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 Three Rivers Land Trust partnered with Salisbury Academy through the Land Trust’s Leopold Society Program to work with 75 children in the sixth through eighth grades to enhance wildlife habitat. The students came to the Land Trust’s Point Property in Davie County with Shea Overcash, a middle school science teacher at Salisbury Academy. Land Trust…

History came to life for eighth grade students at Salisbury Academy as they studied and presented President Abraham Lincoln’s first inaugural address in a video project as part of Ford’s Theatre’s Lincoln Online Oratory Project. “It’s a new, fun and innovative way to learn speaking skills and history – completely hands-on and mostly student drive,”…

Decked out in a green, frog-themed raincoat, 8-year-old Bradley Barlow entered the halls of Salisbury Academy last Friday clutching his mother’s hand tightly. Quiet and wide-eyed, he approached a waiting welcome desk just paces from the entrance. And he was greeted with multiple smiles. 

Salisbury Academy’s 10th annual Bloom in Wonder Gala was a whimsical adventure and festive showing of community support for education and other local needs. Held March 30 at the Back Shop at the N.C. Transportation Museum, Bloom in Wonder brought 300 people together for an evening that included dining, dancing, a live auction, and upbeat music…

Elsie Richter is creating her own masterpiece by helping her peers create works of art. An eighth-grader at Salisbury Academy, Elsie had a bright idea in one of her middle school elective classes, called exploratories, last year. “I remember it hit me, and I said, ‘Hey, what if I led my own exploratory?’” Elsie says.…

This Valentine’s Day, a group of middle school students from Salisbury Academy shared smiles, Valentines and warm meals in a delivery for Meals on Wheels.  As part of the middle school advisory program in which students meet weekly in small groups to build camaraderie between students and teachers, set goals and build teams, advisory students also…

Fueling student passions while providing parents with opportunities for their children in the hours outside of school, Salisbury Academy launched enrichment programming this year. A mix of the arts, STEM, and other areas of interst, enrichment offerings at the school change each semester, are offered by age group, and are led by area experts.  

Counselor and adolescent mental health expert Jonathan Hetterly of Southeast Psych in Charlotte spoke on resiliency and how parents can prepare children for success as adults at Salisbury Academy recently. In today’s world where mental health far outweighs academics as the primary reason that children don’t succeed, kids need space to figure life out, to…

 Hikers hit the trails of Eagle Point Nature Preserve on a beautiful autumn afternoon in an outing organized as a partnership between Muddy Sneakers and Salisbury Academy. “Seeing families and friends explore the preserve together was such a delight,” said Elise Tellez, Piedmont field office director for Muddy Sneakers.

 Catawba College’s science department is bringing new angles and applications into the classrooms of Salisbury Academy’s young scientists. Over the past two weeks, first- and seventh-grade students enjoyed presentations and hands-on labs that tie directly into their science classes. Professor ChaMarra Saner and students from her chemical calculations class at Catawba led Salisbury Academy’s first-grade…