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Sold my business, the Orient Country Store Ltd., in 2011 after 31 years of ownership and operation. My wife and I are starting to do some traveling and checking off the boxes on our bucket list. Where did the time go? Since retirement I have been helping out at various Farmer’s Markets from June 1st to Thanksgving in the Nassau County area of Long Island. The farm work I do is driving, setting up and

Volleyball: Varsity loses to Loomis

The Deerfield girls headed down to Loomis on 9/27 to face the Pelicans in one of our most challenging matches of the season. The Pelicans came out strong in the first set, making it difficult for the Big Green to respond. The Deerfield team had particular trouble with serve receive, combining for a rating of 1.44/3 total. Our lack of ball control on defense seriously affected our ability to create an offense. During the first

Volleyball: Varsity defeats Worcester

Deerfield came charging off the blocks in our first set against Worcester. With the opposition claiming only 4 points, we quickly tallied a win rotating only three times and relying on Kiana Rawji, Georgia Quesnelle, Melissa Mitrovic and Imani Kindness-Coleman with their strong serves. The second set saw some new faces on the court for the big green, and after being down 9-4 we were able to come back and win a close set by

Douglas Arnstein

After 38 years of working at many corporations building and managing the delivery of systems and ensuring adaption/success, I hung up my laptop last year. Along with stints as an employee at Bank of America and Blue Shield of California, I also worked for many consulting companies and had the honor of working at Sperry Univac, The State of Washington, Pacific Gas & Electric, Chevron, Wells Fargo Bank, VISA, Charles Schwab and Co., SEI Investments,

Spring Athletic Awards Announced

Yesterday, the Deerfield community gathered for School Meeting to celebrate spring teams and recognize the 2017 spring athletic award winners.  In keeping with tradition, Mr. Howe began the ceremony by listing off his Spring Top 10. Top Ten List for Spring 2017 Graduation is close, the big ceremony is near. But before we go there, let’s talk about the great year. In March I asked all of you to stay strong and continue to be

Hockey, Boys: Varsity loses to Kent

Coming off of a successful weekend with a win over Williston and a tie with Exeter, the boys varsity hockey team traveled to Kent in search of a win to keep their playoff hopes alive. Despite a long bus ride, the boys showed no signs of tired legs early on, as DA found the game’s opening marker when Sean McAvoy ‘19 won a faceoff to himself before finding Chad Haggerty ‘17 alone in front of

Boys Hockey Nets Seven in Road Win Playing their third game in four days, the boys varsity hockey team made the long trip to Trinity Pawling looking to rebound from last night’s disappointing overtime loss to Cushing. For much of the first period DA looked sloppy and as a result the team went down 2-0 despite some quality saves from Sophomore goalie Thomas Gale ‘19. A late first period power play goal from Senior Chad

Hockey, Boys: Varsity defeats Trinity-Pawling

Boys Hockey Nets Seven in Road Win Playing their third game in four days, the boys varsity hockey team made the long trip to Trinity Pawling looking to rebound from last night’s disappointing overtime loss to Cushing. For much of the first period DA looked sloppy and as a result the team went down 2-0 despite some quality saves from Sophomore goalie Thomas Gale ‘19. A late first period power play goal from Senior Chad

Wrestling, Coed: Varsity defeats Worcester (Deerfield Quint)

DA       60                                                                     WA      15 106 113       Johnny Chung                            Wfor 120       Henry Hayden                             Wfor 126       Brian Shin                                 LBF   3:00         Jared Bushnell 132       Mohamed Kadry                          1-8                    Aiden Ormsby 138       Conrad Freire                              Wfor 145       Chris Thagard                             Wfor 152       Ben Hirsch                                 Wfor                 Exhibition Match 160       Tug Witt                                    Wfor 170       Will Shuhda                                 WBF   2:53        Matt Jordan 182       Aiden Day                                  LBF    4:39        Tom McDermott 195       Griffin Thomas                           Wfor 220       Liam Jeon         

In Memoriam

John Grenville Mott ’47 died April 4th, 2016 in Washington, DC Charles Mott (son) 1947

Wrestling, Coed: Varsity defeats Worcester Academy

DA      63                                                                                Worcester      12 106      Kishor Bharadwaj                               Wfor 113                                                                      No match 120      Brian Shin                                           WBF 1:30       Jared Bushnell 126      Connor Finemore                                LBF 5:18         Aiden Ormsby 132      Conrad Freire                                      Wfor 138      Mohamed Kadry                                Wfor 145      Ben Hirsch                 

Prize & Award

Prize and Award Endowment Funds JACQUELINE AND ASA BATES ENDOWMENT FUND Established in 1986 by Jacqueline and Asa Bates ’34 to forever stress to Deerfield students the importance of our national heritage. The Jacqueline and Asa Bates History Prize, part of this fund, is awarded annually to a student who honors that heritage through his or her writing. CHRISTOPHER BEACH AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN PERFORMING ARTS Established in 2003 by friends of Christopher Beach ’69,