Science is a multidisciplinary field, requiring great care and creativity to teach. Pictured here is the annual 8th Grade “Rollercoaster Expo”, through which Middle School students learn physics principles like potential and kinetic energy. 8th graders worked in groups to create their own unique marble paper roller coasters, then invited parents, faculty, and fellow students to witness their creativity “in-motion!” See below for more details about this and how our Science Department faculty help make their pedagogical experiences come alive for our students.
Design-based Thinking in Action
The features here are the first in a new D-E Today editorial series on STEM, research and innovation initiatives, in both teaching and in learning.
Critical Mass Varsity Robotics Qualifies for Worlds!
Congrats to our Bulldog Bots, who are heading to the World Finals! Over the weekend, our Upper School Robotics Team, Team #207 Critical Mass, qualified to compete in the FIRST World Championship, which will take place Wednesday, April 29, through Saturday, May 2, at...
3.17.26 A few last updates before Spring Break
3.18.26 Spring Break Update from the Dean
3/17/26 MS Student/Parent/Advisor In-Person Spring Conferences
1/30/26: MS 7th Grade Dean Announcement
TEDxDwight-Englewood School 2026 Centers on the Human Experience
TEDxDwight-Englewood School returned this year with another exceptional lineup of speakers from the Upper School (US) …
MS Creative Writing and Art & Design Students Learn About ‘Narrative in Art’
Cultivating creativity! D-E Middle School students in Ms. Miller’s Creative Writing and Ms. Scrivanich’s Art & Design Explorations Discovery classes recently teamed up to visit The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York as part of an experiential program called...
First Graders Present Their Houses and Homes
A longstanding D-E tradition, 25 years running(!), returned to the Lower School Gym last week with the Houses and Homes Assembly, where first graders, donning construction vests and hard hats, presented to D-E families the model dwellings they’d worked hard on for the...
D-E Winter Track Athletes Competing in Nike Indoor Nationals!
Cheers to D-E Varsity Winter Track athletes Tade Adeyeri ’26, Adesola Afonja ’27, and Grace Dalgetty ’26! All three qualified for the prestigious Nike Indoor Nationals! Tade competed earlier in the Boys Triple Jump Emerging Elite competition. Adesola will compete in...
D-E Celebrates Pi Day!
Way to go, D-E “Mathletes”! D-E’s Math Club officially recognized “Pi Day” (3.14) earlier this week in Imperatore Library with fun, hands-on activities including “Four 4’s” (featuring a challenge to use exactly four 4’s and any math symbol to make a number),...