Traditions
A favorite tradition of Deerfield students takes place on the Sunday of commencement at the end of the year, the night when the graduating senior class has left campus. Students gather on the lower fields and celebrate the school, as well as the coming year, with a bonfire. This event is also the place of the debut of the new Captain Deerfield.
Also traditional are the events the night before "Choate Day," the final day of the fall athletics season when arch rivals Deerfield and Choate play each other in every sport, at every level. In the Main Auditorium, the Deerfield cheerleaders put on various skits mocking the other schools that Deerfield plays. Also included are speeches by Mr. Morsman, the spirit of Deerfield, Captain Deerfield, the step team, and the head cheerleader. In the athletic building, the seal of Deerfield Academy is surrounded by students so the members of the Choate teams will not step on it. After the events in the Main Auditorium are finished, the students rush down to the lower fields where they are awaited by a bonfire, at the top of which rests a burning C (standing for Choate). Captain Deerfield, the cheerleaders, and the varsity sports teams captains rile up the students with many Deerfield chants.
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