Guest post by TA robotics coach Leif LaWhite The first robotics tournament of the VEX Spin-Up season is in the books - and it was a great time for TA's team 4886. TA sent 6 robots and 15 roboteurs to the day-long competition at Manchester Community College. Senior team 4886B Beefcake (Marshall...
We are excited to invite all alumni to join us this Thanksgiving weekend for another round of alumni basketball! It's been a few years and you might be feeling rusty, but we know you've got it in you - once a Panther, always a Panther, right? Join us on Saturday,...
The Thetford Academy Drama Department is proud to present the Tony Award winning play, Peter and the Starcatcher. This swashbuckling, family-friendly play tells the story of how an unhappy orphan becomes Peter Pan and a flamboyant pirate becomes Captain Hook. Peter and the Starcatcher is a highly theatrical adaptation of Dave...
TA will host the Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC) next Thursday, November 17, for Financial Aid Forms Night. All are welcome to attend this workshop designed to support families through the financial aid application process. The workshop will cover the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) and the Vermont...
Each holiday season the Thetford Academy Alumni Association lights up the front lawn of Thetford Academy with a memory tree. Individual light bulbs, dedicated to relatives and friends, are placed on the tree in memory of loved ones lost. The tree is illuminated on the first Sunday of December -...
The holiday craft bazaar is back! After a two year pandemic pause, the Thetford Academy Alumni Association will again host its popular holiday craft showcase on Saturday, November 19, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Longtime organizer Jessica Eaton '81, who has successfully managed the community event for years, this...
TA's Design Technology class teamed up with WindowDressers and the Joint Thetford Energy Committee to help Thetford's Latham Library save energy this winter. WindowDressers, based in Rockland, ME and working throughout New England, "brings community volunteers of all economic and social situations together to improve the warmth and comfort of...
Another big weekend for the Panthers! On Saturday, TA's varsity boys soccer team (#6) ended their playoff run with a 4-0 loss v. Peoples Academy (#3), closing out a mixed season at 7-7-2. Back in Thetford, TA and an army of volunteers (thank you!) welcomed high school cross country teams...
Notes from the classroom: Guest post by English teacher Joe Deffner. Whenever we talk about race, I am always looking to bring the conversation to Vermont. I don't want students to think of racism as a problem that exists in other places, but not in Vermont. In The Hate U...
When Finbar Curtin and Rob Root (Class of 2016) met at Thetford Academy a decade ago they could not have predicted that they would one day set sail from Mallets Bay on Lake Champlain bound for the Caribbean on a refurbished sailboat named Sofia. TA’s alumni relations team recently caught...