Thetford Academy, Vermont

Thetford Academy also hosts a small contingent of international students from countries including China, South Korea, Greece, and Rwanda.

[5] The school's campus spans 295 acres and includes several athletic fields, as well as a trail network that enables hiking, walking, running, mountain biking, and Nordic skiing.

[6] The academy completed a campus development project in 2010, which included new science labs, physical education and athletics team facilities, a theater of performing arts, and a greenhouse.

[8] A partial list of the school's clubs and organized activities include art, bass fishing, gaming, gender equity, robotics, and the student council.

[8] The academy's advisory program includes faculty members providing advice and guidance to small groups of ten to twelve students.

[10] Thetford Academy is a Division III school and competes in most sports in the Northern Vermont Athletic Conference as a member of the Capital League.

[11] The school's athletic teams stress its five principles of excellence, commitment, caring, cooperation, and respect for diversity, and have won several awards for good sportsmanship.

[11] Thetford Academy's participation in interscholastic sports are regulated by the Vermont Principals’ Association, and include baseball, basketball, soccer, softball, cross country running, track and field, and alpine skiing.

[12] Thetford Academy's sending towns in Vermont include Corinth, Topsham, Strafford, Tunbridge, Chelsea, Sharon, Hartland, and Weathersfield.

19th century woodcut depicting Thetford Academy's original building
Thetford Academy’s white building and large section of campus
John Eaton, Union Army brevet brigadier general and U.S. Commissioner of Education