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February 9, 2023

Posted at 08:30h in Academics, News, Parents by

Last week, Thetford Academy students were invited to take on the "Impact App Challenge." The Challenge, launched in collaboration with the Impactree Foundation, is designed to inspire TA students to identify a key environmental or social problem they see and experience – and to try to solve it through technology. Impactree founder Ken Kurtzig is interested in student ideas that could help solve an environmental, social justice, or racial justice problem; a gender equity, LGBTQ+, or mental health problem – any problem that could be solved to make the world a better place. Students might develop an idea to solve...


February 2, 2023

Posted at 09:08h in Alumni News, Alumni Profile, Athletics, News, Parents by

Ten years ago, Morgan Gaffney ‘20 was a 10 year-old spectator near the Boston Marathon finish line. She was there to cheer on her mom Renee, who was running that day with her longtime team. The event turned traumatic for Morgan when the race was disrupted by the Boston Marathon bombing, an act of domestic terrorism that killed three people and injured hundreds of others. “It was a long time before [Morgan] was comfortable in crowds again or could even talk about the bombing,” Renee says, “the experience was very difficult for her.” This April, 10 years after the bombing, Morgan will...


February 2, 2023

Posted at 08:37h in DEI, News, Parents by

On Friday, February 10, 2023, Thetford Academy’s Student Alliance for Racial Justice (SARJ) student group will host a premiere of the PBS film "Driving While Black." "Chronicling the riveting history and personal experiences – at once liberating and challenging, harrowing and inspiring, deeply revealing and profoundly transforming – of African Americans on the road from the advent of the automobile through the seismic changes of the 1960s and beyond – "Driving While Black" explores the deep background of a recent phrase rooted in realities that have been an indelible part of the African American experience for hundreds of years – told...


February 1, 2023

Posted at 11:32h in Athletics, News, Parents by

Regular season is wrapping up for the Panthers, and both the girls and the boys basketball teams are maintaining strong season records. The girls basketball team is currently ranked 3rd in the VPA's Division III (10-4). Last Tuesday, the Panthers fell to Windsor (56-42) for the second time this season, breaking an eight game streak of wins. On Saturday, they made a comeback in a home game vs. Lyndon (53-38), before falling to Div. II Spaulding this week (44-32). The girls will host Oxbow this Thursday, Feb. 2 at the annual cancer awareness game, with all proceeds benefiting the Dartmouth...

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