Parent Workday
2021-05-15 09:00 - 15:00, 2021-10-09 09:00 - 15:00 UTC

School closed
2021-05-31

Last Day of School
2021-06-03

8th Grade Graduation
2021-06-03 18:00 - 20:00
This year’s graduation will be a small gathering for 7th and 8th graders and their families.

Parent Workday
2021-08-21 09:00 - 15:00
Help prepare school indoors and outside for the new year!

Preschool Play Day
2021-08-23 09:00 - 10:30
Gathering for students, teachers and parents before the beginning of school.

1st Day of School!
2021-09-02 08:30 - 15:30

Middle School to Triple C Challenge Course
2021-09-03
Middle Schoolers will quickly get to know their classmates as they share the challenge of the course.

School closed for Labor Day
2021-09-06

Back to School Session Preschool - Juniors
2021-09-07 16:00 - 17:00, 2021-09-07 18:00 - 19:00
Please attend either the 4-5 pm OR the 6-7 pm session for your children’s class meetings. We hope to see every family; you decide which session works better for your family. If you are able to attend without your children or send just one parent, we will better be able to adhere to our social distancing guidelines in our limited spaces. Please note: children attending will stay with their parents during the sessions to maintain our cohorts.

Back to School Session Seniors & Middle School
2021-09-14 16:00 - 17:00, 2021-09-14 18:00 - 19:00

Board of Trustees Meeting
2021-09-23 18:30 - 20:00
Adult members of the school community are welcome to attend the open session of the meeting.

NBS Days at the Maze - ticket link!
2021-10-02 10:00 - 22:00 | Blue Ridge Mountain Maze, 462 Winery Lane, Roseland, VA, 22967
Join in the fun at the Blue Ridge Mountain Maze and support North Branch School!
Get your tickets online using the link below and be sure to enter the code “northbranch2021” at checkout. You’ll see a penny come of your total, indicating that NBS will receive 50% of your ticket price. Feel free to share the link and code with friends and family!
https://blueridgemountainmaze.ticketleap.com/blue-ridge-mountain-maze-2021/ Don’t forget to enter “northbranch2021” at checkout in the Discount Code box!

Get “cornfused” in the maze
Take on the obstacle course
Play on the playground
Slingshot a pumpkin across the hillside
Visit farm animals
Pick out pumpkins from the pumpkin patch!

NBS Days at the Maze - ticket link!
2021-10-03 10:00 - 22:00, 2021-10-09 10:00 - 22:00, 2021-10-10 10:00 - 22:00

Parent-Teacher Conferences
2021-10-11, 2021-11-02
No school for students.

Silhouette Day #1 at NBS
2021-10-12
Photographers Margo Hamilton and Ron Evans have devised a technique that creates silhouettes from photos. The finished portrait is beautiful and children do not have to be still for a long period of time.
They’ll be here on October 12 & October 14, then silhouettes will be available to view later in October. Purchases benefit NBS!
Tips for a great silhouette of your child. Please don’t send your child in a turtleneck on those days. For those with long hair, a ponytail creates the best portrait.

Silhouette Day #2 at NBS
2021-10-14

NBS Thanksgiving Stone Soup
2021-11-19 12:00 - 16:00
NBS will be celebrating our families and giving thanks by making a community-wide cauldron of vegetable soup. Each class will have a small assembly for their families and then share bowls of soup from the cauldron.

Preschool @ 12 noon
Primaries @ 1 pm
Juniors @ 2 pm
Seniors & Middle School @ 3 pm

Last Day to Vote for NBS
2021-11-20
Time to VOTE FOR NBS in the CharlottesvilleFamily Favorite polls. We’ve got a great track record of recognition for our small, but mighty school; please help keep that streak going! There are many categories from which to choose, but you may scroll to Page 6, write in or select North Branch School in the Preschool, Private-Elementary, Private-Middle School categories and write in the names of NBS teachers for those categories also. There is a spot at the bottom of Page 6 to write a recommendation if you choose to do so. You will then need to scroll to Page 12 to submit.
THANK YOU for taking a few moments to share your love for North Branch School!
https://www.charlottesvillefamily.com/family-favorite-awards/family-favorite-awards-ballot/
NBS teachers:

Preschool – Gerry Bernard, Jeanine Beiber, Bella Urias
Elementary School – Genevieve Hoover, Laura Cote, Susan Butler, Naomi Whiteley, Heather Harris, Karen Blackburn, Jill Fulmer, Maggie Buchanan, Michael Donegan, Taylor Blackburn, Bella Urias, Nina Charre
Middle School – Katrien Vance, Jennifer Page, Nina Charre

Fall Break
2021-11-22 - 2021-11-26

#GivingTuesday
2021-11-30
Your donation is needed and appreciated on this global day of giving or any day of the year! Gifts on this day have the potential to be doubled thanks to $10,000 in matching donations pledged by a pool of generous donors.
Donate here: https://bit.ly/NorthBranchdonation

St. George and the Dragon - Primaries Performance
2021-12-16 14:00 - 15:00
The performance will be outside at NBS (inclement weather location will be RVCC.) Please bring a camp chair and blanket. This performance is for Primary parents ONLY. Thank you for helping us keep our COVID mitigation strategies in place!

St. George and the Dragon - Juniors Performance
2021-12-17 14:00 - 15:00
The performance will be outside at NBS (inclement weather location will be RVCC.) Please bring a camp chair and blanket. This performance is for Junior parents ONLY. Thank you for helping us keep our COVID mitigation strategies in place!

St. George & The Dragon - Seniors/MS Performance
2021-12-17 18:00 - 19:00
The performance will be outside at NBS (inclement weather location will be RVCC.) Please bring a camp chair and blanket. This performance is for Senior & Middle School parents ONLY. Thank you for helping us keep our COVID mitigation strategies in place!
