At Thetford Academy, we are proud of the academic content that we offer students in all of our classes. At the same time, we recognize that students are also learning skills in school that transcend single-subject information - skills like communication, problem solving, and critical thinking that they use in...
On Thursday, March 9, junior Mary Bosco competed in Vermont's Poetry Out Loud semi-final event at the Barre Opera House. Poetry Out Loud, created by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation, engages students in the exploration, memorization, and recitation of great poetry, building confidence and public...
Before February break, Thetford Academy's middle school English students were studying up for the school's annual spelling bee, a qualifying event for Vermont's Scripps State Spelling Bee in March. On February 20th, the top three spellers in each of the two seventh grade sections – along with interested 8th grade...
Thetford Academy's Student Alliance for Racial Justice (SARJ) will host a free screening of the movie "My Name is Pauli Murray" on March 10th at 7 p.m. in TA's Martha Jane Rich Theater, with discussion to follow. The film is a look at the life and ideas of Pauli Murray,...
Dear TA Families, Congratulations are in order! TA was a force to be reckoned with at last weekend's NH/VT robotics championships. TA teams took half of the six spots to go to the VEX world championships in the spring. Check out the photos below and read all about the meet on the TA...
Photo: Team 4886 at the VEX Robotics VT/NH State Championships; on the left, 4886 alumni Tate Whiteberg and Eldon Crossett cheer on their former team. Credit: Kate Hill Last year, TA's VEX robotics team established itself as a regional powerhouse with their performance in the VT/NH state championship; on Saturday,...
On Monday, Thetford Academy hosted its 14th annual Poetry Out Loud recitation contest, featuring nine talented student contestants. Congratulations to Connor Gaine '25, Ava Hayden '25, Starlee Riley LaClair '26, Zach Nalette '25, Bianca Pulaski '25, Kaya Freeman '25, Elijah Renner '26, Mary Bosco '24. and Grace Solsaa '24 for...
Last week, Thetford Academy students were invited to take on the "Impact App Challenge." The Challenge, launched in collaboration with the Impactree Foundation, is designed to inspire TA students to identify a key environmental or social problem they see and experience – and to try to solve it through technology....
Featured photo: The 8th graders took a little time out of their English class today to make some maple sugar snow treats. Dear TA Families, I hope students had a good week and are settling into their routines. The start of the new semester is an exciting time of change for high schoolers,...
Each year at TA, students are given the opportunity to tackle a project in an area of personal interest through the TA Challenge Course program. The topics for these courses are as unique as TA students themselves, and have ranged from equestrian training to aviation, climate change to gender studies....