8th Grade ‘Living Wax Museum’ Illuminates Banned Books

This week 8th Graders stepped into history as part of their “Living Wax Museum” presentations to...

Swartley Gallery Senior Spotlight Exhibit Highlights

In what has become a D-E tradition, the Swartley Gallery Series is closing the school year with...

LS Pajama Day Highlights

The Lower School recently celebrated its final Spirit Day of the school year—an ever-popular...

Dance at D-E Makes Some Moves!

D-E Performing Arts formally introduced the expansion of its dance programming via the first-ever...

MODE Hosts Library Jam Session

Student leaders of Musicians of D-E (MODE) hosted an after-school jam session in The Imperatore...

Ms. Diaz Returns to NYC Gallery Circuit for Exhibit Spotlighting Women Artists

Making her mark! The artwork of Ms. Marisol Diaz, Art & Design Chair, was recently spotlighted...

All-School Choral & Drumming Concert is Tuesday, May 19!

Get ready for the All-School Choral & Drumming Concert! Our Lower, Middle and Upper School...

Phone Free Fridays Encourage Real-Life Connections

D-E’s Digital Wellness Team, led by Madigan Kacmar ’26, Anna Ibargüen ’26, and Ezra Newman ’26,...

Celebrating Jewish Heritage Month

D-E recently hosted assemblies honoring Jewish Heritage Month across divisions. In the Lower...

D-E 360° Chess Team Continues to Make Bold Moves In Competition

Checkmate! D-E 360°’s Chess Team performed phenomenally at the 2026 National Elementary (K-6)...

Spotlight on D-E Departments

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Features

Lower Schoolers Explore the Story of the Hudson River and Their Role as Earth’s Stewards

by Jung

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”

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...