Beyond the Classroom

There have been so many opportunities over the past few months for our students, faculty/staff, and families to enjoy learning experiences far beyond the confines of the classroom. This is all thanks to robust, exciting student life and community service initiatives. From our youngest students involved in Affinity Group-led diversity awareness assembly programs and being mentored in hands-on STEM workshops…  to Middle and Upper School student leaders of clubs that are focused on the arts, identity, community service and specific interest areas  … our mission is fully in action through D-E’s co-curricular offerings.

The D-E Garden Club, Jazz Rock, INSPIRE ( Introducing New Solutions to Promote Integrity & Respect Everywhere), WISE (Women in STEM Education), JADE (Jewish Awareness at D-E); GSA (Gender & Sexuality Awareness) and Spoonies ( a club dedicated to raising awareness about Chronic Illness) are just a few examples of clubs that have made a wonderful, positive impact on the School over the past few months.

The photos here provide just a sampling of these activities; please see the following pages for more specific examples of our students doing their part to ‘make it better’ through fundraising programs including V-Day 2023 and Art in Action, and affinity group activities celebrating differences.

D-E ’96

D-E ’96

Joshua Casty, son of Jeanine Trovato Casty and Michael Casty ’95, is the starting center on the CMEK Grade 1 Club Basketball Team. Fellow Bulldog alum Chad Mekles’99 is the head coach of the team. Joshua earned the nickname "The Landlord" for his incredible defense in...

D-E ’02

D-E ’02

Parent of alumni Rakesh Kaul and Justin Barad were honored to represent Fooda at the Chicago Innovation Awards closing bell ceremony on Monday, March 26th. It was the 3rd largest single-day point gain in history! Not a bad day to have our logo on Nasdaq’s 7 story...

D-E ’02

D-E ’02

Josh Williams aka Technodrome1 painted the pool on Roosevelt Island sponsored in part by K&CO design firm where Krista Ninivaggi ’97 works.   Devin Delliquanti and Jennifer Skog were married in November of 2017 at The Metropolitan Building in Long Island...

D-E ’06

D-E ’06

Annie Hurwitz married Peter Kucera on March 24 at the Retreat at Balcones Springs in Marble Falls, TX. Her sister, Leigh Hurwitz ’99, was the officiant. Annie and Peter moved to Houston from Washington, DC, in July of 2017 for Peter’s job at Trafigura, a commodities...

D-E ’09

D-E ’09

Margot Bennett is a singer-songwriter who recently filmed a music video in the Silberfein gym, with the help of Dr. De Jarnett and Coach Schmid. The video is a tale of unrequited love set in a badminton gym class. The video was directed by Zach Shevich ’08 and...

D-E ’11

D-E ’11

Jason Goldberg who is now singing professionally and directing opera productions, came to spend some time talking with fifth grade performers about his memories of singing in his fifth grade opera. He also shared some stories about his experiences singing on the stage...

D-E ’16

D-E ’16

Recently, one of Lucy Plowe’s art pieces was accepted to the IPCNY (International Print Center New York) summer exhibition, “Multilayered,” which is a juried show selected by artist Juan Sánchez. The piece is called “Fear No Fate,” and it’s a large lithography-based...

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