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Among the Dining Hall staff, while filling water jugs or overseeing the dish conveyor belt, Japan Roberson cooks up ideas for his next song. Mr. Roberson first started writing rap songs during the COVID-19 pandemic. He said that while he played a couple of instruments when he was younger, he has no formal training in […]

The Deerfield Thrift Shop has been a tradition for the past three years, taking place once again this winter. The shop leaders worked to donate proceeds to the Cancer Connection Club and helped Hadley Spater ’25 support a holiday gift drive.  Spater, in the spirit of the holiday season this year, organized a gift drive […]

Nov 1: European Union Nov 2: Italy, Russia, Ukraine Nov 7: Tennessee, U.S. Nov 8-11: Vatican City; Texas, U.S. Nov 9-12: Spain Nov 12: U.S., Japan, Korean Peninsula Nov 13: Austria Nov 14: Liberia Nov 15: China, U.S. November 17 – November 21: U.S. November 18: U.S. November 24 – December 1: Palestine (Gaza), Israel November 28: U.S.  November 29: U.S.  November 30: Russia  November 30 – December 12: United Arab Emirates (UAE) December 6: U.S.  December 8: U.S.  December 10: Iran

Deerfield’s outdoor hockey rink was first put up in January 2021. This earlier version of the rink was smaller and leased from a third-party company called Ice America, according to Chief Financial Officer Matthew Sheehy. As of 2023, Deerfield Academy now owns the hockey rink. Regarding the timing and set up of the outdoor hockey […]

In September 2023, Deerfield alumni Henry Gustavson ’20 from Southborough, Massachusetts, was diagnosed with ALK-positive anaplastic large cell lymphoma, a rare type of lymphoma.  Henry Gustavson is currently receiving treatment at the Mass General Cancer Center in Boston, Massachusetts. When Gustavson started his treatment, his parents started the Henry Strong Fundraiser to raise money for […]

Dear Reader,    Turkey Term, despite its new unofficial name, is a two-week period filled with many traditions ranging from Semi to the annual Christmas dinner that second waiters dread without fail. Fitting with this theme of holiday spirit, at the December 6 School Meeting, professor and designer of Harvard’s most popular course, Positive Psychology, […]

Turkey Term is a nightmarish hybrid between the worst of fall and winter. We lose the long daylight hours, but we’re still constrained to class dress. We lose our relaxing afternoons spent by the river and Shriv, but the Lower Fields aren’t yet turned into a winter wonderland. But above all, Turkey Term poses an […]

“I don’t have Snapchat.”    It’s amazing how many people at Deerfield struggle to comprehend this idea. Most have an extraordinarily baffled expression. Others are more inquisitive and find that I lack not only a Snapchat account, but also an Instagram and Tiktok account, in addition to other social media platforms. They wonder how I […]

As I was relishing the last bits of summer in Shanghai, a barrage of WeChat Channels videos (Chinese equivalent of Instagram reels) invaded my family’s group chat. Some of the headlines I remember roughly translated to “What we are most afraid of has happened,” “Water is the source of life but may become a force […]

On December 9, Elizabeth Magill, the president of the University of Pennsylvania, resigned her position after her comments during a Congressional hearing prompted widespread backlash. When Representative Elise Stefanik (R-NY21) asked Ms. Magill whether “calling for the genocide of Jews” constitutes “bullying or harassment,” she replied that the decision would be “context-dependent.” Four days later, […]

The one-mile stretch of Historic Deerfield, located on the Academy’s campus, is dedicated to preserving the colonial town of Deerfield and the greater Connecticut River Valley. Historic Deerfield boasts eleven house museums and a collection of over 25,000 objects made or used in America between 1650 and 1850 in the Flynt Center for Early New […]

Late-night essays. Recommendation letters. Forms and fees. Amidst a whirlpool of activities and tasks, the college application process can overwhelm Deerfield students, but the Deerfield College Advising department can help.  Although “the college application process seems daunting at first,” Xavier Armas ’24 said, college advisors begin holding group informational sessions during students’ sophomore year. In […]