4th Graders Present Their Research on Inventions That Changed the World

As part of a nonfiction writing unit, fourth graders in Ms. Watson’s class explored the research...

D-E Celebrates V-DAY 2026 With Moving Presentations

D-E’s V-Day 2026, with the theme of “Rise for our Bodies, Our Future, Our Earth,” was a stunningly...

3D-E Hosts Engineering Challenge

The 3D Printing and Engineering Club (3D-E) recently hosted an engineering event in The Imperatore...

CODES PaintFest Service Learning Program Highlights

The Upper School (US) CODES Club recently hosted a fantastic “PaintFest” service learning program...

Seniors Celebrate 100 Days Countdown to Commencement 2026

Let the countdown begin! The D-E Class of 2026 was recently invited to Hajjar Auditorium to...

Celebrating Black History Month

Black History Month celebrations continued this week in the Middle and Upper Schools with...

Author Visits Help Enrich MS Literary Units

Authors recently visited our Middle School (MS) to enrich current units of study. Seventh graders...

D-E Celebrates Lunar New Year!

D-E rang in the Lunar New Year with dynamic assembly performances and a jubilant celebration in...

Kindergarten & 1st Grade Valentine’s Concerts 2026

In a beloved D-E tradition, this week our Lower School (LS) Kindergarten and 1st Grade students...

D-E 360° LS Chess Team Competes at Scholastic Grand Prix

The D-E 360° Lower School Chess Team continues its winning streak with a fantastic showing at the...

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Features

Middle School Explores “Humans of D-E”

by Jung

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

by Jung

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

by Jung

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)

by detoday

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...