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Social Studies Department Hosts Writing Forum Featuring Alumni Speakers AcademicsAlumni NewsNewsParentsStudent Life

Social Studies Department Hosts Writing Forum Featuring Alumni Speakers

Thetford Academy's Social Studies department recently hosted a Writing Forum focused on real-world applications for writing and the importance of effective written communication in everyday life. The event's four alumni panelists, Nathaniel Cook '06, Nathan Hill '02, Erika Hoffman-Kiess '86, and Lucy Wagner '03, work in different fields, but all…
Patty McIlvaine
November 11, 2025
Tickets on Sale Now! Don’t Miss TA Drama’s Presentation of “Puffs” AcademicsArtsNewsParentsStudent Life

Tickets on Sale Now! Don’t Miss TA Drama’s Presentation of “Puffs”

Thetford Academy’s Performing Arts Department proudly announces its fall theater production of Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic, a fast-paced, funny, and heartwarming reimagining of a familiar magical story—from the perspective of the loyal and often overlooked students known as the Puffs.…
Patty McIlvaine
November 9, 2025
String Theory Headed to VEX World Championships, Haunted Harvest Meet at Thetford Academy This Weekend AcademicsAthleticsNewsParents

String Theory Headed to VEX World Championships, Haunted Harvest Meet at Thetford Academy This Weekend

Thetford Academy robotics team 4886S, String Theory, is going to Worlds! Senior Connor Kutter-Walker and junior Duncan MacPhee won the Lobstah Bowl VEX VR5 Signature Event in Bangor, Maine, two weeks ago. Competing as the only team from the NH/VT league, they faced 60 teams from across the US and…
Patty McIlvaine
October 28, 2025
Panther Boys Clinch Quarterfinal Win, Host Winooski in Semis on Wednesday AthleticsNewsParentsStudent Life

Panther Boys Clinch Quarterfinal Win, Host Winooski in Semis on Wednesday

Calling all Panthers! This Wednesday at 3:00 p.m., Thetford Academy’s varsity #6 seeded boys soccer team will host #10 Winooski in a semifinal matchup.  The Panthers quarterfinal win v. Vergennes last Friday was a thriller, with the two teams tied up 2-2 after 90 minutes of regular play - with…
Patty McIlvaine
October 28, 2025
TA Educators Team Up with Dartmouth Students for Design Thinking AcademicsNews

TA Educators Team Up with Dartmouth Students for Design Thinking

This fall, Thetford Academy teachers are partnering with Dartmouth College students in a Design Thinking course to explore an important question: How might we better understand and incorporate student and family perspectives in our school’s continued transition to proficiency-based grading? TA’s Design Thinking Team includes colleague coach Becky DiFrancesco, English…
Patty McIlvaine
October 21, 2025