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November 5, 2022

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

Dear TA Families, Here are some highlights from our Halloween week and updates on what's on the horizon at TA. Congrats, State Champs! The girls cross-country team brought home the big trophy on Saturday, claiming the title of Division III champions for a second year in a row. The boys team earned third in the state. For more details and photos of our home-course race on 11/29, visit  thetfordacademy.org/2022/11/champions-again-ta-girls-win-cross-country-title. Fall Play Performances Coming Up You're invited! Thetford Academy Drama Department presents Peter and the Starcatcher on November 18-19. This swashbuckling, family-friendly play tells the story of how an unhappy orphan becomes Peter Pan and a flamboyant pirate becomes...


November 3, 2022

Posted at 10:05h in Alumni News, News, Parents by

The holiday craft bazaar is back! After a two year pandemic pause, the Thetford Academy Alumni Association will again host its popular holiday craft showcase on Saturday, November 19, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Longtime organizer Jessica Eaton '81, who has successfully managed the community event for years, this year passed the torch to TA alums Tegan and Randy Snelling '14. With Jessica's years of experience and Tegan and Randy's ambition and enthusiasm, the event is looking like it will be another epic gathering of the area's most talented crafters. According to the event description on Facebook, more than...


November 2, 2022

Posted at 16:44h in News, Parents by

TA's Design Technology class teamed up with WindowDressers and the Joint Thetford Energy Committee to help Thetford's Latham Library save energy this winter. WindowDressers, based in Rockland, ME and working throughout New England, "brings community volunteers of all economic and social situations together to improve the warmth and comfort of interior spaces, lower heating costs, and reduce carbon dioxide pollution by producing low-cost insulating window inserts that function as custom, interior-mounted storm windows." The Joint Thetford Energy Committee has worked successfully with WindowDressers for several years to help build these energy-saving window inserts for local residents. This year, Thetford Academy stepped...


November 2, 2022

Posted at 11:17h in Athletics, News by

Another big weekend for the Panthers! On Saturday, TA's varsity boys soccer team (#6) ended their playoff run with a 4-0 loss v. Peoples Academy (#3), closing out a mixed season at 7-7-2. Back in Thetford, TA and an army of volunteers (thank you!) welcomed high school cross country teams from across the state to the VT High School Cross Country Championships. The event, hosted at Thetford Academy since 1991, brings close to 1000 runners each year competing for the state title on the Dan Grossman Woods Trail. This year, TA's boys competed in Division III against 13 Vermont schools....


October 28, 2022

Posted at 17:00h in Academics, Head of School, Parents by

Dear TA Families, One of the many markers this year of an evolving 'return to normal' is an uptick in the number of field trips students are embarking on. Field trips were traditionally an integral component of the environmental studies and outdoor education class and teacher Scott Ellis has brought back a full schedule of them this year. Students in his class visited the Whitman Brook Orchard in Quechee last week to learn about grafting and pruning apple trees, and this week they did trail and clean-up work at a TA-adopted campsite in Haverhill. The high school design tech class traveled...


October 27, 2022

Posted at 10:30h in Academics, DEI, Parents by

Notes from the classroom: Guest post by English teacher Joe Deffner. Whenever we talk about race, I am always looking to bring the conversation to Vermont. I don't want students to think of racism as a problem that exists in other places, but not in Vermont. In The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, the book my students are currently studying, it seems to me that racial profiling plays a role in the traffic stop of Starr's friend, Khalil. It also played a role in the subsequent shooting of Khalil by Officer 115. Some people would dismiss the events of the...

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