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January 13, 2020

Posted at 08:50h in Outdoor Education by

By, Caleb MacNeil People have asked me what are some of the most important things to know about the Environmental Studies and Outdoor Education class at TA. One of my responses is that a key component of the class is the fires. During the first fires of the year, Scott Ellis supervises us. He explained and demonstrated to us how to make a fire with only one match. This first fire was the most significant one of the year. To make fires in this class, there must be snow on the ground because there is less danger of the fire getting out...


January 10, 2020

Posted at 08:56h in Outdoor Education by

By Kaydence Rich The Thetford Academy Environmental Studies and Outdoor Education class visited Mike Hebb at his home in Strafford, Vermont on September 26th. Mike is a Thetford Academy alumnus, class of 64’ and very knowledgeable about a variety of topics. We visited his house to see how he cares for his apple trees, to look at his root cellar where he stores his food, to see his moss collection and to see his homemade sawmill.  At first, Mike showed the students his root cellar where he stores his food he harvests, including vegetables from his garden and apples from his orchard....


January 10, 2020

Posted at 08:46h in Academics, News, Parents by

Students in Madame Heinzmann's French classes said au revoir to 2019 by sharing a raclette during their final class of the year. Raclette is a Swiss tradition that dates back to the Middle Ages. Wheels of cheese were melted using a heat source (traditionally a fireplace), then the melted cheese was raked (raclé) off, little by little, onto waiting plates of boiled potatoes. And yes, it's even better than it sounds! Today, electricity makes things a lot easier in the form of tabletop raclette stoves. Raclette crossed the border into France in the 1970's. Traditionally served with charcuterie (cold cuts) and cornichons, it is...


January 9, 2020

Posted at 11:57h in Outdoor Education by

By Brennan Vaughan The Environmental Studies and Outdoor Education course went to Zebedee Wetlands in October of 2019. Zebedee is managed by The UpperValley Land Trust and is a popular bird watching area in Thetford, VT. At Zebedee there is a trail that surrounds a swamp. On the field trip, Scott Ellis (Thetford Outdoor Program Coordinator) pointed out invasive species like buckthorn and honeysuckle. Invasive species can be bad for wildlife and the environment because they were brought here from somewhere else and push out native species. The class went to Zebedee because we were working on a unit on how...


January 9, 2020

Posted at 10:32h in Outdoor Education, Student Life by

By Faith Crowe Students in the Environmental Studies and Outdoor Education course read a book called Reading the Forested Landscapes by Tom Wessels. This book is about the land we live in and what’s shaped the land. The book shows the reader how they can find clues in the forest that tell a story.  As  a final assessment students went to Union Village Dam to find examples of things we read about in the book including, basal scars, stone walls, beaver stumps,  coppice trees, weevil trees and other forest clues. Using the book as a guide we each found three examples,...


January 9, 2020

Posted at 10:01h in Outdoor Education by

By Kai Harris What is a seven minute free write? Seven minute free writes are a time where the whole Environmental Studies and Outdoor Education Program class sits down and writes for seven minutes without stopping. There is always a prompt but what follows that prompt is up to the writer. Free writes are also about reflecting. They can include additional elements like using vocabulary terms from a book we may be reading, or incorporating figurative language. Sometimes seven minute free writes are simply about something that you heard or noticed when you were out in the woods. Like the sound of...

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