This year’s recipients are Kara Swisher, Carol Leonnig, Rachel Scott, and Meridith McGraw. It would be an understatement to say that 2024 has been–and will continue to be–a whirlwind for Meridith McGraw. As Politico’s national political correspondent, she’s in charge of covering all things related to Donald Trump, the 2024 election, and Republican politics. Prior to joining Politico in 2019, she covered the White House and Capitol Hill for ABC News.
Grammarly, the company that provides the eponymous grammar and syntax program, recently announced that it’s getting smarter and now offers “strategic suggestions” for its 30 million users. It might not be an innovation that helps the company. As Grammarly gains more generative capabilities, its usefulness for students declines because it will place them at risk for unnecessary academic discipline.
"As Prince Hussain celebrates his 50th birthday on April 10, 2024, we wish him a very happy birthday and congratulate his wife Princess Fareen and all the members of his family."
"A plurality of voices and a cacophony of opinions come together for fellowship every time Deerfield Academy students sit for a meal, engage in conversation during evening dorm gatherings, and find themselves around a figurative campfire in the presence of others. We work hard to manage the intrusion of phones, and it’s a difficult, but not impossible, task. With eyes up, attentive to the other, and present while in that setting, we muse and wonder, and share what we think and what we think we know."
"Twelve Deerfield Academy students hop on a bus to the elementary school every other week to provide Spanish lessons to students in kindergarten through fourth grade in hopes of building a relationship between the schools, while also inspiring a love of language in the community’s youngest members." Read more…
"The co-educational Deerfield Academy incorporated the ornamental arts into its curriculum for female students from its inception in 1799." Read more…
Dominic Sessa '22 was discovered in the drama department and then cast in the movie The Holdovers while attending Deerfield Academy. Watch Dominic's acceptance speech for winning Best Breakthrough Performance at the Spirit Awards in Santa Monica this past Sunday…
Congratulations to Kaelin '24 on earning titles in both the 60m and 200m events at the USA Track and Field New England Indoor Championship hosted by Harvard University this past weekend! Kaelin posted personal best and national qualifying times in both events! GO KAELIN!!
Dave Lake and Ted Flato '73 P'10, '12, founders of Texas studio Lake: Flato Architects, have been named as the joint recipients of the 2024 AIA Gold Medal. The most prestigious annual honor bestowed by the American Institute of Architects, the Gold Medal recognizes an individual—or in this instance, individuals—whose “significant body of work has had a lasting influence on the theory and practice of architecture.”
Congratulations to Dominic Sessa '22 for Winning Best Young Actor at the Critics Choice Awards! Read more…
The Holdovers, which was partially filmed at Deerfield, won two Golden Globes at the January 7 awards ceremony! Watch the acceptance speeches by Paul Giamatti and Da'Vine Joy Randolph; both mentioned co-star and Deerfield alumnus Dominic Sessa '22.
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