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Celebrate the natural world and our place in it by watching a lively selection of award winning films from the acclaimed Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival. This event is the premier nature film competition celebrating the world’s best science, conservation, wildlife films. This matinee festival will feature hand-picked, beautifully crafted short andmedium length films which inspire wonder, catalyze change, and broadenhorizons.The schedule of films and brief descriptions can be found on town bulletinboards and Listservs.  WHEN: Sunday, March 10th, 3 - 5:15 - ish p.m.(including a 10-15 minute intermission with snacks)WHERE: Thetford Academy - Martha J. Rich TheaterAdmission Free     -    All ages...


Thetford Academy students have started preparing for this year's Operation Day's Work, scheduled for May 8, 2019. On "ODW Day", TA students don't go to school, but instead spend the school day doing a variety of jobs in their local community. All of the money they earn at work is then donated to a nongovernmental organization that serves youth in need. This year, ODW students will be working to benefit the Kenyan Schoolhouse Project. The Project is dedicated to making secondary education accessible to Kenyan children. Its students are former child laborers, young girls escaping early marriage, female genital mutilation...


February’s Student of the Month is one of TA’s friendliest juniors. If he arrives early to A-block, he sets out the chairs for his classmates, and when he sees them, he almost always greets them with “How are you doing today, Lexi. . .or Gavin. . .or Bethany?” Later, he’ll ask individuals, “So how’s your day going?” In the afternoon, he attends River Bend Career and Technical Center, where teacher Elizabeth Towle reports that this young man “has been a fabulous addition” to their Student Council. As at TA, he is eager to be of assistance, and has volunteered to run the school store during...


Vermont Governor Phil Scott, Attorney General TJ Donovan also speak Three hundred students listened intently during a special assembly program on Tuesday, Feb. 26, as former New Hampshire Chief Justice John Broderick addressed Thetford Academy students on the topic of mental illness. Special guests for the presentation included Vermont Governor Phil Scott and Attorney General TJ Donovan, both of whom spoke briefly following the judge's remarks. Also present were Dan French, Vermont Secretary of the Agency of Education; Al Gobeille, Secretary of the Agency of Human Services; Sarah Squirrell, Mental Health Commissioner; and Susanne Young, Vermont Administration Secretary. Judge Broderick, who has...


Hartford Area Career and Technology Center is welcoming current and prospective students and their families, community members, business partners, and others to visit the Center on March 5. This community event will showcase HACTC faculty, students, and programs, and feature student presentations, refreshments prepared by HACTC Culinary Arts students, and a robotics demonstration by FIRST Robotics Team 95. ...


The Champlain College Young Writers' Conference is coming up! "If you are an emerging writer; if you've dreamed of studying the craft with celebrated authors; if you've longed to meet others who share your passion for story, drama, and song; this conference is for you." Application deadline is March 8, 2019 - interested students should sign up today at champlain.edu/write. ...

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