Thetford Academy Celebrates 200 Years:

BICENTENNIAL GALA February 9, 2019

CORE VALUES

Excellence We set high expectations. We challenge all members of the school

community to reach their highest potential.

Commitment We value initiative, courage and dedication. We take personal

responsibility for the goals we set and work hard to achieve them.

Cooperation We work and learn together. We see teachers as coaches, students

as team members, families as partners, and learning as practice and action.

CaringWe provide individuals with personalized support and guidance. We

care about each other and the larger community.

DiversityWe respect differences among people. We welcome the contribution

of varied perspectives to a rich and flexible school culture.

—Asa Burton, urging townspeople to establish Thetford Academy, 1819

“Consider that the mind is capable of an endless growth.”

MISSIONThetford Academy is an independent school with a public purpose.

Our mission is to celebrate the unique worth of all students, to nurture their strengths, and to challenge them to fulfill their

potential.

ORDER OF EVENTS WELCOME RECEPTION

PROGRAM

Introductions and WelcomeWilliam Bugg, Head of School Ann Bumpus, President, Board of Trustees

“Thetford Academy: In Action” A film written, edited, produced, and narrated by Jackson Cashman, Dartmouth ′21, film major from Orlando, FL

“Fair Thetford” (TA Select Chorus and Audience)

“Designed for the Community: Independence and Public Purpose at Thetford Academy” Address by Martha Jane Rich, Head of School 1991-2010

DINNER

“Thetford Academy: Past, Present, Future” Address by Stacy Thurston Barton ′99, Social Studies Faculty

“Thetford, We Revere Thee” (TA Select Chorus and Audience)

DESSERT

Closing Remarks and Special Announcement William Bugg, Ann Bumpus

CLOSING RECEPTION AND DANCING

Music by TA Stage Band, Select Chorus and Nick Stryker ′99 / 802 Events

APPRECIATIONS

SpeakersStacy Barton ′99Ann Bumpus Martha Jane Rich

MusicJohn Luce Greg Mellinger Nick Stryker ′99 and 802 EventsTA Select ChorusTA Stage Band

Food and DrinkCasey Huling ′92Jennifer Gernhard Marianne St-Laurent Becky Williams Sarazin ′00 Penny Sirjane Judy Yocom

Event Support Sally Bugg Wendy Cole Julie Corcoran ′89 Marisa Cotiletta Aiden Cudhea ′19 Joe DeffnerBridget Dugan-Sullivan ′06 Karl Furstenberg Gloria Thurston Konicki ′85 Diana Garcia-Lavigne Siobhan Linehan LopezSarah MartelGlen PageKami Pepe Caryn Shephard

Jim Wilson TA Parent Association (TAPA) Thetford Academy Board of Trustees

Buildings and GroundsJohn BrownMark Gurney Dean KelloggMike WellsScott Smith

Art and DesignBeth McGeeKaren NeubauerKarl Neubauer Kate Owen Deb Sanders-DameChris SchmidtTA Design Technology Students

Catering and Event Support Tanya Blood and Blood’s Catering Bob Spano and Staff

Photography and VideographyJackson Cashman Chico Eastridge ′00Reshma Rampersaud ′17

Planning CommitteeWilliam BuggCameron CudheaPatty McIlvaine

Special thanks to Cathee Daum Clement ′89 and family for their support of this event and of TA.

Ceramic White Building ArtistsBen Acker ′22Sam Bosco ′22Louis Dybvig ′22Ramon Graham ′19Hunter Harris ′22Anna Hebb ′22Elliott Jones ′22Rose Novotony ′22Lily Vaughan ′19Dan Wolstenholme ′22Jason Wolstenholme ′20 Leah Ziai ′19

Buffet CardsEmma Berard ′21Ethan Berard ′21Arwen Clayton ′22Layla Hanissian ′21Emilia Perry ′21Nattilie Sanso ′21Zia Smith ′21Samara Spelman ′21Olivia White ′21Sophie Williams ′20

TA Stage BandSeth Boyce ′19 Lily Brown ′19 Riley Burkins ′21Emma Colby ′21 Jake Colby ′19Aiden Cudhea ′19 Owen Deffner ′19Alden Nichols ′19Anabel Reining ′19Samara Spelman ′21

AND TO OUR STUDENTS...THANK YOU

TA Select ChorusElle Dixon ′20Alexis Gaetz ′20 Aidan Keane ′23Katie Melancon ′21Kodiak Shepard ′21Chantel Swasey ′22Colleen Swasey ′20Eloise Van Meter ′21

Engraved Centerpieces/Cheese BoardsJamie Harkins ′19Blake Buccellato ′19Trent Larsen ′19

Food PreparationTait Linehan ′19Damian Hinkle ′19Autumn Horniak ′22Adrienna Franco ′21Madison Hatch ′22Kiya Grant ′21Dwyette Pixley ′21

DessertSaylor Billiau ′24Addison Cadwell ′24Mason Fahey ′24Chase LeFevre ′24Aden Perry ′24Nathan Stanley ′24Madelyn Durkee ′23Madelyn Garrett ′23Noah Hill ′23Lillian Hines ′23Addyson Holzer ′23Max Leibon ′23Colby Martin ′23Blythe Ray ′23 Aiden Tibbetts ′23

Thetford, We Revere Thee

Thetford, we revere thee,Give to you this song,

Pledge our hearts in unityTo make the pledge more strong.

In the future years we’ll keep a mem’ryOf a school whose aims are high,

Whose sons and daughters o’er the landBehold their Alma Mater,

A source of strength for aye.

Time lends only gloryTo what was built of old.

May goals of your tomorrowClimb to heights untold.

You have fame that ever shall inspire usTo leave no work undone.

So, Thetford, we renew our thanks,We pause once more to honor thee,

United as one.

—Alice Adams Hilmer, Faculty Member, 1944-46

Fair Thetford

Fair Thetford! Fair hill where the hills circle roundWe are singing, loved Thetford, of thee,

For we love every inch of thy proud classic ground,’Tis no matter where’er we may be.

Thy mountains are blue in the bright sunset’s glow,E’en the sunsets of Italy pale.

Thy breezes bring courage wherever they blow,Fair Thetford, loved Thetford, all hail!

To stand with thy sons is to stand with the strong.’Tis to mingle with those of true worth.

Oh, thy sons and thy daughters are scattered afar,They have borne thy rich gifts through the earth.

But, home in our hearts, very truly we know,Know that some who are valiant for truth

Look back in the days of their proudest successTo the lessons thou gavest in youth.

We care not what others may think or may do,Oh, we care not what others may say,

For we know that our places are kept for us, there,Although far from the hilltop we stray.

But oft e’er we wake at the bird’s morning call,We’ll be dreaming, loved Thetford, of thee,

And still we will sing when the night’s shadows fall,Fair Thetford, loved Thetford, for me!

—Edith McDuffee, Class 1892