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2015 December
December 9, 2015
DA Opposes Pipeline ‘As Currently Proposed’
As of November 19th, Deerfield Academy stands in public opposition to the Tennessee Gas Company’s NED Pipeline “as currently proposed.” The pipeline would be constructed through Franklin County in April…
December 9, 2015
New Teacher, New Novel
New English teacher and Wilson Fellow Carrie Brown not only gives creative writing assignments to her senior creative writing students, she completes her own. Mrs. Brown, an acclaimed author who…
December 9, 2015
Letter From The Editor
Dear Reader, These past few weeks, we have witnessed incidents of tragedy around the globe, so The Scroll staff and I thought it would be appropriate to dedicate space throughout…
December 9, 2015
Our Barn, Our Culture
In the winter, hockey season begins in the “Barn.” The Deerfield Academy ice hockey rink is full of traditions for both players and fans. Courtney Morgan ’16, one of the…
December 9, 2015
Juniors Lead Movember Campaign
Every year, during the month of November, men all across the world put away their razors and grow their best mustaches in support of prostate cancer. The effort, coined “Movember,”…
December 9, 2015
A Glimpse Into Architecture At DA
At a recent school meeting, the Deerfield community was astonished by what students in David Payne’s Advanced Architecture designed last spring — the model for a dorm to replace Johnson-Doubleday.…
December 9, 2015
The Garissa University Attacks in Kenya
Shortly after the ISIS attacks on Paris, messages of hope and prayers for peace flooded all platforms of social media. The story of a massacre in Kenya, however, also appeared…
December 9, 2015
Athletic Exemptions: Yay Or Nay?
Over the past decade, prep schools have noticed a shift from athletes playing two or three sports a year to highly competitive athletes honing their skills in one sport. Sports…
December 9, 2015
Athlete Of The Issue: Winslow Robinson
Meet the athlete of the issue – Winslow Robinson ’16, a post-graduate from Tallahassee, Florida, who identifies himself as a high-level football player but is also a very skilled wrestler. …
December 9, 2015
Fall Exemptions
This fall, the Co-curricular Committee granted 32 students exemptions from participating in sports, dance, theater, community service, or yearbook. Twenty-one of those students had art exemptions, while 11 pursued other…