Thornton Academy Postscripts Alumni Magazine Summer 2009 | Page 4

Entering a New Era

Building
a
Boarding
Program
One year ago Thornton Academy
announced its plans to start a boarding program. This historic decision
will allow us to thrive as an independent school and make a global impact as international students move
to campus.
There are 38 students currently
enrolled for the fall – 14 girls and 24
boys – who will live in TA’s new dorm,
recently named the James E. Nelson
Residence Hall (see story page 9). The
following members of our residential
life staff and their families will also
live in the dorm:
• Greg and Cathy Paradis, Dorm
Heads: He’s a 1991 TA graduate and
has taught in the history department
for 12 years. She was born in the
Philippines, spent most of her childhood in Limestone and has been in
the English department for 11 years.
Both Greg an