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October 23, 2019

Posted at 15:23h in Academics, Parents by

Interested in taking classes on a college campus? MIT's "Splash" program, scheduled for November 23rd and 24th on the school's Cambridge, MA campus, gives high school students the opportunity to do just that. Splash! is a program of Learning Unlimited (LU) that seeds and supports student groups interested in teaching high school students everything and anything. The program reaches over 10,000 students annually and is available at scores of colleges and universities. At MIT, Splash! is the school's "largest annual teaching and learning extravaganza," with thousands of high schoolers coming to campus to take a wide range of classes taught entirely...


October 23, 2019

Posted at 14:33h in Academics, News, Parents by

At Wednesday's all-school assembly this week, TA's Robotics Club, also known as VEX Robotics Team 4886, presented their early-stage prototypes for the robots they hope to take to competition this year. The team is gearing up for the 2019-2020 VEX game "Tower Takeover," designing, building, coding, and learning to drive robots that will withstand competition from teams all over the world. VEX competitions, presented by the Robotics Education & Competition Foundation, put classroom STEM concepts to the test and help students build lifelong skills in teamwork, leadership, and communications. Tournaments are held year-round at the regional, state, and national levels...


October 21, 2019

Posted at 09:43h in Athletics, News, Parents by

Soccer Last week, the Panthers celebrated their Varsity Soccer seniors at the final home games of the regular season. At last Tuesday's Varsity Girls game v. Stowe, the Panthers honored Brittany Clifford, Arwen Clayton, Grace Davis, Alexis Gaetz, Jade Jamieson, Lily MacVeagh, Casey MacVeagh, Bethany Maxfield, Ellen Veracka, and Sophie Williams for their contributions to the team. The Panther Girls have earned the Division III State Title two years in a row and are top-seeded for the upcoming playoffs. In their last regular season game on Saturday, the girls played under the lights at Norwich University, shutting out Northfield-Williamstown with...


October 17, 2019

Posted at 14:50h in Academics, News by

On Thursday, October 17, Thetford Academy, with the New Hampshire non-profit Compas de Nicaragua (Friends of Nicaragua), was proud to host the Nicaraguan dance troupe "Daughters of the Corn" for the third time. Compas, founded in 1992 and now led by Littleton, NH native Michael Boudreau and Ana Narvaez of Managua, Nicaragua, began as a small, informal community service effort focused on service trips to Nicaragua. The group traveled annually to the Nicaraguan community of La Primavera--building a community center, starting a tree nursery, and launching "Women in Action (WIA)," an advocacy group supporting the region's poorest women and children. Every...


October 17, 2019

Posted at 08:00h in Academics, News, Parents by

Thetford Academy is gearing up to open the town’s first fully sanctioned mountain bike trail and one of only a few high school mountain biking trails in Vermont. The new, one-mile flow track is slated to open on Saturday, Oct. 19, with a launch event on campus from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.  The new trail, the result of a multi-year planning effort and collaboration, will be the latest feature of TA’s Thetford Outdoor Program (TOP) and open to the public. “Thetford Academy has amazing outdoor resources that we consider our living laboratory and playground. This mountain bike trail will give...


October 8, 2019

Posted at 14:59h in Academics, News, Parents by

On Sunday September 29, TA's International Student Program community gathered at Head of School Carrie Brennan's home for its annual picnic and welcome event. TA's four international students and their host families were the guests of honor. They were joined by TA faculty, trustees, fellow TA classmates, and Academy Road neighbors. It was a wonderful gathering for making connections, sharing ideas, and spreading enthusiasm for Thetford Academy's international student program. ...

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