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,...
The Latest Buzz: MS Hosts Beekeepers Visit
Like the Nettie Coit Teaching Garden, D-E’s Apiary offers our students another on-campus opportunity for experiential learning. Grade 6 Dean Ms. Urbanowski recently facilitated a hive demonstration by beekeepers Simon and Ian, who assist with maintaining the bees and...
Upper School, Lower School Students Team Up to Write a ‘Small Story’
In a beautiful display of cross-divisional partnership, the Creative Writing class of Ms. Stephanie “Tuc” Tucker, Dean of the Class of 2027, is working together with the PreK 4 Class of 2039 on a book lesson. “This semester-long project will culminate with the...
Lower School Assembly Celebrates Respect, Hispanic Heritage
The Lower School’s second assembly of the year focused on the core value of Respect and acknowledged those in the D-E community celebrating Hispanic History Month. After a welcome message from Mrs. Lopez and a meditative “Mindful Minute,” teachers, staff, and...