There will be an open house at the Children’s School on Tuesday, May 22, from 6-7pm. The school is located at 488 Greenfield Road in Deerfield. Fall slots are available for toddlers & preschoolers. Call Elizabeth Bertini-Franseen at 774-6626 for more information.
Deerfield musicians will perform this Wednesday and Thursday in a chamber music and wind ensemble concert in the Choral Room of the Reed Arts Center. Wednesday’s performance will take place at 7pm and Thursday’s will be at 7:30pm. Wednesday’s program features a wide range of styles including jazz, classical wind, piano, and string chamber works…
Harvard University Professor Emeritus Richard Lewontin served as the keynote speaker for the 2012 Deerfield Science, Math, and Technology Symposium. Professor Lewontin was a pioneer in evolutionary biology and founded the field of molecular evolution. Having been an undergraduate at Harvard, Lewontin earned his PhD at Columbia University under Theodosius Dobzhansky, one of the fathers…
Girls Varsity Crew will be racing against Middlesex and Nobles this Saturday, May 12th at 2pm at the Middlesex School Paumgarten Boathouse Concord River. Parking There is no parking at the Boathouse. Parking will be available on the corner of Riveredge Road, 261 Nashua Rd. There are bathrooms available for spectators at this address. On race days,…
The Relay for Life is this Saturday (May 12) from 5-9pm on the Deerfield Academy track–and there is still time to start or sign up for a team. (There will be a chance to sign up at the event as well.) Come out and support a good cause! Below is a promotional video by Alcides Soares ’12…
As a co-curricular project, Ashley So ’13 has authored an inspiring book featuring some members of our staff – and highlighting the dedication and expertise they bring to our community. While much of their work takes place behind the scenes, they clearly enrich our day-to-day lives with their presence and their affection for the students…
Lasse Hallstrom, director of films such as Chocolat, The Shipping News, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, My Life As A Dog and most recently, Salmon Fishing in Yemen, graciously agreed to speak to students in DA’s Film Studies class last Friday. “He was incredibly modest, given his considerable achievements in the film industry. We were privileged to…
Holocaust speaker, Bernice Lewis, will be presenting “History Alive” at Deerfield on Monday, May 7 from 6:30-7:30pm in the Garonzik Auditorium. Ms. Lewis will speak about her family’s escape from Nazi Germany in the early 1940’s, addressing the importance of family histories and all that we can learn from them. According to bernicelewis.com, Ms. Lewis “has…
Teamwork, perseverance and problem solving; these were qualities and life values shown by the Electric Vehicle Engineering group on Thursday when competing at LimeRock CT. Though neither team #797 nor #888 were winners, they were both crowd favorites. Gavin Fuller began driving #797 with the experimental 48V system before power failed on second driver Kellam…
This past Saturday, April 28, Deerfield’s varsity golf team defended its title in the eight-team Andover Invitational Tournament held at the venerable Newport Country Club in Newport, RI. According to Coach Nick Albertson, it was a beautiful but extremely windy day when co-captains James Park ’13 and David Buoymaster ’13, along with Sam Lafferty ’14,…
