DWIGHT MORROW HIGH SCHOOL
ALUMNI EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE
Englewood, NJ
Our Mission
The mission of the DMHSAEA is to support academic excellence at Dwight Morrow High School and Janis E. Dismus Middle School.
We accomplish this by funding initiatives for new or expanded academic activities and facilities submitted by teachers, administrators and community groups; by supporting other educational activities; and by strengthening alumni ties to DMHS.
The mission of the DMHSAEA is to support academic excellence at Dwight Morrow High School and Janis E. Dismus Middle School.
We accomplish this by funding initiatives for new or expanded academic activities and facilities submitted by teachers, administrators and community groups; by supporting other educational activities; and by strengthening alumni ties to DMHS.
Our Current and Future Grant Activity
In 2024, the DMHSAEA tripled its granting activity for 2023, funding $115,669 for 22 academic enhancements and activities at DMHS, A@E and JDMS. This compares with $47,891 for 2023 and $13,650 for 2022. For 2025, we have put ourselves on an annual budget of $20,000 in order to ensure our long-term financial health.
Funded grants for 2024 and 2025 (through June) are:
Since the start of our grants program in 2009, we have funded 110 projects for a total of $294,551. More details are on our "Grants" page.
We hope you can help us continue. We can use new Board members, especially from recent classes; we can use very occasional volunteers with special skills; and of course, we need your donations.
To make a donation, choose one of these:
Funded grants for 2024 and 2025 (through June) are:
- College and career counseling
- Trip to Metropolitan Opera to see Carmen
- Trip to DC for Womens' Empowerment meeting on Capitol Hill
- NJ Symphony side-by-side rehearsal with DMHS musicians
- Special-needs class trip to see The Lion King on Broadway and High Line walk
- The Zone continued funding at JDMS, fall semester 2024
- LaunchPad Summer Program for Middle School students 2024
- The Zone at JDMS, spring semester 2025
- T-shirts for alumni band for performance with student band
- Lodging at Penn Relays in Philadelphia
- 27 video cameras with required accessories
- Trip to NJ Symphony concert in Morristown
- Pottery wheels
- Heroes and Cool Kids leadership program
- Technology lab renovation
- Dry Ice Exploration: Discovering Sublimation
- DNA Learning Center trip
- Baseball spring training/college tour and info session
- Book Club novel purchases
- Middle School parents' seminars
- Cameras for Yearbook Club
- Robotics program hardware
- Trip to Gatsby on Broadway
- Trip to American Museum of Natural History
- LaunchPad Summer Program for Middle School students 2025
Since the start of our grants program in 2009, we have funded 110 projects for a total of $294,551. More details are on our "Grants" page.
We hope you can help us continue. We can use new Board members, especially from recent classes; we can use very occasional volunteers with special skills; and of course, we need your donations.
To make a donation, choose one of these:
- www.dmhsalumni.org/donate
- CashApp ($dmhsaea)
- Mail a check payable to “DMHSAEA” to DMHSAEA, Box 213, Englewood NJ 07631 or directly to our treasurer, Jonathan Rabinowitz, at: Rabinowitz, Lubetkin and Tully LLC, 293 Eisenhower Parkway, Suite 100, Livingston, NJ 07039
DMHSAEA Extends its Services to our Middle and Elementary Schools
Recognizing that academic excellence in high school starts in the early grades, the DMHSAEA now offers its grants to teachers and administrators at Janis E. Dismus Middle School and Englewood's three elementary schools: Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary School, Dr. John Grieco Elementary School and D.A. Quarles Early Childhood Center.
Dwight Morrow High School Alumni Educational Alliance is a 501 (c)(3) Non-Profit