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October 19, 2018

Posted at 11:30h in Academics, News, Parents by

Scott Ellis, coordinator of the Thetford Outdoor Program (TOP), was recognized by the Society of Health and Physical Educators of Vermont (SHAPE Vermont) with the Physical Activity Leadership Award during a ceremony Oct. 19 in Killington. The state-wide award recognizes outstanding individuals who actively promote lifelong health and physical activity. Ellis, who teaches Thetford Academy's half-day outdoor and environmental education course and leads TOP's monthly student adventure trips, has made it his mission at Thetford Academy to engage TA students in active, outdoor experiences. Scott, wife Jenny, and daughter Magnolia, during award ceremony in Killington, VT, on Oct. 19 SHAPE Vermont Past President...


October 18, 2018

Posted at 15:28h in Athletics, News, Parents by

It was a dark and stormy afternoon. Seriously. It was bitter cold. It rained.  It hailed. It sleeted. The field was muddy. The ball stuck in the mucky grass whenever it landed. So did some athletes' shoes! The occasion was the Wednesday, Oct. 17, boys varsity soccer team's Senior Game - their final home game of the season - a fiercely-fought contest against VPA Division I North Country. Our Panther seniors, honored in a ceremony preceding the game - Carter Blain, William Bosco, Seth Boyce, William Bugg, Jake Colby, Aiden Cudhea, Tait Linehan, Ethan Steingas -  played their hearts out, along with their tireless teammates. At the...


October 16, 2018

Posted at 09:26h in Academics, Parents by

Thetford Academy junior Shelby Varley is one of sixteen Vermont students selected to serve on the Youth Advisory Council, a partnership of the Vermont Family Network, the Vermont Agency of Education, Vermont Center for Independent Living, Vermont Division of Blind and Visually Impaired, Vermont Department of Labor, Vermont Federation of Families, and Green Mountain Self Advocates and Youth Advocates. The newly-formed Youth Advisory Council (YAC) provides a forum for Vermont youth to come together to discuss a wide range of issues impacting the region's students and to develop and advocate for solutions. The Council is a unique opportunity for youth to...


October 15, 2018

Posted at 12:03h in Alumni News, News by

By Charlie Buttrey We made history!! As part of Thetford Academy's year-long bicentennial celebration, close to 70 runners and walkers were at the starting line when the blast of an 1820's-style muzzle loader shattered the morning stillness and sent them on their way to compete in the Asa Burton Bicentennial Blitz 5K race. This was a race with a twist. As the competitors traversed the Daniel Grossman Woods Trail on the TA campus, they passed more than two dozen signs containing various TA-related historical facts. After they finished, the runners were then quizzed on their retention of the facts, and their final times...


October 14, 2018

Posted at 10:54h in Academics, News by

Are you fascinated by elaborate mating rituals?  Or anxious to learn the art of “hunting by thumping”? Perhaps you just want to know why a sun-worshipping creature chooses to spend much of its life under water. Or why a species once quite common throughout New England, is now scarce and endangered. Whatever your questions and concerns, you won’t want to miss the informational meeting about Wood Turtles, coming soon *(Wednesday, Oct. 24, at 7 p.m.) to a theater near you (Martha Rich Theater, Thetford Academy). At this presentation, Kiley Vincent Briggs, a Turtle Conservation Coordinator with The Orianne Society (www.orianesociety.org) will enlighten us about a Wood Turtle research and conservation...

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