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.
Swartley Gallery Welcomes Artists Springer, Stein, and D-E Alumna Giancarlo ’10
D-E’s Swartley Gallery fall and winter exhibits have included works by a caricature master, a jazz singer and painter, and a multimedia artist who is a D-E graduate. Painter and caricature artist Dan Springer was featured in “Concept & Character,” an exhibit in...
Romeo and Juliet: A Shakespeare Classic Set in Hajjar STEM Center
D-E Performing Arts Department’s version of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet performed in November to two sold-out audiences. The production, staged in Hajjar STEM Center for a new twist on the tragic classic, included performances by D-E student and faculty actors....
Artistic Faculty Endeavors
D-E Visual Arts Chair Marisol Diaz held her solo exhibit “On Engineering the Self & Untethering the Soul” at the Bell-ans Center of Creative Arts in Orangeburg, NY, earlier this fall, which was the culmination of a several months long artist residency program for...
Jamming in the City
D-E’s Upper School ensemble StringJam traveled to Carnegie Hall’s Resnick Education Wing for a master class/workshop in January with the acclaimed quartet Ensemble Connect. StringJam Director and D-E Music Department faculty member Annaliesa Place commented, “This was...
DWIGHT ’53
The alumni office has learned of the passing of Adrienne Mann Cohen, of Languna Beach, CA, on January 4, 2018, at the age of 82. After Dwight Adrienne earned her undergraduate degree in art history from Brandeis University in 1957 and went on to teach art in New...
DWIGHT ’59
The alumni office has learned of the death of Jane Merkle Borden. Here is an adapted excerpt from her obituary published in the Hartford Courant newspaper: “Jane Merkle Borden of West Hartford, CT, passed away peacefully December 15, 2017. Born August 24, 1943, in...
DWIGHT ’67
Katherine Muhlfeld Bell is still carving stone and is a hospice volunteer, which she loves. She is also a high school mentor and is almost a grandmother.
D-E ’87
Jeanine Seitman Keller finally bought a house in Carmel Valley, CA. She is enjoying 70-degree winter days after 20 years in Breckenridge, CO.
D-E ’78
Nicholas “Nic” Apostoleris is the new CEO of a medical group, Tri-County Medical Group, which is looking to become a community health center organization based in Lima, NY. Lima is south of Rochester, near where Nic’s wife, Cathy, grew up and where her parents still...
D-E ’76
Lisa Diaz Nash was excited to be sworn in as a member of San Mateo’s Measure S Citizen Oversight Committee. The committee will review spending of a special sales tax to improve infrastructure and city services. We wish Rob Shafir the best as the new chief executive...