Recreational Activities begin on Thursday, March 31 unless otherwise noted.* Meeting Times and Locations Activity Location Time Dance Dance Studio 3:45pm Elements Main School Building 1:30pm on Wed. 3/30* Instructional Swimming Koch Pool 3:30pm League Tennis Lower Tennis Courts 3:45pm on Mon. 4/4* Special Exercise Fitness Center 3:45pm Ultimate Disc Gym Entrance 3:45pm Ultimate Rec. [...]

Auditions and Tech Sign-ups will be held Tuesday afternoon, March 29 at 3:30 in the Black Box Theatre for the spring production of the comedy, She Stoops to Conquer.  No previous experience is required.

By Bob York The Big Green came close to earning its second straight berth in the New England Prep School Division I Boys Hockey Tournament this winter. The Deerfield skaters had chalked up a 9-5-1 record in league play and were ranked fifth in the highly competitive Western Division – with four games to play.

By Bob York It’s probably safe to say that Deerfield has become a bit spoiled by those who have played in the Big Green’s goal crease for the majority of this century. Molly Schaus  ’06, who matriculated to Boston College and played on the 2010 United States Olympic Hockey Team, began this string of stinginess [...]

By Bob York Kyle Kager ’11 put Deerfield Academy boys basketball on the collegiate map this winter. Deerfield’s dot has always been there, but with Kager’s play, that dot grew much larger and a lot easier to see. The 6’8″ forward became the program’s first graduate in quite some time to receive a full scholarship [...]

By Bob York Talk about a youth movement: half of this year’s Big Green girls basketball team was probably still homesick when the season began. Coach Darnel Barnes tutored 14 girls this winter, and seven of them were freshmen. And when you combine that with the rest of the roster’s one sophomore, three juniors and [...]

This winter’s Deerfield wrestling team must have felt as though it was opening its season with the equivalent of one hand tied behind its back. Its most decorated member, Luke Mario ’12 was forced to miss the entire season due to injury.  But even without its king pin, who captured the 125-pound weight bracket at [...]

By Bob York It took some lumps then kicked some rumps. The Big Green embarked on a three-month tour of duty through that minefield known as the Class A bracket of the New England Interscholastic Boys Squash Association this winter.  It was a time frame that coach Mike Silipo would later reflect on and eloquently [...]

The Deerfield Academy Press invites all students to submit poems for a contest. The theme for 2011 is – “Winter Blues / Spring Dreams”.  The winning poem will be published as a broadside spring term and will appear in the spring issue of Albany Road. All poems submitted will be considered for the forthcoming Albany [...]

CARE PACKAGE DONATIONS FOR OUR TROOPS: If you made a donation for the Military Care Packages either last Monday (2/14) or Tuesday (2/15) when you picked up your ticket for Voices in Conflict, would you please swipe your Greer card again.  The troubadour malfunctioned and we lost all contributions.  Your card may be re-swiped at lunch Wednesday, [...]