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LEAD Students Visit Cooper Hewitt’s ‘Home’ Exhibit
In January, D-E Upper School students took two trips to the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in Manhattan, as part of the LEAD (Leaders for Equity & Diversity) program, which provides opportunities for them to learn leadership skills and explore the world...
Career Day Assembly Inspires Future Entrepreneurs
Photo Credit: Grace Tomin ‘26On Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, Business Leaders at D-E (BLADE) hosted a Career Day Assembly for the Upper School in Schenck Auditorium, where a panel of entrepreneurs from diverse backgrounds shared their career journeys. “Hearing about the...
D-E Students Explore Machine Learning at the Student AI Summit
Cover Photo Credit: Donna Fisk, Fisk Foto LLCOn Jan. 11, 2025, members of the newly formed D-E Student Committee on AI attended the Student Artificial Intelligence Summit at Newark Academy alongside other schools, including the hosting school, Morristown Beard School,...
D-E Students Level Up in National Chess Championships
Checkmate! The D-E 360° ACE (AfterCare & Enrichment) Chess Team had two players compete in the U.S. Chess Federation’s 2024 National K-12 Grade Championships in National Harbor, Maryland, from Dec. 6-8. Third grader Adam Y. ’34 and 11th grader Anna Radchenko ’26...
US Robotics Teams Are Positioned for State Competition
D-E’s Upper School Robotics, which has made a name for itself in the student robotics circuit, annually takes part in the FIRST Tech Challenge, an international robotics competition for high school students in which teams go head-to-head to design, build, program, and...
Sixth-Graders Learn How Food Shapes Their Identity
How are we what we eat? This is the guiding question our sixth graders were asked to consider on Tuesday, Jan. 7, as a new unit was kicked off in their MESH subjects (that is, Math, English, Science, and History). This first lesson centered around “how food shapes...
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LS Students Prepare for Fifth Grade Opera
D-E Lower School (LS) students are working hard preparing for the Fifth Grade Opera,...
Chamber Music Society Hosts Afternoon Concert in Hulst House
D-E’s Chamber Music Society (DCMS) hosted a small concert in Hulst House last Thursday...
LS Robotics Attends FLL World Championship in Houston
Our Lower School Robotics Team Ocean Animals recently represented New Jersey at the...
Congratulations, D-E Class of 2025 Cum Laude Society Inductees!
Cheers to our 2025 Cum Laude Society inductees, who were recently honored at a special...
Jazz Rock Spring Show on April 17
Jazz Rock, directed by our legendary Mr. Rob DeBellis and with vocal coordination by Mr....
Swartley Gallery LS “High Five” Closing Reception
Art-tastic! The Swartley Gallery displayed multimedia work from our Lower School art...
HOPE Fashion Show 2025 a Whimsical, Wonderful Success!
The annual HOPE Fashion Show, with its whimsical fairy tale theme, was a tremendous...
D-E Attends Ethics Bowl Championships @ UNC Chapel Hill
Way to go! Our Ethics Bowl Team made D-E history by coming in 6th place at the National...
The Play’s the Thing: 8th Grade Shakespeare Workshop Highlights
What’s in a name? This week D-E 8th graders got a closer look at the Bard’s famous...
Arts
LS Music Concert Showcases Grades 2-4
D-E’s Schenck Auditorium was packed with an appreciative audience for the recent Lower...
D-E 360° ACE Preps for HOPE Fashion Show on Saturday, April 5!
Future fashion designers are hard at work and having a ball getting ready for the HOPE...
Award-Winning Interior Designer/Architect, Alumna Krista Ninivaggi ‘97 Visits D-E
D-E’s AXIS student organization was excited to welcome back alumna Krista Ninivaggi ’97,...
Athletics
Ice Hockey Club Team Wins in Riverdale Rematch!
Yesterday our Bulldog Ice Hockey Club Team secured a big win during a rematch against...
DogPound Update 2/6/25 / Spotlight on MS Sports Teams
This week’s DogPound Update spotlights our Middle School (MS) Girls’ Basketball Team,...
Squash Club Team Serves Inaugural Season Success!
D-E’s new Squash Club Team has had a splendid inaugural season thus far! Senior players...
School Life
Cabaret Night 2025 Performance on Monday, May 19!
Get ready for one of the final concerts of the school year! Our Upper School student...
Lower School Book Sale Gives Third Graders a Lesson in ‘Making a Difference’
Third Graders Making a Difference (TGMD), a service-based initiative founded by D-E...
End-of-Year Garden Work Party Highlights
The Upper School Garden Club recently hosted their final Garden Work Party of the...
DEIB
South Asian Parents Host Diwali Faculty-Staff Appreciation Lunch
Our South Asian Parents & Guardians Affinity Group hosted an amazing Appreciation...
LPAG Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration
It’s a fiesta! Latin beats recently filled the lobby of the STEM Center, as D-E’s Latino...
Inaugural All-divisional Cultural Showcase Is A D-Elight!
Taking the words of our mission to heart ( to “embrace diversity”), D-E proudly...
Reunion Weekend 2025
For all alumni with major milestone celebrations for class years ending with 0 and 5.
Save the Date:
October 24 -26, 2025
Annual Fund
While we all can appreciate that a D-E education is a worthy investment, tuition alone covers only 88% of the true operating costs of our community.