Athletics Winter 2023-’24 Season Highlights

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Our Middle and Upper School teams showed great D-Etermination, sportsmanship, and promise for the future as they competed both home and away. From exciting, close wins to some losses that served to bring our athletes closer together, highlights from most of our Winter teams (including many of our teams’ final records and their coaches’ season summaries), are provided in the following pages. You’ll also find news about our athletes’ individual accolades and awards, including those who earned prestigious All-League and All-County nods.*

D-E ’02

D-E ’02

Parent of alumni Rakesh Kaul and Justin Barad were honored to represent Fooda at the Chicago Innovation Awards closing bell ceremony on Monday, March 26th. It was the 3rd largest single-day point gain in history! Not a bad day to have our logo on Nasdaq’s 7 story...

D-E ’02

D-E ’02

Josh Williams aka Technodrome1 painted the pool on Roosevelt Island sponsored in part by K&CO design firm where Krista Ninivaggi ’97 works.   Devin Delliquanti and Jennifer Skog were married in November of 2017 at The Metropolitan Building in Long Island...

D-E ’06

D-E ’06

Annie Hurwitz married Peter Kucera on March 24 at the Retreat at Balcones Springs in Marble Falls, TX. Her sister, Leigh Hurwitz ’99, was the officiant. Annie and Peter moved to Houston from Washington, DC, in July of 2017 for Peter’s job at Trafigura, a commodities...

D-E ’09

D-E ’09

Margot Bennett is a singer-songwriter who recently filmed a music video in the Silberfein gym, with the help of Dr. De Jarnett and Coach Schmid. The video is a tale of unrequited love set in a badminton gym class. The video was directed by Zach Shevich ’08 and...

D-E ’11

D-E ’11

Jason Goldberg who is now singing professionally and directing opera productions, came to spend some time talking with fifth grade performers about his memories of singing in his fifth grade opera. He also shared some stories about his experiences singing on the stage...

D-E ’16

D-E ’16

Recently, one of Lucy Plowe’s art pieces was accepted to the IPCNY (International Print Center New York) summer exhibition, “Multilayered,” which is a juried show selected by artist Juan Sánchez. The piece is called “Fear No Fate,” and it’s a large lithography-based...

D-E ’99

D-E ’99

Chad Mekles visited Jordana Kirsh Berger in Memphis, TN, where she now resides with her family. After a delicious BBQ lunch and a tour of the Graceland museum dedicated to Elvis, they attended the Memphis Grizzlies vs. Chicago Bulls NBA game. They are pictured with...

Commencement 2018

Commencement 2018

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] On Sunday, June 3, Commencement was held for the D-E Class of 2018.  117 seniors were awarded diplomas by Head of School Dr. Rodney V. De Jarnett, Upper School Principal Joseph Algrant, Class of 2018 Dean Kim Lalli, and...

By: Bart Klemensowski

Service-Learning Initiatives Inspire 7th Graders

Seventh Graders recently learned about service learning first-hand from organization founders and high school students who started their own community programs. Students gathered in the 7th Grade Porch to listen to a panel, moderated by Ms. Patel and Ms. Butterman,...

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Lower School Celebrates Community, Earth Day

Sporting their Spirit Day athletic team jerseys and T-shirts, Lower School students entered the gym for this week’s LS Assembly as the iconic song “We Are the World” played in the background. The song, as the fifth-grade presenters described, “is about being kind...

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2026 Scholastic Art & Writing Award Recipients

The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers’ annual Scholastic Art & Writing Awards is an opportunity for creative teens in grades 7-12 to submit their artwork or written work for a chance to receive opportunities for recognition, exhibition, and scholarships....

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Imperatore Library Hosts Spring 2026 Write Night

Happy National Poetry Month! In celebration, the English Department, in partnership with the Dwight-Englewood Writers (DEW) student organization, hosted Spring 2026 Write Night yesterday in The Imperatore Library, with a focus on poetry readings. Specifically,...

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