Athletic Teams Shout-outs!

Calliope Earns Top CSPA Honors

by Bart Klemensowski | December 22, 2025 | Recent News | 0 Comments

Congrats are in order for the editors and contributors of the Upper School (US) English-language literary-arts magazine, CALLIOPE! Last spring’s issue was named a 2026 Crown Finalist by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA). Being a Finalist means CALLIOPE...

Jazz “Rocks” D-E!

by Bart Klemensowski | December 19, 2025 | Recent News | 0 Comments

Way to Rock, D-E Jazz Rock! The Upper School’s annual Jazz Rock Winter Concert was performed earlier today to a packed, enthusiastic audience in Schenck Auditorium. Scheduled on the final day of classes immediately prior to winter break, this year’s concert held up...

MS Paper RollerCoaster Expo Recap

by Bart Klemensowski | December 18, 2025 | Recent News | 0 Comments

The annual 8th Grade Paper Rollercoaster Expo rolled into D-E’s Middle School (MS) Building earlier today! This showcase event was the culmination of students’ hands-on study of (and appreciation for) the laws of physics and Newton’s Laws of Motion. Visiting fellow...

LS Holiday SingAlong Assembly Highlights

by Bart Klemensowski | December 18, 2025 | Recent News | 0 Comments

D-E’s annual Lower School (LS) Holiday SingAlong Assembly yesterday held up to tradition! With festive lights and hundreds of happy smiling families, the LS Gym was transformed into a lively, lovely holiday-esque scene. Students and LS faculty/staff sang seasonal...

TREP$ 2025 Was a Success!

by Bart Klemensowski | December 16, 2025 | Recent News | 0 Comments

The TREP$ program, which kicked off in September, culminated in the TREP$ 2025 Marketplace, where our sixth-grade entrepreneurs set up shop in the Wharton Lessin Dining Hall to sell the wares they’d planned, received feedback on, prepped, and learned how to promote....

English Department Spotlight

by Valerie Berrios | December 15, 2025 | Academic Departments, Featured Posts, Spotlight on D-E Departments, Spotlight on English | 0 Comments

In continuation of a monthly series spotlighting D-E’s community of learners in every department, we had conversations with English Department Chair Mr. Jeremy Meserole, P’26, ’28, ’30, and other English Department faculty, who spoke on topics such as being inclusive,...

D-E Welcomes Visiting Students, CloseUp Foundation for Day of Deliberative Dialogue Conference

by Bart Klemensowski | December 15, 2025 | Inclusive Excellence, Recent News | 0 Comments

D-E recently hosted a daylong civics workshop for a cohort of D-E students and high school students from across the Tri-State area. The day offered a continuation of last month’s Day of Deliberative Dialogue in the Upper School, facilitated by our Office of Diversity,...

US Student Committee on AI (SCAI) Meets to Research AI in the Classroom

by Bart Klemensowski | December 12, 2025 | Innovation Highlights, Innovation in Academics, Recent News | 0 Comments

D-E’s Upper School Student Committee on Artificial Intelligence (SCAI) is hard at work researching the effects of AI on metacognition (that is, a person’s thought processes).This student group was founded last year and is advised by Chief Innovation Officer Ms. Gross...

Lower School Assembly Celebrates Core Value of Commitment, Neurodivergency, and Differences in Abilities

by Bart Klemensowski | December 12, 2025 | Recent News | 0 Comments

This week’s Lower School (LS) Assembly “centered on commitment and the strength of neurodiverse and differently-abled communities—a meaningful moment for all of us,” said LS Assistant Principal Madeleine Lopez. In celebrating D-E’s core value of Commitment, students...

Handbells & Choral Winter Concert Recap

by Bart Klemensowski | December 11, 2025 | Performing Arts, Recent News | 0 Comments

Bells were ringing and students across divisions were singing in D-Elightful harmony during last night’s Handbells & Chorus Winter Concert, presented by D-E Performing Arts. Hajjar Auditorium was standing room only for a seasonally-inspired program which included...

Congratulations to Myles Bland ’23 who was selected as Dwight-Englewood’s recipient of the NJSIAA Scholar-Athlete Award. Myles was honored along with other New Jersey high school athletes by the NJSIAA at a luncheon on May 21.

Congratulations to Varsity Baseball Team’s Everett Garber ’24, who was listed as one of the Baseball Players of the Week in the NJIC on NJ.com in early May!

Congratulations to Varsity Girls’ Lacrosse Team’s Alexa Kobre ’24 who was named the NJIGLL Offensive Player of the Week in early May!

Congratulations to Karina Pink ’23 and Amari Boyd ’23 for earning the NJIC Sportsmanship Award. This award honors the top student athletes from each school who best personified sportsmanship in their respective sports. In the words of Interim Athletic Director Bill Jaeger, “Karina and Amari have represented the very best side of D-E athletics during their years of competition.” Amari & Karina were honored at a luncheon held by the NJIC on May 31.

Congratulations to Varsity Boys’ Lacrosse Team’s Max Schiffman ’23, who was listed as a “Player to Watch” in the NJSIAA Boys Lacrosse Non-Public B Tournament on NJ.com!

Congratulations to Boys’ Varsity Tennis Assistant Coach Chris Chan, who won the Men’s National USTA Doubles Championship in San Diego! Coach Chan is also the Head Coach for D-E Girls’ Varsity Tennis.

Congratulations to Colin McKoy ’23, who was selected by North Jersey Media as the Male “Athlete of The Week” for Bergen County in early May. Colin earned this award through his performance at the NJIC League Championship, scoring 38 points for the Bulldogs. Colin won the 400m (53.04), Javelin (145-4) , anchor leg for the winning 4×400 Relay (52 split), and came second in the Triple Jump (41-5.5.) . Colin is now on our Top 10 list in D-E School Track history in the following events: #3 Javelin, #10 400IH, #10 400M, #2 Triple Jump; he also is our spring Triple Jump record holder!

Congratulations to Jaden Aroesty ’26 for being the only golfer in the NJIC to qualify for the Dan Luciano Golf Tournament!