Head of School Weekly Email: Looking Back & Ahead
February 12, 2023
Dear TA Families, Looking back on the week, here are a couple of highs - and one low - that I'm reflecting on and want to share with you ...
Dear TA Families, Looking back on the week, here are a couple of highs - and one low - that I'm reflecting on and want to share with you ...
On Monday, February 6, 2023, Thetford Academy celebrated its 204th birthday and its 80th annual Founders' Day. Former Head of School Carl Anderson started the Founders' Day tradition in 1944, after fire destroyed the school's original campus. His idea commemorate the school's history was an opportunity to lift the spirits...
Thetford Academy's indoor track team had an outstanding day at the state championship meet at UVM on Saturday, February 4th. Competing in the D-II classification against 18 other schools (almost all of which are much larger), the Panther girls rolled to a second-place finish and the boys finished third. The girls...
Last week, Thetford Academy students were invited to take on the "Impact App Challenge." The Challenge, launched in collaboration with the Impactree Foundation, is designed to inspire TA students to identify a key environmental or social problem they see and experience – and to try to solve it through technology....
Illnesses We are seeing more Covid this week and continue to see influenza, mononucleosis and strep throat. We also have students with head colds and sore throats.If you are sick, please remember to stay home until better. How to get better: stay home, get lots of rest, extra sleep, lots of fluids...
Dear TA Families, Just a few updates to share with you on this chilly Friday ...
Ten years ago, Morgan Gaffney ‘20 was a 10 year-old spectator near the Boston Marathon finish line. She was there to cheer on her mom Renee, who was running that day with her longtime team. The event turned traumatic for Morgan when the race was disrupted by the Boston Marathon bombing,...
On Friday, February 10, 2023, Thetford Academy’s Student Alliance for Racial Justice (SARJ) student group will host a premiere of the PBS film "Driving While Black." "Chronicling the riveting history and personal experiences – at once liberating and challenging, harrowing and inspiring, deeply revealing and profoundly transforming – of African Americans...
Regular season is wrapping up for the Panthers, and both the girls and the boys basketball teams are maintaining strong season records. The girls basketball team is currently ranked 3rd in the VPA's Division III (10-4). Last Tuesday, the Panthers fell to Windsor (56-42) for the second time this season,...
Dear TA Families, Here is the latest news from TA ...
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We value initiative, courage and dedication. We take personal responsibility for the goals we set and work hard to achieve them.
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