Deerfield athletes and fans are heading off to Wallingford, CT tomorrow (Saturday, Nov. 12) to play the teams at Choate Rosemary Hall. For those who are unable to make the trip to CT, the varsity football and volleyball games will be streaming live online. Volleyball pre-game coverage begins at 11:00am with the game at 11:30am and [...]

Deerfield and Harvard graduate Mattea Kramer will speak in the Garonzik at 7pm this Thursday November 1. Ms. Kramer is an established journalist who has written for news outlets such as CBS, The Nation, the Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, and Al Jazeera. She is also the lead author in National Priorities Project: A Peoples [...]

Greetings Alums!It is with great pleasure that the Executive Committee and the Alumni Relations Office are able to offer this new e-newsletter for the Deerfield Alumni Association.In this inaugural edition, you will see an array of Deerfield-related articles and links to events, sports scores and other school news. Some highlights include: Look To The Hills, [...]

Do you ever wish you could return to a Deerfield classroom? If so, Look to the Hills, a summer school for adults, is for you! Come join us August 1-4, 2013 for an amazing program. Whether it’s taking courses with energized faculty who love their subjects and enjoy leading learners on an adventure or well [...]

Opening Doors, a program created by the Executive Committee of the Alumni Association, and one begun due to student demand for summer internships, is a great way to connect rising seniors with Deerfield alumni. To date, two pilot programs have taken place and reactions from both students and alumni have been fantastic. Internships last a [...]

Deerfield was proud to honor Dr. Kerry Emanuel ’73 with the 2012 Heritage Award at school meeting this week. Dr. Emanuel, a professor of atmospheric science at MIT and leading expert on hurricanes, gained recent recognition for his work in the areas of global climate change and tropical cyclone activity. In 2006, he was named [...]

The 2011-2012 Annual Report of Donor Recognition & Summary of Endowed Funds is now available online. The report celebrates those alumni, parents, and friends who have strengthened Deerfield through their philanthropy and generosity of spirit. Thank you for your extraordinary support.

Excerpt from Deerfield Magazine (Fall, 2012)Poetry in MotionI see all of us reading ourselves away from ourselves,Straining in circles of light to find more lightUntil the line of words becomes a trail of crumbsThat we follow across a fresh page of snow;Excerpt from the poem “Books,” first published in The Apple That Astonished Paris, 1988.The [...]

Matthew Fox, Class of ’85, was on campus on September 25 and 26. He spoke with current acting classes, visited a photography class, and addressed students, faculty, and staff at School Meeting. His message was succinct and smart: Know yourself; keep your options open; be curious; be creative.

Three years ago, Chris Waddell ’87 accomplished something incredible: he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, the tallest mountain in Africa at 19,341 feet. What makes his feat even more incredible is that Mr. Waddell is paralyzed from the waist down, and he completed his climb unassisted, using an All-Terrain handcycle. Inspired by Mr. Waddell’s story, this summer [...]