Dear TA Families, Kudos to students and staff for their Mountain Day hikes yesterday, embracing the chilly winds and accepting the adaptive plans to solve transportation issues and other logistical challenges. Every grade got off of Thetford Hill this year and headed out to one of the mountains we gaze at...
On Saturday, September 24, Thetford Academy will host a celebration of life for its longtime varsity girls basketball coach, Eric Ward '76, who passed away in May 2022. Ward was a beloved member of the TA community, a mentor and leader to his athletes, and a warm and generous friend....
Dear TA Families, Autumn is in the air today as we wrap up our fourth week of the school year. A variety of classes have spent time outdoors in recent weeks with hands-on learning and projects taking place around campus. Middle schoolers especially have been outside with their electives and science...
Photo feature: TA's co-ed middle school soccer team. Credit: Tony Strat-Cortez Competition has started for fall athletics and the Panthers are off and running. In soccer, the varsity girls suffered a tough start to the season with four games and losses. They've battled hard in games v. Enoburg (2-1, with...
Sarah Hauger Pushee, TA ‘93, always knew she was mechanically inclined. Her dad is a plumber, “I was a Daddy’s girl and quickly picked up all things mechanical - I just liked it.” So it was no surprise that, during the pandemic, friends and community members came to her with...
Deep in the Ecuadorian Amazon, a Thetford Academy alumna (2007) is working to protect the genetic diversity and landscape of the Amazon rainforest. She is the founder of Selva Libre, a conservation nonprofit working to protect land and restore ecosystem services through the direct purchase of both intact and degraded...
When the school year opened on Aug. 23, TA's VEX Robotics team 4886 wasted no time getting to work on the VEX 2022-2023 challenge. This year's game, called "Spin Up," is a fun take on disc golf: each alliance's robots have to be able to shoot discs into the 12'...
Dear TA Families, We had an activity-filled week, starting with our first regular assembly of the year during power hour and culminating today with the 9th grade retreat on our outdoor campus this morning. It was wonderful to see so many of you at Back to School Night on Thursday evening - we enjoy...
Photo left to right: Anthea Lavallee, Executive Director of the Hubbard Brook Research Foundation, Elise Tillinghast, Executive Director of Northern Woodlands, and keynote speaker Jack E. Davis share a moment in the Martha Jane Rich Theater. Credit: Tig Tillinghast On August 20th, The Center for Northern Woodlands Education (Northern Woodlands), an environmental education...
The Thetford Outdoor Program will lead a series of outings for students this fall, starting with an overnight canoe camping and service trip on the Connecticut River during Labor Day weekend, September 2-4. Students will canoe to Gilman Island (near Hanover/Norwich) and work with the Connecticut River Paddlers' Trail Alliance...