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November 17, 2025

Posted at 17:39h in Academics, News, Parents, Student Life by

I’ll be honest: I didn’t start a debate team at TA because I loved debate. I used to think debate was a competition where winning mattered more than reaching thoughtful conclusions, and rewarded people who could think quickly, not deeply. I worried that students would learn clever tricks to win rounds rather than how to navigate complex problems in the real world.  But becoming a coach completely changed my perspective. Watching our debaters last Saturday at Burr and Burton Academy– our first tournament of our third season–  I got to see firsthand how debate teaches students to listen carefully, research deeply,...


November 14, 2025

Posted at 16:10h in Academics, Arts, Head of School, News, Parents by

Dear TA Families, The Martha Jane Rich Theater is an amazing resource for our school. We use it in lots of ways and love getting students into the theater for a variety of meetings, experiences, and classes. We especially love getting students out of the audience seats and onto the stage! Fall Play Coming up on November 21-23 is our big fall production for the drama program. This year the Fall Play class is putting on "Puffs", a fun-filled, Harry Potter-inspired performance. The cast and crew (all 38 of them!), along with teacher/director Jeff Seabaugh, are looking forward to hosting audiences on Friday, Saturday,...


November 11, 2025

Posted at 13:56h in Academics, Alumni News, News, Parents, Student Life by

Thetford Academy's Social Studies department recently hosted a Writing Forum focused on real-world applications for writing and the importance of effective written communication in everyday life. The event's four alumni panelists, Nathaniel Cook '06, Nathan Hill '02, Erika Hoffman-Kiess '86, and Lucy Wagner '03, work in different fields, but all agreed that their professional success often depends on their ability to communicate clearly and effectively in writing. The forum's audience included students from all three first-semester required Social Studies courses and represented all high school grades. "The forum gave students a unique opportunity to hear from community members who went...


November 11, 2025

Posted at 13:02h in News, Parents by

This Sunday, November 16 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Chelsea Town Hall in Chelsea, VT, Thetford Academy will make the first stop in its Community Connections series. Sunday's event, hosted by Head of School Carrie Brennan and former Chelsea School educator David Kelman, is a celebration of the strong ties between our school community and the Chelsea-area communities we serve. Join us for an afternoon of community connection, delicious wood-fired pizza from Casey Huling's Tug Mountain Pizza, and a conversation about Thetford Academy's program and future plans (remarks at 2:45 p.m.). This event is free and open to...


November 9, 2025

Posted at 13:17h in Academics, News, Parents, Student Life by

The air at Thetford Academy was electric with the sounds of whirring motors this past weekend as the school hosted its second annual Haunted Harvest Vex Robotics Tournament. The event saw teams from across the region gather for a day of intense competition, but it was the home teams that truly stole the show. Thetford Academy was well-represented, fielding an impressive eight teams—six from the high school and two from the middle school. As the day progressed, the friendly competition grew fiercer, with each match becoming more strategic and hard-fought, leading to a nail-biting conclusion that had spectators on the edge...


November 9, 2025

Posted at 07:17h in Academics, Arts, News, Parents, Student Life by

Thetford Academy’s Performing Arts Department proudly announces its fall theater production of Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic, a fast-paced, funny, and heartwarming reimagining of a familiar magical story—from the perspective of the loyal and often overlooked students known as the Puffs. Written by Matt Cox, Puffs tells the story of Wayne Hopkins, an ordinary boy from New Mexico who discovers he’s a wizard and is sorted into the most loyal—and often least celebrated—house at a certain school of magic. Over seven increasingly chaotic years, Wayne and his friends navigate spells, friendship, heartbreak,...

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