“[I remember our] choir trip to Romania at the end of the 1975 school year. The country had just endured Watergate and the resignation of President Nixon, and there was a lot of anti-American sentiment going around. On our [flight] to Europe, many of the students on board were speaking ill of the USA. Now, I had been to Czechoslovakia the summer before, visiting family, and having had that experience, I told the protesters that when we returned from this trip, they would be kissing the ground at JFK. I got laughed off, but I had the final laugh. Even though the Romanian government showed us the best that their country could offer, kept us in their best hotels...

“Dress code in the 1950s was conservative. A typical outfit worn to class would be a plaid skirt (hemline below the knees), a sweater set, loafers and socks. High heels and full skirts with crinoline petticoats were not approved. One of the girls in the Class of 1955 repeatedly defied the dress code with this look and was sent to the Headmistress’ office quite often to be chastised. Makeup was not allowed. At the end of the day, the ladies’ room was crowded with girls applying lipstick. The idea of conservative clothing was to put everyone ‘on the same plane.’”

“I loved sports and we had a lot of school spirit. Kent Place was our biggest rival in all sports. We wore really cute tunics with plaid ties at the waist. Our mothers did the driving for away games and provided the cut up oranges for half-time and cookies for after the games.”

"The student body was so small compared to the public school I had attended, that [ESB] felt like an extended family. I very much enjoyed the family feeling."

"Dwight was a true haven for me. Because of its high academic standards and expectations, and because the environment encouraged us all to do and think whatever we wanted, I am the person I am today. Many of the skills I use every single day -- at work and at home in my volunteering -- come in one way or another from my years at Dwight."