Meredith (“Mimi”) Garcia had the unique challenge of teaching “Apocalyptic Lit” amidst the COVID-19 hybrid year. Still, the central questions of the course remained, “Will the apocalypse bring total annihilation, transcendence, bloodthirsty zombies, or all of the above? Will it bring people together or tear them apart?” As a medium, fiction allows for distance from both the material and reality, enough to critically engage with the text. Despite the fantastical, sci-fi qualities to apocalyptic literature, Mimi stresses that each text, from The Walking Dead to Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go, speak to questions of human nature and of hope.
Mimi’s new course offering, “Globalization, Literature, & Film”, investigates how globalization and media have come to shape each other and our everyday lives. The course utilizes films like Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon (1950) and Walter Salles’ Motorcycle Diaries (2004) to discuss how politics, history, and cross-cultural encounters come to manifest in film. Mimi notes that the entire film industry and how we have come to watch film also plays a role in how we analyze and reflect on the relationship between literature and media—to be both critical of the past and the present.
D-E Assemblies Recognize Arab, Persian, Muslim heritage, Ramadan, and Eid
Recent assemblies in D-E’s Lower School (LS) and Middle School (MS) celebrated Arab, Persian, and Muslim heritage, including recognition of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr, or the "Festival of Breaking the Fast," which marks the end of Ramadan. LS students first enjoyed...
6th Grade “Rome Day” Recap
When in Rome, do as the Romans do! This week Mr. Wallman’s 6th Grade History classes participated in their Rome Cultural Research Showcase in Hajjar Auditorium, attended by D-E families. The event, the culmination of intense Rome-related research, took the form of...
Science Department Spotlight: Making Universal Connections
The next installment of our community “Spotlight” series is an exploration of the Science Department—a natural fit as the season shifts to spring! “Science is all around us…
Critical Mass Varsity Robotics Qualifies for Worlds!
Congrats to our Bulldog Bots, who are heading to the World Finals! Over the weekend, our Upper School Robotics Team, Team #207 Critical Mass, qualified to compete in the FIRST World Championship, which will take place Wednesday, April 29, through Saturday, May 2, at...
TEDxDwight-Englewood School 2026 Centers on the Human Experience
TEDxDwight-Englewood School returned this year with another exceptional lineup of speakers from the Upper School (US) …
MS Creative Writing and Art & Design Students Learn About ‘Narrative in Art’
Cultivating creativity! D-E Middle School students in Ms. Miller’s Creative Writing and Ms. Scrivanich’s Art & Design Explorations Discovery classes recently teamed up to visit The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York as part of an experiential program called...
First Graders Present Their Houses and Homes
A longstanding D-E tradition, 25 years running(!), returned to the Lower School Gym last week with the Houses and Homes Assembly, where first graders, donning construction vests and hard hats, presented to D-E families the model dwellings they’d worked hard on for the...
D-E Winter Track Athletes Competing in Nike Indoor Nationals!
CHEERS to D-E Varsity Winter Track athletes Tade Adeyeri ‘26, Adesola Afonja ‘27, and Grace Dalgetty ‘26! All three qualified for the prestigious Nike Indoor Nationals! Tade competed earlier in the Boys Triple Jump Emerging Elite competition. Adesola will compete in...
D-E Celebrates Pi Day!
Way to go D-E “Mathletes”! D-E’s Math Club officially recognized “Pi Day” (3.14) earlier this week in Imperatore Library with fun, hands-on activities including “Four 4’s” (featuring a challenge to use exactly four 4’s and any math symbol to make a number);...
Fourth Grade UN Field Trip Fosters Global Understanding
During a recent field trip to the United Nations (UN), fourth graders expanded their understanding of global citizenship and international cooperation. They learned about refugees, who they are, why people are forced to leave their homes due to war or persecution, and...