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A Boarding School with a Top Tier Mountaineering Program
Asheville School’s mountaineering program has earned a five year accreditation from Association of Experiential Education (AEE) making Asheville one of only 11 secondary schools worldwide to carry such distinction. Ed Maggart, Asheville’s director of mountaineering expressed his belief in the program: “We have always had an outstanding Mountaineering Program at Asheville School and now we are [...]
Read MoreWhat’s New at Salem Academy
Lucia Uldrick, Salem Academy introduces the school’s perspective broadening January Term. Ninth and tenth grades students stay on campus taking courses that offer a different take, or, angle on traditional academic studies while juniors and seniors go off-campus working in internships in professional fields. Another part of student body travels internationally.
Read MoreAsheville School Alumnus Talks About His ABC “Wipeout” Experience
Alumni pop-up in crazy places. As with most game shows, yes, contestants must be able to compete; but, they’ve also got to be good for television. As Gary Shields (Asheville School, ’02) explains the Wipeout audition process: “Initially I thought the audition process would test your physical fitness and agility…but a week beforehand they called [...]
Read MoreDuke Men’s Basketball Players Credit Christ School (Asheville, NC) for Basketball Opportunity
The tough family (and locally unpopular) decision to move Mason and Miles Plumlee from their public school to a boarding school certainly paid off. After seeing that the boys’ playing time in their local school would be limited behind senior team members, Perky Plumlee made the decision to send the boys to Christ School (a [...]
Read MoreA Conversation with Asheville School’s Jonathan Hopkins
As winner of the AdmissionsQuest for the Best Student Video Contest with his short “What Is Asheville School?” we wanted to hear a bit more about how Jonathan Hopkins came to Asheville School (Asheville, NC); how his short grew out of his Asheville experiences and where he wants to take his talents? Check out Jonathan’s [...]
Read MoreWhat is Asheville School?
Sharing in random order the top 5 vote getters in the AdmissionsQuest for the Best Student Video contest. First up, What is Asheville School?
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