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Staff Spotlight: Denisse Alvarez
Jun 17, 2022
I actively work to build relationships with my students and their families. Open communication and strong relationships are crucial to impacting stude...
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Sean Gaillard named principal of App State’s Academy at Middle Fork lab school
May 27, 2022
BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University has named Sean Gaillard as the new principal of its Academy at Middle Fork lab school in Walkertown, effe...
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Advisory Board Meeting Announcement - June 2, 2022
May 13, 2022
The Middle Fork Advisory Board of Appalachian State University will meet virtually.The meeting will be held according to the following sched...
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Staff Spotlight: Heather Wham
May 11, 2022
I help students change their mindsets about their abilities and understand that mistakes are a part of learning. I teach students strategies to naviga...
![Fifth graders at App State’s Academy at Middle Fork, located in Walkertown, paired up with students in the App State Scholars with Diverse Abilities Program (SDAP) for a pen pal project during the spring semester. The pen pals met in person when the academy’s mini-Mountaineers visited App State in March. Photo submitted](https://middlefork.appstate.edu/sites/default/files/styles/asu_news_listing/public/asu_news/penpals-600.jpg?itok=vbU63v9u)
App State’s Scholars with Diverse Abilities Program celebrates a decade of transforming lives
May 2, 2022
Fifth graders at App State’s Academy at Middle Fork — a public lab school in Walkertown serving grades K–5 — paired up with students...
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Staff Spotlight: Marisol Martinez
Apr 19, 2022
My favorite part about working at the Academy is seeing the students come into school every morning — I love seeing their happy faces when they ente...
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Staff Spotlight: Bernadette Sexton
Mar 23, 2022
My favorite part about working at the Academy is when students say that they don't want to leave school — they want to stay longer. I love knowing t...
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Advisory Board Meeting Announcement - March 3, 2022
Feb 15, 2022
The Middle Fork Advisory Board of Appalachian State University will meet virtually.The meeting will be held according to the following sched...
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N.C.'s 7th lab school opens in Elkin this fall
Feb 15, 2022
SURRY COUNTY, N.C. — Education is taking new shape in North Carolina through laboratory schools. The state’s seventh lab school will open in ...
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Staff Spotlight: Elif Erginer
Feb 7, 2022
With a strong sense of justice and equality, I aim to create a climate of compassion and intentional equity at the Academy. I bring empathy and positi...