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November 2, 2018

Posted at 15:10h in Parents by

It is time for the Annual Wreath Fundraiser to support the 7th-grade spring trip to New York City! The wreaths are provided by Nichols Farm in Lyme, NH. Once again, they have been very generous with their efforts to help us with fundraising and their wreaths are beautiful: 24 inches in diameter, handmade, double-sided fresh balsam. Plain wreaths are $13.50. Decorated wreaths (cones and berries) with burgundy bows are $19.00. Order from any 7th-grade student or if you email Melissa Thaxton at [email protected] and she can direct a student to you. Deadline for orders is Friday, Nov. 16. Wreaths will be...


November 2, 2018

Posted at 11:44h in Academics, Arts, News, Parents by

Thetford Academy’s fall play, Almost, Maine, will be presented on Thursday, Nov. 15; Friday, Nov. 16; and Saturday, Nov. 17. All shows begin at 7 p.m. Tickets are $5 at the door. Dinner / Theater:  On opening night, Nov. 15, TAPA will host a Lasagna Dinner prior to the play, consisting of Lasagna or Chili (a gluten free alternative), salad, bread or roll, dessert, and drink.  This event will take place at 5:30 p.m. in the TA Café.  There is a suggested donation of $5 per person. “One cold, clear Friday night in the middle of winter [in the remote, mythical town of Almost, Maine] the northern lights...


November 1, 2018

Posted at 16:23h in Alumni News, News, Parents by

The 33rd annual Thetford Academy Alumni Association Holiday Craft Bazaar will take place on Saturday, Nov. 17, at the Vaughan Alumni Gymnasium at Thetford Academy, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Admission is free. Exquisite hand-made items created by craftspersons across New England will be available for purchase. In addition, there will be horse-drawn wagon rides, door prizes, and food available all day, including lunch, which will be served from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m....


November 1, 2018

Posted at 13:59h in Academics, News, Parents by

As part of its Bicentennial Celebration, Thetford Academy is hosting a Speaker Series that will take place from November through April.  The inaugural speaker is Dartmouth College Professor Sonu Bedi, J.D., Ph.D., who will speak on the topic, “Why Rights Are Not the Defining Feature of the U.S. Constitution.”   “We often consider our constitutional rights as central to the U.S. Constitution,” Professor Bedi writes. “We may debate what rights we have or how we should interpret them but the idea that rights are the defining feature of the document is a widely held view. This talk challenges this view. It draws primarily on the...


October 30, 2018

Posted at 07:31h in Athletics, News, Parents by

Text by Charlie Buttrey, image courtesy Linnea Spelman A very young but enthusiastic Thetford Academy middle school cross-country team traveled to the Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe on Sunday Oct.28 to compete with hundreds of other athletes at the Vermont State Middle School Cross-Country Championships. Unlike the varsity meet, where schools are placed in divisions based on student body, all of the schools race against each other at this meet, so TA was racing against some schools several times TA's size.  And despite competing with just one 8th-grader on the roster, the TA girls finished in a very strong 5th place. 8th-grader Emma...


October 26, 2018

Posted at 11:19h in Athletics, News, Parents by

The TA boys and girls cross country teams will compete in the Vermont State Championships on Saturday, Oct. 27, at TA's Dan Grossman Woods Trail.  The races will begin at 10:30 a.m.  TA girls will run at 11:30 a.m. and the Panther boys will compete at 1 p.m.; some TA boys will participate in the Challenge Race at 2:15 p.m. The Thetford girls cross country teams is led by senior captain Anabel Reining.  Her running mate, Eloise Van Meter, is running first for the Panther girls.  Her sophomore classmate Layla Hanissian has run second this season.  The squad is rounded out by newcomers...

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