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!

Garden Work Party Highlights

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

LS Last Assembly Celebrates Pride Month & Honors Departing Faculty/Staff

During the final Lower School (LS) Assembly of the school year, we celebrated Pride Month and…

Girls Basketball Camp, July 20-23, 2026 & Directed by Coach Aaron Gratch

D-E Athletics invites girl basketball players currently in Grades 4-7 to their Summer Girls…

String Society 2026; Grand Finale Concert on Friday, June 26

This past week D-E enthusiastically welcomed a group of highly exceptional young musicians for…

7th Grade “Make It Better” Presentations

How can we build a better world? This was the question posed to 7th graders tasked with selecting…

Third Graders Discover the Joy of Playing the Ukulele

Little hands, big sounds! For one of their final units in Ms. Fiona Crawford’s 3rd Grade Music…

D-E Performing Arts Honored With Theatre Awards and Nominations

Bravo! Out of 107 participating plays, D-E Performing Arts’ production of A MONSTER CALLS earlier…

Spotlight on D-E Departments

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Features

Middle School Explores “Humans of D-E”

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…

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Grade 9 “Identity” Seminar

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…

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Students Attend National Diversity Conference

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…

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Live from Crush Palace (Music CD)

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 ,…

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