VT Secretary of Education Visits TSA HS

On Tuesday, January 8, 2019, Vermont’s new Secretary of Education, Daniel M. French, visited The Sharon Academy High School, as part of a state-wide tour of Vermont schools. According to the department’s website, Daniel M. French started his career in education as a high school social studies teacher, K-12 principal, and superintendent in Canaan, Vt. […]

TSA HS Welcomes New Staff

The Sharon Academy high school welcomed Rachel Milito to our teaching staff this week.  Rachel will be working with Anna Riley throughout the month of December teaching Spanish, and overseeing an advisory.  Anna will be on family leave after our December break, and we wish her well.   Rachel earned her Bachelor of Science in Foreign […]

TSA Receives 2018 Community Service Award

On September 27, 2018, the Windsor County Partners Annual Luncheon and Meeting took place in Windsor to recognize this year’s community award recipients. Head of School Michael Livingston and TSA Student Lowry Newswanger (TSA ’21) were on hand to receive the 2018 Community Service Award on behalf of TSA whose students performed over 2,000 hours […]

MS Parents Get Their Own Orientation

On September 6, Middle School Director Andrew Lane and faculty welcomed returning and new parents at to Information Night. Parents introduced themselves to each other and listened to faculty and staff give an overview of the curriculum, culture, and logistics of middle school. Why does TSA hold an Information Night? TSA values the role parents […]

Head of School Welcomes TSA Community at Potluck

  The following was excerpted from Michael Livingston’s speech at the TSA Potluck on Friday, August 31. Welcome. We are thrilled to welcome the largest incoming group of students in TSA history. Fully 33% of our school is new to TSA this year. We are thrilled that, for the second year in a row, despite […]

TSA Welcomes New Staff

  Welcome to our New Staff! We are so excited about this school year at The Sharon Academy (TSA)! We have record numbers of new students this year, coming from all over the Upper Valley. We are especially excited to welcome students from two new sending schools – Rochester and Chelsea – to our school. […]

NEASC praises TSA in annual evaluation letter

The Sharon Academy (TSA) is a state-approved, independent day school. We are accredited by the State of Vermont and by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC).  We are members of the Coalition of Essential Schools, the Vermont Independent School Association, and the Independent Schools Association of Northern New England. Each year the […]

MS welcomes new staff member

Please welcome our newest staff member, Amos Kornfeld, who will be teaching Spanish and running the Middle School after school program.  He comes to us with vast experience in education including being the principal at both Ottaquechee and Tunbridge Schools, serving as a special educator and tutor, and helping run alternative educational programs.  His passion […]

Fascinating Student Project Documents Life of White River

TSA student, Wednesday Gillespie, ’19, completed a fascinating final project for her Woodland Ecology class project. See her guide map to the White River between Sharon and West Hartford. Her photos during the month of May document the changes in the land surrounding the river and in the river itself. Starting at the top of the map, […]

TSA hires new HS soccer coach

TSA will soon welcome 22-year-old Zach Elmore, a recent Colby-Sawyer College graduate, as the new HS soccer coach. “Especially when a program has been so successful, it’s going to take some time to switch things over to my style and my ideas, but that’s natural,” Elmore said. “I’m looking forward to meeting the guys. I […]