Our students in all three divisions at the School – and faculty and staff members alike — were engaged in so many fascinating and admirable pursuits over the past few months. Our print D-E Today magazine no longer has enough space in which to feature them! Thankfully we have plenty of room here at www.d-etoday.org, to feature these Student Standouts and Faculty Endeavors online, and on a much more frequent basis. Check back often as we will continue to update these awesome achievements regularly! And if you have a Student Standout or Faculty Endeavors to share, Email us at: webmaster@d-e.org.
Above: Jordan McKoy ’19 with his parents Vernon and Lisa McKoy In initial competitions, including the NJIC Championships, the Bergen County Championships and the State Indoor Track Relays held in mid-January at Toms River, the Bulldogs made major strides. Here are some examples: Jeremy Bronstein ’19 already known on the track for his dominating distance running with [Read More]
D-E Visual Arts Chair Marisol Diaz held her solo exhibit “On Engineering the Self & Untethering the Soul” at the Bell-ans Center of Creative Arts in Orangeburg, NY, earlier this fall, which was the culmination of a several months long artist residency program for which she was selected. Describing her work as “exploring the identity [Read More]
In February, D-E Middle School student Rohin Juneja ’22 was notified by the National Geographic Society (Nat Geo) that he was one of the semifinalists eligible to compete in the 2017 New Jersey National Geographic State Bee. This is the second level of the National Geographic Bee competition, which is now in its 29th year. [Read More]
D-E Middle School student Sunaya DasGupta ’22 was chosen as one of the 39 Kid Reporters for Scholastics this year! Scholastic explains the process below: Scholastic News Kids Press Corps editors selected this year’s Kid Reporters after reviewing more than 300 entries. Applicants were required to submit a news report about their local community, ideas for [Read More]
Photo on top: Project Cicero NNJ volunteers and organizers included from left Aidan Hunter ‘23, Dylan Goldman ‘19, Ezra Hunter ‘19, Ethan Hunter ‘18, Teddi Langbaum Hunter ‘87, Erica Beinhacker, Nina Backer, Jennifer Plotnick Backer ‘87, and Garrett Backer. Project Cicero Northern New Jersey (NNJ), celebrated its fifth year in operation this spring with its [Read More]
D-E Robotics, which officially goes by the name of Team 0207 Critical Mass, achieved several new and notable accomplishments in their 2016-2017 competitive season, which began in September and concluded this spring. In February, the team traveled to Vermont for the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Vermont State Championship, where they placed 4th out of 32 [Read More]
Announced by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, a record number of D-E students—nearly 30 in all—were honored as Scholastic Art & Writing Awards winners this year. The Scholastic Awards was founded by educational publisher Scholastic Inc. in 1923 in an effort to discover and to support the creative development of young students. The [Read More]
Lower School Spanish teachers Ericka Collado and Sandra Harrison were speakers at the annual conference for Foreign Language Educators of NJ (FLENJ), held earlier this year. The pair collaborated on two presentations — “All About Colombia! A Cross Curricular Thematic Unit to Celebrate Colombian Culture” and “Robots in the FLES Classroom: A New Twist on [Read More]
The 2016 edition of D-E’s Upper School literary journal Calliope received recognition earlier this spring, when it was announced as a Silver Crown winner by Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA). Last year’s Calliope editors Savannah DiGiovanni ’16, Noa Levin ’17, Nasrin Lin ’16, and Maxine Musto ’17 were able to reunite briefly together with faculty [Read More]
Often considered one of the most meaningful events of the year, the annual Cum Laude Dinner, at which a very select group from the senior class is honored and inducted into this national honor society, took place on April 20. The event held up to D-E School tradition with poignant and often entertaining commentary by [Read More]
D-E’s Ethics Department sent two Ethics Bowl Teams to an invitational meet this spring, earning double honors in the process: The D-E Ethics Bowl Team 1 was the winner of the Manhattanville Invitational Bowl 2017, and Team 2 won 3rd place. The Bowl presented issues on timely ethical issues including “The Cases For and Against [Read More]
fts of music,” Upper School students Joel Brody ’18 and Daniel Schwartz ’18 organized and led a donations drive earlier this year for Mission Music. The nonprofit distributes instruments and musical equipment to underprivileged families. Students and families from all three divisions contributed to the effort. Joel shared, “Over the course of the drive, we [Read More]
In late February the Upper School Diabetes Awareness Club hosted a Spin-a-thon at Cycle Bar in Fort Lee. Approximately $1,500 was raised for the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation. Co-president Victoria Kong reported, “The Diabetes Awareness Club was established to further educate D-E about Type 1 Diabetes. Our goal is to spread awareness about the struggles [Read More]
The D-E community was treated to a unique event in early December that promises to be a wonderful new tradition going forward. D-E Showcase, with leadership from faculty advisor Carla Moriarty, featured live performances of nearly all-original compositions and dances, by D-E students, faculty/staff, and parents. Highlights from Showcase included soulful solo guitar and piano-accompanied [Read More]
Seniors Noah Cantor ’17, Christine Chow ’17, Srikar Donepudi ’17, Noah Goldmann ’17, Timothy Holt ’17, Alana Jennis ’17, Nikhil Kokra ’17, Matthew Lee ’17, Christopher Liu ’17, Tarun Mandalapu ’17, Jeremiah Meier ’17, and Jacob Waxman ’17 were honored with a special morning snack and certificate ceremony in early October by D-E’s College Counseling [Read More]
D-E Debate has had a series of successes thus far this academic year. The very first tournament resulted in a team sweep! In the speaker awards Sam Golub ’17 won first place, Jacob Waxman ’17 won second place, and Austin Metzger ’18 won third place. Sam and Jacob also won honors as the first place [Read More]
Lauryn Fuld ’21, who has attended D-E since the 1st grade, enjoys challenging herself. She clearly works just as hard outside of school as well, in particular training and competing in TaeKwonDo and soccer. She started taking Karate classes in Newton, MA when she was four years old. When her family moved to NJ in [Read More]
Alex Philliou ’18 is “on track” to create a new rail trail along an unused CSX train line on the Northern Branch Line. The proposed rail trail would create a walking and cycling path from the northern border of Tenafly through Cresskill, Demarest, Closter, Norwood, and Northvale until it meets the Joseph B. Clark Rail [Read More]
Student delegates with D-E’s Model UN Club have been busy preparing position papers for and participating in “away” conferences, including events sponsored by Princeton University and the United Nations International School (UNIS). Conferences later this year will take the club to the University of Pennsylvania and Cornell University. Noa Levin ’17 earned Best Delegate honors [Read More]
In early December, one of D-E’s Middle School HomeBase groups decided to direct their baking and fundraising skills toward a great cause: supporting research to end leukemia. Mrs. Luchs’ Homebase, which includes Anya Ganeshan ’23, Emily Jedell ’23, Karina Pink ’23, Jayden Morales ’23, Javier Ibarguer ’23, Eli Arougheti ’23 and Charlie Levine ’23 together baked items and ran a Middle School bake sale. [Read More]
Faculty member William “Bill” Biondolino was the featured speaker for the second annual Leggett Umpleby Lecture. The theme for the talk was “The Illiad: Homer’s Hierarchy of Needs.” This is Bill’s tenth year teaching Latin and his sixth year teaching at Dwight-Englewood. Before he was a teacher, Bill spent nearly two decades touring nationally and [Read More]
D-E’s literary and arts magazine, Calliope: Spring 2016 issue has won a Crown Award from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. Calliope Advisor Mr. Petkus writes, “It’s just the fifth time in our school’s history we’ve received this honor, with the previous Crowns coming in 1982, 1993, 2011, and 2014. This award is a big deal: [Read More]
D-E student and a Girl Scout, Ashely Crawley won the Gold Award for her project in the Girl Scouts. Ashely explains, “currently, I am finishing up my 11th year as a Girl Scout. The primary focus this year was my Gold Award. The Gold Award is the highest award a girl scout can achieve. My project was about raising awareness about the homeless veteran population.
D-E Science Department teacher Dr. Marco Pagnotta shares the winning the experience of NJ Chemistry Olympics. Dr. Pagnotta says, “we have been doing NJ Chemistry Olympics for at least the last 20 years. I have been involved as a coach since about 2002.
D-E had a truly special event of hosting the Hiroshima survivor, Shigeko Sasamori to the campus. Behind this extraordinary talk was Erika Ogino ’16. Erika shares her behind the story. “Throughout my high school career, I have been involved in activities related to nuclear disarmament (I volunteered at the NGO on Disarmament, Peace, and Security), and for my senior year, I wanted to be able to bring my disarmament awareness work to school.”
Kyle Schoeneborn ’19 received a congressional recognition for his artwork that was completed in D-E. Kyle shares how it all came about. “I received a congressional recognition for a work of art I completed in Ms. Brusky’s Studio Art 1 (2D) Class. One day during art class, my new art teacher for the semester, Ms. Scrivanich, approached [Read More]
It takes a hard-work and long hours of practice to be a musician and Samantha Lovett ’18 knows it. “Every Saturday, I am present in the music theory and ear training classes, as well as piano lessons, private lessons, acting lessons, and much more. My private vocal teacher at Manhattan School of Music organizes a solo [Read More]
In early April, a highly select group of seniors was inducted into the School’s Cum Laude Society at a special dinner in Hajjar Auditorium. An annual ceremony that is traditionally one of the more memorable of the academic year, the Cum Laude Dinner featured personal remarks from D-E faculty and administrative staff members about each [Read More]
When he was a toddler growing up in California, Darren Skolnik ’21 was such an insatiable climber that his parents had to take action. “I climbed everything everywhere, and my parents thought that it would be a good idea to teach me how to do it safely,” he says.
Thirty Dwight-Englewood students won a total of 71 regional awards in the 2016 Scholastic Arts & Writing Awards. This is a record for D-E, which has had a handful of Middle and Upper School students win in each of the past five years.