Martin L. Nesbitt Discovery Academy

In September of 2023, the North Carolina General Assembly mandated that the Asheville City and Buncombe County school systems jointly study the feasibility of a merger and design...

Martin L. Nesbitt, Jr. Discovery Academy was recognized by the North Carolina State Board of Education as a "STEM School of Distinction" today at its September meeting. Buncombe ...

Students and staff are quickly finding their place as the new school year is quickly underway. Using Smart Lunch to get ahead, work on extra projects, get some exercise in or just...

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Our 2024-2025 yearbook is on sale now at the lowest price of the year. To order click on this link to secure your copy of Volume 11 of the NDA Yearbook.

Plan ahead for Picture Day. This is for grades 9-11. Use this link to order your prints.

The NDA PTSO is a non-profit organization whose efforts are realized through generous donations from our community. We accept donations throughout the school year with our largest...

Buncombe County Schools families can find out in real time how close their school bus is to their stop. A new app called Edulog is now available for bus routes throughout the sc...

Buncombe County Schools' theme for the year is “Together We Rise,” which was evident with more than 3,000 BCS team members gathered to mark the return to school with Convocation....

Bank of America recently honored a Buncombe County Schools student as a Student Leader for 2024. This esteemed program offered Sophia Banks from Martin L. Nesbitt, Jr. Discovery A...

Seniors celebrated their final hooray as Chargers on Tuesday, June 11th at UNCA's Kimmel Arena! We are so proud of all our graduates and their accomplishments at Nesbitt! Best of...

In an Innovative Engineering Design class filled with the hum of curiosity and the clinks of tools, students at Martin L. Nesbitt, Jr. Discovery Academy (NDA) are breaking the mol...

Buncombe County Schools congratulates Nesbitt Discovery Academy math teacher Sumer Robinson, selected to participate in the Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership. The pro...

Young architects at Martin L. Nesbitt, Jr. Discovery Academy are hard at work on a proposal for even younger clients - the fourth graders of Johnston Elementary School. The high...

The Buncombe County Schools Foundation (BCSF) celebrated local educators with a special event on May 7, 2024, held at the scenic North Carolina Governor's Western Residence, which...

Students, parents, principals, and special guests gathered to celebrate academic achievement at the 2024 Buncombe County Schools Top Scholars Banquet. The event, held April 18, h...

Congratulations to senior, William 'Liam' Lawing who has been awarded an appointment to the United States Air Force Academy as a member of the Class of 2028! Liam will be joining ...

Buncombe County Schools (BCS) is proud to host a series of Town Hall meetings that serve as examples of intentional, inclusive decision-making for staff, students, and families. T...

Congratulations to our mid-year graduates from Buncombe County Schools! Saturday, January 27th at Harrah’s Cherokee Center in downtown Asheville, our students walked the stage and...

In June of 2023, the state legislature revised the law governing elections in BCS. Instead of six residency districts (based on the six high school attendance zones) and one at-la...