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January 13, 2025

Posted at 15:12h in Athletics, News, Parents, Student Life by

The Thetford Academy indoor track and field team is poised to make history at the State Meet in two weeks. Already, TA's Panther athletes have turned in eye-popping performances: Senior Uly Junker-Boyce broke the state record in both the 55 meter dash and the 300, and senior Ava Hayden is now the state record holder in the 1600. Uly is also the school record holder in the long jump and is part of the school-record 4 x 200 relay team, along with juniors Emmett Terry and David Thaxton, and sophomore Sebastian Perdrizet. Meanwhile, Ava currently holds the school record in...


January 13, 2025

Posted at 13:30h in Academics, News, Parents, Student Life by

Thetford Academy's robotics team is in the heat of their season right now, with just two meets to go before the VT/NH State Championship. In their most recent meet on January 4, the team took five robots to the "Bow Bot Bout" in Bow, NH to compete against 32 more from other schools. The first success of the day belonged to TA's middle-school team 4886A (Meredith Sloop, Peter Horan, Ira Corbett, Connor Abraham, and Ruby Cushman), who scored enough points and won enough matches in the meet's qualification rounds to earn their first shot at competing in the elimination series. Though...


January 11, 2025

Posted at 08:43h in Academics, Head of School, News, Parents, Student Life by

Dear TA Families, As the rhythms of the school year go, a highlight for me as each semester comes to a close is attending final presentations in classes. Being in the audience as students proudly, thoughtfully, nervously - but also confidently - share their work and creativity, their reflections, and a bit about themselves, is an opportunity to witness and celebrate the culmination of five months of learning and growth.  Featured in the photos this week are two of the classes I visited in recent days. Students in English 10 presented their sophomore anthology projects in the Martha Jane Rich Theater on Thursday...


January 9, 2025

Posted at 17:00h in Health Office by

Dental Care this Winter: A great opportunity: if your student usually sees the Ronald McDonald Van for dental care and you would like to have your student's teeth cleaned please return the attached forms as soon as possible.  • The HealthHUB dental hygienist will be doing dental cleanings at TA starting January 27th. This will be very similar to the Ronald McDonald program.  • Their dentist is at the Chelsea Health Center & does fillings there. • Please complete the attached enrollment form and return it to the health office as soon as you can. • Click here for information on silver diamine fluoride - it is for treating cavities in molars, please sign...


January 7, 2025

Posted at 12:42h in Academics, News, Parents, Student Life by

Thetford Academy sophomore Nick Smallwood's science experiment is headed to space! Nick recently attended a Go for Launch!" (GFL!) space camp hosted at Norwich University. GFL! is exciting program that leverages space flight and exploration to help students develop skills in STEM, teamwork, communication, research design, and leadership. Students in the two-day program work side-by-side with an astronaut - this year it was Greg H. Johnson, a retired NASA astronaut and Air Force pilot who flew two Space Shuttle missions - and other experts in STEM to cultivate ideas for conducting science on the International Space Station. During the...


January 7, 2025

Posted at 11:59h in Academics, News, Outdoor Education, Student Life by

In Vermont’s winter season, many of us spend time reflecting on our last year and planning the year ahead. On campus, we are doing this too, thinking about our year in the garden and taking stock of how we’re doing in our farm-to-school programming.  Even amidst the chaos and excitement of a big potato harvest or long work day, I try to capture tangible metrics like pounds of veggies harvested or the volume of food scraps we’ve diverted from the landfill. After some end-of-season number crunching, I’m happy to report the following outputs.  In the fall semester, Thetford Academy harvested over 500...

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