Five of D-E’s 7th and 8th graders were recently honored by the Englewood Rotary Club’s Teens for Peace Program, which involves several other schools in the area and culminates with the planting of a “Peace Pole” somewhere in Englewood. Zorena A. ’30, Ken E. ’30, Vicky K. ’31, Emma L. ’31, and Brendan P. ’31 were this year’s D-E participants, under the guidance of Bergen Family Center representatives, 8th Grade Dean Ali Miller, and Dr. Sherronda Brown, D-E 360° Director. Teens for Peace consists of workshops aimed at fostering a sense of community, developing leadership skills, and planning a service project. The teen committee elected to plant this 6th Peace Pole, which bears a message of unity in eight different languages, in front of Liberty School at the intersection of Tenafly Road and West Palisade Avenue. 

“During the dedication ceremony, Englewood Mayor Michael Wildes reminded attendees of the profound historical weight embedded in the soil beneath them,” said Dr. Brown. “The Peace Pole now stands precisely where General George Washington marched his troops during the 1776 retreat, and at the very crossroads where the legacies of the Tuskegee Airmen, Rosa Parks, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and Malcolm X have intersected through generations of local rallies for civil rights and global freedom.” Kudos to these students for their dedication to global harmony and for truly representing D-E citizens of the world!