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TA Class Year shirts are available to purchase for three (3) days only! The store will close at midnight on Sunday, Jan. 21, to ensure that the shirts will arrive by Founders' Day! The baseball style shirts are available for alumni and all current classes at TA! Order yours today! Click here to order. *There must be a minimum of 12 of each class for the order to be filled*...


Week of Jan. 15 Monday, Jan. 15: Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday (no school) Tuesday, Jan. 16: Classes resume; first day of second semester Friday, Jan. 19: First Semester Grade Reports Go Home with Students Friday, Jan. 19: Dance by sophomore class for grades 7-12, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Looking Ahead: Week of Jan. 22 Wednesday, Jan. 24: Admissions Shadow Day Thursday, Jan. 25: Junior College Night for Students and Parents, 6:30 p.m., MJR Theater Athletics: For athletics practices and games/meets, please see the TA Athletics Calendar or consult the TA App. ...


Sophomore Tim Gray has recently completed a map of all the trails around Thetford Academy for the Thetford Outdoor Program, as a special project for TA's new, half-day Environmental Studies and Outdoor Education course. To complete the project, Tim spent many hours in the woods behind Thetford Academy mapping out the many trails in TA's woodlands and neighboring Thetford Hill State Park, which the school manages. He located and walked every trail, while using his GPS to record the precise coordinates of each one. After that, he labeled them and tracked them on an online map. Feel free to take a look...


Week of Jan. 8 Wednesday, Jan. 10: A and C Block Exams, 8:10 a.m. and 10:15 a.m., respectively.  Classes dismiss at 12:10 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 11: B and D Block Exams, 8:10 a.m. and 10:15 a.m., respectively.  Classes dismiss at 12:10 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 11: End of Second Quarter and First Semester Note that if there is a school cancellation before Jan. 11, Friday, Jan. 12, will be a school day, with exams occurring on the final two days of the semester. Thursday, Jan. 11: Board of Trustees Meeting, 7 p.m., TA Library Thursday, Jan. 11, and Friday, Jan. 12: Ten-Minute Play...


Come enjoy some light-hearted drama put on by Ray Chapin’s drama students on Thursday and Friday, Jan. 11 and 12, at 7 p.m. in the Martha Jane Rich Theater, for the 21st annual Ten-Minute Play Festival. The plays being performed are written by a variety of people, from famous playwrights to TA alumni. Tickets will be sold at the door for $5 and students will be able to attend for free!...


On Friday, Jan. 5, Emily Silver’s Creative Writing class presented a sample of the pieces that they have written throughout the semester.  In a special program in the Martha Jane Rich theater, the 15 students presented a wide variety of writing, ranging from long stories to short poems that were a good mix of silly, heartfelt, and personal. The students engaged and entertained the audience with the use of props, music, pictures, and high energy....

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