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October 14, 2022

Posted at 16:28h in Head of School, News, Parents by

Hello & Happy Friday to TA Families, Preparing for the Last Week of the Quarter Next week will be our ninth week of the school year, and Friday 10/21 will mark the end of the 1st quarter. This is an important window of time to check in at home about how your student is doing in their classes, check Web2School together if you haven't done so in a while, visit Google Classroom sites to learn more about projects and assessments this quarter, and help your student set and reach their goals in each of their classes before the quarter comes to a close.  This...


October 13, 2022

Posted at 09:45h in News, Parents by

Thetford Academy will host its annual Admissions Open House for prospective students and families this weekend. Join us on Sunday, October 16th for an opportunity to explore all that TA has to offer, from academics to the arts, extracurricular and athletic opportunities, outdoor education, recreation, and more. Prospective families will meet TA's faculty, staff, and students, tour our beautiful campus, and have time for questions and conversation. The Open House will have two sections, one for prospective middle school students and one for prospective high school students. The middle school event will begin at 1 p.m.; high school at 3...


October 8, 2022

Posted at 08:00h in Academics, Head of School, News, Parents by

Dear TA Families, It was a beautiful week on campus with foliage in full autumn splendor. We wrapped up the week today with an inservice day for teachers - providing much-needed time for TA faculty to take a pause from the daily routine with students in order to come together to connect, collaborate, and catch up. It has been a busy fall, with lots of 'return to normal' activities at school and, at the same time, the lingering challenges of covid and other illness still impacting us. We head into this holiday weekend with seven weeks of school behind us, and it seems like...


October 6, 2022

Posted at 05:59h in Athletics, News, Parents by

On Saturday, Thetford Academy hosted the 31st Woods Trail Run, a truly unique TA event that for many participants, is the most-anticipated cross country event of the season. This year’s meet, led by meet director David McGinn, saw 87 teams and 1700 runners from seven states around New England and was attended by thousands more.  The event, founded by TA parent and former board member Dan Grossman, is well known for many things: great music, great food (shout out to the Thetford Academy Alumni Association), great energy, and great people. Of course, the Woods Trail Run is also known for its...


October 5, 2022

Posted at 11:38h in News, Parents by

Featured photo: TA student Cecilia Luce '24 works on matching students to jobs for Operation Day's Work. One of TA’s long standing traditions, Operation Day’s Work (ODW), was recently featured in the publication Media Voices for Children (TA's piece is pp. 28-33). The quarterly, nonprofit child advocacy magazine, based in Martha's Vineyard, invited ODW student leader Charlotte Reimanis '23 to share her experience with the program in a feature article. In her Media Voices piece, Charlotte opens with what ODW looks like at TA today: “On the morning of May 4, 2022, students arrived at the Thetford Academy campus wearing boots,...


September 30, 2022

Posted at 16:57h in Head of School, News by

Dear TA Families, I spent time this week getting into classrooms and enjoyed seeing students engaged in the many ways learning can look like: creating, researching, practicing, discussing, sharing, listening, performing, writing and collaborating. I invite you to check in with your student this weekend about their experiences. What is a recent learning highlight they want to share? What skills, ideas, projects, and new concepts are sparking their interest? How is Quarter 1 shaping up for them? What do they want to accomplish in the next three weeks of the quarter? October will be a really busy month at TA! Here are a...

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