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French Broad River Academy's mission is to build character and integrity for a lifetime of learning, service, and leadership.

Learning is Our Passion

French Broad River Academy is an independent middle school (grades 6-8) with dual riverfront programs for boys and girls. We integrate rigorous academics with outdoor adventure, service projects, and international travel to help our students become confident, compassionate leaders, ready to take on the world.

Why French Broad River Academy?

The result of the FBRA experience is young people who are mature, confident, respectful, grounded, and upstanding, who are comfortable speaking in public, at ease in leadership positions, and happy working independently or with others. Involved in their communities, FBRA students display integrity and awareness, and become ready not just to succeed in the world, but poised to actively, positively contribute to it.

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PRESS

French Broad River Academy has recently been recognized by Blue Ridge Outdoors as one of just five leading outdoor education programs in the South:

 

"Situated on the banks of its namesake, FBRA provides students with an educational experience that is both academically rigorous and outdoor-centric. Students may study the science of water quality and then go whitewater rafting. Or, they may investigate friction and then spend a day snowboarding. Or, they may read Plato’s allegory of the cave and then, well, go explore a cave.”

Parent Perspective:

We can already see [our son] holding himself more accountable for his work, helping others more and continuing to grow in his ability to have a positive attitude and perseverance for more challenging things.  We believe this is a direct result from the values the FBRA program is built on, the academic rigor and the outdoor experiences you provide.

 

Anna & Burnett, Current Parents

ACCREDITATION

Accredited by the Association of Experiential Education since 2013. Accreditation by the AEE means that FBRA meets the highest standards for safety, risk management, instructor training, and programming in the field of outdoor adventure education.

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