School Life Highlights

The spring season always welcomes a variety of culminating events for everyone in our community! Take a look back at just a few major events and programs that took place for our students.

Kindergarten zoo

Kindergarten zoo

Future zoologists and environmental advocates are in our midst! This spring our kindergarteners presented their annual Kindergarten Zoo on Mr. Rocky’s Field. Handcrafted dioramas colorfully demonstrated our students’ appreciation for an array of interesting critters...

8th grade living wax museum

8th grade living wax museum

Celebrities, historical figures, and some lesser-known but equally important individuals came alive during our annual 8th Grade Living Wax Museum in the Middle School earlier this spring. Students carefully and comprehensively researched the lives of their ‘personas’,...

Spring carnival 2024 

Spring carnival 2024 

Our annual Spring Carnival was a whopping success! With great weather and activities thanks to a fantastic collaborative effort from our Parents’ Association, all of our Upper School Clubs and our affinity groups, hundreds of D-E families, friends, and faculty/staff...

M.A.G.I.C. 2024 

M.A.G.I.C. 2024 

In April, the Upper School Student Office of Student Life hosted M.A.G.I.C. 2024! M.A.G.I.C. is an intramural competition held every year for Grades 9-12 in posthumous recognition of alumnus Michael Andrew Glowsk ‘95. This spring, the Upper School celebrated this...

Partial eclipse viewing party

Partial eclipse viewing party

On April 8th at 3:10 PM, the entire D-E community, equipped with eclipse glasses provided by the STAR Astronomy Club, gathered outside to catch the partial eclipse. It was incredible to share this monumental, cosmic event all together; faculty and students also used...

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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