Welcome Back to School Barbecue Highlights

The sense of community was palpable throughout the D-E campus during Friday’s Welcome Back to School Barbecue, hosted by the Parents’ Association....

US Assembly on the History of Englewood

D-E’s first Upper School Assembly of the year—which tapped into our “shared history” living in Englewood and the surrounding areas—was presented...

First Day of School Highlights: 2025-2026

Happy First Day of School! After stepping back onto the D-E campus this beautiful morning, students in every division greeted their new teachers,...

Admissions Season has Begun!

Admissions Season has begun! Our application is now available online and events registration is open. We look forward to meeting you this fall, and...

D-E Lower School Chess Players Win 1st at Bryant Park Tri-State Chess Championship

CHEERS to D-E Chess! D-E came in first at the recent Bryant Park Tri-State Chess Championship! Congratulations to Easton M. ‘37, Nicolai D. ‘37, and...

String Society 2025 Grand Finale Concert Highlights

WOW & BRAVO!!! Our String Society 2025 program, presented by D-E 360° Summer, ended on a high note with a wonderful Grand Finale Concert. The...

Give to the Annual Fund Before the Fiscal Year Closes

Now that our 2024-2025 school year is in the books, we want to thank all of our incredible alumni for their continued connection and support! We’re...

Faculty & Staff Luncheon Celebrates End of Academic Year

D-E celebrated its teachers and staff recently, during the annual Faculty & Staff Lunch under the big tent on Leggett Field. D-E 360° campers...

MS “Field Day” Celebrates Final Day of School

School’s out for summer! On the last day of classes, D-E’s Middle School enjoyed a fun-filled Field Day, which included karaoke in Schenck...

D-E Celebrates Pride Month

In the final days of the school year, D-E celebrated Pride Month with community-wide efforts to decorate the campus with Pride flags, banners,...

Features

Lower Schoolers Explore the Story of the Hudson River and Their Role as Earth’s Stewards

by Jung

The Lower School’s Hudson River Project for second, third, and fourth graders is an exciting place-based approach to learning developed by science teacher Elizabeth “Beth” Lemire. It is also an interdisciplinary curriculum that uses Native American storytelling and...

Middle School Explores “Humans of D-E”

by Jung

Humans of New York is the brainchild of photojournalist Brandon Stanton, who set out to photograph New Yorkers on the street and “create an exhaustive catalog of the city’s inhabitants,” a project that has evolved into a blockbuster blog, two bestselling books, and a...

Grade 9 “Identity” Seminar

by Jung

The first semester Grade 9 Seminar at D-E is designed to help orient students to life in the Upper School. This year the seminar focused on exploring the concept of identity within a diverse community, and it relied heavily on students feeling comfortable enough to...

Students Attend National Diversity Conference

by Jung

The People of Color Conference (PoCC) for faculty and staff and the Student Diversity Leadership Conference (SDLC) for students, sponsored by the National Association for Independent Schools (NAIS), brought nearly 6,000 attendees to Anaheim, CA, November 30-December...

Live from Crush Palace (Music CD)

by detoday

Karen Orzolek '96 Produced by Cult Records February 2015 Available to stream from Spotify, this album features Karen O performing tracks from her solo album Crush Songs, along with her movie soundtrack tunes, “Hideaway” from Where The Wild Things Are, and the...