The Deerfield River flooding experienced from Hurricane Irene was more extreme than any we’ve seen in years–if not generations. An area hydrogeologist said that the odds of a flood like this happening more than once every few hundred years are slim. Others are calling it a 500-year flood. Deerfield Academy was fortunate that most of [...]

Deerfield Academy Summer Arts Camp (DASAC) has just completed its 21st year at DA.  Begun by DA graduates in 1991, DASAC continues its tradition as the largest summer arts camp in the Pioneer Valley. The Academy’s continued support for the arts-in-education and connection to local communities has made DASAC an area phenomenon for young emerging [...]

Thank you to all of our DASAC friends who visited the library on Friday, August 12 to serenade our staff with an exciting new library love song and to present us with a beautiful poster.  Come visit the library to admire our summer DASAC display.

Concussions are a common injury in teenagers and the consequences of not recognizing them or not managing them adequately are becoming increasing clear. This year we will be augmenting our Concussion Management Program in two ways. First, we will be asking students and parents to take an online Concussion Education Program before students come to [...]

A roster of new students’ names, photos and hometowns is now available online. It will continue to be updated as the photos arrive. (You will need your Deerfield password to login.)

Congratulations to Rich and Katie Calhoun, who welcomed Sigrid Ellynn Richardson Calhoun into their family yesterday. Sigrid was born at around twelve-thirty on Tuesday, weighing in at 7 pounds 9 ounces and measuring 20.5 inches (that’s a hair past 52 centimeters for Rich’s friends in the Koch center). All five Calhouns are happy and healthy [...]

Calling all photographers! If you have photographs of your activities or travels over the summer, this is the perfect chance to submit them to the Round Square Photo Contest. Photographs can be submitted when school begins, and will need to be printed onto 8×10 photo paper. Printing them out before the summer ends might be [...]

Following on the heels of a successful venture in the summer of 2010, DASAC & KIPP staff made plans for a second annual arts enrichment night in July 2011.  Between their dinner and evening study hall, KIPP students took classes from DASAC staff in a host of disciplines, including music, ceramics, photo, and animation–to name [...]