On a bluebird day, at the league championship this past Friday in Bellows Falls, the TA cross country team accorded itself impressively well. Eighth grader Peter Horan beat 41 other runners to emerge victorious in a time of 10:44 in the middle school boys' race. While the Thetford boys did not...
Thetford Academy is proud to present Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. Widely considered a masterpiece, this timeless classic challenges American ideas of power, intolerance, and justice set against the backdrop of the Salem Witch Trials. In the Puritan community of Salem, Massachusetts, a servant girl accuses a farmer’s wife of witchcraft....
On Saturday, Nov. 2, for the first time in over ten years, Thetford Academy will host a robotics competition! About 30 VEX robot teams from VT and NH will converge on Anderson Hall at TA to play this year's game, "High Stakes." TA's team 4886, consisting of about 18 students...
Dear TA Families, My email this week features some of the many opportunities we offer for our middle school and high school students. We want to encourage them to make the most of their time here at TA and also support their exploration of what lies ahead. Clubs, Office Hours & Power...
Featured photo this week: Cider pressing! Dear TA Families, The first Saturday of October is upon us, and it's time for the famous Woods Trail Run! Everyone is invited to this community event, 10am-4pm, on the TA campus. Come cheer on the 2000+ runners from all over New England who come to race...
Thetford Academy varsity boys take on Lake Region on September 23, 2024. Photo by Lizzie Brown Dear TA Families, Earlier this week we passed the midway mark for Quarter 1. Hard to believe we are already 4+ weeks into the school year! I hope your student is into the flow of...
On Friday, we experienced a fantastic day of hiking, relishing the beauty of nature alongside our classmates and colleagues as each class made their way up the nearby mountains visible from the White Building's steps. Despite the fog obstructing the views on some peaks, the weather was excellent and made...
Last week, Thetford Academy’s VEX robotics team 4886 S - Connor Kutter-Walker '26 and Duncan MacPhee '27- headed to Maine to compete in the state’s first-ever VEX V5 Signature Event. The Robotics Education and Competition Foundation describes these Signature events as “an amped-up version of tournament play,” designed to give students...
TA's cross country team ran at the Manchester Invitational this past Saturday. Captains Ava Hayden and Brady Sloop led their teams with top 10 finishes in their respective races. Ava finished 5th (out of 219 racers), covering the 5K course for Varsity Small Schools in 20:34. On the boys side,...
Mountain Day! Yesterday the whole school ventured out to six trailheads in our region, stretching from Mt. Moosilauke in the north to Mt. Ascutney in the south, carrying on TA's Mountain Day tradition, first started in 1979. It was a beautiful day to enjoy autumn beauty and connect as a community....