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Arts & Design Assembly Showcases How the Magic Happens
The arts scene at D-E is blooming! On Thursday, April 3, 2025, the Upper School Assembly featured an Art & Design Showcase, highlighting the hard work of our AP Studio Art students and the many steps that go into creating the art. “Process is so important,...
TEDx Student Presenters Share Their Passions With the D-E Community
The inaugural TEDxDwight-Englewood School event, held on April 3, 2025, in Hajjar Auditorium, is in the books! Chief Innovation Officer Diana Gross gave opening remarks, along with student leaders and event co-facilitators Soham Bafana ’25 and Georgia Unger ’25, ahead...
PAW 2025 Includes Innovative Ways to Engage US Students in Lessons Learned
Last week, D-E’s Upper School (US) students were immersed in our annual Projects & Assessments Week (PAW). “Over the course of the week, students engaged in a mixture of traditional exams and less traditional, but equally important, projects and workshops,” said...
Community Is the Focus of the Middle School’s Diversity Day
For the annual Middle School (MS) Diversity Day on Thursday, March 13, 2025, our MS students spent the day attending special activities and a variety of community-building workshops on topics of interest to D-E faculty/staff and affinity groups. MS Principal Jonathan...
Eighth Graders Set Their Wheels in Motion for the Great Paper Roller Coaster Expo
What do dinosaurs, flames, space, Minecraft, and SpongBob have in common? They are among the themes depicted in this year's Great Paper Roller Coaster Challenge! In what has become a tradition for D-E eighth graders, the Paper Roller Coaster showcase recently took...
D-E Faculty/Staff Share Learnings on AI in Education
The future is here! Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Education was the theme of a Professional Development Day for all faculty and staff at D-E on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. In her opening remarks, Interim Head of School Preeti Fibiger declared, “To ‘meet the challenges...
Recent News
LS and MS Robotics Teams Finish Strong in Competition
This weekend, our Lower School (LS) and Middle School (MS) Robotics teams excelled at...
MS Robotics Showcase Preps Teams for Competition
D-E Middle School (MS) Robotics Teams recently presented a Showcase for faculty/staff,...
Thanksgiving Drive 2025: “Making It Better” for Local Organizations
D-E students, faculty, and staff across divisions made a difference in a big way as they...
MS Athletics Fall Season Highlights Reel
Way to go Middle School (MS) Bulldogs! Our MS Teams’ Fall 2025 season recently wrapped...
D-E Senior Shares Her Self-Published Book with PreK 4
In a continuation of the “Small Story” book project initiated by Grade 11 Dean Tuc for...
“Mostly Miles” Jazz Brunch 2025 is Sunday, Nov. 23, 12 PM!
Our jazz musicians are hard at work rehearsing for Jazz Brunch 2025! D-E’s Stage Band...
D-E Faculty/Staff Reflect on the Idea of ‘Mattering’ by Author Jennifer Wallace
“Students are crushed by an unrelenting drive to succeed and then climb even higher...”...
That’s a Wrap on ‘A Monster Calls’
Bravo! The cast and crew wrapped up an amazing series of performances this weekend of “A...
Mr. Daly Offers a Thoughtful Perspective on ‘The Merchant of Venice’
The 10th Annual Leggett-Umpleby Lecture was brought to us by Mr. Fred Daly, who is in...
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Arts
BRAVO! A D-Elightful “Shaking It Up With Shakespeare”Concert
A full house was on hand for “Shaking It Up with Shakespeare”, a D-Elightful live...
Lower/Middle School Chorus Concert on 1/23 To “Shake It Up With Shakespeare”!
Save the Date to “Shake It Up With Shakespeare”! Our youngest vocalists are busy...
Jazz Rocks @ D-E!
The beloved D-E annual holiday performance of Jazz Rock, a live concert featuring US...
Athletics
Boys Lacrosse
“This 2024 Season for Boys’ Varsity Lacrosse was riddled with individual...
Crew
“All three of our D-E Crew levels – JV, Freshman, and Development – had an excellent...
Boys & Girls Golf
“What a terrific 2024 season for D-E Golf! We started the first ever Girls Golf Team in...
School Life
The Imperatore Library Hosts Cross-Divisional, Community-Building Activities
The Imperatore Library recently hosted a pair of cross-divisional events that were...
Opening All-School Assembly Highlights
Leggett was a field full of smiling faces this morning for D-E’s Opening All-School...
Welcome Back to School Barbecue Highlights
The sense of community was palpable throughout the D-E campus during Friday’s Welcome...
Inclusive Excellence
LEAD Students Visit Cooper Hewitt’s ‘Home’ Exhibit
In January, D-E Upper School students took two trips to the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian...
Sixth-Graders Learn How Food Shapes Their Identity
How are we what we eat? This is the guiding question our sixth graders were asked to...
South Asian Parents Host Diwali Faculty-Staff Appreciation Lunch
Our South Asian Parents & Guardians Affinity Group hosted an amazing Appreciation...
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