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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,...


March 18, 2022

Posted at 17:20h in Academics, Head of School, Parents by

Dear TA Families, My email today focuses primarily on our upcoming student roundtables, to share details and context with you and to send out the sign-up link. On Wednesday, April 6, the school day will be dedicated to student roundtables. The day will be a fully remote one for students. The primary time obligation for students that day will be to participate in their own roundtable and attend peers' roundtables, if they have been invited to one by a classmate. Classes will not meet on April 6. Here are few key details about the Student Roundtables on April 6: They will take place virtually, using...


March 15, 2022

Posted at 14:10h in News, Parents by

CLICK HERE FOR FOUNDERS' DAY PHOTOS! Last Friday, Thetford Academy celebrated its 203rd birthday. Founders' Day, now in its 79th year, was postponed from its traditional February date as a Covid precaution. The shift to March had advantages (it was MUCH warmer and the sun even came out!) and disadvantages (snow was scarce for snow sculptures and float races), but in true TA fashion - the community came together to make it work. On Wednesday and Thursday, every corner of the campus was filled with students planning and creating with their Founders' Day committees. The theme this year was "decades," with...


March 11, 2022

Posted at 17:31h in Head of School, News, Parents by

Dear TA Community, Founders' Day 2022 is a wrap! We had a delightful day of community time and friendly competition, with a lot of creative flare, good humor, insightful wit, and athletic prowess on display. We also spent some time reflecting on TA's history and traditions. The theme this year was decades of the 20th and 21st centuries. A few of the many highlights of the day: the fidget spinner snow sculpture representing the 2010s, the 1920s speakeasy-themed skit, the MTV-inspired outfits, a 1970s disco diorama with TA faculty faces on the small dancing figures, and the DeLorean of the 1980s vs...


March 9, 2022

Posted at 04:59h in Alumni News, News, Parents by

Did you know that Thetford Academy has two Italian students enrolled this year through the AFS-USA program? In order to continue this successful partnership in the upcoming school year, AFS-USA is seeking host families for high school exchange students who would be attending Thetford Academy in 2022/23. Most students will arrive around August 10, 2022. Students may stay for one year or one semester. Hosting is a great opportunity to share the best America has to offer. If you have children in your household (it’s not a requirement), it’s also the perfect way to introduce them to other cultures. As a...

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