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.
Middle School Diversity Day 2023
The D-E Middle School has been taking great strides to inspire diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) within the classrooms and community throughout this year and beyond. The values of DEIB are crucial to supporting all students at D-E; according to Ms....
THANK YOU! Bulldog Bash 2023 Surpasses Goal!
The D-E community joined together in a big way to “go for the gold” for Financial Aid during this year’s Bulldog Bash! Parents, alumni, faculty, staff and friends danced “through the D-Ecades” in Manhattan on April 29, and in the process raised a record-breaking...
“Angst” Screening Educates & Informs Parents
“Angst” Screening Educates & Informs Parents In May, our Parents’ Association & Parent Education Committee hosted a screening and discussion of the documentary, “ANGST: Raising Awareness Around Anxiety”. The documentary aims to open the conversation about...
D-E Parents’ Association (PA) Provides Timely, Trending Parent Ed. Opportunities
The Impacts of Social Media: D-E Hosts Max Stossel, CEO of Social Awakening Through a collaborative coordination between the PA’s Parent Education Committee and Office of Social Emotional Learning (SEL), D-E welcomed Max Stossel, CEO of Social Awakening and educator...
Spring Season Coaches’ Awards
Most Improved – Blasina Olowe Most Improved – Maya Rosenberg Coaches’ Award – Emma Hsu Most Valuable Athlete – Uma Rajan Most Improved – Noah Thomas Coaches’ Award – Jack Park Most Valuable Athlete – Amari Boyd Most Valuable Athlete – Colin McKoyMost Improved – Dawson...
Spring Teams Student Athletes All-League and All-County Awardees
Colin McKoy: First Team All Division in 400M, JAV & 4x400 Relay; Second Team All Division in TJ Amari Boyd: First Team All Division in 110HH, 400IH, & 4x400 Relay Noah Thomas: First Team All Division At Large; Honorable Mention in HJ & TJ Davis Lee: First...
Girls’ Varsity Basketball Senior Players Make D-E History!
Cheers and congratulations to both Montana Nicks ’23 and Karina Pink ’23, D-E Varsity Girls’ Basketball standouts, for making D-E athletics history earlier this year. Montana made her mark on D-E’s record books when she scored her 1000th point during the Bulldogs’...
Ultimate
The “Plastic” Bulldogs finished third at the NYC Youth Cup, and ended their season with a record of 11-9 after placing 7th in the NJ State Tournament. Reece Davidman ’24 is the new D-E record holder for blocks, and Ben Tsirelman ’24 is now 5th in goals scored in D-E...
Crew
D-E’s Crew team may consist of only nine members, but they have a lot of fun! Led by Coach Carroll, the Bulldogs regularly practice at Overpeck Park on the Hackensack River, and they competed in several competitions this season. The JV Girls Doubles team of Anna...
Track and Field
The Bulldogs had a historic season as the Boys’ team won the league title for the first time. The team racked up an enormous 38 “D-E Top 10” performances, including 10 school records. Colin McKoy ’23, Amari Boyd ’23, Noah Thomas ’24, Uma Rajan ’24, and Emma Hsu ’25...
