What's a freshman to do?

In the recent past Deerfield freshmen were assigned to defend the seal on Choate Day. The arrangement pictured may only be temporary but it made me think a little. Cheers to '83 at the end if the first week of classes!

Educational Film

Ben Patton recently hosted educators at his South Hamilton, MA film camp called FRED. Two Deerfield faculty members (flanked in this photo by Ben and his staff) were able to join him. Started in 2006 as a student summer film camp, FRED is clearly expanding.

Congrats to Ben on the impact he is having with students and faculty alike!

One interesting project that he is exploring with Pingree School is a student-produced film about the school described from their point of view. Last summer several Pingree students attended Fred and collaborated on a film about a Pingree-run tutoring/adventure program for boston inner-city teens. It was produced in less than two weeks.

You can check out that film on our youtube channel "bestoffred" below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_udrb-TFmVw