In recent years, the Deerfield convenience store has become an unassuming yet integral part of the Academy student experience. The store has undergone several significant shifts in function. Originally opened…
Student Body President Gerry Alexandre ’19 announced his plans to facilitate a campus-wide game called the Niche-Shattering Initiative, NSI for short, at a school meeting earlier this month. The goal…
Nestled on the first floor of the Boyden Library, adjacent to the side staircase, is a space not often frequented by most Deerfield students, but certainly important. It is the…
One of the most fundamental Deerfield traditions is the sit-down meal. Gathering together four times a week for lunch and three times for dinner is a custom that Deerfield has…
With the end of the semester quickly approaching, the ninth-graders have each had a taste of life at Deerfield and can reflect on the contrast between their expectations versus their…
Each term, as part of the Deerfield Cross the Valley campaign, the Office of Inclusion and Community Life chooses a cultural competency theme that aims to highlight ways in which…
In 2017, the History Department came to the decision to make a radical change: a complete overhaul and redesign of the United States History 400 curriculum. “The goal of this…
With the new year in full swing, both Deerfield’s Student Council and Student Planning Committee are hard at work. Though the two groups are sometimes confused, the purpose and duties…
Korean students Mark Chung ’21 and Michelle Zimmerman ’21 brought homeland politics with them when they founded a Liberty in North Korea Rescue Team on campus. Liberty in North Korea,…
When most high-schoolers hear the word “cheerleader,” they think of pom-poms and skirts. Here at Deerfield, we have a very different picture. We know our cheerleaders, with their iconic white…
The Student Life Office has organized a series of events around a particular theme for the past three years in order to inspire healthy conversation on campus. These themes, called…