DHMC Workforce Readiness Training
March 7, 2019
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center is now accepting applications for its Spring 2019 Workforce Readiness Institute Training Programs. Learn more at www.dhwri.org. ...
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Summer Applications Now Open: 2019 Governor’s Institutes of Vermont
March 7, 2019
Grades 9-11: Applications are online at www.giv.org for the 2019 Governor’s Institutes of Vermont. The Governors Institutes are intensive, week-long educational experiences held during the summer on select Vermont college campuses. GIV is for any 9th – 11th grader with a passion for or particular interest in arts, engineering, current issues and activism, math, science, technology, or entrepreneurship. Students who enjoy GIV tend to have a strong intellectual or artistic curiosity, possess academic skills equal to or above their grade level, and function well in a highly independent learning environment. Application materials are available online at www.giv.org and should be completed by the deadline of March 21. For...
2019 Vermont State Scholastic Chess Championships
March 7, 2019
Calling all chess enthusiasts! All Vermont students in Kindergarten through Grade 12 are eligible to participate in the Vermont State Scholastic Chess Championships. The event will be held at Berlin Elementary School in Berlin, VT on April 6, 2019. Visit http://www.vtchess.info for more information and to register online. ...
TA Students Attend Governor’s Institute of Vermont Winter Weekend
March 5, 2019
Four Thetford Academy students participated in the Governor’s Institute of Vermont’s Winter Weekend Program: Mack Briglin '22, Casey MacVeagh '20, Lily MacVeagh '20, and Emi Vaughan '21. "The experience was overall really fun and it was cool to meet intellectually curious students from all across Vermont," said Casey MacVeagh. The Governor’s Institutes of Vermont provides accelerated learning residencies on college campuses for highly-motivated young Vermonters. "Each Institute is unique, built around a single focus area. But they all share certain similarities: they’re all residential, so you live on a college campus and have access to all the resources the college ...
Panther Girls Head to Barre Auditorium for Semifinals
March 3, 2019
The No. 2 seed TA varsity girls basketball team soundly defeated a talented White River Valley High School team on Friday, March 1, to win the VPA Division III quarterfinals. While the final score of 64-32 points to a decisive Panther victory, White River Valley, a young team with only one senior, played a strong first half and continued to fight hard through the fourth quarter. The TA girls, now 18-2 for the season, will go to the Barre Auditorium on Thursday, March 7, to face No. 3 seed Windsor in the D-III semifinals, in a rematch of last year's state...
Eloise Silver Van Meter to Represent TA in State Poetry Out Loud Contest
March 3, 2019
Sophomore Eloise Silver Van Meter's recitation of “Zacuanpopalotls” by Brenda Cárdenas came in first place in TA’s Poetry Out Loud Contest on Feb. 12. The runner up was William Bosco, who presented “Analysis of Baseball” by May Swenson. Eloise recited “Zacuanpopalotls” in front of the student body on Feb. 27 during Assembly (see above photo), dramatizing the poem with energy, pacing it deliberately, and perfectly pronouncing a number of lines in Spanish. She will recite at the Poetry Out Loud Vermont semifinals at the Barre Opera House on March 7, along with 30 other school winners. ...