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![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
![Varsity Maine Spotlight Jaigan Boudreau Thornton Academy Field Hockey Portland Press herland]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1568722871/thornton/kv7phglhhrrlujcjdgej/VarsityMaineSpotlightJaiganBoudreau.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1568722871/thornton/kv7phglhhrrlujcjdgej/VarsityMaineSpotlightJaiganBoudreau.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1568722871/thornton/kv7phglhhrrlujcjdgej/VarsityMaineSpotlightJaiganBoudreau.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1568722871/thornton/kv7phglhhrrlujcjdgej/VarsityMaineSpotlightJaiganBoudreau.jpg","width":970}])
- Athletics
![MeredithDuffyInternAward]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1567712106/thornton/nrkvkaxxuogjqxvs50vr/MeredithDuffyInternAward.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1567712106/thornton/nrkvkaxxuogjqxvs50vr/MeredithDuffyInternAward.jpg","width":400}])
- Alumni
![TAFootballNews]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1567712440/thornton/rvsidgu8hrocorwiv8nq/TAFootballNews.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1567712440/thornton/rvsidgu8hrocorwiv8nq/TAFootballNews.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1567712440/thornton/rvsidgu8hrocorwiv8nq/TAFootballNews.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1567712440/thornton/rvsidgu8hrocorwiv8nq/TAFootballNews.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1567712440/thornton/rvsidgu8hrocorwiv8nq/TAFootballNews.jpg","width":1360}])
- Athletics
![Love of music fueled by Grandfather's performance at Woodstock]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1565879263/thornton/ztytuycbxuynya6ja8vz/WoodstockStory.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1565879263/thornton/ztytuycbxuynya6ja8vz/WoodstockStory.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1565879263/thornton/ztytuycbxuynya6ja8vz/WoodstockStory.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1565879263/thornton/ztytuycbxuynya6ja8vz/WoodstockStory.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1565879263/thornton/ztytuycbxuynya6ja8vz/WoodstockStory.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1565879263/thornton/ztytuycbxuynya6ja8vz/WoodstockStory.jpg","width":2200}])
- Arts
![TA Alum Jordan Laplume Achieves Victory at the 2019 Maine Women’s Amateur]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1564761075/thornton/usue7jyd22ft6yms0t1v/JordanLaplume.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1564761075/thornton/usue7jyd22ft6yms0t1v/JordanLaplume.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1564761075/thornton/usue7jyd22ft6yms0t1v/JordanLaplume.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1564761075/thornton/usue7jyd22ft6yms0t1v/JordanLaplume.jpg","width":979}])
- Alumni
![JustinChenetteScholarship]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1562947240/thornton/pxc3syyspezw9wuk4s8i/JustinChenetteScholarship.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1562947240/thornton/pxc3syyspezw9wuk4s8i/JustinChenetteScholarship.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1562947240/thornton/pxc3syyspezw9wuk4s8i/JustinChenetteScholarship.jpg","width":699}])
- Alumni
- Upper School