Making Cross-Curricular Connections in Grade 8

Knockout excellence! In an innovative cross-curricular partnership, Ms. Burnett, Grade 8 English...

Art and Design Students From Australia Visit D-E

D-E’s Art & Design Department hosted 11th- and 12th-grade students today from St. Mary’s...

Sixth Grade Food & Identity Unit Kicks Off

Today officially kicked off the Food and Identity Unit for this year’s sixth graders! The...

Calliope Earns Top CSPA Honors

Congrats are in order for the editors and contributors of the Upper School (US) English-language...

Jazz “Rocks” D-E!

Way to Rock, D-E Jazz Rock!  The Upper School’s annual Jazz Rock Winter Concert was performed...

MS Paper RollerCoaster Expo Recap

The annual 8th Grade Paper Rollercoaster Expo rolled into D-E’s Middle School (MS) Building...

LS Holiday SingAlong Assembly Highlights

D-E’s annual Lower School (LS) Holiday SingAlong Assembly yesterday held up to tradition! With...

TREP$ 2025 Was a Success!

The TREP$ program, which kicked off in September, culminated in the TREP$ 2025 Marketplace, where...

D-E Welcomes Visiting Students, CloseUp Foundation for Day of Deliberative Dialogue Conference 

D-E recently hosted a daylong civics workshop for a cohort of D-E students and high school...

US Student Committee on AI (SCAI) Meets to Research AI in the Classroom

D-E’s Upper School Student Committee on Artificial Intelligence (SCAI) is hard at work researching...

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Fifth Grade Moving Up Ceremony

Fifth Grade Moving Up Ceremony

Fifth graders completed their era as members of the LS on June 6, during their Moving Up Ceremony on Leggett Field. Interim CoPrincipal Susan Abramson welcomed everyone and reflected on why this ceremony was not a promotion (as that infers moving on to a higher...

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Commencement 2025

Commencement 2025

The mood was joyous and bittersweet on June 1 as D-E’s graduating seniors, their families, faculty, and staff gathered on Leggett Field for the Commencement ceremony. This momentous event was called to order by Student Government President-Elect Max Koppelman ’26, and...

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Kindergarten Zoo

Kindergarten Zoo

A beloved annual tradition returned to the LS on May 30 when the Kindergarten Zoo was set up by LS teachers Ms. Tricia Fiore P’16,’19, Ms. Kristina Dellefave, Ms. Teresa Cali, and Ms. Meghna Mathur on Mr. Rocky’s Field. Enthusiastic kindergarteners, donning safari...

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Sixth Grade Experimental Design Fair

Sixth Grade Experimental Design Fair

Sixth graders unveiled the results of weeks of scientific research, experimentation, and data analysis for the Sixth Grade Experimental Design Fair, which took place on May 28 in Hajjar Auditorium. “Through hands-on experiments, students have learned to ask meaningful...

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