Category: TSA Stories Blog
A TSA Story—Teaching during COVID-19 The Sharon Academy has a particularly strong culture of community. Perpetuating this sense of community while isolated from one another during the Coronavirus Pandemic has been the overriding focus of administrators and teachers this Spring. Teaching and learning have continued, often with silver linings to sustain us. This is the […]
Written by Wendy Spector on June 24, 2020
A TSA Story—Teaching during COVID-19 The Sharon Academy has a particularly strong culture of communityPerpetuating this sense of community while isolated from one another during the Coronavirus Pandemic has been the overriding focus of administrators and teachers this Spring. Teaching and learning have continued, often with silver linings to sustain us. This is one of […]
Written by Wendy Spector on June 15, 2020
Kathleen Moore first attended The Sharon Academy as a 9th grader from Hartland in the Fall of 2008. She returned as a faculty member in 2017 and is soon headed to the Harvard Graduate School of Education at the end of the 2018- 2019 school year. TSA was first her high school, then her first […]
Written by Wendy Spector on June 12, 2019
In 2006, The Sharon Academy Middle School introduced an artist-in-residence who would create a truly unique learning opportunity for its students. Troy Wunderle, a former Ringling Brothers circus performer and ringmaster, had regularly visited area schools, however, TSA had a bigger idea. TSA wanted to have Troy work with its students for two full weeks […]
Written by Wendy Spector on April 11, 2019
Dealing with Adversity, Change and Risk TSA offers an overnight, experiential “off-campus” program to help create a sense of purpose, community and adventure. The program hews closely to TSA’s commitment to providing opportunities for students to get to know each other in unique situations, to value each other’s strengths, and to providing challenges for […]
Written by Wendy Spector on February 20, 2019
Leadership at The Sharon Academy takes many forms. Rory ’20 and Alix ’22 Livingston displayed one form of leadership by coordinating a special presentation to share with their classmates. In February 2017, the Livingston sisters visited Zambia, where they participated in an exchange with the organization, Circus Zambia. On Thursday, January 17, 2019, they sponsored […]
Written by Wendy Spector on January 30, 2019
Each fall, between the first and second quarter, The Sharon Academy spends an intensive two weeks to produce an all-school musical. During this Interim period, instead of attending classes, students collaborate to implement all aspects of a live performance that culminates in a final production at The Chandler Music Hall in Randolph, VT. In the […]
Written by Wendy Spector on January 19, 2019
Each fall, between the first and second quarter, The Sharon Academy spends an intensive two weeks to produce an all-school musical. During this Interim period, instead of attending classes, students collaborate to implement all aspects of a live performance that culminates in a final production at The Chandler Music Hall in Randolph, VT. In the […]
Written by Wendy Spector on January 19, 2019
Each fall, between the first and second quarter, The Sharon Academy spends an intensive two weeks to produce an all-school musical. During this Interim period, instead of attending classes, students collaborate to implement all aspects of a live performance that culminates in a final production at The Chandler Music Hall in Randolph, VT. In the […]
Written by Wendy Spector on January 19, 2019
In December 2017, Administrative Assistant Cynthia Masterman introduced Phern, a hypo-allergenic, part white British retriever and part apricot standard poodle, to The Sharon Academy high school community. Born on October 13, 2017, Cynthia received funding from the Jack and Dorothy Byrne Foundation to care for and train Phern to become a certified therapy dog. Research […]
Written by Wendy Spector on December 7, 2018