Garden Work Party Highlights

Our D-E Green Upper School student club and the Parents’ Association Garden Project Volunteer…

LS Last Assembly Celebrates Pride Month & Honors Departing Faculty/Staff

During the final Lower School (LS) Assembly of the school year, we celebrated Pride Month and…

Girls Basketball Camp, July 20-23, 2026 & Directed by Coach Aaron Gratch

D-E Athletics invites girl basketball players currently in Grades 4-7 to their Summer Girls…

String Society 2026; Grand Finale Concert on Friday, June 26

This past week D-E enthusiastically welcomed a group of highly exceptional young musicians for…

7th Grade “Make It Better” Presentations

How can we build a better world? This was the question posed to 7th graders tasked with selecting…

Third Graders Discover the Joy of Playing the Ukulele

Little hands, big sounds! For one of their final units in Ms. Fiona Crawford’s 3rd Grade Music…

D-E Performing Arts Honored With Theatre Awards and Nominations

Bravo! Out of 107 participating plays, D-E Performing Arts’ production of A MONSTER CALLS earlier…

Class of 2030: 8th Grade Moving Up Ceremony Highlights

The Class of 2030 is moving on up! During a ceremony in Schenck Auditorium, 93 8th graders…

Class of 2033: 5th Grade Moving Up Ceremony Highlights

D-E’s 5th Grade Moving Up Ceremony for the Class of 2033 was significant not only because it…

MS Students Engage in the Art of Poetry

The Middle School is alive with the sound of poetry! The spring edition of Poetry Connections…

Spotlight on D-E Departments

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Features

Class of 2025 Changemakers Sow Sustainability Initiatives at D-E

by Valerie Berrios

As a “community of learners,” we at D-E stand by our mission “to meet the challenges of a changing world and make it better”; therefore, we proudly spotlight students whose actions consistently exemplify this objective and make a lasting impact. Two of these…

The D-E Community Honors Black History Month

by Valerie Berrios

February is Black History Month (BHM), and D-E celebrated with a series of events—from Upper School (US) Assembly performances—to a BHM Exhibit in Hajjar Auditorium for Lower School and Middle School (LS/MS) students. During the US Assembly, hosted by the Black…

D-E Students Exemplify ‘Innovation in Action’ During the Engineering Challenge

by Valerie Berrios

On Thursday, February 20, 2025, the Upper School (US) 3D-Engineering (3D-E) Club and the Imperatore Library co-hosted the annual Science Buddies Engineering Challenge at D-E in recognition of National Engineers Week. US and Middle School (MS) students participated in…

6th Grade Identity Unit Reflects D-E’s Diversity

by Valerie Berrios

The 6th Grade Identity Unit within the MESH (Math, English, Science, and History) classes, for which the theme was how we are what we eat, culminated on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, with a presentation in Hajjar Auditorium and a food festival in the Wharton Lessin Dining…

Celebrating Lunar New Year 2025 at D-E

by Valerie Berrios

Lunar New Year festivities kicked off at D-E on Monday, Jan. 27, with a delectable catered lunch for faculty and staff, hosted by the Chinese Parents Affinity Group. Tables were set up in Hajjar Auditorium with an abundant spread of dumplings, meatballs, and other…

D-E Finishes First in the State Ethics Bowl Championship

by Valerie Berrios

We are thrilled to announce that D-E students are State Champions of the New Jersey High School Ethics Bowl (NJHSEB)! Hosted by Middlesex College in Edison, NJ, on Saturday, Jan. 25, this event gives students an opportunity to engage in discussion about and debate…