About Us

Founded in 2018 within the Wake County Public School System, AFMS currently serves approximately 1,400 students each day in grades 6–8. As part of a multi-school campus alongside the Apex Friendship Elementary and High Schools, AFMS honors the legacy of the historic Friendship community.

At AFMS, we are guided by our five essential pillars: capturing kids’ hearts, cultivating social and emotional learning, sparking inquiry, fostering innovation, and focusing on growth. Students engage in rigorous, collaborative learning supported by data-driven instruction and social-emotional learning. With over 36 elective options—from coding and engineering to dance and pottery—AFMS nurtures an environment for creativity and innovation and offers a wide range of extracurricular opportunities for students.

Mission Statement

Wake County Public School System will provide a relevant and engaging education and will graduate students who are collaborative, creative, effective communicators and critical thinkers.

Vision Statement

Apex Friendship Middle School will uncover brilliance by growing hearts and minds. 

Core Value and Beliefs

Apex Friendship Middle School values...

• capturing hearts by creating and nurturing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all students, families, and staff regardless of background and identity factors.
• cultivating social-emotional learning by applying the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions.
• sparking inquiry by engaging students in opportunities involving research, analysis, and creative expression unique to their own abilities and diverse backgrounds.
• fostering innovation by helping students develop unexpected connections, ideas, possibilities, and imagination.
• focusing on growth by engaging in a cycle of continuous improvement where both staff and students are being reflective and trying to become better than they were the day before.

Core Beliefs

• Every student is uniquely capable and deserves to be challenged and engaged in relevant, rigorous, and meaningful learning each day.
• Every student is expected to learn, grow, and succeed while we eliminate the ability to predict achievement based on socioeconomic status, race, and ethnicity.
• Well-supported, highly effective, and dedicated principals, teachers, and staff are essential to success for all students.
• The Board of Education, superintendent, and all staff, while sustaining best practices, will promote and support a culture of continuous improvement, risk-taking, and innovation that results in a high-performing organization focused on student achievement, well-being, and student agency.
• The Board of Education, superintendent, and all staff value a diverse school community that is inviting, respectful, inclusive, flexible, and supportive.
• The Wake County residents value a strong public school system and will partner to provide the support and resources to fully realize our shared vision, accomplish the mission and sustain our core beliefs.
• All students and staff deserve to work in optimal learning environments supported by sufficient resources, well-maintained facilities, and sustainable operational systems.