D-E’s Model UN team recently attended its first collegiate conference of the year: Princeton’s Model UN Conference. For the past several weeks, club leaders have mentored younger delegates in meetings and even hosted its own conference (D-EMUN) to get the team ready. “Our team competed in committees ranging from general assemblies to specialized committees to even crisis committees, including [ones focused on the] 2008 Financial Crisis and 1917 Russian Revolution,” explained Hayley Fuld ’26. “I was able to participate in Ad Hoc, the most advanced crisis committee, for the first time—which challenged me to act quickly on my feet, improvise my speeches, and think of nuanced solutions to the topics at hand.” D-E’s delegation concluded the conference with an award rate of 50 percent+, showing a strong start for this year’s D-EMUN team! 

What a fantastic year so far! In the words of our Head of School, Dr. James Calleroz White, “Thank you for showing up every day!” We wish our incredible D-E community a Happy Thanksgiving—it’s always so nice to see ya! Explore this topic further with a curated video that complements the article.

D-E’s third graders recently took a field trip to the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) to observe and discuss the life’s work of sculptor Ruth Asawa. “They were excited to see this retrospective in person, since they had studied her sculptures last year and explored a printmaking project related to some of her drawings this year,” said Ms. Christine Hanaway Maloney, LS Art & Design Teacher. The students learned that the artist made it her mission to give back to her community. “While her family was forced to live in an internment camp during World War II, Asawa overcame this huge setback and devoted herself to becoming an artist and teaching others how to work with their hands,” explained Ms. Maloney. “As an arts advocate, her focus was always on arts education, and she was instrumental in founding a public arts high school in San Francisco that still exists today.” Students also explored other MoMA exhibits and created their own line drawings using one of their hands as an outline. We love to see creativity unleashed!