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Immunizations I am reviewing immunizations this month. If you usually exempt your child please use this form. Please complete it and return it to the health office by November 20th. Thank you to those of you who've sent those in. No  Ronald McDonald Dental Van this fall: • The dental van will unfortunately not be coming to Thetford Academy this fall due to staffing shortages. Kate Dalpra, RN, TES & I are working with HealthHub, another school dental program to come up with a solution.  Area dentists that take Dr. Dynasaur:  • Archer Dentist in Norwich 802-649-2630  • Just Kids in Norwich 802-649-5210  • White River Dentist 802-295-2458 • St. Johnsbury Dental Associates 802-748-9357. • Upper Valley...


On Saturday, November 9th, Brady Sloop and Ava Hayden represented Thetford Academy at the 89th Annual New England Interscholastic Cross Country Championships.  Brady and Ava qualified for this event by finishing in the top 25 (across all divisions) at the Vermont State Championships held at Thetford Academy on October 26th. Following the state meet, Brady and Ava spent the next two weeks continuing their training. Their training included both primary workouts and maintenance runs, but with the regular season now over for the rest of their teammates, they only had each other for company. The New England Championships rotate between the participating states...


Dear TA Families, Next week, at long last, the bridge connecting Thetford, VT and Lyme, NH will reopen. While only 18 months in duration, the project took place over the course of three school years, starting in the spring semester of 2022-23 and ending in the fall semester of 2024-25. What a relief for our Lyme students and families - and some of our TA staff - whose daily commute to and from Thetford Academy tripled in length. One TA parent from Lyme posted a reflection on the town listserv about the silver lining experience of finding new routes, patience, and discoveries...


Clothing Swap at Thetford Elementary School Saturday, Nov. 9th from 9AM to 1PM Immunizations I am reviewing immunizations this month. If you usually exempt your child please use this form. Please complete it and return it to the health office by November 14th. No  Ronald McDonald Dental Van this fall: • The dental van will unfortunately not be coming to Thetford Academy this fall due to staffing shortages. Kate Dalpra, RN, TES & I are working with HealthHub, another school dental program to come up with a solution.  Area dentists that take Dr. Dynasaur:  • Archer Dentist in Norwich 802-649-2630  • Just Kids in Norwich 802-649-5210  • White River Dentist 802-295-2458 • St. Johnsbury Dental Associates...


On Saturday Nov 2, 2024, 32 robot teams from Vermont and New Hampshire converged on Vaughn Alumni Gymnasium at Thetford Academy for the first annual Haunted Harvest Robotics Tournament. It was the first time TA had hosted a tournament in over ten years, and due to the outstanding planning team led by Catherine Kutter and Karen MacPhee, it went off without a hitch. After opening remarks by Head of School Carrie Brennan and a performance of the Star Spangled Banner from Ava Hayden '25, parent and faculty member Casey Huling '92 took over as emcee. Throughout the morning and into the afternoon,...


Sonya Sotomayor, Oprah Winfrey, Brad Pitt, Weird Al Yankovic, and Zac Efron. What do these notable people all have in common? They joined their high school speech and debate teams! And just like those notable personalities, eighteen intrepid TA students have joined TA's speech and debate team for our second season.  The high school competes in a form of debate called Public Forum, a highly structured form of debate which pits teams of two against each other on topics pulled from the headlines in front of a citizen judge. November’s topic is a timely and tough one: The United States should...

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