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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 Where The Wild Things Are, and the...
Recent News
Bulldogs are Beautiful!
What makes Bulldogs beautiful? Join us and celebrate ALL that makes Bulldogs beautiful...
LS Chess Team Earns 5th Place in US @ Chess SuperNationals
Our D-E 360° AfterCare & Enrichment (ACE) Chess Team has returned victoriously from...
D-E Senior Athletes Signing Ceremony 2025 Highlights
D-E’s Athletic Department recently hosted a Senior Athletes Signing Ceremony yesterday...
MS Assembly Features US Student Presentations
This week’s Middle School Assembly was a great example of cross-divisional collaboration...
US Assembly Highlights Environmental Awareness
This morning’s Upper School Assembly, organized by Environmental Club leaders Kelly Chu...
D-E 360° Fosters ‘Chess Culture’ at D-E
The growth of D-E 360°’s chess community over the past year has been incredible. Earlier...
Mandarin Class Field Trip 2025
Upper School World Language Teacher Hailing Zhao’s Mandarin students recently embarked...
Middle School Musical Cast and Crew Get Ready for High School!
This year’s Middle School Musical is High School Musical JR., based on the 2006 Disney...
US Business Finance Class Zooms with Goldman Sachs Reps
This morning the Upper School Business Finance class hosted a virtual visit with...
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Arts
Cabaret Night
Our Stage Band and Jazz Workshops ensembles showed off their impressive improvisational...
5th Grade Opera
We love our traditions here at D-E, and the 5th Grade Opera is one of our longest and...
Orchestra Extravaganza
We had an extravagant time at our Orchestra Extravaganza in April! This annual concert...
Athletics
Kudos to Alexa Kobre ‘24: 100 Goal for D-E Girls LAX!
WOW & Kudos to Alexa Kobre ‘24! Alexa recently scored her 100th goal for D-E Girls...
Cheers to Ash Pompidou ‘25: 100 Career Points for D-E Boys LAX!
WOW & Cheers to Ash Pompidou ‘25! Ash recently earned his 100th career point for D-E...
Congrats to Crystal Erasmus ‘27 & Dani Weis ‘25: 100 Points & Saves Each!
WOW & Congratulations to both Crystal Erasmus ‘27 and Dani Weis ‘25, for each...
School Life
Mandarin Class Field Trip 2025
Upper School World Language Teacher Hailing Zhao’s Mandarin students recently embarked...
US Business Finance Class Zooms with Goldman Sachs Reps
This morning the Upper School Business Finance class hosted a virtual visit with...
Chinese Culture Club Hosts Mahjong Tournament
The Chinese Culture Club (CCC), which is dedicated to exploring and celebrating Chinese...
Inclusive Excellence
South Asian Affinity
According to one of South Asian Affinity’s student leaders, Sujan Munver ’23, “affinity...
East Asian Affinity
Throughout the years, East Asian Affinity has grown to become a larger and more...
Black Affinity
Black Affinity this past year has made great strides towards their goal: to share Black...
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