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 For third grade teacher Nathan Wyatt, a walk through the halls of Salisbury Academy inspires much more than thoughts of lesson plans and upcoming class activities. A Salisbury Academy student for 10 years before graduating in 2009, Nathan shares that each day brings with it “full-circle” connections.

 – Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his meaningful work and progress as a civil rights leader, seventh- and eighth-grade art students at Salisbury Academy created two collaborative grid portraits of the historic figure. 

As Salisbury Academy’s third-grade Christmas carolers began to sing at a recent visit to the apartments at Trinity Oaks, the holiday memories rushed back in all their joy and glory for Trinity Oaks resident Marjorie Haworth. “Oh Christmas Tree,” “Jingle Bells,” “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” are all songs that Haworth directed her choral…

 – Ask a first-grader at Salisbury Academy about the first Thanksgiving, and he will enthusiastically share details on the pilgrims’ voyage on the Mayflower and what life was like in the new colony. Talk to a third-grader about Native Americans, and she will give you insights into their culture, food and customs. With appreciation for the history of the first Thanksgiving,…

The simplest traditions are often the most meaningful, and this is certainly true for the children and families who participate in the annual Footprints in the Community pumpkin painting. Hosted by Salisbury Academy each year and attended by Footprints participants and Salisbury Academy students, the morning of decorating pumpkins serves as a celebration of friendship,…

,  RALEIGH – Michael Regan, secretary of the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality, recently met with fourth-grade students from Salisbury Academy who were visiting from Raleigh. Students, their teacher and parent chaperones arives by train and toured the state Capitol, the Museum of History, the General Assembly, the Museum of Natural Sciences, and the Executive…

In the first full week of school, first-graders at Salisbury Academy were welcomed to the “big school” by their eighth-grade buddies. Eighth-grade students read to their younger peers and presented them with “welcome to the big school” cards. The first of many meetings that the two grades will have over the course of the year…

Salisbury Academy reading specialist Melissa Brown recently earned an advanced certification in reading instruction. Brown earned the Institute for Multisensory Education Orton-Gillingham certification. She is the only registered tutor in the Salisbury area with this certification. Brown and other literacy educators with the distinction are certified in an advanced understanding of phonological awareness and multisensory…