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COURTESY OF DEERFIELD COMMUNICATIONS After over a year of construction, Deerfield Academy’s new dining hall is finally nearing completion. Director of Food Services Michael McCarthy says that the space is designed to honor tradition while bringing the campus dining experience into the modern era. The new building is scheduled to open its doors over winter break. The Academy’s construction leaders designed the new dining hall with student and faculty experience in mind. The

YONG DING/DEERFIELD SCROLL “The way life goes is not always in a straight line,” History & Social Science Teacher John Leistler said during his Convocation speech on September 1. As the 2024 recipi- ent of the Greer Chair Award, Mr. Leistler had to deliver a speech at Deerfield’s Convocation ceremo ny. Ringing the whole auditorium with stories of his voice and experience, he hoped to provide a unique message that would stick with students, faculty, and staff. For Mr. Leistl

Why do we matter? The real-world practice of traditional journalism continues to falter, and common newsrooms are slowly losing significance. To many, it seems futile to chase this falling practice. To us, it’s not. For the past century, the Scroll has built generations of communicators, listeners, writers, questioners, and leaders. We learn, we laugh, we experiment, we mess up, and we find purpose in language, in community, and in remembering. We see value in learning to cha

JONATHAN XU/DEERFIELD SCROLL In 2007, His Majesty King Abuella II ’80 founded King’s Academy, starting what would become more than a decade-long partnership. His aim was to bring his “Deerfield Days of Glory” to fellow Jordanians and other international students, and, as Head of School John Austin put it, “[to] educate the next vanguard of young leaders for the Middle East." From its inception, King’s held close ties with Deerfield. Dr. Austin—Deerfield’s current Head and t

Any Deerfield student who came during their freshman year can share their experience at Camp Greylock during their orientation day. Camp Greylock is a long-held Deerfield tradition, where new freshmen are kept from unpacking in the Village and instead, ushered off on buses for an overnight stay in Becket, Massachusetts in matching class t-shirts. Camp Becket was the original camp where Deerfield held freshmen orientation, but after the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Becket stop

COURTESY OF THE GORDIE CENTER In the spring of 2024, Deerfield’s Class of 2004 started a memorial fund in memory of their classmate Lynn Gordon (Gordie) Bailey, who was hazed to death by his college fraternity on September 17th, 2004. Gordie’s Bench and Overlook memorialize the victims of hazing incidents on campuses across the United States. According to Hazing Info, a database made through a partnership between the University of Maine and the University of Washington Info

French Teacher and avid polyglot Matt Westman will switch from teaching to Advancement, a new face, energy, and perspective for the...

Andy Newlon has been teaching at Deerfield Academy for three years. Throughout her time, she taught AP Statistics, Data Science, and...

Director of Educational Initiatives and History Teacher David Miller came to Deerfield Academy 13 years ago. During his time here, Mr....

Economics Teacher Kristin McVaugh starts every class by asking students what they read in the news since they last met. As a teacher, she...

History Teacher Tara Keegan has been teaching at Deerfield Academy for three years during which she has taught U.S. History and senior...

Classics Teacher Anna Delwiche grants one special exception to mild tardiness: food. “If you’re late and you have a snack for her, she...

JOANNA CHANG/DEERFIELD SCROLL On Tuesday, May 6, 2025, the Deerfield Film Club listened to guest speaker Howard Gordon share life...

As the 2024–2025 school year comes to a close, Deerfield Academy prepares for a weighty farewell to English Teacher Mark Scandling. In...

The ’24-25 school year will be Associate Dean of Faculty and History teacher Mr. Abe Wehmiller’s (colloquially known to students as Mr....

Mr. Barnes, If you asked me what my favorite subject was before my sophomore year, I wouldn’t say Math in a million years. But after the...

On Friday, May 2, Albany Road welcomed poet BJ Love to Deerfield Academy for a writing workshop. Mr. Love set the mood for his workshop...

From river trips to pictionary and macroinvertebrates, Science teacher Caleb Corliss engages his students in learning and displays his...

V isual and Performing Arts Teacher Angel Abreu will say goodbye to Deerfield after five years of teaching. Mr. Abreu has taught courses...