During Friday’s assembly, we celebrated the birthday one of our long-time teachers, Natasha Jahrsdoerfer. The gift and card presentation illustrated some of the many things that are special about North Branch. Natasha was given a basket of notes and cards from alumni. The basket was presented by one of Natasha’s former kindergarten students, who is […]
NBS Alum Makes a Difference in Actions and in Words Last year, Jack Luecke, a 7th grader in the Middle School class, attended a river clean-up day sponsored by the Rivanna Conservation Society. A short while after that, Katrien read about a writing contest sponsored by a brand new magazine, called Positive Impact. The magazine, […]
Graduation 2010
Wednesday, June 2nd marked North Branch School’s 27th annual graduation ceremony. This year we had four graduates: Orion Bloom, Kyra Miller, Zach Volpendesta and Gwynne Wood. We had warm but beautiful weather for graduation. Charlotte began by thanking parent helpers and volunteers. The teachers’ efforts throughout the year were also applauded. They received a lovely […]
Ashpet: An Appalachian Cinderella Story
NBS alum, Ruby Ross ’00, is producing the musical that she wrote “Ashpet: An Appalachian Cinderella Story” on August 7 & 8 … at Live Arts in the Upstage Space (black box theater upstairs)! If you’re free on Friday, August 7 (7 p.m.) or Saturday, August 8 (2 p.m. & 7 p.m.), this is a […]
Alumni News
NBS alumni, Nicole Shumate and Katherine James, were selected for and have chosen to attend this summer’s residential Governor’s School at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, VA. Each summer, 400 students in Virginia who have exhibited exceptional ability in their particular discipline are invited to participate in the Governor’s School for Humanities and Visual […]