By Bob York When it comes to prep school sports in this neck of the woods, there are no three words that have a nicer ring to them than “New England champs!” After this past winter, however, the Big Green ski teams came up with a close second: “Man-made snow.” “Those snow guns really saved [...]

  By Bob York It was a young team to begin with, and then – unexpectedly – got even younger. The remnants of the Deerfield Academy boys hockey team roster should have been plentiful, as it regularly skated three freshmen, five sophomores and six juniors just one winter ago. “Then we lost five kids who [...]

Enjoy this short film created by Alcides Soares ’12!

On April 11-13th, Deerfield will be hosting the heads of school and two trustees from each of the schools in the Eight Schools Association–Andover, Choate, Exeter, Hotchkiss, Lawrenceville, Northfield Mount Hermon, and St. Paul’s–for our annual spring meeting. The theme for this year is “Private Schools and Public Education Reform,” and our featured speakers include [...]

Hi Everyone! Today I lost my Fossil watch somewhere in the far lower fields (to the right of the tennis courts, next to the JV boys lacrosse field) or in front of the main athletic building. If you’ve seen it (here’s a what it looks like) please email me at eng@deerfield.edu. Thanks!

Deerfield Academy artist in residence Andrew Wan, and Arianna Warsaw-Fan, Emlyn Van Eps ’12, and Peter Warsaw will collaborate in the chamber music of Mozart, Brahms, and Dvorak on Friday, April 6th from 7-9pm in the Deerfield Academy Choral Room. The event is free and open to the public. Learn more about the players

What happens to the mountains of West Virginia every time you turn on the lights? Come find out at the screening of the award-winning documentary The Last Mountain, which looks at the struggle against mountaintop removal coal mining. The electric utilities in Western Massachusetts (including the one DA uses) purchase coal from companies that use mountaintop [...]

By Bob York The good news was plentiful: The Deerfield Academy girls hockey team won more games than it lost this season. It won more than twice the number (six) of games it won last season. It reached double figures in the win column for the first time in recent memory with 14.  The bad [...]

All rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors, please read the expectations of being a peer tutor and a head peer tutor below, then click on the link to apply! You have until Friday, April 13 to fill out an application. If you have specific questions about the tutoring program, feel free to email Mrs. Schloat at [...]

Boys Varsity Tennis opened the season with wins against Groton and Longmeadow high School and a respectable fifth place finish at the K-O Tournament.