About Our School

Location: 7701 Humie Olive Road, Apex
Principal: David Cassady
Description: 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.

School Hours: 8:15 am - 3:00 pm

Calendar: Traditional

Bell Schedules

Vision: "Uncovering Brilliance by Growing Hearts and Minds" 

Five Pillars of our vision are: 

• Capture Hearts

• Cultivate Social Emotional Learning

• Spark Inquiry

• Foster Innovation
• Focus on Growth