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March 1, 2022

Posted at 13:46h in Academics, News, Parents by

After the last bell signaled the end of the school day and the beginning of February break, TA’s campus cleared out quickly, leaving only one group of students behind. In the robotics classroom, TA’s team 4886 was hard at work preparing for the next day’s VT/NH VEX Robotics State Championship. The event, held on Saturday, February 19, at Manchester Community College in NH, was a qualifying event for the VEX Robotics World Championships. TA brought six robots, 13 students, and two coaches to the event. They were the only school from Vermont competing. with many of the 37 teams from schools...


February 26, 2022

Posted at 12:00h in Head of School, News by

Thetford Academy's board president and head of school presented to the citizens of Thetford as part of the annual town meeting proceedings on Saturday, February 26, along with their Thetford Elementary School and Thetford Town School Board colleagues. The Town of Thetford held its meeting online again this year due to Covid precautions. Voting will take place by Australian ballot on Tuesday, March 1 at the Thetford Town Hall from 8:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. Board President Donna Steinberg and Head of School Carrie Brennan shared the following slides as a framework for their presentation on Saturday: Link to slideshow. Thetford Town School District's...


February 17, 2022

Posted at 14:58h in Academics, Arts, News, Parents by

Over the last thirteen years, Thetford Academy's Poetry Out Loud competition has become TA tradition. Poetry Out Loud is a recitation contest created by the National Endowment of the Arts and the Poetry Foundation, and administered with the State Arts Agencies of all 50 states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. TA's event on Wednesday featured six student contestants: Finn Liland '24, Gretta Koppers '22, Grace Solsaa '24, Annie Hesser '24, Sebastian LaBonte-Flye '24, and Mary Bosco '24. Sophomore Leo Downey started off the program reading a poem "for calibration," and English teacher Emily Silver...


February 17, 2022

Posted at 11:20h in Health Office, Parents by

This health office update was originally sent to families on February 17, 2022 Current cases TA had one new Covid case this week, presumptive contacts are in the 8th grade. Upcoming plans related to the Covid pandemic: The Agency of Education and the Vermont Department of Health are moving schools and the general public toward understanding that Covid will become endemic, like the common cold or the flu. Thetford Academy will move forward carefully as we move into that phase.   Changes in our Covid mitigation strategies:  MASKS: At TA, our plan is to maintain required masking when we return from break and reassess as we go into...


February 15, 2022

Posted at 17:24h in Alumni News, Alumni Profile, News by

Photo of "Baby Bites" production provided by Molly Longwell. After graduating from TA in 2011, Molly Longwell was excited to “bust out of Vermont” and dive headlong into urban life. She attended American University in the heart of D.C. before heading to Boston and, in 2017, finding her home in NYC. This spring, Molly will return to Thetford to produce her second short film “Bad Mother” (the first was “Baby Bites,” written by Molly and directed by Nabil Elbehri in 2019), a story that features the small town life and vast Vermont landscapes she left behind. “Bad Mother” is, on its...

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