At 5:15 in the evening of January 31, 1988, hundreds of Deerfield boys spilled out of the campus dining hall after Headmaster Robert E. Kaufmann stood in front of the…
The Young Republicans and Young Democrats clubs existed at Deerfield Academy since before the school was co-ed. Despite their extensive legacy, the clubs are less well known in the Deerfield…
Deerfield is a school well known for its history and generational familial connections. Although cultural and societal changes are inherently inevitable, there are certain aspects of Deerfield that haven’t changed…
Deerfield Academy often expresses pride in nurturing a community culture associated with terms like “closely-knit” and “connected.” But with 11 percent of the student body absent once the required school…
As Sunday sit-down dinners draw to a close, students flock to the nearest congregation to lock arms with each other and sway to the Deerfield Evensong. Nearly a century after…
Contract grading? What is it and what does it consist of? Well, contrary to the initial mental image that the name may evoke, it does not involve any lawyers or…
For weddings, trips to Historic Deerfield, and parent visits before graduations, the Deerfield Inn has offered temporary refuge for guests since its founding in 1884. Innkeeper Laurie McDonald likes to…
On October 22, 2022, Historic Deerfield unveiled 19 Witness Stone memorials along the mile long Old Main Street. The historic organization had affiliated with the Witness Stones Project initiated by…
This fall, keen-eyed observers might have noticed a new addition on campus: a sundial outside the Simmons dorm. On October 13, 2023, Daniel Wareham ’24 and Deerfield carpenter John Downie…
Days of glory are not only confined to the halls and fields of Western Massachusetts. In the desert, there is another school that has sit-down meals, accountability points, and blazers…
In November of 2023, the Deerfield athletic grounds team undertook a renovation of Frontier Regional School’s Valition and Jack Zabek baseball and softball fields. Originally planned to be done this…