Lab School News

Sean Gaillard

Sean Gaillard named principal of App State’s Academy at Middle Fork lab school
May 27, 2022

Appalachian State University has named Sean Gaillard as the new principal of its Academy at Middle Fork lab school in Walkertown, effective July 1.Gai...

Emma Hatfield-Sidden

Emma Hatfield-Sidden named principal of App State’s Academy at Elkin
Apr 22, 2022

Appalachian State University has appointed alumna Emma Hatfield-Sidden ’08 ’19 as principal of its newest lab school, the Academy at Elkin, s...

Amarien Hines

N.C.'s 7th lab school opens in Elkin this fall
Feb 22, 2022

Education is taking new shape in North Carolina through laboratory schools. The state’s seventh lab school will open in Elkin for the 2022-23 a...

Group Photo

North Carolina Humanities Council Grant Supports Digital Storytelling Community Project to Amplify Immigrant Voices
Feb 8, 2022

Through a grant totaling $19,269 from the North Carolina Humanities Council, Dr. Shanan Fitts and Dr. Greg McClure helped to amplify the immigrant voi...

Academy Student Teachers

Learning Together: Academy at Middle Fork Hosts Two Student Teachers Fall 2021
Dec 6, 2021

This past semester, the Academy at Middle Fork hosted two student teachers from Appalachian State University. These students teachers shared their exp...

Academy Author Visits

Four Award-Winning Children’s Authors and Illustrators Visit with the Academy
Jun 11, 2021

Four award-winning children's authors, Kwame Alexander, Stacy McAnulty, Meg Medina, and Lauren Castillo, visited virtually with Appalachian State Univ...

Allison Wright

Academy Hosts Social Work Intern
Apr 13, 2021

Allison Wright, a graduate student in Appalachian State University’s Beaver College of Health Sciences’ social work program, has discovered h...

Welcome Back

Academy at Middle Fork opens classrooms most days, continues connections with university virtually
Apr 6, 2021

With the option of in-person or virtual learning, most students at App State’s lab school have returned to classrooms four days a week.The Academy a...

Kwame Alexander

Poet Snaps and Author Claps: Award-winning Author and Poet, Kwame Alexander, Reads and Collaborates with the Anderson Reading Clinic Literacy-Cast
Apr 1, 2021

Derek Hernandez Evora, a fifth-grader at Appalachian State University’s Academy at Middle Fork began: “It’s time to get started!” Student...

HPC Student Presentation to Academy

Lessons Learned Project: A Successful Collaboration Proves Beneficial for Students
Mar 8, 2021

A recent collaboration between Appalachian State University’s Academy at Middle Fork and the Reich College of Education’s (RCOE) Department of Hum...