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...
If you haven’t been on campus lately, you might have missed some new growth happening on the Barrett Outdoor Campus. The Barrett land, adjacent to Thetford Academy and abutting the Thetford Hill State Forest, was acquired by TA in 2015. Since then, the land has become a lively hub for outdoor...
Thetford Academy is gearing up to celebrate the return of the Woods Trail Run on Oct. 2, 2021. Once again, more than 100 New England middle and high schools will send their best runners to TA to compete on the iconic Dan Grossman Woods Trail. This year’s event will mark...
It's almost Mountain Day! After a one-year hiatus, Thetford Academy will celebrate it's 42nd Mountain Day on Friday, September 24. A TA tradition forged by former headmaster Frederick G. Torrey, Mountain Day challenges each of TA’s six grades to climb a nearby peak together as a class. The traditional hikes,...
Len Whitaker, beloved TA Science and Social Studies teacher, made a big move back to his home state of Rhode Island this summer. This was not an easy decision to make. As Len shared, "Thetford Academy has been my world for most of my adult life. (Head of School) Martha...
On Saturday, July 3, TA was excited to host the Class of 2001 for their 20th Thetford Academy Reunion. The day's rainy weather threw a slight monkey wrench in the plans for the outdoor gathering, but the shelter of TA's timber framed outdoor classroom kept the fifteen class members, their...
TA's varsity baseball team had a banner season that took them all the way to the State finals. The top-seeded Panthers headed to Centennial Field on Sunday, June 13, with hopes of bringing home a championship banner for the first time in 35 years. With a 13-4 season record, the...
On Friday, June 11, Thetford Academy celebrated the graduation of the Class of 2021 in the school's 202nd commencement ceremony. Fifty-three TA seniors took the stage to mark the end of their high school career and the beginning of new endeavors as young adults. The event was held outdoors on...
Has it been 10 years? 20? Are you ready to reunite with your class and relive your best high school memories? This summer, you can! The Thetford Academy classes of 2011 and 2001 have been hard at work planning reunion events for summer 2021. The Class of 2011 plans to...