On Friday, December 13, the Deerfield Academy Music Program performed The Winter Concert. The concert’s goal was to provide joy for the…
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Director of Theater Catriona Hynds described Lottie Levine ’25 as a “triple threat” for her contributions to the Deerfield Performing Arts Department…
Vivian Wan ’25, one of Deerfield Academy’s songwriters and musicians, plans to release her first album for the entire world by the…
At 2 p.m. on Sunday, January 19, an expectant crowd of Deerfield students, faculty, and parents gathered in the concert hall for…
Although Deerfield has a long history of teaching Muslim, Christian, and Jewish students, it used to have strong Christian influences in its…
Backed by full shelves of admissions pamphlets in varying shades of green, such as Boarding School 101! and Compete Here, Deerfield Academy’s…
Each year, healthcare providers at the D.S. Chen Health Center work to protect the Academy’s faculty, staff, and over 600 students against…
On dorm room doors, Bennett Stankovits ’19 saw name tags that said Deerfield welcomes every race, religion, and ethnicity, and couldn’t help…
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“I will act with respect, integrity, and care for others.” This the student pledges of Deerfield Academy, one we have gotten familiar with after almost half a year of Peep…
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Every four-year Deerfield student takes at least two years of history before they graduate. History, the study of the past, shapes our understanding of the events that have come before…
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From the stage of Deerfield’s 2024 winter musical Alice by Heart to his weekly a cappella rehearsals with the Mellow-D’s, Kabir Sheth ’25 finds inspiration and joy in music everywhere…
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On a chilly October night, days before the United States presidential election, I was discussing the upcoming election with a fellow editor in the Scroll room. Since I had watched…
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The production involved the collective effort of both actors and stage managers. The set was a fabric-covered playscape designed to represent both a beach and the land of the dead.…
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“So to all my Black and Brown boys,” Hawk Okpokwasili ’25 declared in his Deerfield story, standing before the entire student body during the school meeting on Wednesday, February 19,…
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Since the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020, case numbers for infections like flu, Strep A, and RSV have escalated. In the…
This school year has been an inflection point in the movement towards banning phones during the school day. As of…
During his tenure as Deerfield’s headmaster, Boyden proclaimed, “Pay what you can” to families struggling to afford an education at…
On January 1, 2024, a wildfire sparked in the Pacific Palisades, an affluent California neighborhood. Since then, the wildfire has…
Winter term at Deerfield brings snow, the outdoor ice rink, and casual dress. However, winter also brings seasonal depression, and…
On a chilly October night, days before the United States presidential election, I was discussing the upcoming election with a fellow editor in the Scroll room. Since I had watched…
Every four-year Deerfield student takes at least two years of history before they graduate. History, the study of the past, shapes our understanding of the events that have come before…
“Just because I’m running doesn’t mean you need to run—it’s not Deerfield academics.” But in fact I did need to run, because I was two minutes late to curfew that…
Head of School Dr. John Austin has a long connection with the concept of institutional impartiality, first calling it principled neutrality then disciplined nonpartisanship in A Framework for Schools. Published…
Baokun Chen ’25 encourages students in the United States to study abroad in China and think more critically on the relationship international students have with Deerfield.
On Wednesday Oct 23, the LA Times was blindsided by the resignation of their editorial chief Mariel Garza, who quit after the newspaper’s owner Dr. Patrick SoonShiong blocked the editorial…
Although Deerfield has a long history of teaching Muslim, Christian, and Jewish students, it used to have strong Christian influences…
Backed by full shelves of admissions pamphlets in varying shades of green, such as Boarding School 101! and Compete Here,…
Each year, healthcare providers at the D.S. Chen Health Center work to protect the Academy’s faculty, staff, and over 600…
On dorm room doors, Bennett Stankovits ’19 saw name tags that said Deerfield welcomes every race, religion, and ethnicity, and…
The construction of the Outdoor Rink, colloquially known as the ODR, originated as an idea in 2021 from the Student…
“Just because I’m running doesn’t mean you need to run—it’s not Deerfield academics.” But in fact I did need to run, because I was two minutes late to curfew that…
Head of School Dr. John Austin has a long connection with the concept of institutional impartiality, first calling it principled neutrality then disciplined nonpartisanship in A Framework for Schools. Published…
Baokun Chen ’25 encourages students in the United States to study abroad in China and think more critically on the relationship international students have with Deerfield.
As one voice for the student body, we feel compelled to address a growing concern within the Deerfield community: the need for greater accountability and transparency in the administration. In…
Dear Reader, On a recent mid-January evening, the weather suddenly turned cold following a particularly warm winter. The snow, though it was exciting the first time around, turned gray and…
Entering the 2024-2025 season, the Boys’ Varsity Basketball Team welcomed back only four players; nine of last year’s 13 players graduated in the class of 2024. However, Student Activities Coordinator…
Deerfield’s Varsity Boys Hockey and Lacrosse Captain Lance Roberts ’25 has been commended by many coaches and teammates from both teams for his leadership and constant positivity. Dean of Ethical…
Sports are essential to American culture and the Academy, where cheerleaders tell students to “buy in” by committing to team culture and by showing support at games. However, the prevalence…
The Girls’ and Boys’ Varsity Hockey Teams have started off their 2024–2025 season with a record of nine wins and four losses, ten wins, three losses, one tie respectively. The…
This season, Deerfield Academy’s Thirds Volleyball team maintained their undefeated streak of two years to achieve a third undefeated year. Captain Fiona Van Nice ’25, a four-year member of the…
Deerfield’s annual triathlon was held on Sunday, October 13, where students and faculty competed together in five separate events: girls solo race, girls team race, boys solo race, boys team…
Favorite part about living on Field 2? Y’all are y’all are really funny, really funny and we’ve got some great guys in here. Sometimes you make some unfortunate decisions, but…
Pizza was supposed to bring us together. Instead, it tore us apart. What started as a controlled experiment to determine the best pizza around the Deerfield area quickly took a…
All information is courtesy of the article “Still Among the Living” by former English Teacher Sarah L. Williams in the Spring 1993 issue of Deerfield (the alumni magazine). In the…
How long have you been at Deerfield? I have been at Deerfield for two years now. Why did you choose to come to Deerfield? Well, Deerfield—sort of— chose me. I…
There have been some… interesting changes made this year, specifically in regard to the new distinction between lower and upper campus, that might cause some problems for typical activities that…