November’s Student of the Month is a remarkably caring and dedicated person. This student has a quiet grace and maturity that is both appreciated and admired. She is a creative and talented writer, willing to put in the hard work needed to ensure that she not only does well in a class, but also...
Every year on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, TA has something fun to be thankful for: the gathering of Thetford Academy alumni of all ages in the Vaughan Alumni Gymnasium for the annual TA Alumni Basketball game. This year, 27 alumni and one "honorary" alumnus (Tim Ouellette, assistant coach for TA's...
Mr. TA returns for its ninth annual performance on Dec. 7, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. This student-run beauty pageant/talent show spoof features TA students representing every grade in our high school, along with their glamorous escorts. This year’s show is directed by Morgan Gaffney '20 and Layla Hanissian '21, and emceed...
Please join TA's Counseling and Health Offices for an adult education night Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at 6:30 in the MJR Theater. The event will focus on teen vaping and marijuana use and what parents need to know about these trends. TA's team will present about the evolution of e-cigarettes, changes...
TA's partner career and technology education programs, River Bend Career and Technical Center and Hartford Area Career and Technology Center (HACTC), recently honored TA students for their outstanding performance and achievement in their fields. At HACTC, senior Grace Novotny (Natural Resources) received the October "Outstanding Student" award commending students who...
Dr. Yolanda ("Yoli") Sanchez, Associate Professor of Molecular and Systems Biology from the Geisel School Of Medicine and Norris Cotton Cancer Center, visited Mr. Engler's Biology and Advanced Biology classes this week. Dr. Sanchez' work is focused on research to identify drugs, and drug targets, for the treatment of cancer....
Funded by a gift from the Jack and Dorothy Byrne Foundation, poet Geof Hewitt, of Calais, VT, spent a week with Ms. Silver's Creative Writing class and a week with Ms. MacGregor's. Sitting at desks arranged in a circle, Geof had the students write pages worth of poems each day, writing...
Thetford Academy has the gear you need to gift this holiday season! The TA Spirit store has both online and on-site options to choose from and carries a wide variety of spirit gear for all of your TA pride needs. The online store carries only items that have embroidery; screen...
Every year, the Vermont Stage Company reviews poems from the Young Writer's Project (YWP) to include in their annual "Winter Tales" show. All students that responded to the prompt for the YWP weekly writing challenge "Winter 2019" were entered for consideration, and several were selected for presentation by the Vermont...
Five of TA's VEX Robotics teams competed on Saturday at Pinkerton Academy in the "Turkey Day Classic" event. It was a good day for 4886, with team 4886T "Complete Signal Loss," (Tate Whiteberg, Alex Holzer, and Carter Banks) earning 3rd place in the qualifying rounds before a tough...