I’ll be honest: I didn’t start a debate team at TA because I loved debate. I used to think debate was a competition where winning mattered more than reaching thoughtful conclusions, and rewarded people who could think quickly, not deeply. I worried that students would learn clever tricks to...
Dear TA Families, The Martha Jane Rich Theater is an amazing resource for our school. We use it in lots of ways and love getting students into the theater for a variety of meetings, experiences, and classes. We especially love getting students out of the audience seats and onto the stage! Fall...
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...
The air at Thetford Academy was electric with the sounds of whirring motors this past weekend as the school hosted its second annual Haunted Harvest Vex Robotics Tournament. The event saw teams from across the region gather for a day of intense competition, but it was the home teams that...
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. Written...
Dear TA Families, Quarter 1 Report CardReport cards were sent via email on Friday afternoon (Nov. 7) through our student information system, Alma. They are distributed automatically to the parent/guardian email addresses we have on file. Additionally, the report card is now available in each student's profile on Alma. Log in,...
A reflection by Mavis Downey '26 On Monday, October 27th, a group of student leaders from Thetford Academy attended Dartmouth’s 2025 UN Global Symposium on Youth Well-Being. The event brought together leading mental health experts, policymakers, and youth leaders to examine one of the most pressing issues of our time: the...
"I promise to uphold the aims and ideals of the International Thespian Society. I am a student of theatre and excellence is my ideal. I promise to perform my part as well as I can; to accept praise and criticism with grace; to cooperate with my fellow Thespians...
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...
Dear TA Families, Quarter Comes to a CloseFirst, I want to emphasize this pivotal time in the academic calendar. The upcoming week is the finale to the first quarter of the school year. For high school students, this is especially important to note. With our semester-block schedule at the high school level, classes...