Thetford School District

Thetford Elementary School (TES) currently serves 206 children in grades K-6. The staff of 52 includes experienced classroom teachers, as well as paraprofessionals and support staff. The program of studies is focused on a standards-based curriculum and includes place-based science and social-science units. The town's children continue their secondary education at Thetford Academy (TA), the oldest private secondary school in Vermont. TES Philosophy: Thetford Elementary School seeks to serve the town of Thetford by developing each child in our care to his/her fullest potential academically, socially, emotionally and physically. It is our purpose to give each child an excellent foundation in the basic academic areas while simultaneously encouraging inquisitiveness, the acceptance of responsibility, an understanding of self, an increasing awareness of the world around us, an appreciation of basic values, and the ability to formulate sound judgments.