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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...

Academy Principal Tasha Hall-Powell pictured with Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines

Academy at Middle Fork Selected as a 2021 Leadership Winston-Salem Action Learning Project Site
Feb 18, 2021

The Appalachian State University Academy at Middle Fork has been selected as a 2021 Action Learning Project site by Leadership Winston-Salem ...

Middle Fork Students

App State alumni donate 2,000-plus face coverings to Academy at Middle Fork
Feb 18, 2021

On Nov. 16, in-person instruction resumed as part of a hybrid model at Appalachian State University Academy at Middle Fork in Walkertown. A ...

Academy Student Teachers Fall 2020

Learning Together: Academy at Middle Fork Hosts Six Student Teachers Fall 2020
Feb 18, 2021

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

Author Visit Collage

Three Award-Winning Children’s Authors and Illustrators Visit with the Academy
Feb 18, 2021

Three award-winning children's authors, Raúl the Third, Lynda Mullaly Hunt, and Sara Varon, visited virtually with Appalachian State University’s A...

App State’s Academy at Middle Fork reports significant progress
Sep 17, 2019

Data on first-year student achievement released by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NC DPI) indicate significant progres...

Eagle Scout Academy

Aspiring Eagle Scout enhances Academy at Middle Fork grounds
Apr 30, 2019

Thanks to an aspiring Eagle Scout, the students, faculty and staff at Appalachian State University Academy at Middle Fork have an outdoor sp...

Appalachian Academy at Middle Fork administrators, teachers, and students

Academy at Middle Fork, App State’s lab school, helps elementary schoolers and App State students
Apr 16, 2019

Academy at Middle Fork, the App State state-mandated lab school, is nearing the end of its first year in which elementary students have boosted their ...