The Main Street Museum in White River Junction, VT, opened an unusual exhibit on Friday, January 6, 2023. “Relic Hunter” Abraham Dunne ‘26, began exploring his family’s property in Hartland, VT, at the start of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. His first find, a pocket knife found in his family’s field, led to more persistent […]
The pandemic was not just a health crisis it was also a social crisis. Like most other schools The Sharon Academy had to resort to remote teaching and learning. But successful schools provide more than just classroom time. More than most schools TSA cultivates and celebrates our engaged and supportive community that enables our students […]
Sometimes people do good things without expecting anything in return…not for money, not for credit, not for fame or recognition. Just, maybe, a little appreciation will do. Rose Hsu ‘25 and Oli Shipman’25 are two students at The Sharon Academy who have joined a new non-profit youth group called Youth Empowerment and Action and are […]
It’s a point of pride for a school when its students want to return and become teachers. This year, The Sharon Academy is welcoming its sixth alumnus to its teaching staff of 36. The first graduating class of 2001 had exactly one student. In the subsequent 20 years, many alumni have returned at some point […]
Emerging from more than two years of pandemic chaos and stress, it was clear that the mental and spiritual health of our staff community needed deliberate focus. Thus, a small group of us designed our June in-service time around the central idea of connecting with each other. Gathering at the Justin Morrill Center on Tuesday, […]
In most years since 2000 The Sharon Academy Middle School has spent four school days engaged in an overnight experience at the Hulbert Outdoor Center in Fairlee, VT. They learn leadership skills, collaboration, and problem-solving. At the same time, this intense period together is a significant catalyst in the cultivation of community and extending the […]
The Sharon Academy Middle School is defined by three fundamental attributes: a safe and supportive learning environment, rigorous academics achieved through our integrated curriculum and high expectations, and a dedicated faculty that makes it all possible. The result is apparent each year as our 8th-grade students graduate confident of their abilities, articulate about their knowledge […]
Hi! We are Maeve Miller and Phoebe Quackenbos, both juniors at TSA, working as advancement interns this year. We’ve been at TSA since 9th grade, and we remember being on our own high school search and how much pressure it felt like went into that decision. As you’re in your own decision process, we wanted […]
Creating community is an ongoing focus of work and play at The Sharon Academy. Not only is community building part of TSA’s ethos, it is an essential requirement for creating an effective, safe, and joyous learning environment. TSA faces a particular challenge acheiving this because students come from EIGHTEEN different towns, some of them almost […]
A tennis ball, a steel ring, and a ball of twine. These were the tools given to students in Rob Stainton’s Environmental Science class before they hiked into The Sharon Academy’s 80-acre forest behind the High School to conduct the first class activity of the year. Although this wasn’t a traditional science lab, it was the perfect initial activity […]