Over the last thirteen years, Thetford Academy's Poetry Out Loud competition has become TA tradition. Poetry Out Loud is a recitation contest created by the National Endowment of the Arts and the Poetry Foundation, and administered with the State Arts Agencies of all 50 states, the District of Columbia, the...
Photo of "Baby Bites" production provided by Molly Longwell. After graduating from TA in 2011, Molly Longwell was excited to “bust out of Vermont” and dive headlong into urban life. She attended American University in the heart of D.C. before heading to Boston and, in 2017, finding her home in...
TA's Thetford Outdoor Program (TOP) is excited to announce an expanded slate of summer leadership opportunities in 2022. This year, in addition to the program's annual Connecticut River canoe trips, Appalachian Trail backpacking trip, and the TA trail crew, TOP is planning an advanced canoe trip in Canada and new...
Header photo courtesy of Kelly Smith With both Panthers basketball teams playing packed schedules over the week, we've seen a lot of excitement on the court. The girls are back with a full roster and are regaining ground as they prepare for post-season. Starting with a home court win v. Montpelier...
At our most recent community day, students in Kathy Hooke’s advisory worked intently and animatedly on their transferable skills portfolios. Glancing over their shoulders, I saw home pages depicting anime artwork, family pictures, and athletic action shots, and lively “Who am I?” introductions where students talked about themselves and their...
If you knew Jonathan Leitschuh ‘12 when he was a student at TA, you know that his tenacity is the reason we have a robotics program today. His interest in computer science, ignited by a robotics unit in Marc Chabot’s Physics and Engineering course, drove him to Marc’s door–what would...
Dear TA Families, It was a busy week at TA with lots of mid-quarter momentum. Here are a few highlights of the many activities happening at school. Arts & Academics - Poetry Slam Artist-in-residence Geof Hewitt was back at TA this week, working with Abby MacGregor's creative writing students. The class hosted a...
Featured photo by TA parent Kelly Smith. With a full schedule ahead, the Panthers varsity basketballs teams hope to rebound from a stretch of losses. The girls returned to the court on Jan. 25 after a three-week hiatus due to Covid with a tough game v. Windsor's Yellowjackets, losing 62-41. Over...
Dear TA Families, This week had some twists and turns we weren't expecting. Boy, how we have all had to learn how to be adaptable over the last two years! I hope today's snow day brought everyone a little extra something special: joy • rest • fun • free time • ski...
In the spring of 2020, an anonymous donor pledged to update all of the cardio equipment in the Hathorn Engelman Fitness Center. The generous gift was made, the donor shared, to honor the contributions of TA's longtime track and field coach Joel Breakstone. With the pandemic, it would be another...