With a slow, snow-less start to the season, TA's alpine ski team had mostly dryland training on their practice schedule before last week's first race. Coach Paul Dixon shared that the lack of on-snow training led to some jitters, and that he'd "be lying if I said that nobody had...
Dear TA Families, The start of the new year can be a good time to set new intentions and goals, and consider opportunities to pursue. This week's email features extracurricular programs for middle school and high school students in the upcoming seasons, including a winter circus camp coming right up over...
TA robotics is having another good year, with competitive middle school and high school teams earning accolades at VT/NH meets. The recent competition in Belmont, New Hampshire on Jan. 13 featured an exceptional performance by one of the TA groups. The team known as ‘String Theory 4886S’, including Aden Perry ‘24,...
Photo credit: John Foster Thetford Academy’s athletes are ringing in the new year with exciting early season successes. Both the varsity girls and boys basketball teams are deep into win streaks, with the girls 5-1 for the season (their only loss on the books was to championship rival Windsor in...
Dear TA Families, Early January is a busy time of transition, as we return from holiday break and immerse ourselves back into classes for the final stretch of the semester. Students are working on culminating projects, essays, performances, exams, and reflections. This is an especially intense period for high school students, whose current roster of...
The Panthers have been preparing for their winter season openings, with alpine skiing, basketball, and indoor track athletes practicing and conditioning in advance of their first contests. Basketball was the first to compete with home games for both the boys and girls varsity and JV teams. On Tuesday, the JV...
Dear TA Families, Campus is really quiet today as we enjoy this first day of the Thanksgiving holiday, and pause the busy school routines for our first break of the year. Thanksgiving Traditions We love traditions at TA - some of them dating back generations, like Founders' Day, and others newer in their creation,...
Thetford Academy freshman Jacob Phelps was recently named the Red Team's Defensive Player of the Year by his teammates at Hartford High School - an honor usually reserved for older players. Phelps, who plays middle line backer for the Division I Hartford Hurricanes as part of the Vermont Principal Association's...
Calling all Panthers! This Thanksgiving weekend, we're bringing back Alumni Basketball to the Vaughan Alumni Gymnasium! The annual alumni game is scheduled this year for Saturday, November 25th at 11 a.m. All alumni are welcome - never mind how long ago you graduated or how rusty your skills are, it's...
Thetford Academy juniors Spencer Durkee and Dillon Vance have been a part of the region's youth mountain biking circuit for more than five years. Though TA doesn't have a mountain biking team (yet), they are standouts in the local scene. Both students race in two different leagues each year, for...