For the first time in history, the Thetford Academy boys and girls basketball teams have won state titles in the same year, and celebrating the first title sweep along with TA's 200th birthday only makes the occasion sweeter. Saturday's boys basketball Division III championship saw the No. 3 seed Panthers pull out...
English teacher Ray Chapin's Creative Writing class hosted a Poetry Slam last Friday, with more than 15 students, faculty, and staff competing for the top prize. Each contestant wrote and performed an original poem for the audience and four student judges. The Slam was a culmination of a week-long poetry...
In his over 44 years of service in the United States Senate, Vermont’s Senator Patrick Leahy has played a role in many iconic moments in American history. A prolific photographer, Senator Leahy has often used the lens of his camera to capture his personal perspective of these...
TA parent, Thetford resident, author, and soil health expert Didi Pershouse gave a presentation to Mr. Whitaker's Horticulture class about the "soil carbon sponge." With a simple experiment, she demonstrated the importance of healthy soils in our ecological communities. In the experiment, Pershouse invited students to "rain" onto flour (a...
The chickadees have changed their call and that means it's maple season! Join the Thetford Outdoor Program (TOP) at TA's new sugar house for its first Maple Sugar Social. This community event is free and open to the public. Come by for sap boiling, syrup tasting, sugar on snow, tours...
Scott Shipman, MD, MPH, will speak at Thetford Academy on Thursday, March 28, as part of the school's Bicentennial Speaker Series. Shipman, who serves as the Director of Clinical Innovations and Director of Primary Care Initiatives at the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), also holds faculty positions at Dartmouth...
At the Vermont Semifinal Poetry Out Loud contest, held at Barre Opera House on March 7th, Eloise Silver Van Meter advanced to the State Championships, along with nine other students. Thirty-one school winners recited two poems each. Eloise recited Lani O'Hanlon's "Back Up Quick They're Hippies" and Brenda Cárdenas's "Zacuanpapalotls"...
The Thetford Academy Parent Association (TAPA) is hosting informal 'meet & greet' sessions with our future Head of School, Carrie Brennan, on Monday, March 25, at 7:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. TAPA representatives and Carrie will be in the Project Room next to the TA Library from 7:30-8:00 a.m. and...
Calling all chess enthusiasts! All Vermont students in Kindergarten through Grade 12 are eligible to participate in the Vermont State Scholastic Chess Championships. The event will be held at Berlin Elementary School in Berlin, VT on April 6, 2019. Visit http://www.vtchess.info for more information and to register online. ...
Four Thetford Academy students participated in the Governor’s Institute of Vermont’s Winter Weekend Program: Mack Briglin '22, Casey MacVeagh '20, Lily MacVeagh '20, and Emi Vaughan '21. "The experience was overall really fun and it was cool to meet intellectually curious students from all across Vermont," said Casey MacVeagh. The Governor’s...