For the past six years, Thetford Academy's 2025 Strategic Plan has served our community well, providing a helpful framework for our work as educators. With the expiration of the plan, we are excited to come back to the table to develop a thoughtful vision for TA's future. Thetford Academy has...
Seven Thetford Academy artists have their work on display in the 18th annual AVA Gallery and Art Center High School Exhibition - an event TA has participated in for all 18 years! The show, featuring more than 100 works by emerging artists from 14 regional schools across the Upper Valley,...
This year, all seven of Thetford Academy's VEX Robotics teams (two middle school teams and five high school teams) qualified to compete in the VT/NH State Championships. The event, hosted by Manchester Community College in Manchester, NH, was full of exciting matches and some disappointing losses. At the end of...
Thetford Academy recently hosted its 17th annual Poetry Out Loud (POL) recitation contest featuring poetry performances from nine talented TA students: Eleora Santor, Lucca Huling, Maddie Piecuch, Camren Murray, Anna Ferrier, Evelyn Hayden, Twyla Weinstein, Ranee Hall, and Jay Hill. Each student recited personally selected poems for the team of community judges,...
The start of second semester is a significant time of transition for Thetford Academy’s juniors and seniors. With graduation just months away, seniors are busy evaluating post-secondary options, working on financial planning, and engaging in valuable work experiences outside of school. Juniors, too, are starting to think more deeply about...
Dear TA Families,We jumped into February embracing lots of cool challenges and opportunities! I want to thank students for taking risks inside and outside the classroom as they push their learning, hone their skills, experience new places, connect and share with others, and represent their school. And I want to thank...
Last Saturday at 5:30 a.m. twenty of team 4886's roboteurs and their intrepid parents departed Thetford Academy for the 2+ hour trip to frigid Conway, NH. All seven of TA's robots had already qualified for "States," but there were some freshly-refurbished machines that needed to see a day of hard knocks to...
Students in Karyn Neubauer's fall Painting class recently learned that their artwork for the Memory Project, a nonprofit that aims to “create a kinder world through art,” was received by Armenian students. The organization's founder, Ben Schumaker, included a video of the deliveries with a message. "Most of the children...
What a day! Six schools and almost 40 students competed at the January 31st tournament in Lebanon, delightfully dubbed the New England Middle School Open. This tournament was designed to increase enthusiasm for debate among our younger students across Vermont and New Hampshire. Seventh graders Coral Riegler, Emelyn Leitao, Zachary Martin,...
January Reflections & IntentionsAs January draws to a close, it's a good time to pause and reflect on intentions we might have set for the new year and check whether we are on the path toward achieving them. Our Getting to Y team engaged their peers in doing just that...