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 360° View – Summer Notes Edition 7/12/2019
D-E 360° View – Summer Notes Edition 7/12/2019 What a wonderful Week 3 at D-E 360° Summer Connections! Our Enrichment campers continue to enjoy their ‘a la carte’ courses, ranging from Lotions & Potions to “The Verdict” and Volleyball! Our Immersive campers in...
Nurse’s Office Update
The end of this school year brings the retirement of Sara Schulman, who has been our Middle/Upper School Nurse for the past 10 years. Sara stepped in at a critical time after the sudden passing of our previous nurse, and she has been with us since. She brought vast...
D-E 360° View – Summer Notes Edition 7/3/2019
D-E 360° View Summer Notes Edition 7/3/2019 It’s been a short but super Week 2 with D-E 360° Summer Connections (SC) 2019! Below are Week 2 highlights of our campers’ experiences within our Enrichment, Immersive, and Discoveries & Adventures and...
Eileen Feikens Appointed Dean of College Counseling
As you know, we have been working this spring to find a replacement for Rosita Fernandez-Rojo, who will be retiring. We opened a search process and interviewed many qualified candidates from all over the country, looking for the person with the best experience to...
D-E 360° View – Summer Notes Edition 6/28/2019
D-E 360° View Summer Notes Edition 6/28/2019 Welcome Summer! D-E 360° Summer Connections (SC) 2019 officially kicked-off Monday, June 24, and by all accounts it was a great success, with dozens of opportunities for all our campers (along with their teachers, “blue...
Rock Out the Summer
Submitted by Susan Abramson and Kim Lewis As we left the building the beautiful display caught our eye. Created and left by a teacher and their students, we loved this display and how it reminded us of the children who just a few days ago filled the classrooms and...
Second Grade Garden Store
Submitted by Doran Muus The Second Grade Garden Store was in full swing during the final weeks of school, and the youngsters were excitedly setting out the cash register and the garden items they prepared for the store. They counted the money Ms. Lemire had...
Village Project Construction Update – June 2019
Summer Connections Countdown
The start of D-E 360° Summer Connections (SC) 2019 is less than two weeks away! Catch our SC Countdown Clock here. Schedule your best summer ever: For a quick snapshot of Schedules for all our SC 2019 programs, including our Immersives as well as our Enrichment,...
Discoveries & Adventures Open Doors to New Worlds
D-E 360° Summer Connections’ Discoveries, Adventures and Junior Summer Day Camp programs are for students who will be entering Preschool (age 3) through Grade 4 in Fall (September) 2019. Our programs offer age-appropriate activities that are carefully...
