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![Miss India Teen Maine is TA junior Aamruta Parab]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1577371987/thornton/aulhlvig4hoqejvdsbtb/Miss-India-Teen-Maine.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1577371987/thornton/aulhlvig4hoqejvdsbtb/Miss-India-Teen-Maine.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1577371987/thornton/aulhlvig4hoqejvdsbtb/Miss-India-Teen-Maine.jpg","width":800}])
- Arts
- Upper School
![Lessons from a Mushroom Farm: How Alyssa Lajoie ‘19 Cultivated a Passion for Growing]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1576606297/thornton/e558cgjkf8cftgiepf3f/LessonsAtAMushroomFarm.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1576606297/thornton/e558cgjkf8cftgiepf3f/LessonsAtAMushroomFarm.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1576606297/thornton/e558cgjkf8cftgiepf3f/LessonsAtAMushroomFarm.jpg","width":800}])
- Academics
- Alumni
![Banding Together: The Alex Roy Band Makes Music at their Alma Mater]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1576682342/thornton/lymemajk9t8qvmydujgf/AlexRoyBandThumbnail.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1576682342/thornton/lymemajk9t8qvmydujgf/AlexRoyBandThumbnail.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1576682342/thornton/lymemajk9t8qvmydujgf/AlexRoyBandThumbnail.jpg","width":640}])
- Alumni
- Arts
![2019 Unsung Hero award - Anita Cole]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1571684333/thornton/am5uuybaiiqrnmohxhof/19Unsung-AnitaCole.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1571684333/thornton/am5uuybaiiqrnmohxhof/19Unsung-AnitaCole.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1571684333/thornton/am5uuybaiiqrnmohxhof/19Unsung-AnitaCole.jpg","width":547}])
- Alumni
![TA Celebrates 2019 Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1571672115/thornton/kukapdh5tszn5blsg6di/2019AthleticHallofFame.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1571672115/thornton/kukapdh5tszn5blsg6di/2019AthleticHallofFame.jpg","width":402}])
- Alumni
- Athletics
![Madeline_Day_In_The_Life]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1570539712/thornton/ywzxvlaqgmdbfvmdb7sz/Madeline_Day_In_The_Life.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1570539712/thornton/ywzxvlaqgmdbfvmdb7sz/Madeline_Day_In_The_Life.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1570539712/thornton/ywzxvlaqgmdbfvmdb7sz/Madeline_Day_In_The_Life.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1570539712/thornton/ywzxvlaqgmdbfvmdb7sz/Madeline_Day_In_The_Life.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1570539712/thornton/ywzxvlaqgmdbfvmdb7sz/Madeline_Day_In_The_Life.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1570539712/thornton/ywzxvlaqgmdbfvmdb7sz/Madeline_Day_In_The_Life.jpg","width":2200}])
- Upper School
![Three TA National Merit Scholars standing in front of the main building on campus.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1568997008/thornton/tzv8r22bwuq6yuqvzb4i/nationalmeritscholarsweb.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1568997008/thornton/tzv8r22bwuq6yuqvzb4i/nationalmeritscholarsweb.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1568997008/thornton/tzv8r22bwuq6yuqvzb4i/nationalmeritscholarsweb.jpg","width":800}])
- Academics
- Upper School
![TA Alum Publishes Coloring Book to Educate about Government]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1568826782/thornton/g8ewwbmwiipcdu4xetuo/Justin-Chenette-Whoopie-Pie-Book-2.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1568826782/thornton/g8ewwbmwiipcdu4xetuo/Justin-Chenette-Whoopie-Pie-Book-2.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1568826782/thornton/g8ewwbmwiipcdu4xetuo/Justin-Chenette-Whoopie-Pie-Book-2.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1568826782/thornton/g8ewwbmwiipcdu4xetuo/Justin-Chenette-Whoopie-Pie-Book-2.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1568826782/thornton/g8ewwbmwiipcdu4xetuo/Justin-Chenette-Whoopie-Pie-Book-2.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1568826782/thornton/g8ewwbmwiipcdu4xetuo/Justin-Chenette-Whoopie-Pie-Book-2.jpg","width":2200}])
- Alumni