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 […]
A Community of Readers
At North Branch School, we are a community of readers. From story time with preschoolers to studying Shakespeare in Middle School, classes are actively reading fiction and nonfiction. For older students, the books often relate to a period of history or geographic location they are studying. Time is set aside each day for Independent Reading, […]
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