Meet Head of School Mary Newman
Mary Newman became TSA’s third Head of School in July. Get to know her by watching a 3-minute video!
2020 Middle School Graduation Ceremony Video
Watch the 2020 Middle School Graduation Ceremony on YouTube In this unusual year, The Sharon Academy Middle School conducted the last quarter of the year at a distance. Graduation could not be held in the usual way with the whole community gathered together; however, the ceremony took place in a special way to celebrate the […]
Congratulations to the Class of 2020
How does a school preserve the right of passage that is a high school graduation while also keeping its students and community safe in the time of COVID–19? At The Sharon Academy (TSA), a team has worked diligently to re-imagine a graduation ceremony that continues to honor each individual graduate while still following guidelines for […]
2017 Mannequin Challenge
We recently showed this video from 2017 at our first ever Virtual Gala in 2020. The Mannequin Challenge was a viral Internet video trend that became popular in November 2016, in which people remain frozen in action like mannequins while a moving camera films them, often with the song “Black Beatles” by Rae Sremmurd playing in the background. It is believed that the […]
HS students recognized for achievements
Congratulations to Lily Welch ’23, who was invited to join the music composition team for the 2020 Listen Up Project. Listen Up is a community project to develop an original musical written by and about Vermont Teens. The selection committee told Lily, “We really enjoyed getting to listen to your creative work and were truly impressed […]
MS Student Wins Essay Contest
Congratulations to 8th Grader Farren Stainton, winner of the 2020 Association for Women in Mathematics Essay Contest! Essays are based on interviews with contemporary women mathematicians and statisticians in academic, industrial, and government careers. Read Farren’s essay.
Former TSA Teacher Passed Away
Former TSA teacher Bob Leister passed away on Tuesday, November 26, 2019, just after turning 90. Those of you who knew him may be interested in attending his memorial service Friday, December 13, 11am, at Rochester Federated Church. If you can’t attend, The Women’s Alliance at his church is collecting stories and will print them […]
TSA to Have Representation on UVM Advisory Board
Director of Career and College Advising Ellen Bagnato will be joining the University of Vermont’s school counselor advisory board December 2019. The purpose of the board is to help advise the admissions staff and other key constituents at the University regarding trends in secondary schools, communities and the college search and selection process. The board seeks representation from a […]
TSA MS Student Selected to Be Legislative Page
Congratulations to Farren Stainton who has been selected to be a part of the Vermont Statehouse Page Program! Farren applied this fall to be a Legislative Page and will be at the statehouse four days a week for seven weeks from late February to early April. It is an exciting opportunity for her. We are so […]
TSA Middle School Wins Grant for Curriculum Project
Marcy Innes and Fallon Abel are two TSA Middle School teachers who applied for and won a grant of $498 from the Bread Loaf Teacher Network to fund the purchase of 45 copies of the novel The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas, for the Middle School’s unit on civil and human rights and to […]