The Deerfield River flooding experienced from Hurricane Irene was more extreme than any we’ve seen in years–if not generations. An area hydrogeologist said that the odds of a flood like this happening more than once every few hundred years are slim. Others are calling it a 500-year flood. Deerfield Academy was fortunate that most of [...]

Thank you to all of our DASAC friends who visited the library on Friday, August 12 to serenade our staff with an exciting new library love song and to present us with a beautiful poster.  Come visit the library to admire our summer DASAC display.

Congratulations to Rich and Katie Calhoun, who welcomed Sigrid Ellynn Richardson Calhoun into their family yesterday. Sigrid was born at around twelve-thirty on Tuesday, weighing in at 7 pounds 9 ounces and measuring 20.5 inches (that’s a hair past 52 centimeters for Rich’s friends in the Koch center). All five Calhouns are happy and healthy [...]

Calling all photographers! If you have photographs of your activities or travels over the summer, this is the perfect chance to submit them to the Round Square Photo Contest. Photographs can be submitted when school begins, and will need to be printed onto 8×10 photo paper. Printing them out before the summer ends might be [...]

Deerfield is pleased to welcome Keith Finan as its new CFO and Associate Head for Finance, commencing August 1. For the past eighteen years, Keith has served as Associate Provost at Williams College, managing the financial affairs of the college and serving as a liaison between the Provost and other college departments. Prior to his [...]

Some Deerfield students met up this past week for the 2011 USRowing Club National Championships in Indianapolis.

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Deerfield faculty and students (past and present) on a trip to China

Earlier this month, fifteen Deerfield students traveled to the Dominican Republic to build a house with the organization Cambiando Vidas. Led by dance teacher Jennifer Whitcomb and math teacher Sheryl Cabral, the team finished the construction of the entire house, including electricity and indoor plumbing, in just four days.  This is the third house that [...]

“Remember the impact one person can make,” Head of School Margarita Curtis said to the 191 members of the Class of 2011 this past Sunday. She added, “Believe in yourselves and what you can do…” And as ever, Dr. Curtis reminded the newest members of Deerfield’s Alumni Association that they are always welcome back at [...]