For the second year in a row, the Academy’s alumni publication, Deerfield Magazine, received a “Gold” Communication Award from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) in the 2012 Independent School Publications category. For the first time ever, the Communications Office also entered the “magazines with a circulation of 30,000 or less” category—competing…Read More →

Any student interested in attending the “respect forum” taking place this coming Thursday, February 9, during faculty break in the Black Box Theater, along with any students that have questions, should email tlipsky@deerfield.edu. Spaces are limited, and RSVP emails will be handled on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Due to recurrent, careless attention to the equipment and policies of the Deerfield Academy Fitness Center, the center will be closed on Tuesday and Wednesday, February 7 and 8. 

In celebration of Black History Month, the Deerfield Black Student Alliance (DBSA) is collaborating with the staff of the Boyden Library to create weekly questions that will focus upon significant figures who improved the life for blacks in America.  Our contest begins with this question:

Seniors, it’s time for you to make your quotes and collages. This year you are allowed 1150 characters for your quote, and a choice of three different types of collages.  Click “continue” to read all the details and find out what you need to do!…

Use the attached form to sign up for AP Exams. The deadline for registration is February 16th. 

Need help backing up your school data? Here is the truth! Your data* can be permanently lost if your computer is stolen, has a hardware failure, or even drops on the floor.   What you need to back up data:

We all remember Charlie and Alice’s performance of the classic X-mas carol at KFC, bringing to mind the annual winter problem of what to do on freezing weekends.  Student Council has the answer!

Thomas Appleton ’92 and his wife, Monique, have set many goals for their family in 2012: First, get the three younger kids out of diapers and cribs.  Second, BURN the changing table and have the Diaper Champ sealed up and deposited with other nuclear waste in Nevada.  Third, and most important, THROW OUT THE BABY MONITOR!!!  They…Read More →

Congratulations to the winners of the Koch Cafe Long Winter Weekend Candy Contest! Caroline Bewkes and Teutsch guessed correctly that there were 212 pieces of candy.

Leopold (Lee) Adler II – SAVANNAH – Lee Adler, a native Savannahian, born April 18, 1923, died peacefully at The Oaks on Skidaway Island, January 29, 2012. He is the son of Sam G. Adler and Elinor Grunsfeld Adler. His grandfather, Leopold Adler, came to Savannah in the 19th Century and founded Adler’s Department Store…Read More →

Life and work continue to keep me busy and happy. Jeff and I are moving up to Northern Vermont in the coming months which is exciting and a long time coming. Last year I had the pleasure of working with four Deerfield alums and photographing their weddings – Talley Burns ’01 & Zach Mayer ’01,…Read More →

We’re halfway done with the 2012 Green Cup Challenge, where dorms compete for a month to reduce their electricity consumption compared to an early January baseline value. This is a competition where everyone wins – the school saves money, the mountains in West Virginia don’t get blasted away to extract coal, students learn how to…Read More →

Here is the bus schedule for Long Winter Weekend.  Departure and return times and locations.