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October 7, 2023

Posted at 08:30h in Athletics, Head of School, News, Parents by

Dear TA Families, The Value of Adult Learning To do our best work with students, educators need occasional time in our professional schedule without students. The annual fall inservice in early October is an important milestone for teachers, support staff, and administrators. The pause in the normal routine of teaching classes and running school allows us to do deeper collaborative planning, share strategies and resources, and help each other get better at what we do. We had a really full agenda on Friday and are grateful for the professional development time together. In addition to the inservice last week, a smaller group of teachers participated in a special ropes course training on...


October 5, 2023

Posted at 08:39h in Athletics, News, Parents by

After having their first meet at Bellows Falls cancelled due to heat, the Cross-Country Team opened the season with a home meet on September 12th. With six complete teams, the boys finished second with a score of 45 to Burr and Burton's 44. Brady Sloop led the way for the Panthers. It doesn't get much closer than that. On the girls side, there were seven complete teams. TA's girls landed in third out of seven complete teams, with Ava Hayden leading all Panther harriers. The team would next race at the Manchester Invitational on Saturday, September 23rd. With fast competition, including some of...


October 4, 2023

Posted at 19:49h in Athletics, News, Parents by

Photo credit: Renee BrownAfter an exciting four-game winning streak to start the season, TA's varsity boys have struggled to maintain momentum on the field. The last few weeks have challenged the Panthers as they clocked four consecutive losses, balancing their season record to 4-4. While facing some of Vermont's best teams, though, the Panthers' determination and hard work shined through - there were no easy wins for our opponents. On Friday, the Panthers went toe to toe with the Montpelier Solons in the first half before the Solons' came back to score three goals in the second. Earlier games vs....


October 2, 2023

Posted at 14:54h in News, Outdoor Education, Parents by

This year, Thetford Academy's Middle School Outdoor Leadership students are the stewards of all things compost. With tons of composting knowledge under their belts from composting with Cat Buxton at Thetford Elementary School (TES), students were ready to hit the ground running. Each Friday, students collect full buckets of food scraps from five locations across campus. They weigh the collected material and record data points like consistency and ingredients and note if there are excessive amounts of any one particular food. They then take the buckets to the timber-framed compost facility, built by TA's Timber Framing class in 2022. There, it’s...


September 30, 2023

Posted at 09:00h in Academics, Head of School, News, Parents by

Dear TA Families, As September comes to a close, we mark the midway point of Quarter 1. It's hard to believe, but students have been in school for a little over four weeks already! Quarter 1 Check-In Mid-quarter is a good time to check in with the TA student(s) in your family about how school is going. They should be well versed in the routines and expectations of their classes and making progress with the concepts and skills of the first units of study. Ask students what they've been learning, exploring, and accomplishing. What has piqued their interest the most thus far? What have...


September 27, 2023

Posted at 19:14h in Athletics, Parents by

On Saturday, October 7, Thetford Academy will host the 32nd Woods Trail Run, a truly unique TA event that for many participants and spectators, is the most-anticipated cross country event of the season. The event, founded by TA parent and former board member Dan Grossman, is well known for many things: great music, great food (shout out to the Thetford Academy Alumni Association), great energy, and great people. Of course, the Woods Trail Run is also known for its difficult 5K course, the Dan Grossman Woods Trail, designed by former Olympic biathlete John Morton. The course winds through TA’s forested...

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