Our Department of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging (DEIB), often in partnership with our Parent & Caregiver Affinity Groups (PCAGs), brought so many distinctive, valued communities of D-E into the spotlight this spring. From hosting insightful speakers to remembering important historical events and recognizing holidays, here’s to the efforts of so many to follow-through on our D-E mission statement in tangible, meaningful ways!
D-E Welcomes Visiting Students, CloseUp Foundation for Day of Deliberative Dialogue Conference
D-E recently hosted a daylong civics workshop for a cohort of D-E students and high school students from across the Tri-State area. The day offered a continuation of last month’s Day of Deliberative Dialogue in the Upper School, facilitated by our Office of Diversity,...
An INSPIRE-ing Conversation About Indigenous Peoples
The Upper School’s INSPIRE club, led by Cam Gennardo ’26, Hayley Cohen ’27, Maia Haber ’26, and Evelyn Chow ’27, recently hosted an open discussion dedicated to Native American Heritage Month. Student leaders presented on the history of the observance, the diaspora it...
Club Être Celebrates the ‘Day of the Girl’ at Nasdaq
Club Être, a chapter of the greater Être organization run by D-E alumna Illana Raia ’86 and led by student leaders Anna Ibargüen ’26, Ella Siew ’26, and Daniela Hochstadt ’28, recently took a field trip to Nasdaq headquarters in New York. They were invited by the...
Celebrating Chuseok and The Mid-Autumn Festival
D-E’s Chinese Culture Club (CCC) and Korean Culture Club (KCC) hosted a joyful Chuseok and Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration earlier this week, in the Wharton Lessin Dining Hall. Mr. Lee ’17, Assistant Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging for the...
LS Fall Festival Highlights
On a bright and sunny October day, a beloved tradition—the Lower School Fall Fest—returned to Leggett Field. The D-E Parents’ Association hosted the event, which welcomed D-E families to come out to enjoy fall-themed inflatables,...