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June 11, 2020

Posted at 13:03h in Parents by

Dear Seniors, “When life gives you lemons,  make lemonade.”  “Every cloud has a silver lining.”  Many people gravitate to these mundane and clichéd sayings. I find myself repeating them to friends and family during difficult times or unexpected hardships. They are predictable, ordinary, almost habitual.  Perhaps the ordinary is the crux of their charm.  Difficult times throw people off balance. Familiarity offers stability. The routine and predictable “ways” are an anchor--a  “you are here”  in the realm of the unknown.  During the last two months, we have all been thrown off balance.  New routines and blurred routes replaced the familiar.  Through it...


June 11, 2020

Posted at 12:49h in Student Life by

Thinking about myself as a high school senior sent me to my yearbook to review the past in a way I hadn’t in quite a long time.  Peering out of the pages were young women all wearing the same style sweater and necklace and young men wearing the same style jacket and tie.  All the same!  The girls’ appearances, many with long hair parted in the middle or side or short hair framing their faces with a little flip at the bottom, indicate our late 70’s hairstyles.  The boys—the majority of their hair is long in the front combed over...


June 11, 2020

Posted at 11:52h in Athletics, News, Parents by

Vermont D-3 State Championship in Windsor, June 2019 Tribute to our Track & Field Seniors Grace Davis  Grace graduates as the most decorated female field athlete in Thetford Academy history. She is the outdoor school record holder in the 100m hurdles, long jump, triple jump, high jump, and decathlon. She holds indoor school records in the long jump, triple jump, and high jump. She also holds the Vermont D-3 state record in the high jump at 5’5” and the Vermont D-2 indoor high jump record at 5’4”. In 2018 and 2019, Grace was the best female high jumper in the state of Vermont...


June 10, 2020

Posted at 13:02h in Parents, Student Life by

Dear Seniors, The hairstyle in my senior photo (above) is the male counterpart, I guess, to the hairstyle that Karyn Neubauer included with her letter to all of you.  I’m guessing that unlike Karyn, though, I stayed with that look longer than I should have.  I rocked that look through college, through the Peace Corps (“Did I ever tell you I was in the Peace Corps?”), and well into the 90s.  For more than 10 years, my hair was parted in the middle and “feathered back.”   As I was thinking about what I wanted to say to you, I realized that everyone...


June 9, 2020

Posted at 09:54h in News by

June’s Student of the Month can be described with many positive adjectives: polite, considerate, conscientious, hardworking, tenacious, and many more as you’ll see. When challenges come his way, he doesn’t let them slow him down, rather, he seems to use them as fuel to drive him to even greater heights. Tim Renner, an instructor at Hypertherm said: “For me the thing that stuck out most about him was his drive and his tenacity… I was amazed that not once did he ever let anything slow him down or stop him… He is an inspiration for other students” Angela Lavoy, who has worked with him in math, history,...


June 9, 2020

Posted at 06:59h in Parents, Student Life by

Dear Class of 2020, If you had asked me, at 18, if I wanted to become a school librarian I would have laughed and looked at you like you were nuts. Who wants to go back to high school when everyone is so desperate to get out of it? Why would anyone ever do that?!  The answer to what would make someone do that is, of course, you. At least-- for me it was.  I do know some colleagues who always knew they wanted to teach. Some of you already know what you want in life, but I also bet a lot of...

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