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,...
The Thetford Outdoor Program has an exciting slate of adventures planned for the summer. This year, the TOP Summer Leadership program includes a variety of new outdoor opportunities alongside favorites from past years. Students can canoe camp on the Connecticut River paddle trail, experience rock-climbing in Rumney, NH, or join...
Current illnesses: TA is seeing many, many cases of an upper respiratory virus.We also continue to see several cases of a stomach bug.A friendly reminder, students with upper respiratory symptoms still need to do a home rapid Covid test. Take home kits are available in the Health Office.If your child is...
Dear TA Families, Spring is in the air. Next Friday, April 1, will mark the end of the third quarter. It's that time of year in schools when we are knee-deep in what's happening right now, and also have an eye toward summer, and start to plan for the following year....
The Ronald McDonald Dental Van will be back the third week in April. Please let Nurse Ellen know if you want to sign your child up for teeth cleanings. For students already signed up, parents don't need to do anything. Their students will be seen automatically. If you've been sent enrollment forms,...
After a two-year interruption, TA students are returning to the Vermont One Act Play Festival! The Drama Club's two live performances of "The Insanity of Mary Girard," by Lanie Robertson are THIS FRIDAY, March 25 at 7:00 p.m. and again on Wednesday, March 30 at 7:00 p.m. Both performances are...
This year, TA was one of 19 schools across Vermont registered to bring the national Poetry Out Loud program to their classrooms. The program has been a part of Thetford Academy's English 10 curriculum for the past 13 years, and all TA students are invited and encouraged to compete in...
Thetford Academy's middle school "Getting to Y" team is looking for participants who are willing to help find the answers to issues facing youth. Over the last several months, the middle school team has been working with data from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey to identify areas of concern that...