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Guest post by Getting to Y team member Margaret Smallwood '24 – TA students on the 'Getting to Y' team facilitated a Community Dialogue on March 21, with parents, peers, and siblings in attendance. Getting to Y is a leadership club focused on public health data, issues, and solutions. Team members focus on data in the biennial Youth Risk Behavior Survey, administered nationally, and bring meaning the data, identify strengths and concerns for their local community, and work on solutions to improve quality of life for their peers. The community dialogue on March 21 was one of a series of events...


Thetford Academy's high school debate team had an exciting day at the Vermont State Tournament on Sunday. The event, briefly delayed due to the region's spring snowstorm, was hosted at St. Michael's College in Burlington, VT and featured seven different schools from across the region. The delay was just the first wrench thrown by the weather - another came on Sunday morning, when one of the team's senior members was stymied by slippery road conditions. With team member Finn Liland out for the day, TA had to manage without "his oratory skills and good humor," and find a way to be...


Dear TA Families, What can we say about March in Vermont? It's nothing if not unpredictable! I'm sending out a shorter message to our community today, highlighting a few weather-related schedule changes and other upcoming calendar reminders. Event updates: The One Act Regional Festival, taking place at Thetford Academy, has been rescheduled for tomorrow, Sunday, March 24. (Link here to read about the TA team's performance and purchase tickets.) The Debate State Tournament, taking place at St. Michael's College in Colchester, has also been postponed until tomorrow. The 2nd in our series of Indigenous Land Acknowledgment Community Conversations, originally scheduled for March 24, has been postponed until Thursday,...


**UPDATE: Due to the upcoming winter storm, this event has been rescheduled to Thursday, March 28, 2024 from 3:30-5pm.**Next week, Thetford Academy will host the second of three "community conversations" on the topic of indigenous land acknowledgment. We are excited to welcome Nathan Pero, Thetford resident and Chief of the Koasek band of Abenaki, who will lead the conversation and Q&A session. Attendees will learn about the ongoing conversation about land acknowledgment and fostering constructive connections with the Abenaki community and explore actionable strategies for enhancing awareness of Abenaki history, culture, and contemporary challenges among our community members, students, educators,...


Mark your calendars for fun, family friendly event hosted by Maple Leaf Children's Center at Thetford Academy! On Sunday, May 19, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Maple Leaf will host 5K and Kids Field Day on the Dan Grossman Woods Trail and Thetford Academy athletic fields. With a food truck, a raffle, fun kids activities, and a 5K, the event will have something for everyone. All proceeds will support the nonprofit Maple Leaf Children's Center, an important resource in our community. To register, sign up at runsignup.com/Race/VT/ThetfordCenter/TakeToTheTrails or contact Anya Gendal for more information. We hope to...


Dear TA Families, Re-Cap: Half-Day on Friday As I described in my message earlier this week, there are times in the school year when we need to 'take care of business' beyond the normal routine of classes, and that was our approach today. We designed the morning to create time for a range of activities as a school community - in our small group advisories, as a whole school of 300+, and with our grade-level classmates. Today's special schedule included: A showcase arts assembly - that wowed the audience! - featuring Poetry Out Loud recitations, scenes from the one act play Wind in the Door, and a...

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