North Branch 5th-8th graders are participating in Writer’s Eye, an educational program of the Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia. While the 5th and 6th graders toured the Writer’s Eye collection virtually, the Middle School class was able to see the art in person. Each student will create an original piece of […]
Joan of Arc Re-Tried
On September 29th, the NBS Middle School class re-tried Joan of Arc, with the 5th- and 6th- graders as jurists. While the trial differed from Joan’s 1431 trial in many ways, the spirit of the 15th-century trial filled the Middle School classroom for weeks as they prepared. Background information about the events that led to […]
“Take Me Out to the Ballgame”
“Take Me Out to the Ballgame” played on hand chimes. This was recorded during the second middle school music class of the year and is dedicated to baseball fans everywhere! ⚾️
NBS Days at the Maze
Join in the fun at the Blue Ridge Mountain Maze and support North Branch School! This year NBS Days at the Maze are October 2, 3, 9 and 10th. Get your tickets online using the link below and be sure to enter the code “northbranch2021” at checkout. You’ll see a penny come out of your […]
Middle Schoolers Meet the Challenge!
The challenge course at Triple C Camp that is! On the second day of school, these students who will explore, discover, and learn as a class throughout the year came together to take on challenges as a group and to support each other as individuals. Whether crossing a chocolate river on floating marshmallows, climbing a […]
Summer Workday 2021
Workdays at NBS are a long-standing tradition. Several times a year North Branch parents gather to tackle a list of projects in the buildings and on the grounds. It saves the school, and ultimately the parents, money, and it is a powerful way for children to know that their school is important to their parents. […]
Math Philosophy and Practice
It’s July. Why are the teachers pictured here, and two more joining via the computer, gathered? Because they chose to spend a week pulling together the strands of the NBS math curriculum into a powerful statement of philosophy and a detailed overview of how that philosophy is put into practice, whether the students are […]
NBS Student Pulitzer Center Finalist
In April, North Branch Middle Schoolers attended a virtual workshop led by the Pulitzer Center, learning about their mission to find and share underreported stories. Students each chose a story from the Center, then used words or lines from it to write a poem. Entering the poems in the Pulitzer Center’s “Fighting Words” poetry contest […]
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