June 1, 2010  |  Bright sunshine and a gentle breeze only added to the Class of 2010′s happiness on Sunday, May 30, as 190 seniors were presented with Deerfield Academy diplomas. Following tradition, the class processed into the Commencement Tent led by Bagpiper Eric Goodchild, through a gauntlet of clapping underclassmen and members of the [...]

May 28, 2010  |  The damage from this week’s storm was significant, but thanks to the Grounds crew–and all of the students, faculty and staff who chipped in with cleanup–the campus is looking remarkably good. Images of the Deerfield Community in action are online now, in a slideshow of Thursday’s cleanup effort.

May 25, 2010  |  Deerfield’s spring theater production, Good Night Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet), opens Tuesday, May 25 at 7pm in the Reid Black Box Theater. The play, written by Anne-Marie MacDonald, is a rollicking comedy that revises Shakespeare’s Othello and Romeo and Juliet. It features a cast and crew of 16, and runs May [...]

May 21, 2010  |  Widdies Award Night is Friday, May 21, from 9-11pm in the Large Auditorium. The videos to be screened are: Big Brothers/Big Sisters (Spring Term Video Class) This documentary was commissioned by the local chapter of Big Brothers/Big Sisters to use at their fund-raisers in the fall. Harry Potter (Alex Smith, Chris [...]

May 18, 2010  |  Amnesty International hosted Mr. Maher Arar, who spoke to the Deerfield Community via video conference on May 18, 2010. According to the New York Times, “Mr. Arar, a Syrian-born telecommunications engineer, was detained in September 2002 at Kennedy International Airport as he changed planes on his way to Canada from a [...]