Write Night 2021

The Imperatore Library was thrilled to host Write Night physically in the library on November 9th for the first time in two years. Write Night is a chance for student and faculty writers to get together and spend an evening sharing and listening to student and faculty writing. It's the perfect chance for middle and upper school students to introduce their writing pieces to a supportive group of peers and teachers. Thanks to everyone that participated! Check out some photos of the event below and join us in April for Write Night: Poetry Edition.

Catalina, grade 12

Aarav, grade 8

Sianne, grade 8

Jason, grade 11

Darby, grade 11

Arsh, grade 11

Livia, grade 12

Mr. Meserole, faculty

Write Night Fall 2019

On Wednesday, November 20, the English Department and Imperatore Library hosted our biannual Write Night. As a joint middle and upper school event, Write Night is the perfect opportunity for budding writers to share their creative writing pieces with a supportive group of peers and teachers. Check out some photos of the event below. 

Mr. Daly welcomes the writers and audience members.

Emily '20 kicks off the evening by sharing first.

Seventh grader Casey Law reads her poetry.

7th grader Soham shares his work.

Serin '21 shares her work with the 11th and 12th grade breakout group.

8th grader Kristen shares a poem that can be found in Open Roads 2019.

Livia '22 shared her poetry through an animated performance.

Charlie '22 shared writing with the 9th and 10th grade breakout group.

8th grader Ella shared her work with the middle school breakout group.

Thanks to all who participated! If you missed out on this opportunity, look out for our second Write Night of the year, coming in April, which will focus solely on poetry.

Middle Schoolers Celebrate Poetry Month in the Library

April is National Poetry Month, and it is being celebrated in the Imperatore Library with a few student-centered poetry events.

The 7th grade crowd gets ready to hear some poetry 

Seventh grader Emmitt reads his poem

Seventh grader Abi reads her poem

On April 11, the seventh grade held their poetry cafe. During their poetry unit, each seventh grader wrote and workshopped several poems. At the poetry cafe, they shared at least one of their finished poems with the entire grade.

Eighth grader Ally recites a poem

Eighth grader Dhanesh recites a poem

Eighth grader Emma recites a poem

On April 15, the eighth grade held their poetry event. Each student chose a published poem to study and memorize, and then recited it in front of a larger audience.

Eighth grader Jack recites a poem

Eighth grader Tracianna recites a poem

Our final event of the month will be Write Night, our biannual celebration of student and faculty writing. This spring's Write Night, which focuses exclusively on poetry, will be on April 24th from 4:45-6. If you'd like to read your own poetry, sign up with your English teacher. You can also always come as a member of the audience even if you don't have a personal piece of poetry to read.

Write Night Fall 2018

It was a celebration of writing in the Imperatore Library on Tuesday, November 13 during the 5th annual Fall Write Night. If you haven't been able to witness this event, it is a great chance for budding writers to share their work among students and faculty. The night begins in the library main space, where English Department Chair Fred Daly invites a few writers to read their pieces to the whole group. Then, all participants move to smaller breakout sessions where they get the opportunity to share with their peer groups. Lastly, the group comes together again in the main space to close out the evening with a few more presenters.

Some of the pieces shared may be included in our school literary magazines, Open Roads (middle school) and Calliope (upper school,) so look for those publications in the spring. Thank you to all participants for sharing your work!

Grace ('19) kicks off the event as the first student to read her piece

Calliope editor Ken ('19) shares his work with the full group.

Jared ('20) snaps his fingers to a beat as he reads his poetry.

Anne ('19) reads her work to the breakout group of juniors and seniors.

Sixth grader Matias shares the piece he wrote for his English PBL

Eighth grader Sabrina reads her work to the 6th-10th grade breakout group.

Seventh grader Kristen shares her work with the full group.

Emma ('19) closes the evening with her creative piece.

Write Night Spring 2018

It's April, which means it's also National Poetry Month and time to celebrate student poets during our spring Write Night. Middle and upper school students and faculty gathered together in the Imperatore library on April 11 where participants read original works of poetry that ranged in tone and topic from light and humorous situations to weighty social and identity issues. Check out some of our poets below.

Eli, Class of 2018

Anya, Class of 2023

Jifang, class of 2018

Charlie, Class of 2022

Jordan, Class of 2021

Kyle, Class of 2019

Jess, Class of 2022

Krish, Class of 2022

Michael and Joe, Class of 2022

Write Night is a biannual event, so if you weren't able to make it this time, we hope to see you next year!

Fall Write Night 2017

Last week in the Imperatore Library, Dwight-Englewood's annual Fall Write Night was held. Write Night is a great opportunity for our young writers to share personal works of fiction, poetry, and essays with the community. Sharing takes place with both the full audience and also in smaller breakout session by age group. Thank you to everyone that shared their work!

If you weren't able to make this Write Night, don't worry because there will be another one focused exclusively on poetry in the spring. To read works from previous Write Night participants, check out one of the school's literary magazines, Calliope (upper school) or Open Roads (middle school.)

Senior Marwah reads to the full group.

8th grader Nehir shares her vignette.

May reads to the 9th grade audience in the Bogo Room.

9th grader Rod shares his work with peers.

8th grader Suchita shares her work with the middle school group.

7th grader Josie reads her piece to the group.

Samantha reads to a group of upper school students.

8th grader Armaan reads his work to the group.

8th grader Sam shares his writing.

11th grader Riley closes the evening with his poem.