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.*

8th Grade Paper Roller Coaster Expo

8th Grade Paper Roller Coaster Expo

That’s how we roll! This year's 8th Grade class constructed 24 marvelous paper roller coasters made of cardstock, tape, and imagination… learning hands-on about physics, programming, circuitry, and more in the process! Students were split into teams and worked...

D-E Model UN Meets Success @ NAIMUN!

D-E Model UN Meets Success @ NAIMUN!

Congratulations to all our D-E Model UN (MUN) members on their success at NAIMUN! Convened at Georgetown University, NAIMUN is the largest Model UN conference on the East Coast. Over 3000 delegates participated in NAIMUN XLI last month. Despite the intensity of the...

My Mind Matters Therapy Dog Event

My Mind Matters Therapy Dog Event

With “PAW” (Projects & Assessments Week) coming up next week, the Upper School Club, My Mind Matters, hosted a therapy dogs event for Upper School students yesterday! The two therapy dogs Oscar and Thor made themselves comfortable in Hulst House, while students...

Club Etre Recognizes Women’s History Month

Club Etre Recognizes Women’s History Month

To recognize the upcoming Women’s History Month (in March), our Club Être Club hosted an informative assembly about the month’s significance. We learned about the International Women’s Day (March 8) and the International Day of the Girl Child (October 11), and we did...

STUDENT GOV’T. FEB. FLAG FOOTBALL FEST

STUDENT GOV’T. FEB. FLAG FOOTBALL FEST

In the spirit of this month’s NFL Superbowl, the Upper School Student Government hosted its own Flag Football Fest! The first two matches between Juniors VS Freshmen and Seniors VS Sophomores had the Seniors and Juniors coming out victorious. The two finalist teams...

FACULTY VS STUDENTS MIDDLE SCHOOL GAME

FACULTY VS STUDENTS MIDDLE SCHOOL GAME

The competitive spirit was also high in the Middle School for the Winter Faculty VS Student Basketball Game! Neither team held back in this friendly competition. We saw some incredible free throws from boys and girls, and the crowd went wild! In the end, the faculty...

VDay 2024 a Success!

VDay 2024 a Success!

Congratulations to our VDay 2024 organizers, featured performers, and crew for a fantastic recent event! VDay is a performance-based fundraiser that aims to raise awareness and provide financial resources for the Women’s Rights Information Center in downtown...

By: Bart Klemensowski

Spring Is in the Air With D-E 360° ACE Programming!

D-E 360° Aftercare & Enrichment (ACE) programs are springing forward into a new season full of creativity, movement, discovery, and fun! From budding builders to future chefs, artists, athletes, coders, and chess masters—there’s something for every child to...

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D-E 360° Chess Team Is Making the Right Moves!

The D-E 360° Chess Team, which is open to students from every division, has had an exciting season competing with players of all skill levels at D-E and across New Jersey! During the most recent tournament, hosted in the D-E Stem Center, there were almost 70...

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6th Grade “Rome Day” Recap

When in Rome, do as the Romans do! This week Mr. Wallman’s 6th Grade History classes participated in their Rome Cultural Research Showcase in Hajjar Auditorium, attended by D-E families. The event, the culmination of intense Rome-related research, took the form of...

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Critical Mass Varsity Robotics Qualifies for Worlds!

Congrats to our Bulldog Bots, who are heading to the World Finals! Over the weekend, our Upper School Robotics Team, Team #207 Critical Mass, qualified to compete in the FIRST World Championship, which will take place Wednesday, April 29, through Saturday, May 2,...

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First Graders Present Their Houses and Homes

A longstanding D-E tradition, 25 years running(!), returned to the Lower School Gym last week with the Houses and Homes Assembly, where first graders, donning construction vests and hard hats, presented to D-E families the model dwellings they’d worked hard on for...

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