2020 Convocation Remarks

Our Convocation today here under this tent is a remarkable, a historic day. We formally mark our return to campus as a community after months apart; we welcome our new students, those here on campus and those learning remotely . . .

Commencement 2020: “Each Generation Must Do Its Part”

I welcome and congratulate the remarkable, and Great, Class of 2020. I knew that our journeys would be linked, with the 2019-2020 academic year being my first as Head of School at Deerfield and your last. It has led us here to this wonderful and in many ways improbable moment, Deerfield’s 221st Commencement . . .

Planning for the 2020-21 School Year

Dear New and Returning Parents and Guardians, I want to take the opportunity of this letter to welcome each of our new families—215 strong! —and

March 26: To Students From Dr. Austin

Dear Students, Greetings from a very quiet Deerfield Academy campus. As we approach our first advisory meeting tomorrow and resume classes on Monday, I am