Activities Fair 2026 Highlights

Recognition of Sept. 11 Continues: Special US Assembly & Lunch & Learn Highlights

The First LS Assembly of the Year Celebrates Community

Mr. Harrell’s Denim Designs Kick Off the Swartley Gallery Series

PA Welcome Back to School Barbecue Highlights

Last Thursday, the D-E Parents’ Association hosted a “Welcome Back to School” Barbecue on Leggett…

Coming Together as a Community to Reflect on Sept. 11, 25 Years Later

Welcome Back! First-Day Energy Shines Bright Across the D-E Campus

Tara Weinstein Book Launches

From Physics to Fiction! Ms. Tara Weinstein, who is D-E’s Science Department Chair, teaches Upper School Physics, and enjoys a range of hobbies from dancing to weaving, can now add published novelist to her list of accomplishments! Ms Weinstein’s debut novel, The Only Way Out Is Through (Blair; 2026), won the independent publisher’s annual Bakwin Literary Award in 2024, and she celebrated its August release with two book launches last month and more to come. To read more about these events and Ms. Weinstein’s literary process, click the link in our bio!

Appreciating the Power of AI: Panel Discussion Sheds Light on Students’ Use and Perspectives

Garden Work Party Highlights

Our D-E Green Upper School student club and the Parents’ Association Garden Project Volunteer…

Spotlight on D-E Departments

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Features

LEAD Students Visit Cooper Hewitt’s ‘Home’ Exhibit

by Valerie Berrios

In January, D-E Upper School students took two trips to the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in Manhattan, as part of the LEAD (Leaders for Equity & Diversity) program, which provides opportunities for them to learn leadership skills and explore the world…

Career Day Assembly Inspires Future Entrepreneurs

by Valerie Berrios

Photo Credit: Grace Tomin ‘26 On Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, Business Leaders at D-E (BLADE) hosted a Career Day Assembly for the Upper School in Schenck Auditorium, where a panel of entrepreneurs from diverse backgrounds shared their career journeys. “Hearing about the…

D-E Students Explore Machine Learning at the Student AI Summit

by Valerie Berrios

Cover Photo Credit : Donna Fisk, Fisk Foto LLC On Jan. 11, 2025, members of the newly formed D-E Student Committee on AI attended the Student Artificial Intelligence Summit at Newark Academy alongside other schools, including the hosting school, Morristown Beard…

D-E Students Level Up in National Chess Championships

by Bart Klemensowski

Checkmate! The D-E 360° ACE (AfterCare & Enrichment) Chess Team had two players compete in the U.S. Chess Federation’s 2024 National K-12 Grade Championships in National Harbor, Maryland, from Dec. 6-8. Third grader Adam Y. ’34 and 11th grader Anna Radchenko ’26…

US Robotics Teams Are Positioned for State Competition

by Valerie Berrios

D-E’s Upper School Robotics, which has made a name for itself in the student robotics circuit, annually takes part in the FIRST Tech Challenge, an international robotics competition for high school students in which teams go head-to-head to design, build, program, and…

Sixth-Graders Learn How Food Shapes Their Identity

by Valerie Berrios

How are we what we eat? This is the guiding question our sixth graders were asked to consider on Tuesday, Jan. 7, as a new unit was kicked off in their MESH subjects (that is, Math, English, Science, and History). This first lesson centered around “how food shapes…