Mr. Grimm and I were both “new juniors,” graduating from Deerfield in the same year. Mr. Grimm: what can’t he do? He is a singer, actor, dancer, vegan baker, photographer,…

Dr. Mark Ott’s English class is one that many students remember fondly: the large typewriter that sits in the middle of the table, a stack of The New Yorker cartoons…

For the first half of my junior year, I dreaded U.S. history. I thought I had already learned everything, and taking the course seemed more tedious than educational. But, after…

For the past two years, I have gotten to know Mr. Lawlor, first as a man on duty in my dorm and then as my computer science professor. Mr. Lawlor…

 Anna Gonzales is nothing short of extraordinary. In my three years at Deerfield, I had the grave misfortune of not knowing Ms. Gonzales until my junior year.  However, the tides…

After three years as Deerfield’s Sustainability Education Coordinator, Dr. Beth Hooker will be moving on to a position at Ceres, a Boston-based nonprofit organization committed to promoting sustainability and environmental…

Samar Moushabeck began teaching at Deerfield Academy fifteen years ago, when the Arabic program was virtually nonexistent. Since that first year when she taught only seven students across two levels,…

Amidst a Pandemic, some Deerfield students Outreached and Prepared essential goods and Kind Words to Shield Our Defenders and ensure that Nobody Goes Hungry. COVID-19 has left the world in…

It’s a Sunday morning, and a group of students sit around a table in the foyer of the dining hall near the end of brunch. They are talking and enjoying…