App State lab school pilots innovative teaching model to support teacher retention and student success Mar 25, 2025
At the App State Academy at Middle Fork, instead of a single teacher handling all responsibilities for one classroom for one grade, a collaborative team of academy educators supports student... Features, Lab School News
Education Policy Fellowship Program 2024-2025 Cohort Dec 19, 2024
Five faculty and staff in the Reich College of Education (RCOE) including one CAP staff member, and five educators from GEAR UP districts will be participating in the Education Policy Fellowship... Features, College Access Partnerships, Public School Partnership, Lab School News
Lab schools for UNC System demonstrate significant gains Nov 6, 2024
Several lab schools established by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors to improve academic performance have demonstrated significant gains, according to a new report.
In the Media, Lab School News
App State laboratory school ribbon cutting Aug 25, 2022
Appalachian State University held a ribbon cutting ceremony in Elkin on Monday to celebrate the opening of their second Lab School Program.
Lab School News
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... At Appalachian, Lab School News
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
At Appalachian, Lab School News
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
Lab School News, In the Media
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.
Features, Lab School News, Inclusive Excellence
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.
Lab School News
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... Lab School News, Literacy Education
Academy Hosts Social Work Intern Apr 13, 2021
Allison Wright, a graduate student in Appalachian State University’s Beaver College of Healt
Lab School News
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.
Lab School News
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!
Lab School News, Literacy Education