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November 15, 2021

Posted at 04:13h in Academics, News, Outdoor Education, Parents by

TA was excited to welcome Nando from Moon and Stars Arepas to campus last month to teach Spanish 1a, 1b, and Spanish 2 students how to make squash-filled empanadas using ingredients grown at TA. A collaboration between TA's world language program and the school garden, the event was part of the school's celebration of Hispanic Heritage month. For the masa (dough), the classes used the corn grown and dried on campus. The filling was blue hubbard squash, an heirloom plant also grown and cured in the school garden. Nando, Erhin Lingeman (school garden coordinator), and Leah Boch (Spanish faculty and...


November 12, 2021

Posted at 17:00h in Head of School, News by

Dear TA Families, Here are some of the news highlights from Thetford Academy for November 12.  Program Spotlights - Upcoming Competitions & Performances: The New England Cross Country Championships take place at TA tomorrow. Best of luck to junior Madelyn Durkee, who will be representing TA in this incredibly competitive field! Read more about the event here.Tomorrow TA Robotics is on the road again, this time traveling to Pinkerton Academy in NH. The TA club has six robot teams competing. Best of luck to this crew too!The TA drama program will put on its fall play performance of 'The Visit' next week, on Friday and Saturday...


November 12, 2021

Posted at 14:00h in Health Office, Parents by

Dear TA Families, This health update comes as the holidays approach. Governor Scott reminds us to continue to be careful indoors, wear masks at indoor gatherings, and strongly consider small groups for the Thanksgiving Holiday. We continue to see high numbers of new Covid cases with our Vermont hospital systems being taxed. So, let's remember to gather thoughtfully and thankfully over these upcoming weeks. We are fortunate to be in school, learning, participating with academics, music and sports. The Covid virus is not going away any time soon, and we are all getting used to living with it. Here are some important...


November 10, 2021

Posted at 07:59h in Athletics, News by

The region’s best cross-country runners are coming to Thetford Academy on Saturday, November 13 to compete in the New England Interscholastic Cross Country Championships. The athletes will race on the Dan Grossman 5K Woods Trail at TA, a course renowned for both its scenic beauty and level of challenge. Athlete Madelyn Durkee, a junior from Thetford Center, VT, will represent TA in the championships. The New England Championship competition rotates to Vermont every five years, and has been held at Thetford Academy since the early 1990s. The public is invited to attend this free outdoor event, which begins with an opening...


November 9, 2021

Posted at 17:27h in Arts, News, Parents by

The Thetford Academy Fall Play class will present  performances of “The Visit'' on Friday, November 19 and Saturday, November 20 in the MJR Theater.  The play is by the Swiss playwright Friedrich Duerrenmat with an English adaptation by Maurice Valency.  The play is the story of the world’s wealthiest woman, Claire Zachanassian, who returns to her economically depressed hometown. She promises the town a billion dollars if the townspeople agree to help her right the wrong that was done to her by her former sweetheart, now a shopkeeper in the town. Throughout the play, we see how the promise of money...


November 9, 2021

Posted at 17:18h in Alumni News, Alumni Profile by

In his recent book of poems, “The Many Moods of Dis-ease,” Ross Putnam, TA class of 1966, explores the wide range of emotions he has experienced since his diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease in 2007. “[The poems] are written for those living with all neurologically degenerative disorders, their care partners, as well as society in general,” Ross says. He hopes that his words, sharing his “journey of adversity, acceptance, sorrow, and hope” will help others navigate similar challenges.  Ross is the youngest of five Putnam siblings to graduate from Thetford Academy. They lived in Lyme, NH, where their father operated his medical...

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