Recently, the growing presence of artificial intelligence (AI) in society has prompted conversations about the use of this technology in education. Deerfield stands deliberate with its approach to AI. Last year, in his Fall Family Weekend remarks, Head of School John Austin highlighted Deerfield’s commitment to “time-tested teaching practices that deepen attention, enrich our capacity for slow thinking, and support the habits of disciplined inquiry.” Assistant Head of School

In a series of network upgrades geared toward increasing cybersecurity, Deerfield Information Technology Services (ITS) updated security measures for Green_Door_BYOD, the central Wi-Fi for students, and overhauled the Green Door Wi-Fi system for the upcoming school year. On September 8, public schools in nearby Springfield and Everett closed for four days due to multiple cyberattacks that resulted in the potential compromise of personal data of members of the school community

Two weeks into the January application-reading season, artificial intelligence (AI) was “front of mind” for the Admissions Office, according to Dean of Admission and Financial Aid Chip Davis. Since 2023, he’s seen a steady increase in the number of AI-written essays his office receives. Following the introduction of ChatGPT—released initially by OpenAI in November of 2022—AI use by high school students has gone up to nearly 80% nationally, the College Board Newsroom reported

COURTESY OF DEERFIELD COMMUNICATIONS Deerfield Academy hosted its fifth Deerfield Forum on Tuesday, April 21, in partnership with the Munk Debates, North America’s leading debate series based in Toronto, Canada, on the motion: Be it Resolved, let’s engineer better human beings. The Munk Debates are a semi-annual series of debates primarily held in Toronto, focusing on major global policy issues. The Forum marks the first time a debate has been held outside of Toronto and with

Held in Bristol, England, this year’s World Schools Debating Championships (WSDC) invited over seventy national teams to participate in an eight-day debate tournament with over 165 top high schools from 17 different countries. Two Deerfield students, Casey Lee ’28, and John Woo ’26, were members of the student group representing the USA Debate Team. Both students have been members of the Deerfield Speech and Debate Team since their freshman year. Woo qualified for the USA Deb