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On September 17, after Sunday sitdown, hundreds of Deerfield students streamed into the Hale Family Gym to watch the long-awaited Kwasi vs. Artie basketball game. The two students, Kwasi Adu-Gyamfi ’26 and Artie Liendo ’27, announced at multiple sit down meals a few days prior that they would be playing each other in a one-on-one […]

A gifted administrator, business owner, and coach, Mr. Kelly serves as Deerfield Academy’s Student Life Office Senior Associate, bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience to the dean team. He is the Girls Junior Varsity Head Basketball Coach and Boys Varsity Assistant Baseball Coach. From 1998 to 2012, Mr. Kelly held a variety of leadership […]

As part of the updates to the Student Handbook, Deerfield Academy enacted a new set of policies regarding the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI). The new policy is the Academic Affairs Office’s comprehensive response against the emergence of more accessible artificial intelligence technologies that began to bypass learning late last year. The new guidelines […]

This summer, Deerfield was met with record-breaking weather conditions, from catastrophic flooding to extreme heat. According to the Boston Globe, Massachusetts was hit by the second highest rainfall on record. Additionally, Springfield news station WWLP reported that the past months have been among the hottest in Massachusetts history.  On July 10 and 21, 2023, campus […]

Much of what the Deerfield Dining Hall makes is entirely from scratch, based on recipes carried on through generations in the kitchen and borrowed from other locations. From peeling to slicing to dicing, hours of labor-intensive work goes into the preparation of fresh meals for 800-900 people.  Director of Food Services Michael McCarthy explains that […]

Actor. Buddhist monk. Psychologist. Counselor William Jackson, one of the new members of the Deerfield Academy Counseling Center, is already employing his unique background to counseling and meditation on campus.  Dr. Jackson first realized the importance of emotional wellness as a student in a conservatory acting program at the Hartt School at the University of […]

With temperatures dramatically shifting over the course of mid-September, it seems that fall is in the air at Deerfield. Football games, rainy days, and sweater weather all signal to students that the leaves are going to change any day now; nevertheless, nothing screams fall more than a trip across the road to Bittersweet.  Bittersweet Bakery […]

A week before students arrive on campus in September, Deerfield hosted their Rising Scholars Program (RSP) for new students unaccustomed to Deer field’s rigorous academic schedule and environment. (RSP) is a four-day residential program that takes place in the days leading up to school and is designed and endorsed by the Office of Inclusion and […]

At Deerfield Academy, there are countless alliances where students of similar backgrounds connect, and support diverse identities. Alliances are formed off of numerous characteristics such as, but not limited to, race, ethnicity, religion, and beliefs.  On Saturday, September 23, 2023, Deerfield hosted the annual Alliance Block Party, which allowed students across the community to engage […]

During the first three weeks of the school year, there were 75 reported cases of COVID-19, according to Director of Medical Services Bryant Benson.  In accordance with CDC guidelines, students who test positive self-isolated for at least five days. Asymptomatic patients were allowed to quarantine in their rooms, while symptomatic patients quarantined in the Health […]

On August 11, 2023, Dean of Students Samuel Bicknell announced major changes to the disciplinary response system, communicated in an email to the student body that outlined the changes as a part of yearly hand book revisions.  The Student Life Office consulted the College Advising Office, class deans, and Student Body President Preyas Sinha ’24 […]

September 1: Singapore Former Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam was elected President of Singapore with 70.4% of the votes. After several profile scandals, including a graft probe and resignation of senior lawmakers, the People’s Action Party’s landslide victory shows that the general public still trusts the ruling party (Reuters).  September 5: United States  Enrique Tarrio, […]