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Each Wednesday at Salisbury Academy’s summer program, campers arrive with a special set of essentials: bug spray, sunblock, a bag lunch and a curiosity about where the next outdoor discovery will be. Will it be a new insect under a rock? A colorful fungi beside a trail? Anything is possible on Muddy Sneakers Outdoor Expedition…

  Members of the Salisbury Academy Class of 2018 will move on to Cannon School, East Rowan High School, Jesse C. Carson High School, Rowan County Early College and Salisbury High School after their recent graduation. 

With every new school year comes new opportunity for growth, and Salisbury Academy is leveraging the upcoming year’s opportunity to light a spark. In August, the school will open the SA Spark Center, a combination of science labs, art room and a new maker space.  Repurposed from what is currently the junior kindergarten and kindergarten…

The first year of the Salisbury Academy Bass Fishing Club has been one for the history books — no fishermen’s tall tales or exaggerations required. Inspired by teachers and with an enthusiastic group of middle school anglers, the club has offered a new means for students to get out into nature and develop a passion…

Just as the words on the banner painted by junior kindergartners read, Salisbury Academy students told the community, “Somebody loves you!” in a recent schoolwide day of service. Held in honor of Salisbury Academy’s 25th year, the day celebrated a commitment to caring for others. At Carillon Assisted Living, third-grader Emma Ott played the piano…

Designed to strengthen relationships among middle school students and their teachers across grade levels, Salisbury Academy’s middle school advisory program brings students in grades six through eight together in small groups for weekly meetings and lunches. In addition to meetings, advisory groups build camaraderie through team-building challenges and the “drafting” of fifth-graders to join advisory…

Volunteers with the LandTrust for Central North Carolina planted 5,000 hardwood trees in a former farmfield on its Two Rivers property in Davie County on Friday and Saturday. The 153 volunteers came from near and far to join the effort to establish a bottomland hardwood forest that will provide a buffer to enhance water quality just…

In a community presentation hosted by Salisbury Academy, “Screenwise” author Devorah Heitner presented on helping kids thrive in their digital world. The presentation is part of Salisbury Academy’s ongoing speaker series on the many aspects of developing whole, happy children.

Celebrating the 25th year of Salisbury Academy, the Bloom in Celebration gala will be held March 16 at the North Carolina Transportation Museum. This is the ninth annual gala for Salisbury Academy and will offer guests a festive evening celebrating the history of the experiential school.