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April 1, 2022

Posted at 13:36h in News, Outdoor Education, Parents by

The Thetford Outdoor Program has an exciting slate of adventures planned for the summer. This year, the TOP Summer Leadership program includes a variety of new outdoor opportunities alongside favorites from past years. Students can canoe camp on the Connecticut River paddle trail, experience rock-climbing in Rumney, NH, or join the TA Trail Crew. In the new GLOW (Girls, Ladies, or Whoever) hybrid backpacking and canoe trip, open to all students who identify as girls, young ladies, or women always or sometimes, students will develop leadership skills, explore the role of gender in the outdoors, and learn about the natural...


March 25, 2022

Posted at 17:30h in Academics, Head of School, News, Parents by

Dear TA Families, Spring is in the air. Next Friday, April 1, will mark the end of the third quarter. It's that time of year in schools when we are knee-deep in what's happening right now, and also have an eye toward summer, and start to plan for the following year. It can be lots to keep track of - and also lots to be excited about! Thetford Outdoor Program (TOP) Summer Experiences We have a great line up of TOP trips, trail crew, and garden camp available to students again this summer. The offerings build on the success of TOP summer experiences...


March 23, 2022

Posted at 08:48h in Arts, News, Parents by

After a two-year interruption, TA students are returning to the Vermont One Act Play Festival! The Drama Club's two live performances of "The Insanity of Mary Girard," by Lanie Robertson are THIS FRIDAY, March 25 at 7:00 p.m. and again on Wednesday, March 30 at 7:00 p.m. Both performances are open to the public, admission is by donation. After each show, the cast and crew will welcome feedback to help polish their production before heading to the festival. "The Insanity of Mary Girard" is a dramatic re-creation of the real-life story of the wife of the famous Philadelphian philanthropist, Stephen Girard (he personally...


March 22, 2022

Posted at 17:32h in Academics, News, Parents by

This year, TA was one of 19 schools across Vermont registered to bring the national Poetry Out Loud program to their classrooms. The program has been a part of Thetford Academy's English 10 curriculum for the past 13 years, and all TA students are invited and encouraged to compete in the school's annual Poetry Out Loud competition. In February, Mary Bosco '24 was one of those competitors, winning over TA's panel of judges and earning a spot at the statewide competition. The March 14 event, held at the Barre Opera House, featured students from 18 schools across the state. Emceed by...


March 22, 2022

Posted at 13:03h in Academics, News, Parents by

Thetford Academy's middle school "Getting to Y" team is looking for participants who are willing to help find the answers to issues facing youth.  Over the last several months, the middle school team has been working with data from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey to identify areas of concern that exist in the TA community. Using this data-driven approach, the team chose which areas of concern they felt were the most important to address, and have generated initial ideas for potential solutions.  The next step in the process is to gather community input. The Getting to Y middle school team invites...


March 22, 2022

Posted at 12:06h in Arts, News, Parents by

Each year, Thetford Academy's Timber Framing course takes on a new design build challenge. Since the course launched in 2014, the class has designed and constructed four timber-framed dugouts for TA's baseball and softball fields, a picnic pavilion on the upper soccer field, and in a ambitious two-year project - the new Timber Frame Outdoor Classroom. The Spring 2022 Timber Framing students have teamed up with the new school garden program to build a compost facility that would both serve the garden's needs and divert waste from the school's Cafe. In the planning stages, Ehrin Lingeman, TA's school garden coordinator,...

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