7:30 a.m. Your mother wakes you up to ask if you have been accepted to your ED yet, knowing full well that decisions don’t come out until mid-December. Roll over and go back to sleep. 9:00 a.m. You can hear your grandmother downstairs asking why…
Manager, Deerfield Yoga Prepares yoga sessions for Mr. Hart and his yogis. Rolls up the mats, blocks, blankets, and bands. Refills water bottles during restorative yoga. Captain, Deerfield Beekeeping Leads extraction of honey from beehives at Deerfield Academy. Maintains the integrity of the different hives…
It’s Monday. I rise from bed and check my phone: 9:32. For most, this might be a jarring sight. But for those with first and second period free, it is simply routine. I’ve been here for a couple years now, with various combinations of free…
We all know that feeling when our stomachs demand food at the strangest hours of the day. For most, this time comes in the middle of the night when you are trying to finish up that last subject of homework. You search every corner of…
Choate week, full of rivalry and eccentric costumes, is the highlight of the fall term. In anticipation of this whirlwind of fun, students eagerly prepare coordinated outfits and themes for each day of the week. But with all the spirit and hype, many students have…
An important aspect of Deerfield life is community spirit. As students, we express our spirit in many different ways, and we use the phrase “we bleed green” to express the individual ways we can celebrate. Many students want to learn new ways they can express…
Seniors have the right to do things that inferior grades could only dream of doing. And the beauty of it all is that they bow down to no one. Now, in the rare cases that our privileges are disrespected by those who do not belong…
Where are you from? I’m from Botswana, from this small town called Mogobane. What’s your spirit animal? I think an elephant shrew. It’s very rare and no one knows much about it. Just like me! But when you find more information about it, you begin…
Deerfield Academy prides itself on traditions, both new and old. In past years, it was a tradition for the former Head of School, Dr. Margarita Curtis (2006-2018), to dismiss seniors from Academy gatherings first, before all other students. She adopted the phrase “seniors, lead the…
1. If you want to rep your country, you can always follow in the footsteps of Sammy St. Jean ‘18 and Austin Philie ’19 with Freedom Friday. Get a blazer embroidered with the flag of your country, or of any country for that matter, and…
