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Board Editorial: We Must Engage in Local Civics
“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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Grading Reforms
“Just because I’m running doesn’t mean you need to run—it’s not Deerfield academics.” But in fact I did need to…
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October 15, 2014
School Meeting Gets a Makeover
We enthusiastically applaud the new School Meetings in the Hess Auditorium. It is clear that considerable time and thought have gone into improving these weekly assemblies. After all-time low attendance…
October 15, 2014
The Dining Hall Steps It Up
There has been a dramatic increase in the number of students waking up early to get a bite at breakfast, and we think we know why. The new yogurt and…
October 4, 2014
2014~2015 New Faculty Bios
New students are not the only ones anticipating a fresh start at Deerfield this year. The Academy welcomes 17 new faculty members as the school year approaches. (The excerpts below…
September 10, 2014
Letter from the Editor
Dear Reader, The beginning of the school year means a lot of things. But it excites me primarily because it represents an opportunity to start fresh. The summer allows us…
May 21, 2014
Do H8rs Have to H8?
“This place sucks!” Lately on campus, there seems to be more vocal opposition to Deerfield’s rules and traditions. The most common complaints involve sit-down meals, Disciplinary Committee decisions, late nights…
May 21, 2014
Letter From The Editor
Dear Reader, In the February 2014 edition of The Scroll, former Editor-in- Chief Charlotte Allen ‘14 and Op-Ed Editor Andrea Fleming ‘14 published a letter from Josh Krugman ‘06, a…
May 21, 2014
Come Clean, Deerfield
Are the gleaming Crest Whitestrip smiles genuine? When is the automatic response “I’m great, thanks!” sincere? Certainly, there are instances of actual contentedness on campus. As privileged teenagers, we have…
April 27, 2014
Letter from the Editor
Dear Reader, First and foremost, I would like to extend my gratitude to Charlotte Allen and the entire 2013-14 Scroll Board. You have transformed The Scroll into a platform for…
April 20, 2014
Revamping the SAT
The College Board recently announced that, come spring 2016, the SAT will be redesigned—full details to be released later this month. The goal of this dreaded test’s new version will…
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