If you knew Jonathan Leitschuh ‘12 when he was a student at TA, you know that his tenacity is the reason we have a robotics program today. His interest in computer science, ignited by a robotics unit in Marc Chabot’s Physics and Engineering course, drove him to Marc’s door–what would...
Header photo by Katie Lozancich @_katielo This fall, after visiting Thetford Academy for the first time in 15 years, Alex Showerman ‘06 hopped back in her car and headed west. An elite outdoor athlete, Alex was due in Utah to catch the 20th anniversary of mountain biking’s Red Bull Rampage, the...
Every year as the holidays approach, the Thetford Academy Alumni Association lights a memory tree in front of the White Building. Each bulb represents a lost loved one remembered by their fellow alumni, friends, neighbors, and family. Thank you to everyone who made a gift in memory of a loved...
In 1996, a major renovation of TA's White Building created the now spacious and light-filled school library. Featuring large east-facing windows and expansive views of the Connecticut River Valley and New Hampshire’s mountains, the library’s central reading room, the adjoining learning lab, and the project room next door are a...
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...
In his recent book of poems, “The Many Moods of Dis-ease,” Ross Putnam, TA class of 1966, explores the wide range of emotions he has experienced since his diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease in 2007. “[The poems] are written for those living with all neurologically degenerative disorders, their care partners, as...
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...
The Thetford Academy Alumni Association needs your help! This year, TA will be hosting both the Vermont State Cross Country Meet (Oct. 30) and the New England's meet (Nov.13). TAAA has generously donated their time and talent to run concessions at these events, with all proceeds supporting scholarships for seniors,...
Following nine months of intensive work, the TA Anti-Racism Task Force presented their findings and recommendations to the school's board of trustees this summer. The group’s final recommendations report is now complete and ready to be shared with the community and integrated into our school’s strategic plan and actions moving...
For one day each year, the Thetford Academy's Woods Trail Run has doubled the size of Thetford, VT. In a matter of hours, a small city emerges on Thetford Hill: 2,000 runners from more than 50 schools and throughout New England, rows of buses in every paved parking lot, neatly...