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Grades 6 – 8

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Grades 9 – 12

Portrait of A Derryfield Graduate

From the moment 6th graders sit down in their first Middle School Skills class to that far-off day when seniors ring the Lockwood Bell signaling their graduation from Derryfield, each experience at Derryfield is designed to cultivate this Portrait of a Derryfield Graduate. Along the way, students consistently engage with real-world learning in a project-based curriculum that emphasizes not just the acquisition of knowledge and skills, but their application in authentic experiences.

Students and faculty embrace the Core Value of Aiming High as they pursue the Portrait of a Derryfield Graduate as partners in learning, but the Derryfield values of Balance and Individuality are just as important in the Academic Program. The School encourages students to seek a balance of challenge and support in their Academic pursuits and to discover and nurture their passions. Student voice and choice from choosing from a wide range of course offerings to exploring individual passions in a project-based curriculum help transform the Portrait of a Derryfield Graduate into the Portrait of this Derryfield Graduate.

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Head’s Holiday, an Annual Tradition

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Derryfield Gives Back to the Community

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“Finding Home: Images and Memories of New Hampshire’s Immigrants” at The Derryfield School Lyceum Gallery

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The Faces of Derryfield

AJ

Hometown: Amherst

DS Interests: Drawing and game design; also taking care of others--I wonder what a career in social services might look like.

The Faces of Derryfield

Dylan

Hometown: Bedford
Grade: 11

DS Interests: Theatre and Soccer
Discovered at DS: I found out that it was really easy to make new friends.

At Derryfield, students are coaxed to do their best without the school feeling like a pressure cooker. The inclusivity creates comfort and growth, and that results in students who truly enjoy being at school.

Jared Hardner
Parent

Derryfield is a small school that acts big. It’s a school that encourages our students to aim high, but also instills values of compassion and empathy and hard work.

Brandon Gauthier
History Teacher

Derryfield is a school where every child is known and cared for, where the academic and co-curricular programs inspire and prepare students for college and beyond, where the character of our students is as important as their academic achievement, and where as a result every member of this community grows and thrives.

Andy Chappell
Head of School

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The Derryfield School does a good job of “seeing” the whole student, and frankly, the whole family.

Tara Benson
Parent

At Derryfield, students are coaxed to do their best without the school feeling like a pressure cooker. The inclusivity creates comfort and growth, and that results in students who truly enjoy being at school.

Derryfield is a small school that acts big. It’s a school that encourages our students to aim high, but also instills values of compassion and empathy and hard work.

Derryfield is a school where every child is known and cared for, where the academic and co-curricular programs inspire and prepare students for college and beyond, where the character of our students is as important as their academic achievement, and where as a result every member of this community grows and thrives.

The Derryfield School does a good job of “seeing” the whole student, and frankly, the whole family.

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