The Thetford Outdoor Program (TOP) is offering three amazing outdoor opportunities this summer. Trail Crew, June 17 - 21 The summer Trail Crew maintains and builds trails on Thetford Academy’s 295 acres of woodlands and surrounding forests. A paid work opportunity and a great experience for students to add to their resume,...
Follow the link below to see the Carbon Footprint Map https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1VQQtn5R8FLrq9G6xxoFkWc5PlbU_t8Kt&ll=43.81298907749616%2C-72.24176045000002&z=16 Students in the Environmental Studies and outdoor education course have been working on understanding their carbon footprint and how forests can reduces atmospheric CO2. Each student started with calculating their carbon footprint for one year. To do this they needed...
https://youtu.be/Bk9f_GD4rtM This is a Pecha Kucha inspired presentation of maple sugaring made by students in the Environmental Studies and Outdoor education course in the Thetford Outdoor Program. Learn how to collect sap and make maple products. ...
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...
Take a look at what the students from the Outdoor Education course did for their capstone projects this term. Why to Join TOP Video By Carter Banks Click here to watch My goal for the project is to inspire students to take this class, and give them an honest look at what...
The Thetford Outdoor Program is hosting a campout for 7th to 9th graders at Thetford Academy's yurt in the Thetford Hill State Park on Friday, Jan. 25, to Saturday, Jan, 26. The group will meet after school (at 3 p.m.) on Friday in Scott Ellis’s classroom and then hike up...
Nine 7th grade girls spent the night at the Thetford Outdoor Program (TOP) yurt in the Thetford Hill State Park adjacent to Thetford Academy on Friday, Nov. 30. Chaperone and science teacher Rose Dedam shared, “We did some nighttime sledding on the soccer field, hauled our gear up to the...
By, Jackson Kingsbury The Thetford Outdoor Program has built a Sugar Shack. The Sugar Shack was one of the biggest projects that the class took on this year. Each student was given one job to lead. I was responsible for the construction of the rafters, while Becca was responsible for the...
TA's sugar shack is starting to take shape. Adjacent to the timber framed outdoor classroom just south of the student parking lot, the structure will be completed in the upcoming days — with several months of time to spare before this year's sugaring operation begins. With help from Mike Wells and...
Scott Ellis, coordinator of the Thetford Outdoor Program (TOP), was recognized by the Society of Health and Physical Educators of Vermont (SHAPE Vermont) with the Physical Activity Leadership Award during a ceremony Oct. 19 in Killington. The state-wide award recognizes outstanding individuals who actively promote lifelong health and physical activity. Ellis,...