9th Grade Honor Students, Photo courtesy of Dan Grossman. Every year, TA recognizes the hard work of its honor students with a festive spring celebration. The TA Honors Celebration has long been hosted in the Vaughan Alumni Gymnasium, transformed into a banquet hall for the occasion. Students gather with peers, parents,...
Two TA students, Elliott Jones '22 and Layliana Benjamin '26, were selected to co-present at the University of Michigan Medical's 2021 Adolescent Conference on Health. The conference, now in its seventh year, is part of Michigan Medical's Adolescent Health Initiative (AHI), a program that aims to "advance innovative adolescent-centered...
Thetford Academy's fourth annual "Day of Giving" is scheduled for May 25, 2021. The fundraising event has become a new TA tradition, a school-wide celebration of student successes, community spirit, and "Panther pride." This year, the event will focus on the school's five core values: caring, commitment, excellence, diversity, and...
TA students Mary Bosco and Eldon Crossett, supported by YATST advisors Kate Owen and Rebecca Walter, recently facilitated a global conversation between youth and adults at a conference session focused on the question: "What should be the purpose of school?" Thetford Academy's YATST team (Youth and Adults Transforming Schools Together) spent...
Former Mount Saint Joseph basketball coach Mark Benetato and filmmaker Duane Carleton joined students in Mr. Deffner's Civil Rights Literature class on Monday. Carleton's film "Divided by Diversity" (2016) explores what happened when five students from the Bronx, NY joined the Rutland school's community after fleeing violence in some of...
TA’s musical theater production class will present Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat on Saturday, May 22 and Sunday, May 23 at 6:30 p.m. For most of the school year, even this outdoor, socially distanced production seemed improbable. But when Vermont recently revised...
On Monday, May 3, 2021, Thetford Academy’s Counseling Office hosted an information session for rising sophomores preparing to register for Fall 2021 courses. The event outlined what students need to do to stay on track to meet graduation requirements, the ins and outs of the online course registration, and a...
On Tuesday, April 27, 2021, Thetford Academy’s Counseling Office hosted an information session for rising juniors preparing to register for Fall 2021 courses. The event covers planning to make sure all graduation requirements are met, the ins and outs of the online course registration, and a question and answer session...
On Monday, April 26, 2021, Thetford Academy's Counseling Office hosted an information session for rising seniors preparing to register for Fall 2021 courses. The event covers tips and tricks for getting the most out of your senior year, making sure all graduation requirements are met, the ins and outs of...
The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), founded in 1960, was "an organization of organizers with 'field secretaries' working full-time for change in communities across the Deep South. SNCC’s work spanned everything from voter registration, adult education, and freedom schools to theater productions, cooperatives, and independent political parties." On Wednesday, one...