Lifers Dinner for the Class of 2024
A beloved annual event, our annual “D-E Lifers” Dinner, held up to tradition earlier this spring. “Lifers” are our senior students who have attended D-E in all three divisions. During this year’s dinner, each “Lifer” from the Class of 2024 -- more than 30 in all! -- honored one specific faculty or staff member who made a positive impact on them during their entire tenure at D-E. Students wrote short yet moving speeches thanking their honoree. Please see below for a list of all of our Class of 2024 “Lifers”.
Congratulations to all our Class of 2024 “Lifers” and their families, and a sincere thank you to our honorees for “making it better” for all of these students!

Building Strong Readers and Writers Through Morphology
Submitted by Mara Trager, Literacy Specialist 3-5
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Our jazz musicians are hard at work rehearsing for Jazz Brunch 2025! D-E’s Stage Band and Jazz Workshop ensembles will perform this annual concert on Sunday, Nov. 23, at 12 PM in Hajjar Auditorium. Director Rob DeBellis has shared that the concert theme is “Mostly...
D-E Faculty/Staff Reflect on the Idea of ‘Mattering’ with Author Jennifer Wallace
“Students are crushed by an unrelenting drive to succeed and then climb even higher...” A series of conversations about the book Never Enough, which delves into the pressure our kids feel to achieve and how a strong sense of “mattering” can act as a buffer to this...


