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The Thetford Academy Alumni Association (TAAA) recently sent out their fall newsletter with details for their annual Holiday Craft Bazaar and other upcoming events. This year, the Bazaar will be held on Saturday, November 18, 2023 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Thetford Academy. Featuring more than 50 unique vendors and artisans, this event is a great opportunity to get a jump start on your holiday shopping, to buy local, and to support the work of the Alumni Association. TAAA will be accepting donations for their craft table before the event - sales from all donated items (crafts, baked...


Dear TA Families, This week's email is full of dates and details to help with planning as we transition into the month of November. Check out the events below and find the ones that match your needs and interests. There is something for everyone! Spirit Week at TA: October 30-November 3. Sponsored by Student Council and the Student Life Committee, our fall spirit week coincides with Halloween week. Check out the attached flyer for the details of each day. Our assembly moves to Tuesday next week so students can show off their costumes. (Please remember that Halloween costumes and outfits for the dress-up themes on the...


The TA community is excited to welcome three new international students to campus this year, two cultural exchange students from Guatemala and one French student joining the 8th grade for two weeks over his school break. To celebrate their arrival, TA's student-led International Club teamed up with Ms. Gernhard’s Foods Around the World class to host a Guatemalan-themed popcorn and champurradas party on the quad, and the entire student body gave the new students a round of applause at our recent school-wide assembly.  Yann-Yléïs Baudouin, 13, comes to Thetford Academy from Liège, Belgium where he attends a bilingual French/English school. He...


Illnesses There are 3 other viruses besides Covid going around at school: There is a head cold with sore throat/congestion/cough  Another virus with symptoms of headache and sometimes dizziness, fever or nausea We are seeing less of the stomach bug :) If your student is sick please have them stay home. We have 5 individuals out with Covid this week. If you need a Covid test kit please come to the office. Protocol for return after Covid is here: Thetford Academy Health Office/COVID page Free Covid Test KitsNow available through the US Postal service link to Covid test kit order form. For Covid boosters, call the Kinney Drugstore in Bradford. Orford Masons' Rummage Sale Excellent bedding,...


Despite the challenging weather this summer, we have had a great garden season here at TA. We've been excited to engage both students and community members in the garden's growing season, with activities from 7th graders harvesting our “Three Sisters” patch to the Board of Trustees designing and planting a perennial bed during their annual retreat. In the last two months alone, TA has harvested approximately 500 lbs. of produce that we've shared with our culinary arts program, the Panther Café, and the Thetford Food Shelf. Now, it is time to tuck the TA garden in for the 2023 season...


Have you heard about the new disc golf course being built on TA's South Campus? We are excited to share updates about this project and invite anyone who would like to get involved to join us in creating this new resource for our students and community. Community Collaboration So far, several students, classes and community members have contributed to the development of new disc golf course on TA’s south campus: Junior Connor Gaine is doing a challenge course to support building the course.  To assist with building the tee pad forms, Jen Pratt's math class calculated the mean, median, and mode lengths of students'...

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