Throughout the semester, students in TA’s environmental studies and outdoor education course work toward an important milestone - the overnight solo experience. The experience at TA is similar to solos in programs like Outward Bound, and challenges students to spend time alone, connecting with nature and practicing self-reliance. Like the protagonist...
Dear TA Families, Welcome, December! Today marks the mid-quarter point for Q2. Please check in with students on their academic progress thus far this quarter and help them finish strong before the winter break. When we return in January, we have a final week of classes and then move into exam...
The Ronald McDonald Dental Van is here starting Monday Dec 4-7Dental cleanings and treating cavities are provided by the Dental van. If your child is a NEW patient please complete the new patient form and return it to Nurse Ellen by December 4th. IllnessesThere are 2 other viruses besides Covid going around school: There is...
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,...
Happy Thanksgiving!! Wishing everyone a good Thanksgiving, safe travels and good visits with family and friends. Please remember to take care around your elderly relatives and friends; we still have Covid circulating in the community and vulnerable folks can still get pretty sick. The Ronald McDonald Dental Van is here Dec...
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...
Dear TA Families, We are all excited for this weekend's performances of Radium Girls. Almost 20% of our high school students are a part of the play as cast, crew, and other roles. With over 30 students on the Fall Play roster plus others who are involved on their own time, the participation...
The Ronald McDonald Dental Van is here Dec 4-7Dental cleanings and treating cavities are provided by the Dental van. If your child is a NEW patient please complete the new patient form and return it to Nurse Ellen by Nov. 20th. IllnessesThere are 3 other viruses besides Covid going around at school: There is a head...
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...
A partnership has been growing between Thetford Academy’s Culinary Arts program and the school garden. This fall, school garden coordinator Ehrin Lingeman and culinary arts teacher Jennifer Gernhard teamed up to ensure the garden’s harvest was enjoyed by as many people as possible. Gernhard’s “Cooking for Health” course led an initiative...