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, We are young at an extremely important time. 2020: the year where media directs advocacy. Know what you are fighting for, not just what you are fighting against.…
“What I love most about Deerfield is the school spirit — it feels like home.” This is what tour guides often tell prospective families when they tour Deerfield. There is…
Dear Reader, During parents’ weekend, I showed my father the September issue of the Scroll, in which Madeline Lee ‘20 wrote an article titled Far From Home regarding the recent…
“When you were little, did you ever have friends your mom made you hang out with, even though you didn’t want to? Then those friends kept showing up, and you…
Dear Reader, It is third period on the first day of school. Outside, students greet each other in passing, relishing the autumn sunlight that whispers through campus. Inside, I sit…
National Book Award-winning author Tim O’Brien will speak with Deerfield at an Academy Event on September 26th. O’ Brien’s landmark novel, The Things They Carried, was chosen by the English…
For the past thirty years, the Scroll has published a “Matriculation/Future Plans” spread in the May issue to celebrate the future of the graduating class. Seniors can submit their plans…
Dear Reader, Graduation is nearly upon us. The tents are coming up, the grass below them browning with melancholy. Soon, we will bid farewell to one Head of School, 15…
Dear Reader, “Of course you’re a swimmer. You have such broad shoulders. You just look so… athletic,” he said, waving his hand up and down in an assessment of my…