Affinity Groups Raise Awareness of & Appreciation for Differences in Identity
At D-E, affinity groups are tightly knit spaces of community, growth, and identity. Always striving to engage with other students, spread culture and awareness, and celebrate diversity, they are an essential part of school life and co-curricular opportunities in particular. Below are some of D-E’s affinity groups and their accomplishments, memories, and hopes for this year and beyond!
HOW CAN SCHOOLS CULTIVATE CARING AND A COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE IN CHILDREN?
DR. RICHARD WEISSBOURD, FACULTY DIRECTOR & SENIOR LECTURER Richard Weissbourd is a Senior Lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he co-directs the Human Development and Psychology Program, and the Kennedy School of Government. His work focuses...
Exploring Rhythm and Melody in Early Childhood
In this age of Zoom, it is perhaps the greatest sadness for music teachers to not be able to hear their classes sing as a group. Technical sound lags and a platform geared towards projecting one voice at a time combine to make sing-alongs frustrating and...
The Rights of Spring in Preschool-3
In Preschool-3, one part of our distance learning program has been the fun-and-learn sharing of the marvels of faunal and floral transformations that unfold in forests and woodlands in spring. We began with a look at trees and how they burst from bare twigs and...
That’s “ARRAY”zing!
Through the distance learning process, the first graders have been working diligently in their math groups. Their creativity truly sparked during our multiplication unit of study. The first graders are familiar with the idea of grouping items to make them easier to...










