D-E Alumni Return to Campus

D-E alumni recently returned to campus for a series of events, including a panel from recent graduates, speed networking with our class of 2025, a...

Congrats to Emma Hsu ‘25, Grace Dalgetty ‘26!

Cheers to Emma Hsu ‘25 and Grace Dalgetty ‘26, both of whom competed in the recent State Meet of Champions in Pennsauken, NJ (the highest level of...

A Look Back: Poet Dr. Joshua Bennett Visits D-E

D-E was recently graced with a campus visit from renowned poet Dr. Joshua Bennett, a Professor of Literature and Distinguished Chair of the...

Wacky Water Day and Kindergarten Field Day Spark Joy for Lower School Students

Wacky Water Day was a blast for D-E’s 1st through 5th graders! The annual tradition gives Lower School (LS) students the opportunity to get into...

Kindergarten Zoo Highlights

A beloved annual tradition returned to the Lower School (LS) when the Kindergarten Zoo was set up on Mr. Rocky’s Field by LS teachers Ms. Tricia...

D-E Celebrates Commencement 2025

The mood was joyous and a little bittersweet as D-E’s graduating seniors, their families, faculty, and staff gathered beneath a white tent on Leggett Field for Commencement 2025 on June 1. This momentous event was called to order by Student Government President-Elect Max Koppelman ’26. The processional followed, with the graduates led into the tent by a pipe band and the playing of Elgar’s “Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1” by the D-E Symphony Orchestra. …

End-of-Year All School Assembly Highlights

This morning Interim Head of School Preeti Fibiger P’24 welcomed the D-E student body, faculty, and staff to the End of Year All-School Assembly,...

Class of 2025 Wraps-up Year with Senior Selectives & More!

The end (of a chapter) is near for our graduating seniors! D-E’s Class of 2025 has had an active couple of weeks leading up to Commencement this...

8th Grade Discovery Field Trip to PIX11

Hot off the presses! Students in 8th Grade Dean Ali Miller’s ‘In the News’ Discovery class recently got a sneak peek at a morning news broadcast...

Engineering Pioneer Speaks to Women in STEM; Sylvie Yao ‘27 Honored

Women in STEM Education (WISE) recently hosted Chitra Venkatraman, Co-Chair of Women in Engineering for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics...

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D-E 360° Fosters ‘Chess Culture’ at D-E

D-E 360° Fosters ‘Chess Culture’ at D-E

The growth of D-E 360°’s chess community over the past year has been incredible. Earlier this spring, our school hosted the first-ever ChessFest on Sunday, April 27, 2025, facilitated by Grandmaster Mackenzie “Mac” Molner, who coaches the D-E 360° Chess Team. In...

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The Fifth Grade Opera Opens a Door to Theatre

The Fifth Grade Opera Opens a Door to Theatre

As part of a longstanding tradition, D-E Performing Arts presented the Fifth Grade Opera for the broader D-E community on Thursday, April 24, 2025, in Hajjar Auditorium. The opera is traditionally divided into three operettas, for which the Lower School (LS) students...

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Reunion Weekend 2025

For all alumni with major milestone celebrations for class years ending with 0 and 5. 

Save the Date:
October 24 -26, 2025

Annual Fund

While we all can appreciate that a D-E education is a worthy investment, tuition alone covers only 88% of the true operating costs of our community.

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