Amidst a busy hybrid year, rising Junior, Darby-Lee Stack ’23 saw an opportunity when she joined the Upper School Environmental club. Inspired by other established student publications like Parnassus and Calliope, Darby learned from ground-zero how to publish a magazine using InDesign. She positions herself as an intersectional environmentalist, emphasizing how climate change and other environmental issues affect communities differently. From the effects of fast fashion to the emergence of vertical farming, Darby is passionate about raising awareness and making lasting change.
“A lot of people think that just doing the small things, like buying almond milk instead of regular milk won’t do anything. Maybe it doesn’t do anything. Maybe it does. However, it is really looking at the big picture, looking as a community about what we do. It’s about individual progression, definitely, but as a community, that’s what really matters. That’s going to be reflected about what we do for the environment, but also ourselves.”
Economics & Business Finance Students Visit the Fed
Upper School (US) students in our Economics and Business Finance classes recently took a field trip to the Federal Bank of New York. “While there, they listened to a lecture on basic monetary policy and the role the central bank plays in managing the economy,” said US...
Basketball Student-Athlete Leo Colosimo ’26 Scores His 1,000th Point
CHEERS & CONGRATS to Leo Colosimo ‘26!!! Courtside dreams came true last night when Leo Colosimo ’26 scored his 1,000th career point in the Myrna B. Sherman Gym, where D-E’s Boys Varsity Basketball Team faced the Hackensack Comets. Congratulations to Leo on this...
LS Celebrates Black History Month
During their recent Lower School Assembly, the LS community celebrated Black History Month with storytelling, personal anecdotes, poetry, and a dance performance! The assembly began with a video featuring a reading of “That Swingin’ Sound,” a story about the musical...
We Heart Math: Connecting Through the All-School Math Problem
CHEERS to D-E’s All-School Math Problem, a long-time tradition and cross-divisional activity! This year’s problem focused on symmetry, with a theme apropos for the lead-up to Valentine’s Day—cutting out (and folding) paper hearts! Ms. Patti Barrett, Chair of...
Save the Date for TEDxDwight-Englewood School 2026!
TEDxDwight-Englewood School 2026 is almost here! The production team is hard at work getting ready for the second-annual event, being held on Thursday, February 19, at 6 PM in Hajjar Auditorium. This year’s event once again features D-E Upper School student presenters speaking on the theme of “Learning Unbound: Igniting the Future,” with a mission of “sharing ideas worth spreading.” Featured speakers are Cooper Carragher-Haim ’26, Megan Rhee ’29, Arnav Garg ’28, Kylie Karageozian ’27, Jason Lee ’27, and Tyler Pinniger ’27. Learn more about the event by clicking the link in our bio!
Young Alumni Return to Campus to Discuss Life After D-E
Earlier this winter, the School hosted a “Life After D-E” Young Alumni Panel Discussion in Hajjar Auditorium, during which graduates of the Classes of 2021-2025 shared with us how D-E has impacted their lives in college and beyond. As articulated by these young alumni, our Upper School students have opportunities to explore their passions and choose their own path as they move into the world. To read their reflections on what sets D-E apart from other schools and why they will always have a home, a community, at Dwight-Englewood, click the link in our bio!
Stage Band/ Jazz Workshop & Chorus Collab Concert on Monday, Feb 9
Our student musicians are getting ready to perform Gershwin (“Prelude 2”), Garner (“Misty”), “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters, and more, when D-E Performing Arts presents their annual, collaborative Stage Band / Jazz Workshop and Chorus Concert. The concert is Monday,...
3rd Grade FLL Robotics Teams Shine at Explore Event
Congratulations to our incredible 3rd Grade First LEGO League (FLL) Robotics Teams, who shined at the recent FLL Explore event at Princeton Day School! “We couldn’t be prouder of our students,” said Ms. Li, Lower School (LS) STEM teacher, who coaches the LS Robotics...
MS “Anatomy of a Human” Consortium Highlights
To launch its Anatomy of a Human Project, 7th grade faculty recently facilitated an Anatomy of Human Consortium, during which several D-E parents graciously took time out of their busy days in the medical field to visit the Middle School and share about their medical...
D-E Community Shines During Annual Cultural Showcase 2026
“Inviting Peace” was the theme of “Our World House: A Cultural Showcase,” a now-annual School event organized by the Department for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (DEIB), for which students from the Lower School (LS), Middle School (MS), and Upper School...
