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May 29, 2020

Posted at 11:19h in Parents by

Given that TA alternates between recognizing a junior and a senior as Student of the Month, May is the last opportunity to award a member of the Class of 2020. We couldn’t let this chance go by without awarding two particular seniors: JJ Thurber and Lily MacVeagh. Congratulations to both! Jahirah Thurber, Class of 2020 JJ, Kate Owen, and Ms. Brennan on one of two school visits they made to learn from others in Vermont about advisories JJ is the queen of efficiency. Throughout high school, she has worked many hours at jobs outside of school while shouldering demanding course loads. At school,...


May 29, 2020

Posted at 07:55h in Counseling by

Happy Friday, Panthers! Apologies for the late newsletter this week.  The end of the year is approaching, and at TA, we're thinking about how to wrap up this crazy year and plan for the next, all while dealing with a huge batch of unknowns. It can be completely disconcerting to live in the land of unknowns. One strategy that you can use to help stay centered is to take life and planning in short chunks. My own personal rule is to focus on the next 5 days, and no more. Focusing on the short term, on what I can control now and in...


May 28, 2020

Posted at 10:52h in Parents, Student Life by

Dear Thetford Academy Class of 2020, Although I have not been one of your educators, coaches or mentors, my work here at TA has offered me the opportunity to watch each and every one of you grow and develop into the fine young adults you have become through your performances, athletics, Founders Day, ODW and collaboration with some of your outdoor classes. Missing traditional graduation ceremonies this year is disappointing for all of us but makes your achievements no less earned, no less important, no less admired and no less gratifying. This is but a brief moment in history. Before you know it, you...


May 27, 2020

Posted at 10:50h in Parents, Student Life by

Dear Thetford Academy Senior Class, To say that the final months of your senior year have been a whirlwind, is an understatement. It certainly is not the way I expected it to end for any of us-but here we are. I wasn’t sure how to write this letter and what really to say to all of you. I cannot imagine what you are all feeling and thinking. You missed out on things like prom. Your final year of sports for the athletes. Missing your senior trip. All of these things you look forward to as a younger student, gone. Here is what you...


May 26, 2020

Posted at 12:37h in Parents, Student Life by

Dear Seniors, This year reveals in the starkest way that nothing is permanent, that our lives are only somewhat under our control, that we must bend in the wind or risk breaking. This experience will make poets out of some of you; others will become filmmakers and musicians; others novelists. Some of you will go into medicine to find cures for the next pandemic. Some of you will return to the land and grow food and raise animals to feed your fellow Vermonters. Some of you will run for public office and demonstrate, for a new generation, the leadership Vermonters have always...

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