On Monday, February 6, 2023, Thetford Academy celebrated its 204th birthday and its 80th annual Founders' Day. Former Head of School Carl Anderson started the Founders' Day tradition in 1944, after fire destroyed the school's original campus. His idea commemorate the school's history was an opportunity to lift the spirits...
Thetford Academy's indoor track team had an outstanding day at the state championship meet at UVM on Saturday, February 4th. Competing in the D-II classification against 18 other schools (almost all of which are much larger), the Panther girls rolled to a second-place finish and the boys finished third. The girls...
Last week, Thetford Academy students were invited to take on the "Impact App Challenge." The Challenge, launched in collaboration with the Impactree Foundation, is designed to inspire TA students to identify a key environmental or social problem they see and experience – and to try to solve it through technology....
Dear TA Families, Just a few updates to share with you on this chilly Friday ...
Ten years ago, Morgan Gaffney ‘20 was a 10 year-old spectator near the Boston Marathon finish line. She was there to cheer on her mom Renee, who was running that day with her longtime team. The event turned traumatic for Morgan when the race was disrupted by the Boston Marathon bombing,...
On Friday, February 10, 2023, Thetford Academy’s Student Alliance for Racial Justice (SARJ) student group will host a premiere of the PBS film "Driving While Black." "Chronicling the riveting history and personal experiences – at once liberating and challenging, harrowing and inspiring, deeply revealing and profoundly transforming – of African Americans...
Below Freezing WeatherWonderful students, when outside please remember to cover all skin with winter clothing: faces: neck warmers, heads: warm hats, bodies: warm jackets & snow pants, feet: warm socks & winter boots. Frostbite makes your toes unhappy for a lifetime, just ask Nurse Ellen :) Please check on neighbors and the elderly and make sure...
Regular season is wrapping up for the Panthers, and both the girls and the boys basketball teams are maintaining strong season records. The girls basketball team is currently ranked 3rd in the VPA's Division III (10-4). Last Tuesday, the Panthers fell to Windsor (56-42) for the second time this season,...
Dear TA Families, Here is the latest news from TA ...
THC Vape Pens If these are brought onto campus, they cause students serious health risks as well as serious disciplinary consequences. Parents, please take time to talk to your teens about the very real concerns and the health risks of THC and other substances such as opioids. Students if you have used a...