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Features
Fifth Graders Explore “The Best Part of Me”
In an effort to promote self-confidence, self-awareness, and ultimately foster empathy, the teachers in Grade 5 used The Best Part of Me, a book by award-winning photographer and educator Wendy Ewald, to drive a story-sharing project this past fall. Through striking…
Lower Schoolers Explore the Story of the Hudson River and Their Role as Earth’s Stewards
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”
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
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
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)
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 W here The Wild Things Are ,…
Recent News
Lower School Students Celebrate Veterans Day
As part of a recent Lower School (LS) Assembly, several students acknowledged Veterans…
Don’t Miss the Fall Play, ‘A Monster Calls’!
D-E Performing Arts is excited to present the annual D-E Fall Play, “A Monster Calls,”…
Sixth-Grade Spanish Class Shares Learnings on Flamenco
Spanish language and the visual arts blended beautifully in the Middle School (MS) for a…
Leggett-Umpleby Lecture Series Presented by Fred Daly
Mr. Fred Daly, longtime D-E English Department faculty member, will be presenting the…
Sweet! Honey Harvest 2025 Highlights
The annual Honey Harvest, which has become a sweet tradition at D-E, is a…
Swartley Gallery Presents: Fiber Artist Maria Weinstein
The Swartley Gallery welcomed fiber artist Maria Weinstein to showcase her work in an…
A Spirited Ending to Spirit Week 2025!
After a super-spirited series of fun activities this entire week, ranging from lunchtime…
Lower School Halloween Parade Highlights
Costumed characters of all ages were spotted throughout the D-E campus today! By far a…
Highlights From Spirit Week Day 4: D-E Spirit Day
On the fourth day of Spirit Week—D-E Spirit Day—Bulldogs from every division wore their…
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Arts
Bravo Antigone Cast & Crew!
Bravo! The D-E community is incredibly proud of the cast and crew of “Antigone,” the…
Jazz Brunch Concert, featuring Stage Band & Jazz Workshop, on Sun., 11/17
Our student musicians are hard at work preparing for the upcoming Jazz Brunch Concert!…
Antigone Now Performing! Showing Now – Nov. 9
After months of hard work on creative set design, lighting, staging, costumes, and (of…
Athletics
2024 Upper School Spring Sports Reel
Congratulations Davide Orlov ‘24: 80 Career Wins!
Wow & Congratulations to Davide Orlov ‘24, Boys Varsity Tennis tri-captain and a…
CONGRATULATIONS KYLE LEE ‘25 & ALEX SORACCHI ‘24: Bergen County Second Doubles Champs!
WOW & Congratulations to Kyle Lee ‘25 and Alex Soracchi ‘24, for winning the Second…
School Life
We Heart Math: Connecting Through the All-School Math Problem
CHEERS to D-E’s All-School Math Problem, a long-time tradition and cross-divisional…
MS “Anatomy of a Human” Consortium Highlights
To launch its Anatomy of a Human Project, 7th grade faculty recently facilitated an…
Sixth Grade Identity Unit Culminates With Food Festival
In a culmination of the Sixth Grade Food & Identity Unit that began two weeks ago,…
Inclusive Excellence
Black Affinity Fashion Show US Assembly
In honor of Black History Month, Black Affinity hosted a fashion show for today’s Upper…
LS LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATION
Our final celebration of Lunar New Year ends with the Lower School! Thanks to our Korean…
LUNAR NEW YEAR
In celebration of Lunar New Year, the Chinese Parent Affinity Group hosted a…