Since I began at NBS I have had many reasons to be so proud of our school. Each year we have had teachers who are voted Favorite Teacher in the CharlottesvilleFamily Magazine, we have held the Virginia Naturally award for Environmental stewardship, administered by the Virginia Department of Game & Inland Fisheries, for many years, […]
NBS Team Headed to National Competition
EXCITING NEWS!!! Two teams of NBS Middle Schoolers competed in the statewide KidWind competition this past Saturday. They both did a great job presenting information about their process and demonstrating their wind turbine design. Team Mr. Windwide from North Branch School will be heading to the NATIONAL KidWind competition in Texas in May!!! This is […]
KidWind Challenge 2022
During February and early March, North Branch Middle Schoolers studied wind energy and designed their own turbines. Their knowledge and designs were put to the test on March 9th at the KidWind Regional Challenge at James Madison University. After learning about wind energy as a class, the students combined into three teams. These groups worked […]
Cultivating a Love of Learning
NBS was founded with the idea that traditional teaching methods and ideas did not work for all children. Our founder, Charlotte Zinsser Booth, inspired by Sylvia Ashton-Warner, John Dewey, and others, set out to create a school in which students’ curiosity could be the driving force in their education. As Dewey wrote in Experience and Education, “The most […]
CharlottesvilleFamily Favorite Awards
Breaking news! North Branch School received SIX CharlottesvilleFamily Favorite awards for 2021: #1 Preschool, #1 Private elementary school, and 4 teachers were recognized: Maggie Buchanan #1 Elementary Teacher, Jennifer Page #2 Middle School Teacher, and Susan Butler & Jeanine Beiber share #2 Preschool Teacher. Congratulations to ALL of our teachers who make NBS an exceptional […]
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