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March 23, 2023

Posted at 09:48h in Academics, News, Parents by

For the last several years, Thetford Academy's "Getting to Y" (GTY) middle and high school teams have been working to make an impact on the health and well-being of TA's student body. Through the process of analyzing the real data from Vermont's Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), Getting to Y empowers students to take action on the issues that affect their school community the most. This year, Thetford Academy’s middle school GTY team (Jillian Fein, Logan Wells, Tristan Woodward, Eliza Knowlton-Young, MaryAnn Maxfield, and Paul Hesser) was invited to present their work at the 10th annual Vermont Association for Middle...


March 23, 2023

Posted at 08:53h in Arts, News, Parents by

The cast and crew of "A Trip to the Moon." Photo credit: Melissa Thaxton Last weekend, TA's drama program presented "A Trip to the Moon" to an enthusiastic audience in the Martha Jane Rich Theater. The one-act play by Tracy Wells explores the transformative summer of 1969, and "tells the story of people reaching for their dreams … dreams of love, dreams of equality, dreams of the stars." The vignette-style play is set around the time of the moon landing and uses "humor and heart to teach us about who we once were, reflect on who we could be, and remind...


March 15, 2023

Posted at 20:35h in Academics, Counseling, Parents by

At Thetford Academy, we are proud of the academic content that we offer students in all of our classes. At the same time, we recognize that students are also learning skills in school that transcend single-subject information - skills like communication, problem solving, and critical thinking that they use in many facets of their life, within the classroom and beyond. In the 2021-2022 school year, we launched Thetford Academy’s 5 Transferable Skills to create a framework for students to reflect on these real-life skills over their middle/high school years. In our advisory program and in their classes, students have been...


March 13, 2023

Posted at 11:01h in Alumni News, News by

Last month, the Thetford Academy Alumni Association (TAAA) met to finalize their annual contribution back to Thetford Academy. Over the course of the year, TAAA's alumni volunteers hard to raise money for TA: they provide food vending at the Woods Trail Run and the Vermont State Championship cross country event, host the annual Holiday Craft Bazaar, and light a "Memory Tree" in honor of alumni lost, among other fundraising efforts. Their goal, as alumni, is to enrich the educational experience of current TA students, both in the classroom and through extracurricular opportunities. In 2023, TAAA's grant supported a wide range of...


March 13, 2023

Posted at 09:44h in Academics, News, Parents by

On Thursday, March 9, junior Mary Bosco competed in Vermont's Poetry Out Loud semi-final event at the Barre Opera House. Poetry Out Loud, created by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation, engages students in the exploration, memorization, and recitation of great poetry, building confidence and public speaking skills along the way. Thousands of Vermont students participate in Poetry Out Loud each year, starting in the classroom, moving to the school level, the state level - and for top competitors, culminating on a national stage. Mary's recitation of "Fairy Tale with Laryngitis and Resignation Letter" by Jehanne...

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