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.
Spring Athletes Shout-Outs: All-Conference, League & County Honorees
“Cheers” to the following Spring 2022 individual student athletes recognized for All-Conference, All-League, and/or All-County honors. Go Bulldogs! Baseball Rhys Bowie ’24 - NJIC All-League 1st Team (Outfielder) and 3rd Team All-County Daniel Russell ’24 - NJIC...
Stage Band & Jazz Rock
D-E was honored to host legendary musician, Don Byron, to perform with Stage Band. A Guggenheim Fellow, two-time Grammy nominee, and Pulitzer Prize nominee, Don Byron has been changing the soundscape of jazz for decades. D-E’s Stage Band and Jazz Workshop’s...
Annie JR.
D-E’s Performing Arts presented Annie JR. for this year’s Middle School spring musical. It was a joy to hear the iconic tune, “It’s the Hard-Knock Life!” live from Schenck Auditorium. Directed by theater teacher, Stephanie Anderson, with musical direction by Lower...
AP Art Gallery Wall Exhibit
Within the Visual Arts & Design department, the opening of the AP Art Gallery Wall is a culmination of students’ breadth of work over the past school year. Led by Arts & Design chair, Marisol Diaz, students prepare over fifteen works to submit to the College...
5th Grade Opera 2022
5th Grade Opera This year’s 5th Grade Opera was one for the books— a set of three operettas, marked Mary Heveran’s last production in her career as Lower School Music Teacher. Since 1980, Mary has guided generations of classes of students to make joyful noise and...
Catalina Mahe ’22, Alumna, Former D-E Student Body President; Yale University ’26:
Q: What is it like being an alumna? A: I expected after I graduated that I would feel like I had “moved on” from high school. But working at the school over the summer, I feel like I’ve just continued to grow into a new position at D-E. The campus feels like a second...
Aidan Hunter ’23, Rising Senior; D-E Student Body President 2022-2023:
Q: What have you been up to this summer? How is this summer different from your previous ones? A: In June, I interned for my Congressman and worked in the district office in New Jersey. I am currently spending the month of July living in Florence studying Art History....
Alexander Kim ’26 & Ananya Kannan ’26
Q: What have you been up to this summer? A: Alex: I’ve been taking PreCalc (at D-E 360º) with Ananya. I’ve also been enjoying playing hockey. A: Ananya: On top of taking PreCalc this summer, I’ve been working at an education center. I mostly grade and sometimes tutor....
Samir Parikh ’29, Rising 6th Grader:
Q: What have you been up to this summer? A: “I’ve been doing this program called Enrichment at Tenafly, taking a public speaking class, an energy-class, and a Model UN class. I’m acting as four countries: the US, the UK, France, and India. I also just finished...
Bulldog Bash 2022: Freestyle Love Supreme
A special “Thank You” to our amazing volunteer Co-Chairs, Jennifer Goodman P’20, ’22, ’25 and Tammy Mager P’22, ’24, for their leadership and guidance throughout the entire event planning process. Their inspiration, dedication, attention to detail and great company...
