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...
Planning to attend the Thetford Academy Drama performance of Antigone on November 22? Then don't miss the opportunity to enjoy a delicious homemade meal with neighbors and friends before the event! The Thetford Academy Parent Association (TAPA) will host a lasagna dinner in the TA Cafe from 5:00 p.m. to...
ANTIGONE OPENS NOV. 21! Thetford Academy Drama presents ANTIGONE, a Greek tragedy reimagined by Jean Anoulih, and translated from the French by Lewis Galantiere. The story of ANTIGONE, by Sophocles, is rooted in civil disobedience, set in the aftermath of civil war. Oedipus’ two sons have killed each other in a fight for the...
This holiday season, TA students will participate once more in the international "Empty Bowls" event, selling hand-crafted bowls and homemade soup and bread at the annual TAAA Craft Bazaar. Empty Bowls is a global grassroots movement, led by artists and crafts people in cities and towns around the world and...
On Friday, Thetford Academy seventh graders had the opportunity to hear from James Bruchac, a member of the Nulhegan Abenaki Tribe. Bruhac is an award winning author, Abenaki storyteller, animal tracker, wilderness survival expert, cultural educator, and instructor of the martial arts. Seventh graders are currently reading the novel Hidden...
The Thetford Historical Society has announced the date and theme for the 8th annual Thetford Geography Bee. The Bee, scheduled for Friday, November 15, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in the Thetford Academy Cafe, will focus on the theme of "Migrations," a topic that the Historical Society has been exploring with...
October’s Student of the Month is a quiet, hard-working, and well-rounded student. Always a positive presence in any classroom, she shows a genuine interest in learning. She also plays a leadership role in the TA community. She is involved with gender equity and the Gay Straight Alliance. She is a talented musician, willing...
Interested in taking classes on a college campus? MIT's "Splash" program, scheduled for November 23rd and 24th on the school's Cambridge, MA campus, gives high school students the opportunity to do just that. Splash! is a program of Learning Unlimited (LU) that seeds and supports student groups interested in teaching high...
At Wednesday's all-school assembly this week, TA's Robotics Club, also known as VEX Robotics Team 4886, presented their early-stage prototypes for the robots they hope to take to competition this year. The team is gearing up for the 2019-2020 VEX game "Tower Takeover," designing, building, coding, and learning to drive...