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October 24, 2024

Posted at 13:18h in Health Office by

No fall dental van • The Ronald McDonald dental van will unfortunately not be coming to Thetford Academy this fall due to staffing shortages. I'm working with the Vermont Department of Health on other possibilities and let you know if we come up with another solution.  Dentists that take Dr. Dynasaur:  • Archer Dentist in Norwich 802-649-2630  • Just Kids in Norwich 802-649-5210  • White River Dentist 802-295-2458 • St. Johnsbury Dental Associates 802-748-9357. Please call Nurse Ellen if you need help.    • If you missed the flu clinic and would still like your student to receive a flu shot your student can get an appointment for a flu shot...


October 21, 2024

Posted at 15:02h in Academics, News by

Congratulations to Piper Leibon! Piper is the TA recipient of the University of Vermont’s Green and Gold Scholars Award for the Class of 2025.  The Green and Gold scholarship provides full in-state tuition to UVM for four years and is awarded to the most academically talented rising high school senior in every eligible Vermont secondary school. Green and Gold awardees are also invited to enroll in the University’s prestigious Honors College. The University of Vermont started the Green and Gold scholarship program in 2001. The selection process is a very competitive one and takes place at the end of the junior year....


October 21, 2024

Posted at 08:35h in Athletics, News, Student Life by

On a bluebird day, at the league championship this past Friday in Bellows Falls, the TA cross country team accorded itself impressively well. Eighth grader Peter Horan beat 41 other runners to emerge victorious in a time of 10:44 in the middle school boys' race. While the Thetford boys did not have enough runners to score as a team, it was a strong showing by Peter against a strong field.  On the girls' side, eighth graders Emmeline Saint-Fleur and Meredith Sloop finished fourth and sixth respectively to lead the girls' team to a league championship! Also scoring for Thetford were Molly Cushman,...


October 18, 2024

Posted at 16:55h in Academics, Head of School, Parents by

Dear TA Families, Quarter 1 Homestretch Next Friday, October 25, is the last day of 1st quarter. This is an important time for students to take stock of their progress in their classes thus far, revise work they want to improve upon, and prepare for final assessments and assignments due next week. In a recent weekly email (Sept. 27), I encouraged families to review grades in Alma together, and I want to circle back with that encouragement again. The gradebook is rich with information, listing assignments, due dates, grades and performance levels. There are symbols we use in all classes that can provide guidance, such as...


October 18, 2024

Posted at 13:20h in Health Office by

Health Update October 18th, 2024 • If you missed the flu clinic and would still like your student to receive a flu shot your student can get an appointment for a flu shot at Upper Valley Pediatrics. Illnesses PNEUMONIA • Pneumonia is still circulating, TA had another case this week, - if your student has a cough and a fever please call their pediatrician. HEAD COLD • There is a head cold going around with a lot of congestion & a cough. Rest & fluids help. COVID • No new cases of Covid this week. • Students can return after 24 hours if they are fever free & feeling better. • Test kits...


October 17, 2024

Posted at 10:40h in Uncategorized by

Thetford Academy's half-day environmental studies and outdoor education course attracts students who want to take their learning beyond the classroom. The course, which meets for two full blocks each afternoon, is taught almost entirely outdoors. Utilizing TA's 295-acre campus and the adjacent Thetford Hill State Forest, students learn by doing - and by reading and writing about the natural world. Rachel Carson, one of the environmentalist movement's most influential writers, wrote her book "A Sense of Wonder" more than three decades ago. Today, Carson's words still resonate: "Wonder springs from the simplicity to admire what it discovers, whether the beautiful, the...

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