles and triple jump, Dani Jefferson '24, who took the top spot in the 400 meters, and Tori Mogelof '26, who secured victory in the pole vault. The team now sets its sights on their third consecutive NYSAIS championship, with the meet set to take place on Wednesday, May 22, at Icahn Stadium at 1:30 PM.

Welcome back from Spring Break!

Here are some books that our High School students recommend from their Spring Break reading piles!

The HS Library celebrates Black History Month!  We have many new and classic books by black authors on display for you to check out: see titles from this extended digital list.

And some exciting Genre fiction titles new to the HS Library for all to enjoy!

Many Dalton teams have had success this winter with a number of teams preparing for postseason opportunities.