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May 19, 2018

Posted at 11:26h in News, Parents by

Week of May 21: Monday, May 21:  Late-Arrival-Schedule.  School begins at 9:40 a.m. Thursday, May 24:  Arts Night.  Culinary arts sampling and visual arts display viewing, 5:30 p.m., Anderson Hall.  Choral and Instrumental Concert, 6:30 p.m., Martha Jane Rich Theater. Friday, May 25: Field Day: Grades 7-11:  Shortened day of classes from 8:10 a.m. to 12:10 p.m.  Field day festivities begin at 12:10 p.m., with dismissal at 2:55 p.m. Senior Day:  Grade 12:  Seniors meet in the café promptly at 9 a.m. for end-of-year preparation. Senior Prom, 6:30 p.m. Dartmouth Skiway Monday, May 28:  Memorial Day:  No school Looking Ahead: Week of...


May 18, 2018

Posted at 12:41h in Academics, News by

Wallace "Wally" Roberts is an American Civil Rights Activist who considers some of his most important civil rights work to be his time as the Freedom School Coordinator for Freedom Summer in Shaw, Mississippi in 1968. The goals of the Freedom Schools were to educate white students about black history and the current civil rights movement, particularly in the South, and to recruit students to the Freedom Movement. The students of Joe Deffner's Literature of the Civil Rights Movement class were fortunate enough to have the opportunity to meet Mr. Roberts on May 16 and hear about his historic experience during Freedom...


May 18, 2018

Posted at 09:20h in Arts, News by

Thetford Academy Arts Night - Thursday, May 24, 5:30 p.m. Come enjoy the work of our culinary, design technology, visual and performing arts students. Viewing and sampling will begin at 5:30 p.m. in Anderson Hall. Students from the Foods Around the World class will be serving savory hors d'oeuvres, including spanikopita, sushi, gougeres and more. The work of second semester Visual Arts and Design Technology students from grades 7-12 will be on display in Anderson Hall as well. View drawings, paintings, prints, and sculptural boxes in a range of media, techniques and subjects, along with furniture, bowls, and other wooden items—all created by...


May 12, 2018

Posted at 12:22h in News, Parents by

Week of May 14: Thursday, May 17: Spring Musical, 7 p.m. Martha Jane Rich Theater Friday, May 18: Spring Musical, 7 p.m. Martha Jane Rich Theater Saturday, May 19: Color Run sponsored by Clara Martin Center, 10 a.m. Dan Grossman Woods Trail Spring Musical, 7 p.m. Martha Jane Rich Theater Looking Ahead: Week of May 21: Monday, May 21: Late-Arrival-Schedule, School begins at 9:40 a.m. Thursday, May 24: Arts Night, 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 25: Field Day: Grades 7-11:  Half day of classes from 8:10 a.m. to 12:10 p.m., field day festivities begin at 12:10 p.m., dismissal at 2:55 p.m. Senior...


May 10, 2018

Posted at 16:38h in Arts, News, Parents by

THETFORD ACADEMY PRESENTS Annie MAY 17, 18, 19 All shows at 7 p.m. Thetford Academy’s Musical Theater class proudly presents, Annie, directed by Jenn Langhus and produced by Ray Chapin.  Based on the popular comic strip by Harold Gray, Annie was the winner of seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical.  The beloved book and score by Tony Award winners, Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin, features some of the greatest musical theatre hits ever written, including "Tomorrow,” “Easy Street,” “N.Y.C.” and “You’re Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile.” Little Orphan Annie is determined to find the parents who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of a New York City Orphanage that is run...


May 4, 2018

Posted at 14:20h in Alumni News, News, Parents by

Thetford Academy is excited to announce its first-ever Day of Giving, scheduled for May 9, 2018. Coinciding with TA students' annual participation in Operation Day's Work, TA is working hard to make May 9 the "most generous day at TA." From 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., TA will be using social media to highlight its students, faculty, and programs and to celebrate the impact of philanthropy on campus. Follow TA on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to find out what TA students are doing in the classroom, hear the perspectives of students and faculty--and to make sure you don't miss out on...

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