Dear TA Students, Families, and Staff, Here are a few reflections and reminders as we head into the holiday weekend. I wish for everyone some time in the coming days for rest, connection, and joy. Sharing Gratitude Student gratitude cards have been adorning our school hallways throughout November. They are a mix of...
Giving Tuesday is a global movement that "unleashes the power of radical generosity." Every year, on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving, Giving Tuesday is a call to give generously to the organizations whose work is important to us. This Giving Tuesday, November 30, 2021, we invite you to join Thetford...
Since 2016, creative writing students at TA have had the unique opportunity to work with Vermont's reigning poetry slam champion, author, poet, and performer Geof Hewitt. This year, Hewitt joined Mr. Mann's Creative Writing course as an artist-in-residence. Over the course of the week with Hewitt, Mann's students engaged in...
Chris Schmidt, TA's Design Technology teacher, found a new passion for pottery this summer. After taking the class "Alternative Firing Techniques" at the Blackberry Hill Art Center in Orford, NH, Chris was especially interested the the art and science of Raku, an ancient Japanese method of firing pottery that...
Hoping to relive its successful debut two weeks ago, TA's team 4886 sent six robots and their student builders to Pinkerton Academy in Derry, NH for a competition among 33 robots from six other schools. Thetford Academy's showing was strong. At the end of 50 qualifying matches, five out of...
TA was excited to welcome Nando from Moon and Stars Arepas to campus last month to teach Spanish 1a, 1b, and Spanish 2 students how to make squash-filled empanadas using ingredients grown at TA. A collaboration between TA's world language program and the school garden, the event was part of the...
Dear TA Families, This health update comes as the holidays approach. Governor Scott reminds us to continue to be careful indoors, wear masks at indoor gatherings, and strongly consider small groups for the Thanksgiving Holiday. We continue to see high numbers of new Covid cases with our Vermont hospital systems being...
The Thetford Academy Fall Play class will present performances of “The Visit'' on Friday, November 19 and Saturday, November 20 in the MJR Theater. The play is by the Swiss playwright Friedrich Duerrenmat with an English adaptation by Maurice Valency. The play is the story of the world’s wealthiest woman, Claire...
Dear TA Families, Morning frost, bare trees, sunlight slanting toward the solstice: late fall is certainly in the air. Here is the news from TA as we shifted into November this week. Community Day Re-Cap On Wednesday, Nov. 3, we had our second TA Community Day of the year with a special schedule of...
On Saturday, more than 1,000 runners from 36 schools across Vermont converged onto the Thetford Academy campus for the VPA's cross country championship. TA's teams took on 12 competitor teams in their Div. III races: Craftsbury Academy, Stowe, BFA-Fairfax, Lake Region, Randolph Union High School, Danville, Northfield, Richford, Oxbow, Rice...