On Monday, May 2, VT representatives (Windsor-Orange 2) Tim Briglin and Jim Masland visited with Thetford Academy students on campus to talk food policy. The group, which included students from Casey Huling’s Why Food Matters class, Stacy Barton’s Civics class, and Betsy Pond’s World History class, have been studying government,...
Dear TA Families, We had a few schoolwide activities during power hour this week, in honor of Earth Day, that raised our collective awareness about the spring growing season and sustainable practices. On Monday in advisory, students planted flowers and created a multitude of cheerful blue planters filled with pansies and friendly messages that...
Covid Cases IncreasingThe subvariant BA.2 is very, very contagious. Many families have had recent Covid exposure. Please be smart about masking and distancing around folks you don't know. Be careful over the upcoming break as you travel. BoostersAdults 50 years and older and all 12 years old and up with immunocompromise...
In the fall of 2021, TA's Botany elective course initiated a revitalization project for Thetford Academy’s school greenhouse. With help from the Thetford Outdoor Program’s School Garden Coordinator Ehrin Lingeman and Botany instructor Gary Engler, students developed a plan that would encourage more students to spend time in the greenhouse...
TA Sophomore Cecilia Luce was recently published in VTDigger as part of its student journalism platform, the "Underground Workshop." Ceci's article, "A sacred space: Founders' Day at Thetford Academy," looked at the roots of the nearly 80 year-old TA tradition. Founders' Day, she writes, begins each year with "a story...
Current illnesses: PLEASE: Sick children need to stay home. TA continues seeing many, many cases of an upper respiratory virus.We also continue to see several cases of a stomach bug.If your child is sick they must stay home until they are better. A friendly reminder, students with upper respiratory symptoms still need to...
Dear TA Families, This week's email is a brief note to share the following April updates: Third quarter report cards will come home with students on Monday, April 11.The deadline for sophomores to turn in their course registration for next school year was today.Students in grades 7, 8, and 9 will continue with the...
With spring in the air, the Thetford Outdoor Program (TOP) is gearing up for another successful growing season in TA's school garden. One of TOP's newest Summer Leadership opportunities, the middle school Garden Camp, aims to engage our youngest students in place-based, outdoor learning with a week-long experience in the...
On Wednesday, March 30, 2022, the Riverbend Career and Technical Center hosted its annual induction ceremony for the National Technical Honor Society. This year, three TA students earned membership in NHTS, "an educational non-profit that exists to honor, recognize, and empower students and teachers in Career & Technical Education." Congratulations...
Congratulations to TA Drama students! At Saturday’s Vermont Regional Drama Festival at Williamstown High School, their production of “The Insanity of Mary Girard” was recognized for Excellence in Storytelling Through Cohesive Expression of Tragedy. The festival was a welcome return to live performances after a two-year Covid hiatus. Individual awards for Excellence in Acting were given to Annie Hesser,...