Imagine: it's a hot, sticky day in late July. You've just finished a hike and you stop by a local ice cream stand on your way home. Stepping up to the window, you are amazed: they carry every flavor you can imagine--and many you can't: Noni, Anise, Snozzberry Crunch (what's a snozzberry?). Which do you choose? You wish you knew what they were like before you decide.  But maybe you should just settle into your usual - Vanilla with sprinkles.  What you really need in these situations is a sample--a taste or two to help you make up your mind. Without that, you would just stick with what you know...

The Experimentory is a place to try new things--areas of study, solutions to problems, ways of looking at the world. It is also a way to try a new setting--boarding school and Deerfield Academy. A summer at the Experimentory is full of little sample spoons: a taste of a new course subject, a dab of living away from home, a lick of collaborative projects, a mouthful of Deerfield traditions. As a result, we hope our students will have a better sense as to what sort of school, classes, and learning suits them. We want them to order with bold confidence when it's their turn at the window!

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