Our youngest ones have so much wisdom to offer us. Former librarian and now 3rd grade teacher, Rachel Brainin carries on the legacy of Sheila Sienicki and maintains the publication’s spirit. Rather than having students strive to be published, D-Escribe is an open opportunity to explore writing prompts and styles. Teachers mainly submit work from the Units of Study, while also offering students creative prompts to play with style and content.
“Writing is sometimes very prescribed, so the open-ended prompts provide us with more exciting stories. I had a kid who didn’t like to write but then couldn’t stop writing about dinosaurs. In any free moment he had, he would say, ‘can I work on my dinosaurs?’”
Rather than having students strive to be published, D-Escribe is an open opportunity to explore writing as an artistic medium. Rachel hopes to continue to build upon D-Escribe’s wonderful history and to continue to inspire young students.
Gratitude Strikes the Right Chord at the Thanksgiving Assembly
A rainy morning on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024, didn’t dampen the spirits inside the Myrna B. Sherman Gymnasium, where enthusiastic students from all divisions gathered for D-E’s annual Thanksgiving Assembly. Interim Head of School Preeti Fibiger gave opening remarks with...
Book Fair Highlights
Lower and Middle School students, faculty / staff and families have been having a ball at the annual Book Fair! “Reading Around the World” is the theme for this year’s Book Fair and shoppers have been treated to an amazing array of literature options. THANK YOU to our...
Sylvie Yao Named NJIC Girls Tennis Athlete of the Year!
Congratulations to Upper School student athlete Sylvie Yao ’27 for being named Girls Tennis Player of the Year by the North Jersey Interscholastic Conference (NJIC)! The NJIC described Sylvie as “dominant” when she’s on the court, with only one loss in dual matches...
Thanksgiving Drive
D-E’s Thanksgiving Drive 2024 was a huge success! Thanks to the D-E community’s overwhelming generosity, we collected more than $5,000 for the Center for Food Action in addition to a large quantity of food items. We also filled half a school bus with all the oversized...
Announcing Our Next Head of School
With tremendous excitement and confidence, we are thrilled to announce that the Dwight-Englewood Board of Trustees has unanimously selected Dr. James Calleroz White as Dwight-Englewood’s 7th Head of School, beginning his tenure on July 1, 2025. Amidst an intensive...
MS Robotics Teams Prepare for Competition!
D-E’s three Middle School Robotics Teams have officially kicked-off their 2024-2025 season! Team Neutron, Team Nano Navigators, and Team Nitro each took turns presenting to fellow students, faculty/staff, families and friends in a recent showcase event to help them...
Recapping D-E 360’s Discovery Day at Newark Museum
On Friday, Nov. 15, our lifelong learners in the Lower School had a fun-filled, hands-on learning day at The Newark Museum of Art! The event was part of our D-E 360° “Discovery Day” Field Trips that are organized when classes are not in session. In addition to viewing...
Jazz Brunch D-Elivers Great Live Jazz Performance
CHEERS to our Stage Band and Jazz Workshop, and of course Director Rob DeBellis, who ‘D-Elivered’ a great live Jazz Brunch performance this past weekend! The concert featured classics from Oliver Nelson including “Hobo Flats” and “Kilimanjaro” as well as other jazz...
D-E Thanksgiving Drive 2024 Reminder
It’s the time of year for giving! The D-E community is reminded of our annual Thanksgiving Drive, underway now through tomorrow morning, Tuesday, Nov. 19. Donations of new or gently used winter coats and other apparel items are requested and will benefit the local...
Way to Grow, D-E! Garden Work Party Highlights
Way to ‘grow’, D-E! Thanks to the parents and students who participated in our recent Garden Work Party! Volunteers helped weed, tend and tidy the Nettie Louise Coyt Teaching Garden and also did a great "leaf round up" for which volunteers brought in bags of dead...
