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Life-Changing Involvement

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2017 City to Mountains Student Exchange

"This past weekend, Jabari, Sarah, and I spent upwards of 12 hours in rental minivans with eight wonderfully rowdy Charlotte middle schoolers as we played games involving spotting cows and graveyards on the roadsides, one-hundred-and-twenty-one questions, rap battles, doing “college math problems” and counting to twenty over and over and over again."

A Tradition of Service

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Brothers B.B. and D.D. Dougherty founded Watauga Academy in 1899 with the dream of helping children in North Carolina's "lost provinces" discover educational opportunity to match the splendor of the mountains in which they lived. Learn more history.

Discovering the World: Costa Rica

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Looking Back and Looking Forward

"Going to Costa Rica was definitely the highlight of my first semester at Appalachian... Our cohort’s group dynamic was strengthened in the mountains of Costa Rica on long bus rides and cloud forest hikes. This trip was my first experience in Latin America, and it was incredibly rewarding. I had the opportunity to practice my Spanish and to learn about the Costa Rican culture and their mission of sustainability."

Wilson Scholars Program

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