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October 26, 2023

Posted at 13:36h in Academics, News, Parents by

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...


October 25, 2023

Posted at 13:46h in News, Outdoor Education, Parents by

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...


October 25, 2023

Posted at 10:13h in Academics, News, Outdoor Education by

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'...


October 21, 2023

Posted at 09:10h in Academics, Counseling, Head of School, News, Parents by

Dear TA Families, Activities on Oct. 20 We used our special schedule (see slide 3 for details) yesterday to create time for a couple of important seasonal activities in advisory - one more focused and studious and the other more fun and festive. Students spent part of the morning working on developing their TA portfolios. This looked a little different for each grade level, so check in with your student about the focus of their portfolio progress. After that, advisories turned on their creative and collaborative powers (and competitive spirits!) to decorate their doors for the Halloween Decorating contest - for Founders' Day points,...


October 19, 2023

Posted at 13:49h in Arts, News, Parents by

Thetford Academy's Advanced Art students recently completed portraits of children living in orphanages in Columbia. These portraits were made for the Memory Project, a nonprofit that aims to "create a kinder world through art." Founded by Ben Schumaker in 2004, the Memory Project began with Shumaker's passion for connecting youth around the world through art "to help build cultural understanding and international kindness." At TA, participating in the Memory Project is an integral part of the Advanced Art curriculum, demonstrating the powerful connections that art can create. The Memory Project's first intention, according to Schumaker, was to provide handmade, heartfelt portraits...


October 19, 2023

Posted at 10:29h in Arts, News, Parents by

What does it take to make a high school musical theater performance come to life? A newly released documentary collaboration between TA and Junction Arts Media (JAM), aims to shed light on the process. This spring, Thetford Academy partnered with Jordyn Fitch, Junction Arts Media’s (JAM) community relations producer, to document the making of the musical Godspell. From lighting to costumes, choreography to set design, Fitch and TA’s Spring Musical class set out to give the world a behind the scenes look at the creative and technical work involved in the show’s production.  Fitch’s time with TA was funded by an Artists...

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