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The Arthur Morgan School (AMS), located in Burnsville, North Carolina, is a private, alternative, day and boarding school for middle school students in Grades 7, 8 and 9. AMS provides a safe and loving environment where our students learn to question and evaluate, think creatively and work cooperatively.

AMS is located near the Blue Ridge Parkway in western North Carolina, in a beautiful valley at the foot of the Black Mountains. The 105-acre campus, consisting mainly of woods and meadows, is an hour northeast of Asheville, 20 minutes from Burnsville and 40 minutes from Marion, North Carolina.


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Directions from Asheville:
Take US 19/23 (future I-26) north to Exit 9 for US 19E North. Turn right at the end of the off ramp, drive east through Burnsville to Micaville. Turn right onto NC80 South and go about six miles. Turn left onto Seven Mile Ridge Road, cross the bridge and turn right at the stop sign onto Hannah Branch Road (a gravel road). It is one mile to the AMS campus.

Directions from Marion (I-40):
Take NC 226 North to US 70 West. Take US 70 West to NC 80 North, go seven miles past the Blue Ridge Parkway, then turn right onto Seven Mile Ridge Road. Cross the bridge and turn right at the stop sign onto Hannah Branch Road (a gravel road). It is one mile to the AMS campus.

Directions from Johnson City, TN:
Take I-181 South to I-26. Take 23 to 19E. Turn left onto 19E North. Go through Burnsville to Micaville. Turn right onto NC80 South and go about six miles. Turn left onto Seven Mile Ridge Road, cross the bridge and turn right at the stop sign onto Hannah Branch Road (a gravel road). It is one mile to the AMS campus.

School / Office Address: 60 AMS Circle, Burnsville
Yancey County
North Carolina
USA
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