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, [...]

English teacher Gina Apostol has an opinion piece about the Philippines and its relationship with the US in this weekend’s edition of the New York Times. She writes, ”THE Philippines is haunted by its relationship with the United States. I remember the day, in 1991, when the Military Bases Agreement between the two countries was rescinded. [...]

Here are directions to Pomfret boathouse. Note: it may help to look at a Google map as you read these. From Boston for crew and trailers:(approximate travel time – 75 minutes) • Take the Massachusetts Turnpike West to Auburn, MA (Exit 10) • Go through toll booth, follow signs for 395 South • Take 395 [...]

Deerfield’s 2102 Spring Dance Concert goes up this Thursday and Friday (April 26-27) at 7:30 pm with an open dress rehearsal at 7:15 on Wednesday night. The program includes many talented student dancers, choreographers, and musicians. Come out and support the arts at Deerfield! See a gallery of rehearsal photos taken by Thomas Earle… 

Thanks to a fund established in 2000 by Sheldon (Class of ’45) and Marilyn MacLeod, fourteen Deerfield community members were treated last Saturday to an outstanding performance of Verdi’s La Traviata at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Surprisingly, the lead soprano, Natalie Dessay, was able to perform only the first act—due to a cold—so [...]

Recent alumnus Jem Wilner ’11, in his year off before starting Tufts University this fall, presents a new play, Stories of a Lifetime, in collaboration with New England Youth Theatre and Hilltop House. Stories of a Lifetime is a compilation of monologues and dialogues based on interviews that Jem conducted with residents of retirement communities, [...]

By Bob York Jamie Haddad has been playing hockey nearly her whole life. She learned to skate when she was 2 and played on her first team when she was 3. And she gives her older brother, Joe, a lot of the credit for her early introduction to the game. “I always tagged along with [...]

On Monday, April 23 from 6:30-7:30pm, the Marimba Band from Maru-a Pula-School in Botswana will play on the Koch Center Starfield at Deerfield. The concert is free but the musicians will sell CDs in an effort to raise scholarship money for AIDS orphans.  The band, comprised solely of MaP students, has been running for nearly 25 [...]

Congratulations to Jamie Haddad ’12! On Sunday, April 1, she won her third gold medal at the US Nationals in ice hockey.

By Bob York Breaking both the 200 and 400 freestyle relay records at the New England Prep School Swimming and Diving Championships …  unbelievable! Breaking them a second straight year … priceless! Breaking them for a third consecutive season … “unprecedented!” according to coach Sonja O’Donnell. The Deerfield Academy girls swimming mentor has spent the [...]