Arts Highlights

Thank you to D-E’s Visual Arts & Design and Performing Arts Departments for a spectacular showcasing of original student work this spring! Whether visiting our Swartley Art Gallery exhibits or attending events on the stages of Schenck Auditorium, Hajjar Auditorium, or the Leggett Hall Theatre Lab, anyone with an interest in the arts has had so much to enjoy and experience this past season.

Bravo to Orchestra Extravaganza Performers!

Bravo to Orchestra Extravaganza Performers!

BRAVO and what a wonderful Orchestra Extravaganza from D-E’s Performing Arts Department! CHEERS to all our winds, percussion, and strings ensemble musicians who performed an incredible concert in Schenck Auditorium! This annual concert showcased all of D-E’s division...

Arts Highlights

Arts Highlights

Can you spell “spectacular”? From the Upper School’s Winter Musical “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” to the incredible showcases by our music ensembles and visual artists in all divisions, take a look back at this season so far…

Jazz Rock Spring Concert Recap

Jazz Rock Spring Concert Recap

We ended our week of M.A.G.I.C. on Friday evening with our Spring Jazz Rock Concert! With food trucks prior to the events, D-E audience members enjoyed a showcase of incredible music from our student musicians and vocalists. We kicked it off with “Sway” from the...

Swartley Gallery Senior Spotlight Exhibit

Swartley Gallery Senior Spotlight Exhibit

The annual D-E tradition of Swartley Gallery showcasing the work of our senior artists continues! This year the Senior Spotlight Exhibit will feature artwork by Class of 2024 artists Percy Bedell '24; Jaime Lai '24; Ben Rothman '24; Sofia Sherry '24; and Mia Soler...

M.A.G.I.C Week 2024 Day 1 & Day 2 Recaps

M.A.G.I.C Week 2024 Day 1 & Day 2 Recaps

It’s the Upper School’s M.A.G.I.C. Week 2024 here on campus! M.A.G.I.C. stands for the Michael Andrew Glowski Intramural Competition, and we’re changing it up this year. As opposed to just one day of games and fun, we’re celebrating in ‘magical’ ways, this entire...

Jazz Rock Concert

Jazz Rock Concert

The long wait is over! D-E Jazz Rock is performing their annual Spring Concert this Friday, April 19, at 7 PM in Schenck Auditorium!  Always a crowd favorite, Jazz Rock will be performing a range of popular hits including “Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You” (Frank Valli);...

By: Bart Klemensowski

New Jersey National History Day Contest Highlights

Way to go! Eleven of our 8th Graders participated in the New Jersey History Day Contest, which took place at William Paterson University. This series challenges students to become experts on a topic of their choice, individually or in a group. Students take...

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MODE Hosts Library Jam Session

Student leaders of Musicians of D-E (MODE) hosted an after-school jam session in The Imperatore Library this week, just as Seniors reached their last official day of classes. Mackenzie Hammer ’28 kicked off the live performances, playing the ukulele as she sang...

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All-School Choral & Drumming Concert is Tuesday, May 19!

Get ready for the All-School Choral & Drumming Concert! Our Lower, Middle and Upper School choral ensembles will D-Elight audiences when they perform next Tuesday, May 19, at 7 PM in Schenck Auditorium. With enthusiasm and guidance from our Performing Arts...

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Phone Free Fridays Encourage Real-Life Connections

D-E’s Digital Wellness Team, led by Madigan Kacmar ’26, Anna Ibargüen ’26, and Ezra Newman ’26, recently brought back “Phone Free Fridays,” an initiative that began last year to encourage students to disconnect from their phones during the school day. Students who...

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Registration Opens for D-E Summer 2026 Programs

Summer is nearly here! D-E Summer 2026 programs kickstart the summer season for our youngest learners before camp begins; teach core life skills (driving); and offer exciting opportunities in athletics (basketball and volleyball), computer programming, and...

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Celebrating Jewish Heritage Month

D-E recently hosted assemblies honoring Jewish Heritage Month across divisions. In the Lower School (LS), fifth-grade presenters revealed facts about the Jewish population around the world, and then students who identify as Jewish took turns sharing their own...

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Last Chance to Get Your Tickets to ‘Beetlejuice JR.’!

It’s almost Showtime! Don’t miss the D-E Middle School (MS) Spring Musical, “Beetlejuice JR.,” opening tomorrow night in Schenck Auditorium! “While ‘Beetlejuice’ is undoubtedly ‘a show about death,’ it is mostly a show that celebrates life,” said Director and MS...

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