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How long have you been at Deerfield? 8 years. Favorite thing about Deerfield? Woah. Deerfield the institution or Deerfield the location in America? Favorite thing about Deerfield, the place, is just that it’s in Western Massachusetts and I love Western Massachusetts. Great place to be. Deerfield the institution, I think I just love that it’s […]

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As a child, Miu Yatsuka ’24 had her early encounters with art through her father, who stressed the importance of graceful handwriting through Chinese and Japanese calligraphy. At the time, Yatsuka disliked the harsh discipline that came with the art, but looking back, she appreciates the sense of identity and connection to her culture it […]

Co-captain of Girls Varsity Swim and Dive Lauren Smith ’24 has led the team to their first appearance at the Easterns Championship, and afterwards at the New England Championship. Over the course of her time on the team, she has been able to achieve personal goals while also promoting a positive team culture. When describing […]

On February 10 and 11, the Boys Varsity Squash Team competed in the Division I New England Championships hosted by Deerfield Academy. Coached by former Deerfield History Teacher Coach Mike Silipo and English Teacher Ryan Tyree, and captained by Ocean Feng ’24 and Christian Capella ’25, the Boys Varsity Squash team headed into the tournament […]

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 at all since 1797. Traditions and stories have been passed on through generations of students, many of whom have been influenced by family members who […]

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 and co-curricular day ends, how intertwined into the Deerfield community can day students really be? Day students have been part of the Deerfield Academy community […]

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 its composition, the tradition of the Evensong has undergone significant changes, yet is still celebrated by many members of the Deerfield community. On October 31, […]

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 potentially signing your life away. Instead, it’s the idea that students can pick exactly what grade they either want or think they deserve. Sounds almost […]

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 imagine that the guests fit into three buckets of visitors. The first bucket is tourists, who are attracted by the rich history ingrained in the […]

Over spring break, 67 Deerfield students participated in five trips through the Center for Service and Global Citizenship (CSGC) around the world. The different trips that students could choose from and apply to were The Bahamas, Jordan, Tanzania, Panama, and central Europe. Deerfield has been offering CSGC service trips for decades; however, they vastly expanded […]

Deerfield Gender Meetings, which facilitate the space to share stories of how gender affects Deerfield experiences, have usually appeared in the Opening Day’s Schedule. Last year the Student Life Office removed them from the schedule. Dean of Residential Life Rebecca Melvoin who helped reform the meetings over the past year said, “We removed Gender Meetings […]