COURTESY OF DEERFIELD COMMUNICATIONS On April 7 and 8, Robert R. Slaughter Professor of Law and Counselor to the Dean at Yale Law School Justin Driver visited and addressed the Deerfield community about the constitutional rights of students in the United States. His talks were part of a series of speakers meant to “reinforce [Head of School John Austin’s] Framework” and “cultivate constitutional education,” said History & Social Science Department Chair and incoming Dean of A

COURTESY OF DEERFIELD COMMUNICATIONS On March 28, Deerfield Academy gathered students, faculty, staff, and alumni for a commemoration dinner celebrating the newly renovated Brick Dining Hall. The dinner, which was held on a weekend night separate from the regular sit-down meal schedules, was a formal recognition of the dining hall’s new transformation. It began with remarks from key speakers, and ended with the long-lasting Deerfield tradition of singing the Evensong. For stu

Newly admitted students arrived at Deerfield on Fridays, March 27 and April 3, for the 2026 Spring Visit Days. Both days opened with a reception in the Hess, where Head of School John Austin delivered remarks on important information about the Academy. Following that, prospective students attended classes with a selected student host, and parents had the opportunity to visit classes and attend multiple panels about life at Deerfield. Senior Associate Director of Admission Dan

April 1st: NASA’s Artemis II Mission set off on a journey around the Moon for the first time since Apollo 17 launched on December 17, 1972. Three American astronauts (Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch), along with Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, were selected for the mission on April 3, 2023 (NASA). April 6th: Artemis II broke the record for being the farthest human-carrying shuttle from the Earth at 252,756 miles (NASA). April 7th: A special election in Georg

Deerfield Academy administered its second-ever climate survey on April 6. The anonymous survey aimed to capture feedback about student life on campus, with questions ranging from time spent reading for pleasure to hours spent on social media. The first-ever climate survey was administered in the spring of 2023. Many of the logistics of the first administration carried over into the second. Students remained in their last-period classroom during flex time to take the survey,