Bruins - Avalanche Fun

We didn't all make it into the picture but we had fun as the Bruins found their first win of the young season over the Avalanche 6-2.  Seven DA alums were able to attend the second Bs-Avs contest of the calendar year and we had a lot of fun meeting and catching up.  Great to see you:
Adeline '07, Gus '05, Jane '04, Jamie '03, Meegan '97, David '90 and John '83!

And we're using the picture to send a little gift to each of our six Colorado kids currently studying at DA!

DA Admission Staff in state!

Two chances this week to bump into Deerfield's Associate Director of Admission Allison DiNardo...

Boulder (at Boulder Country Day) 4820 Nautilus Court North on Wednesday, October 7 
and 
Denver on Thursday, October 8!

On Thursday, look for her that evening at:

St Anne's Episcopal School

2701 S York St

Denver, CO 80210

Bruins are back!

Deerfield + Avalanche

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2015 Mark your calendar and get ready to see the Avalanche take on the Boston Bruins at home in the Pepsi Center on October 14!  Join the Deerfield Club of the Rockies as we watch the game from Section 368, Rows 9 & 10. These are great seats to watch the Avalanche in the offensive zone two out of three periods.Game time: 8:00 pm Online ticketing opens later this month, so check back here on September 23.

DEERFIELD magazine: Spring 2015

Another tremendous issue from DA.  Many retirements amongst the faculty (the shortest tenure of the group is 23 years), TEDx and eradicating parasites in children are some of the topics discussed.  The Common Room (aka classnotes) is awesome, not just because the Class of 1983 crushes it once again!

















Read it online here: http://issuu.com/deerfield/docs/deerfield_magazine_spring2015_lr

DA Service in Denver

Your Deerfield Club of the Rockies made a difference at the Food Bank of the Rockies on April 18.

Once a month the Food Bank welcomes individuals to their warehouse and loads up a grocery cart of food and wheels it out to their car or church van.  The day we were there an estimated 450 people were served from 9-11:45 am!

There were all manner of grateful recipients, many originally from eastern Europe, and smiles were plentiful as staples and even a few cupcakes, filled their carts.

Our role was to be paired with a recipient and walk their cart through the "buffet" of options, lots of vegetables especially, and then out to their car.  We might have only been "cart pushers" but we could tell we were delivering a lot more than just food...

Thanks again to Cathy Poor '97 and Kam Tang, Paul Garaud '02 and Tina Schweizer, and Lizzie Rosenberger '03 who was in from NYC for the weekend and joined our outing.  Old man John Knight '83 helped organize, supervise and advertise...

That was fun!

Denver's Deerfield Reception was such a great time.  With over 30 attendees, representing alumni classes from 1942 - 2002, two sets of current parents and even the parent of a freshly deposited recent admit, there was a terrific range of experiences and interests represented.

Hosted by John Knight '83 and his family, the event started with a presentation by Andy Harcourt of the Science Faculty at DA (37 years!).  He has been designing and refining a new two-year course called Global Water.  The goal of the course, which is sponsored by The College Board, is to design classroom experiences that demand 21st century skills like Creativity, Critical Thinking, Collaboration, Public Speaking etc.  By demanding and measuring these skills, TCB hopes to design its next level of evaluations (to replace Advanced Placement (AP) tests?) to show colleges what these students are actually capable of and not just what facts they remember....

With an area reception typically only once every three years Deerfield thanks you for the turnout! REMEMBER our morning of service at the Food Bank of the Rockies this coming SATURDAY, APRIL 18.  Email jgknight83@gmail.com if you can join us!

Here are some of the great Deerfield people in the Denver area:

Sandy Briggs '62 and David Day '42 (age 91!)

Dennis and Sandy Lively P95 with Greg Ellenoff '76

Current Parents Steve and Celia Rogers ('13,'15) with Ethan '95 and Kate Lively

Always fun when the yearbook gets pulled out - Hank Lemieux '83 and Tim Graves '89

Charlie Merrill '58 shows off his new Deerfield credit card holder now attached to the back of his phone!

Deerfield Reception in Denver - April 9

Thursday, April 9

Deerfield Reception featuring Andy Harcourt, Science Faculty

Come learn about the Global Water class being piloted at Deerfield for the College Board.   Courses like this have the potential to replace AP courses and AP tests!  Read more about it in the Deerfield Magazine, starting on page 12 HERE.

At the home of Martha Wofford and John Knight '83 in Denver SE.

RSVP: http://deerfield.edu/alumni/event/2015/denver-academy-event/