As part of its Bicentennial Celebration, Thetford Academy is hosting a Speaker Series that will take place from November through April. The inaugural speaker is Dartmouth College Professor Sonu Bedi, J.D., Ph.D., who will speak on the topic, “Why Rights Are Not the Defining Feature of the U.S. Constitution.” “We often consider our...
The TA boys and girls cross country teams will compete in the Vermont State Championships on Saturday, Oct. 27, at TA's Dan Grossman Woods Trail. The races will begin at 10:30 a.m. TA girls will run at 11:30 a.m. and the Panther boys will compete at 1 p.m.; some TA boys will...
TA's 1st-seed varsity girls defeated 16th-seed Winooski 6-0 in the opening round of the VPA Division III playoffs yesterday (Wednesday, Oct. 23). On a cold, damp, windy afternoon on TA's lower soccer field, the Panthers dominated from the start, racking up five goals in the first half before adding their...
The 13th-seed varsity boys scored the first and last goal in their playoff game against 4th-seed Leland & Gray, but the Rebels scored the intervening three, as Leland & Gray edged the Panthers 3-2 yesterday. Nine minutes into the game, Ethan Steingas put a Tate Linehan pass into the net, and...
The TA varsity girls completed their season in spectacular fashion, defeating U-32 3-2 on a Namya Benjamin shot three minutes into overtime, with Casey MacVeagh getting the assist. The 11-1-1 Panthers earned the top seed for the VPA Division III playoffs, with pairings to be announced tomorrow. The Panthers dominated the...
It was a dark and stormy afternoon. Seriously. It was bitter cold. It rained. It hailed. It sleeted. The field was muddy. The ball stuck in the mucky grass whenever it landed. So did some athletes' shoes! The occasion was the Wednesday, Oct. 17, boys varsity soccer team's Senior Game -...
Are you fascinated by elaborate mating rituals? Or anxious to learn the art of “hunting by thumping”? Perhaps you just want to know why a sun-worshipping creature chooses to spend much of its life under water. Or why a species once quite common throughout New England, is now scarce and endangered. Whatever your questions and concerns,...
A pre-Halloween treat...
The 7th Annual THETFORD GEOGRAPHY BEE is coming up on Friday, Nov. 2, at Thetford Academy. What is a Geo Bee? We ask a series of multiple choice questions to three-person teams, focusing on a specific topic. This year's theme is "Thetford and Thetford Academy." TA is gearing up for...
TA seniors Eli Kaliski, Alden Nichols, and Maeve Curtin (Stage Manager) are featured in local playwright and TA parent Duncan Nichols' new play, Silvia and Mary at Sea, a "scary musical fairy tale" which time travels from 1968 to 1868 and back again. The play opens at The Parish Players Theater in Thetford...