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November 16, 2021

Posted at 11:02h in Academics, Arts, News, Parents by

Chris Schmidt, TA's Design Technology teacher, found a new passion for pottery this summer. After taking the class "Alternative Firing Techniques" at the Blackberry Hill Art Center in Orford, NH, Chris was especially interested the the art and science of Raku, an ancient Japanese method of firing pottery that results in surprising colors, glassy and metallic effects, and a unique outcome on every piece. The Raku process involves firing pottery at relatively low temperatures and then moving the hot pieces to a closed container with combustible materials (such as paper or sawdust) that ignite and cause a reaction creating colors...


November 16, 2021

Posted at 08:00h in Academics, News, Parents by

Hoping to relive its successful debut two weeks ago, TA's team 4886 sent six robots and their student builders to Pinkerton Academy in Derry, NH for a competition among 33 robots from six other schools.  Thetford Academy's showing was strong. At the end of 50 qualifying matches, five out of six of TA's robots were in the top half of the standings - with Skunkworks (Eldon Crossett and Avery Crandall) and Turbo-encabulator (Tate Whiteberg) seeded #3 and #4 respectively. These robots made it into the elimination round. In the quarterfinals, the TA alliance of Turbo-encabulator and Beefcake (Marshall Melancon, Isaiah Kol and Michael Fernandez) was defeated, while...


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 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...

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